Names of winch manufaturers that spring to mind include Hiel and Tulsa - and
of course Ernest Holmes.
Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hutterer" <john.hutterer@deltec.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV History
> Seems to me that Gar-Wood is a name that I have seen on winches, or is
that
> too recent for the question that you posed?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Allen [mailto:jimallen@onlinecol.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:03 AM
> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Subject: [MV] MV History
>
>
> Since there are lots of historians on the list, I thought it might be
> interesting to get some perspective on something I've been pondering.
What's
> the earliest use of winches (mounted for recovery) you've seen on MVs of
> 3-ton capacity and below? The earliest I've found is from 1902, on a
special
> Motor Field Forge built by the US Long Distance Company. I also have a
> couple of one-offs on FWD trucks of WWI. There are big gaps between there
> and WWII, with a few exceptions being the Dodge K-39 of 1934 and the VC
> series Dodges of 1939-40. I'm also curious about winch manufacturers.
> Braden, of course, comes up. Any others?
>
> Jim Allen
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