The History of the US Army WW2 Plywood Packboard and Yukon 

I have a Packboard dated 1944. Still with the instruction booklet. Has everything. Extra rope and even the metal plate to attach at the bottom to carry larger items. It appears not to be issued. I paid $50 for it 2 years ago at an Army surplus store in Queens NY. It goes for about $150 +/- on eBay now.

7:33 30 years later - "Our board of inquiry has determined that your hearing loss was not job related"

Plywood seems crude but when you compare it to solid hardwood board it's a miracle, industrial pulping and cheap chemical glue were pretty fancy in the 1930s/40s. Now we are spoiled with ergo-formed canvas and synthetic foam that weighs less than the buckles on those things.

This brings back memories. I have at least 4 of the plywood pack boards. They were the go to pack board for our family in hunting season. They are all stained with elk and deer blood. The heaviest elk quarters were from a bull my Dad shot in 1980. The hind quarters were over 150 lbs each. I still keep them around in case we need them.

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Some Great Content...Thanks for the research and presentation. I'm sure my dad packed a few loads on those packboards.

One of my uncle’s hunted all of North America and used a WW2 pack board to pack out moose, bear, sheep, elk, deer, and pronghorn. My cousin still has it, still uses it, and wouldn’t part with it for anything.

Like that you have everything

Good editing, keep it up

very interesting.

Could you cite the source for the two pages of QM assembly and detail drawings? In particular, I'm interested in the dates of revisions 6 and 7 (rifle pins) shown on one page. The information is located in the legend of the drawing, but, alas, the video never focuses long enough on that area of the drawing to read the revision dates. Cheers!

I just subscribed, great vids. one English typo in your description, change precent to present.

Huh Red Lion Cabinet Company is located in the county I live in. Gotta love York Pennsylvania

I have one that’s not plywood, it’s a built frame

NEVER HEARD OF IT. VIETNAM 1967-1969.

Love all of your videos. One minor issue that is a pet peeve for me. Corps is pronounced core not corpse which is as you know a dead body. Keep up the great work!

Add this to my extensive random WWII knowledge

Hello i recently got a packboard signal corps 1966 but theres is no Quick release or holes to place the racks, i’ve done researches but i’m in à dead end right now

Drink a shot everytime you hear packboard... 2:35 i was wasted

NEVER HEARD OF IT! VIETNAM 1967-1969.

Do you know of any company who can supply me with the metal work of Yukon Pack boards?

Not meaning to be offensive: What accent do you have?

I would seriously kill for one of those Yukon pack boards

You lost me at "corps". It's pronounced core. Quarter Master Core

Israeli version is all plastic. It’s Quartermaster “core,” not ‘corpse.’