1941 David Brown VIG 1 Taskmaster Airfield Tractor

1941 David Brown VIG 1 Taskmaster in All Creatures Great and Small, TV Series, 2020-2024 Ep. 4.07

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1941 David Brown VIG 1 Taskmaster Airfield Tractor

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dsl ◊ 2024-01-08 17:55	Winch on the back seems best match to VIG 1 Taskmaster, but open to debate.
dsl ◊ 2024-01-08 19:22	Might not be as simple as I'd hoped - fill yer boots from this: Filmed at the Yorkshire Museum collection (scroll down) "1948, 49 & 51 David Brown Aircraft Tractors – VIG 2, VIG 3 & GP The David Brown Aircraft Tractor was a common sight on UK airfields throughout World War II and until the mid-1950’s, where it was used extensively for towing aircraft and bomb trolleys. It weighs nearly 4 tons and is powered by a David Brown 4-cylinder, 2523cc, overhead-valve petrol engine delivering 37 bhp. The towing pull is 2.5 tons. The transmission is a four-speed gearbox driving rear wheels through a Brockhouse turbo transmitter torque converter. The brakes are mechanical with a vacuum servo unit. The suspension is without springs and there is a swivelling front axle. The tractor is fitted with a 5-ton winch at the rear. The examples at the Yorkshire Air Museum are the later diesel engine versions of the wartime VIG 1/462, which was introduced in the late 1940s and was used around RAF stations until the early 1970s. Our tractors are still regularly used to position aircraft around the museum.

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dsl

◊ 2024-01-08 17:55

Winch on the back seems best match to VIG 1 Taskmaster, but open to debate.

dsl

◊ 2024-01-08 19:22

Might not be as simple as I'd hoped - fill yer boots from this:

Filmed at the Yorkshire Museum collection (scroll down)

"1948, 49 & 51 David Brown Aircraft Tractors – VIG 2, VIG 3 & GP
The David Brown Aircraft Tractor was a common sight on UK airfields throughout World War II and until the mid-1950’s, where it was used extensively for towing aircraft and bomb trolleys. It weighs nearly 4 tons and is powered by a David Brown 4-cylinder, 2523cc, overhead-valve petrol engine delivering 37 bhp. The towing pull is 2.5 tons. The transmission is a four-speed gearbox driving rear wheels through a Brockhouse turbo transmitter torque converter. The brakes are mechanical with a vacuum servo unit. The suspension is without springs and there is a swivelling front axle. The tractor is fitted with a 5-ton winch at the rear. The examples at the Yorkshire Air Museum are the later diesel engine versions of the wartime VIG 1/462, which was introduced in the late 1940s and was used around RAF stations until the early 1970s. Our tractors are still regularly used to position aircraft around the museum.

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1941 David Brown VIG 1 Taskmaster Airfield Tractor

1941 David Brown VIG 1 Taskmaster in All Creatures Great and Small, TV Series, 2020-2024 Ep. 4.07

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