This is indeed an Allis built machine. Made from 1943 till ?. This one is a 1945 according to the tags. Lou, the snow cat is a lighter machine with much wider tracks, though I'd like to own one.
This thing is called an 18 ton, and that is what it weighs with ten troops sitting in there and a shell box full of cannon shells. The tracks are the same as the Sherman tank although the tank tracks look to be longer. The M-4 is designated to pull the big guns, the 150,155,8 inch, and 240 mil. There is a 30000 pound winch in the back and the drawbar pull is listed at 37000 pounds at stall in low gear. It's also set up for both air and electric brakes for the trailers. The manual steering brakes are the only brakes on the vehicle itself and each steering lever has a little flipper latch to lock the brake levers back. There's a foot pedal for the air brakes that are on the trailer and the electric brake setup is a complicated maze of wiring going to resistors and switches.
Now the good news. I was going to wait until tomorrow to see if it would move itself, but after supper the anticipation got to me so I fired her up, put her in gear, let the clutch out and it started creeping, so I hit the gas and away I went-for about two feet cause it's still in the shop. Then I put it in high gear, pulled hard on the brakes and mashed the pedal. The torque converter is strong enough that I couldn't quite hold it with the brakes and the Waukesha was rattling the walls. This is VERY good news cause the old timers that worked on these things all talk about the torque converter before they talk about anything else. The book said if it takes longer than three minutes to build pressure on first startup in the morning, the converter needs work. This thing had pressure right away. Did you hear the champaign cork pop? Jim
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