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Right, GVCW around 72,000lbs (22,000 vehicle+10ton cargo+30k trailer w/load). You could also think of it as 25tons of cargo and trailer.Jim's right but then actually....isn't the towing wight even MORE than the gvw for cargo in the bed??? I wanna say it is????
Man, those trucks are nice! The trailer in the foreground looks like a detachable gooseneck. I didn't realize they had those.Think these are the new 7 tons please note the drag and the number of axles cool pic though
Chris,
I love that engineer equipment. Anybody can get a commercial dozer and paint it but what I would try and find was a tractor unique to the Seabee mission.
In the 1960's the Navy purchased the Eimco Dozer. It was a medium speed tractor with dozer and had hydraulics to pull a scraper. They were powered by a Detroit Diesel like an 8V71. Engine was rear mounted and the operator sat forward. They were the same size class as the Army D7E tractors.
We had a surplus one at the county highway dept were I worked summers in the Mid 1970's. It was Navy grey and had Seabee logo's on both sides. I ran it some in the quarry and we had an MSHA inspector check on us. He was Ex Seabee and ran them in Vietnam. We got along great as long as I let him take it for a spin when he was at our site. I wish I had a picture of the dozer now.
The twin exhaust stacks angled up to the rear. Everyone said they looked like two 4.2 Mortar tubes.
The dozers were pretty scarry to run because you sat so far forward. They were hydraulic steer and the tracks could counter rotate. Scare the crap out of you if you were not careful going on or off the lowboy.
They still turn up. Kevin at Army Cars USA had one last year. Don't know who has it now.
Now that would be a cool show rig. You find one and I'll come run it.
Good Luck
Cat Man
Nice!Last summer I purchased a 1942 D4 5T hydraulic bulldozer with adjustable angle blade...you can still see the original OD Green underneath the flaking yellow; I was under the impression that it was former Army, but now I'm scratching my head and wondering if it might have been with the SeaBees. Wouldn't that be cool!View attachment 482428