Move over Diamond T---it's time for a Pacific tank transporter! Biglorryblog offers you an armoured artic...
Biglorryblog's regular contribuor from La belle France, Mike and Julie Blenkinsop, have kindly ent me this armoured oddball--and the following e-mail: "May we extend our best wishes to all the truck enthusiasts (anoraks!!) out there and to all who drive, maintain and organise the incredible truck industry in all corners of our world. Thanks especially to Vladimir---keep sending BLB those incredible Russian tank transporter/ heavy haulage pictures!"
I'll drink to that but first we come to the wonderful truck pictured above: "In return, here is one of ours, " says Mike. "Whilst we love the Diamond T marque, we have to respect the sheer size and power of the ‘Dragon-Wagon’ M26 Pacific tank recovery vehicle with Knuckey chain-drive. Already discussed on BLB earlier, but this one is in its military form, so just look and enjoy, and remember that it was built, 65 plus years ago, back in 1942!"
Having read this Henk Kruit has sent me this link to another Pacific website
Meanwhile, click through here for a head-on shot of this battlefield behemoth...
M&J continue: "May BLB go from strength-to-strength and very best wishes for the New Year! We'll keep supplying the ‘blogs’ in 2008 to help make BLB the best truck site on the web, and Truck and Driver, the best trucker’s magazine on the market." Awww...you've got BLB blushing now...and can any BLB readers offer some more details on the Pacific...in particular is it the same Pacific company in Vancouver that supplied heavy haulage tractors to my mate Dennis Child.