Non conventional jeep usage by the army !

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Non conventional jeep usage by the army !

Post by YLG80 » Tue May 07, 2019 2:21 am

Original situations that could be reenacted :)!

I guess that the jeep clutch did not like that exercise :)!
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France at Longues-sur-Mer
Australian pilots of the 453rd Squadron help to flatten the airstrip .
The airstrip was active between June 21 to September 4, 1944
They loaded two 500lb bombs used to add weight to a locally acquired agricultural roller.
In the background, Spitfires of 602nd Squadron depart on an operation, watched by a runway controller working from a converted sentry box.

Here they are using the jeep as a motor for the the saw to cut trees !(55th Fighter Group)
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Post by Mark Jesic » Tue May 07, 2019 6:20 am

The jeep is so versatile Yves, i wouldnt saw wood up with mine though. :D

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Post by horrocks » Thu May 09, 2019 4:01 am

At least the absence of a diff lock has one small advantage.
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Post by YLG80 » Fri May 10, 2019 12:22 am

horrocks wrote:
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At least the absence of a diff lock has one small advantage.
Yes sure, also for a field laundry machine :) !
British ingenuity .
No jack, no problem, let's use a wooden box.
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Post by conrod6 » Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:59 am

Amazing what they used them for...

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Post by YLG80 » Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:55 pm

Jeep train...

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Post by JAB » Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:49 am

Of course I can't find the story, but I remember reading about GI's disassembling a jeep (in Italy?) and manually carrying the engine and transmission up the stairs in a grist mill or wine press to power it. Apparently this enabled the town's economy to be saved as the entire crop would have been lost had it not been processed by the jeep-powered mill/press.
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Post by JAB » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:36 am

Unconventional test?
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Post by gpwmke » Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:00 pm

Truly a multi purpose vehicle. Keep sharing pics like this.

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Post by Ken Perkins » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:27 am

saw a lot of wood cut with a setup like that when I was a kid...scary by todays safety standards
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