1942 Ford Marmon-Herrington info needed

[rotorwrench]

I don't know what they would have called the V8 version of the Ford Military truck unless it had an engine swap in there somewhere. They also made large trucks for fire fighting purposes but they are of limited manufacture. Marmon Herrington took what ever truck chassis they could get from both US and Canada in that time frame. The SnoGo trucks, like the one here, did have some of the military characteristics of the G8T, like the fenders and maybe a few other things. The hinge out windshield with the steel support brackets on each side may have not been a good thing on the SnoGo. G8Ts also had protective bars next to the headlights but the headlights are missing from the SnoGo.

My pop has photos of his airstrip at Foggia, Italy with snow all around but I don't know if they had much for snow removal equipment other than a motor grader or something to that effect. The USAAF had several bases around southern Italy during the war. The ones in the Aleutians Islands and Alaska proper likely had more sophisticated snow removal equipment as well as the northern CONUS.

[str8axle63]

Wow, you guys know your stuff. Thank you everyone for your input. Im going to take some more pictures tomorrow of the other badges, and hopefully figure out how to post them. I bought the truck from a guy in Canada who bought it from a guy in the north US. Had a rough time getting it across the boarder. He never registered it in his name. We had to get it registered to him so us customs would allow me to get it across.
Then once I got it home it took two trips to the DMV as they could not figure out a Canadian title of a truck that they could not figure out if it was a Ford or a Marmon-herrington. So this all took a few months from the time I won the bid to getting it home. But it was all worth it, I really like the truck

[rotorwrench]

The tag on the dash indicates MM6-4. I've found more information about MM5-4 & KMM5-4 trucks & SnoGos than MM6. The MM5 & MM6 seem to be standard truck designations for Marmon Herrington. There were -4 versions with 4-wheel drive and -6 versions with 6-wheel drive so those were either a heavier truck to begin with or MH modified them to lengthen the frame and add the second rear axle. They used trucks like this to build the Alcan Highway to Alaska, the Canol oil pipeline, and I'm sure a lot of other all wheel drive applications during the war. Here is a link or two.
http://www.oocities.org/marmonherrington/truck_usa.html

http://www.marmon-herrington.webs.com/truck.html

[rich b]

We had an old War dept M-H at work for a while. It was a trade-in from a local airport. It had the original V-8 drive engine; but the blower engine had been changed out to a 4-71 Detroit. Really nice old machine that had been well maintained over the years. Ran and drove good too.

[str8axle63]

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I took more pictures of the badges today. Trying to figure out how to post them

[str8axle63]

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Took more pictures today but they do not download keep coming up invalid file?
I must be doing something wrong. I have posted pics on other sites without this problem. ?

[expavr]

I use Photoshop to reduce the photos to 800X600 pixels and select JPEG format. Then use “Go Advanced” under Fordbarn “Quick Reply” - select “Manage Attachments” and follow “Upload” prompt.

[JSeery]

Originally Posted by str8axle63

Took more pictures today but they do not download keep coming up invalid file?
I must be doing something wrong. I have posted pics on other sites without this problem. ?

See post #4

[str8axle63]

Originally Posted by expavr

I use Photoshop to reduce the photos to 800X600 pixels and select JPEG format. Then use “Go Advanced” under Fordbarn “Quick Reply” - select “Manage Attachments” and follow “Upload” prompt.

That is what im doing and it comes up "invalid file" maybe its something between my comp and this site.

[str8axle63]

I researched the lettering on the door says " T.M.E.R.& T. CO , Milwaukee
I believe is it stands for, The Milwaukee Electric Rail & Transit Company
Maybe they used it as a snow machine? Still searching.
Again thank you all for your input

[str8axle63]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

this is first pic ive seen with the lights on roof like mine
This LHD 1942 Ford with Marmon-Herrington conversion, with Snow Plow attached, was seen in Tasmania a few years back. It looks similar to the one that you have.
By the way, Cliff Heeling, of Watertown, Minn. (Editor of the 1933-1934 Ford Restoration Book) owns a similar Ford snow plow.

This is the first pic ive seen with the lights on the roof like mine, thank you

[ford35lh]

Here is my 1941 MH with the h/l's on the roof.
It may have had a Snogo on it originally but the
last blower was powered from the rear by a driveshaft
on each side of the cab resulting in shortened doors
and no front fenders. When new it worked at the then new
Buffalo airport(NY) and later the Town of Boston(NY).

[FlatheadTed]

Cool love the 4x4 trucks ,Ted

[mercman from oz]

The reason why these Ford Marmon Herrington Snow Plows have roof mounted lights is because the originals are blanked off. Had they been in use, they would have been useless because of all the attachments in front of them. This is an enlargement of my earlier picture of this Snow Plow that I saw in Tasmania.

[ford35lh]

Attachment 355377These are the plates from my 41 M/H.
My truck had just a 4 speed transmission.
Notice the blower and its power weighed over 4 ton.

Can anyone decode the chassis number ???

[str8axle63]

Originally Posted by ford35lh

Attachment 355377These are the plates from my 41 M/H.
My truck had just a 4 speed transmission.
Notice the blower and its power weighed over 4 ton.

Can anyone decode the chassis number ???

Do you have the other plate that has snogo on the upper left corner ?
That plate has a lot of info on it, im still trying to find out what the info stands for.

[ford35lh]

No Snogo plate.

[mercman from oz]

Found this SNOGO Plate on the Web. Also a great Video Clip showing one of these Snow Blowers in action - enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onoJdK_PeBE

[str8axle63]

Cool video they really throw the snow! Thx

[1952henry]

Look between your transmission and transfer case. Should be a Cotto underdrive box in there. I think all the SnoGo equipped trucks had them.