crawler tractor (beetle)

[stepane]

hello J a beetle tractor 1941, I have would like to have information on this model very rare... of the photographs
stephane
canada ,quebec

[Jim Becker]

I have no idea what it is. Maybe you could show some pictures? Somebody might recognize it from a picture.

[stepane]

J have to try to place a photograph, but not able....

[beaconlight]

stepane Email the picture to Rudi and I am sure he will post it for you.

Bill

[Rudi]

This is a pic of Stephane's very interesting tracked tractor...



Very Interesting little critter... any one got an idea?

That seat -- is it from a Beetle

[stepane]

not the siege these my father who installed, it functions well, have remakes the caterpillars and the engine..les parts of this model is very rare, to manufacture has montreal by the company laurentide beetle... these whole this qu have knows.

[johnbron]

I did a search and here is the best info I could find for a Beetle Crawler that was made by Western Gear of Seattle WA.

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/artic ... int100.htm

[Jim Becker]

You might check with Steve Hansen (through this link).http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/crawlers/messages/191.html
If his email address is still good, he may have gathered some information.

[johnbron]

Or through this info.

If anyone has any additional helpful information for Steve, he can be reached via e-mail at

bugsie@wtp.net.

He can also be reached via phone at (406) 252-7174

or through postal mail at

5224 Hillcrest Road, Billings MT 59101.

[Rudi]

I emailed Stephane again and I got this in return..



Just did a google and got a couple results but this is the only useful one so far:

Crawler Tractor Scrapbook Part Three by Richard H. Robinson exerpt on Plough Book Sales webpage.

Stephane, check it out..

I did a little playing with the pic and found out this:

Laurentide Beetle Tractor
Manufactured for
the Laurentide Equipment Co Ltd
Montreal Canada
Canadian Vickers Limited
Montreal Canada
Serial No 1008
Forward
1st Gear 1.69 MPH
2nd Gear 2.68 MPH
3rd Gear 4.41 MPH

Reverse
1st Gear 1.95 MPH
2nd Gear 3.04 MPH
3rd Gear 5.00 MPH

Canadian Vickers was a large company that could trace its roots back to the Vickers Shipbuilding Company in England. They built ships as well as aircraft, railroad equipment and I guess tractors as well.. I must do a search one day on Canadian Vickers..

As to where you can find an Owner's, Service or Part's Manual is just about anyones guess.. but I imagine the archives for Canadian Vickers in Montreal would be a good place to start..

I will get Em to translate this I think, as my French is no where good enough for that..

[beetletractor]

hello J a beetle tractor 1941, I have would like to have information on this model very rare... of the photographs
stephane
canada ,quebec

hey steph
steve hansen here, I have been out of the country for a few years and am just seeing your post. did you get all of your questions answered? If not, send an email and I'll share what I know
hrwebcruiser@yahoo.com
regards
Steve

[john2189]

If this was made in Canada, wouldnt it have Metric pressure and temperature gauges ?

John

[PageRob]

That's a wild looking machine. Very squat.

[Lurker Carl]

If this was made in Canada, wouldnt it have Metric pressure and temperature gauges ?

John

Canada didn't start converting from Imperial to metric measurements until the 1970s.