John’s M37 #1 - 1953 dodge power wagon. 

That’s his plan. Fuel runs, and bringing chain saws up to the skidder.

They were long gone by the time I got in. I was from the era where jerks were being phased out

It’s an absolute beast!

The brakes were sticking pretty bad, so momentum was about all we had. Double clutching wasn’t happening, because it was stopping as soon as you put the clutch in.

Yup, absolutely! We were also having an issue with the brake locking up, so we were getting distracted by that as well.

Only if you accidentally run them over and they stick to the underside…… ;-)

It’s also a WOW version. (I gather that’s “with out winch”. This M37 was a cargo truck originally, but a dump was put on at some point.

There were Power Wagons in the military before M-37s.

M-37s are 24 volt, some have bigger engines, similar to Flat fender Power Wagons. The Power Wagon came from the 1942 Military WC 3/4 ton trucks.

@@Thomas-bv9mn this one is 12v, but I suspect that it’s been converted. The electrical system has all of the military black out lighting in place, but most of the dash has been torn apart and rewired. (Very badly…..)

That’s not a bad idea, it actually doesn’t run bad now that we have the fuel pump and the one way valve installed.

Yea, it was an interesting thing to drive, I took it around the field and the steering reminded me of the old duce and a half. This unit sat for almost a year, so the brakes kept sticking on us.

@@JimsEquipmentShed These were regularly known as 3/4. They had a huge rack with spare tire mounted to drivers door. When u got in or out you had to swing the spare first. I left Germany in Nov of 70 and my battalion still had them. Most had been replaced by a Jeep pick up. I never drove one as we didn't have them. They were just called ton and a quarters or 5/4s.

@@thomaswaddell9012 that was specifically on the later B1's. The early production run trucks had the spares mounted in the bed so you didn't have that junk in the way.

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