68 gough gough dozer heavy haul
One of the ex-military Autocar U7144T tractors-(by this time fitted with a quite nicely proportioned locally made cab) with 2 axle transporter loaded with an early model Caterpillar D8 tractor outside the Dunedin premises of Caterpillar agents Gough, Gough & Hamer. After McJorrow Bros. one of the Autocars passed to Dunedin contractors, J.C. Mowat & Sons and in this picture with no signwriting on the cab it could have been owned by Mowats.
67 McJorrow Bros heavy haul
McJorrow Bros., contractors from Ashburton operated these 2 ex-World War 2 Autocar U7144T 4x4 tractor units. Although both these trucks feature open cabs the military Autocars were also available with a stylish factory closed cab. They were powered by a Hercules RXC 529 cubic inches 6 cylinder side valve petrol engine with Timken drive axles front and rear. The first truck is hauling a Caterpillar D8-possibly a World War 2 era 8R series tractor with a front mounted crankshaft driven winch drum for operating a cable blade and judging by the levers by the operator's seat it is fitted with a rear mounted winch as well. The other Autocar is carrying fuel drums on a small tray. This type of forward control short wheelbase 4x4 tractor was widely used by the U.S. military in World War 2. The White Motor Company built a virtually identical version known as the 444T and Federal built a mechanically similar truck-the 94x43 model with different sheet metal and Federal's own cab in the closed cab variant.
