Army surplus log dragger

[Grumpa]

Converted Sherman to a log skidder.

 

[Edbert]

That is awesome! Think I'd want headlights on my tractor, but love it.

 

[BarleyBop]

Like the way you led the cable outta the turret!
... and it does beg the question, would a Sherman be better at pulling or pushing? Or no diff?

 

[Grumpa]

That is awesome! Think I'd want headlights on my tractor, but love it.

Thanks Edbert, since this is a log skidder it would not be operating after dark.
The last place you would want to be at night is in the woods. Besides more times than not
any type of external lighting would be stripped off from crashing through brush and such.

Jim

Like the way you led the cable outta the turret!
... and it does beg the question, would a Sherman be better at pulling or pushing? Or no diff?

Well obviously this machine would be pulling as would any other' skidder
I might look up an aftermarket dozer blade for a Sherman so it can be a complete skidder

 

[the Baron]

That is a very cool kit bash!

 

[kevin]

Very interesting, and well done.

 

[duck]

Like the way you led the cable outta the turret!
... and it does beg the question, would a Sherman be better at pulling or pushing? Or no diff?

If I'm remembering correctly, (I have to go back to the Tank Museums YouTube channel for the video) the M3 had a winch set up similar to this. The M31 had a boom attached to the back of the M3 turret though.

 

[Grumpa]

That is a very cool kit bash!

Very interesting, and well done.

Thanks guys, sometimes I come across and old attic dust collector and bash it.

Jim.

 

[Grumpa]

If I'm remembering correctly, (I have to go back to the Tank Museums YouTube channel for the video) the M3 had a winch set up similar to this. The M31 had a boom attached to the back of the M3 turret though.

There have been so many "surplus" vehicles left in Europe and Russia after WW2 and so many have been converted to farm
and forest work. Each one a one of a kind masterpiece of innovation and mechanical dexterity and innate talent.
The Sherman and the T34 were the most numerous heavy tracked vehicles available and they utilized them brilliantly,
mostly pulling plows and logs.

Jim.