This is what's called a TUG. Ya put a shit load , 6 tonnes o ballast on it n ya cn pull a 200 tonne load at WALKING pace. chains were a lot cheaper n easier to make than epicyclic reducing hubs like today. Geddit.
@brucew44guns probably someone who didnt want to deal with busted axleshafts in the woods, if it was for logging like he said, alot easier and faster to replace chain or fix out in the middle of no whare
Hard to believe chaindrive existed so long.This rig is only a year older than I am. I would have thought chain drive would have been ancient history in 1959.What a brute.No mistaking what she was built for.
Same setup as the WW2 Dragon Wagon tank transporter, only that had a driven front axle too as well as PTOs for front winch and rear winch set just behind the cab. A whole heap of gearboxes and drive shafts on that thing.
The rear axle is a Rockwell SFDD double reduction axle..used them in the oilfields in Colorado..rated at 65,000 lb, our trucks were twin screw...these trucks shown here did not get much maintenance..pretty bad to run down a piece of equipment in the ground like this...has a Cummins small bore 262 if turbo charged...not much in the way of power...
grader chaincases are enclosed and immersed in oil and have bull gears on the single axle bigger than that whole rear end , but if it were something like that it would be a nice concept
@Graveltrucker they where designed n a diffrent time back then people made things to last nowadays they want things to break down so you can spend thousands to get it fixed
Pretty neat old truck. Probably one of the last ones, too, KW didn't make them much past the early 60's. That looks like an 848S? The Knuckey bogie used on those trucks could cause problems if both chains broke on one side. That's probably why they quit using them. They were pretty slow, too, I'm told.
This is what's called a TUG. Ya put a shit load , 6 tonnes o ballast on it n ya cn pull a 200 tonne load at WALKING pace. chains were a lot cheaper n easier to make than epicyclic reducing hubs like today. Geddit.
loatherd 1 week ago
im scared of trucks that are from the 50's-70's and that are rusty like hell
3lademast3r 1 month ago
chain drive in 59?? wow. KW was seriously behind the times!!
mayorts3 1 month ago
UGLY OLD WHORE.!
Langtry613 1 month ago
Looks just a biat older than 59. Who would have ordered chain drive in 59?
brucew44guns 1 month ago
@brucew44guns probably someone who didnt want to deal with busted axleshafts in the woods, if it was for logging like he said, alot easier and faster to replace chain or fix out in the middle of no whare
keystonecountryboy 1 month ago
I bet the chains didn't last long given all the dust and dirt trucks drive through...
tlfrantz1 1 month ago
crank the old girl!! :)
TheFordlover2010 1 month ago
Is It Going.
mccrackenphillip 1 month ago
I've bought a truck that is just like this, but has regular tandem axels instead of chain drive
cletracbob 2 months ago
sure hope the chain dosent brake
jeremylee99100 2 months ago
nice old truck gotta love em lol love to hear it run
bluejay148 3 months ago
is it weird if i want one for my first car?
leocrazy0987 3 months ago 17
@leocrazy0987 nah lol people would get out of your way lol
Sabercem2007 3 months ago
@leocrazy0987
Not a bit. I see a U.S.M.C. enlistment in your future. :-)
EdWatts 2 months ago
looks like the same chaindrive as a Pacific M25/26 tanktransporter. They where used by the national guard well into the fifties.
buijs1967 4 months ago
Hard to believe chaindrive existed so long.This rig is only a year older than I am. I would have thought chain drive would have been ancient history in 1959.What a brute.No mistaking what she was built for.
Statimtek 4 months ago
That thing looks like a MONSTER! You should fix it up!
Fordfanforlife777 4 months ago
Same setup as the WW2 Dragon Wagon tank transporter, only that had a driven front axle too as well as PTOs for front winch and rear winch set just behind the cab. A whole heap of gearboxes and drive shafts on that thing.
Almightyrastus 4 months ago
The rear axle is a Rockwell SFDD double reduction axle..used them in the oilfields in Colorado..rated at 65,000 lb, our trucks were twin screw...these trucks shown here did not get much maintenance..pretty bad to run down a piece of equipment in the ground like this...has a Cummins small bore 262 if turbo charged...not much in the way of power...
raginroadrunner 6 months ago
grader chaincases are enclosed and immersed in oil and have bull gears on the single axle bigger than that whole rear end , but if it were something like that it would be a nice concept
masterangler03 7 months ago
similar to a grader tandem
CDNcatskinner 1 year ago
There must be quite abit of strain on the driveline with a single diff driving 4 wheels.
Graveltrucker 1 year ago
@Graveltrucker they where designed n a diffrent time back then people made things to last nowadays they want things to break down so you can spend thousands to get it fixed
control177 6 months ago
Pretty neat old truck. Probably one of the last ones, too, KW didn't make them much past the early 60's. That looks like an 848S? The Knuckey bogie used on those trucks could cause problems if both chains broke on one side. That's probably why they quit using them. They were pretty slow, too, I'm told.
jusportel 1 year ago