Landships II

Date: Aug 28, 2005

Looking for pictures of Wench Trucks used with kite balloons

Date: Aug 28, 2005

A wench truck?

Is that a vehicle driven only by busty women of an eighteenth century disposition?

"Yon bawdy wench! Where's my truck?"

Date: Aug 28, 2005

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAh

Sorry about that, a winch truck, but the other sounds good to.

Tim R.

Date: Aug 29, 2005

I'm interested too.
I've got vacu kit of Drachen.
G.

Date: Aug 29, 2005

Hello GrzeM

I have been building a 1/32 scale Drachen, complete with a ton of rigging,, but I would love to put a Winch truck with it, I hope some one can help

All the Best

Tim R

Date: Aug 29, 2005

Not terribly helpful, I'm afraid, but I had to post this link to a wonderful site called 'The Great War in a Different Light' (http://www.greatwardifferent.com/) that has bags of contemporary Great War publications either scanned or transcribed - this is a piece by an American journalist who went up in a German observation balloon in February 1916. The article's title?

'Up In A Sausage', of course!

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Observation_Balloon/Observation_Balloon_01.htm

The second photo, which I link to below, shows some kind of winch-car, it looks almost as if it may be merely a towed trailer:

I should imagine the Germans would have used all sorts of methods of sending up the sausages!

In fact, at the bottom of that page is a link to another page by the same journalist, in which he describes a balloon being attended by a horse-drawn winch trailer.

Date: Aug 30, 2005

On this page (beware, takes an age to load up)�

http://www.chrishodgephotos.co.uk/pagev/veterantruckphotos.htm

�is a truck labelled �Major Wolf�s Military Tractor�. I have no idea of its nationality, or even date. However, it looks to be from the Great War period, going by the name it may be German (and those more expert may recognise the make of truck anyway) and the mechanism on the back looks to me like a winch-type mechanism�

As that site is so unreliable (and slow), I have copied the photo, here:

Date: Aug 30, 2005

And here�s an American one!

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/balloon43.htm

Date: Aug 30, 2005

And another US one:

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/dav1/pg180.htm

Date: Sep 3, 2005

Thanks Roger, I appreciate your time and effort on trying to find information on this elusive vehicle.

All the Best

Tim R

Date: Sep 4, 2005

Tim -

I have been researching the same subject for a number of years. I have collected a lot of data, some of which I'm sure you already have, but will share with you if you find it helpful.

I will tell you this, the FAL used horse-drawn vehicles through-out the war. Only in the last year of the war have I found evidence of these units receiving the wench mounted KD.1.

Jack Mueller

Date: Sep 4, 2005

Jack

Hello, I would be interested in your information, I would really like any drawings, pictures, and any rigging information you may have, I have just finnished my German observation balloon, and I need to rig it. If you can email the information, here is my email address ww1nut1918@yahoo.com

Thanks so much

If I can help you on any reasearch please let me know

all the best

Tim R.

Date: Oct 16, 2005

Tim,

I found this nice photo of German balloon handling in a German book. It shows little detail, but might help. The winch vehicle looks horse-drawn to me.

Hope this helps

Jon

Date: Oct 18, 2005

Check this link!
http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Balloon/Balloon.htm
G.

Date: Oct 29, 2005

Thanks guys for all the help.

All the Best

Tim R.

Date: Oct 30, 2005

Cool photo of the basket:

Date: Nov 9, 2005

Hello Grzegorz

Thanks a million, that is a great photo. Sorry I have not checked the old posts in awhile.

Again thanks

All the Best

Tim R.

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