Oshkosh All Wheel Drives.
The
Oshkosh Motor Truck Manufacturing Company was formed,
initially as the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Co. of Clintonville,
by Besserdich and Mosling in 1913.
It was renamed Oshkosh when it moved
to the town of that name
Here's what you get in the Oshkosh factory car park today - a fleet of M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporters.
[*]
These monsters have 500hp diesels, 5 speed automatic gearboxes,
two speed transfer cases, and eight wheel drive.
They are used to haul Abrams tanks around.
1997 -->
Right: 1969 Oshkosh 6x4, GCM 45,000kg,
Caterpillar 1674, 270hp motor,
at the
Historic Commercial Vehicles Show.
1998 -->
Go to the
W825M (1954),
Book,
[*]Picture by Don Incoll.
