crawler tractors

[funker50]

There's a photo I've seen that shows such a (smallish) tracked tractor being used by German troops in a forestry logging capacity, it looks like a cross between a cletrac and ransome in size, I've tried looking for german manufacturers of that type from pre ww2/ww2 but no joy.

What manufacturer would the german forces have used? or would they have utilised native companies depending on there location?

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[Tanker Mike]

There's a photo I've seen that shows such a (smallish) tracked tractor being used by German troops in a forestry logging capacity, it looks like a cross between a cletrac and ransome in size, I've tried looking for german manufacturers of that type from pre ww2/ww2 but no joy.

What manufacturer would the german forces have used? or would they have utilised native companies depending on there location?

Are you talking about the Kettenkraftkrad? Try the website below.

http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_ ... glish.html

[funker50]

its this one

[Heeresbergführer]

Servus Funker50,

Looks like it might be a Hanomag...running gear looks similar...maybe a different model:





http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_ ... _k_50.html









Schlepper vor!

[Halle]

Great pics Papa , thanks - Funker50 , you haven't got one have you ?

Horrido !

[funker50]

what a woman that needs her roots doing? fraid not or the tractor...... but thinking of getting something similar (tractor wise) , instead of doing my kdf wagen project.

onwards n upwards!

[Halle]

Sounds interesting - I've seen a fair few round here at the retro farming shows - no idea of the price though

[FtrPlt]

I think the tractor in the wartime photo is possibly a Lanz or Fiat Raupenschlepper. Note the steering levers vs steering wheel.

Here's a 1964 Lanz.

[Heeresbergführer]

That '64 Lanz looks great! Just need to throw some Panzer Grey on it and get rid of the roof!

Gebirgspioniere vor!

Patrick

[FtrPlt]

Here's one of the newer FIAT models


And a 1955 model FIAT 25

[Heeresbergführer]

Here's a nice link to a restoration of a 1936 Lanz tractor:

http://www.twocylindervintage.com/home/tag/raupe


Horrido!

Patrick

[FtrPlt]

Here's a nice link to a restoration of a 1936 Lanz tractor:

http://www.twocylindervintage.com/home/tag/raupe


Horrido!

Patrick

Pretty amazing those Lanz crawlers ran with a giant two-stroke engine!

I was trying to match up the sprocket configuration of the image from the OP. This 58 Case 310 looks like it has a very similar setup. Note the 7-spoke drive sprocket compared to the wartime photo. Possibly the one shown in the period photo is a pre-war import? I haven't found anythign with a louvered engine compartment yet. The 58 Case also doesn't have the same extended nose