lynx Posted 19 December , 2019 Share Posted 19 December , 2019 Thoughts ? It is in the background of a German photograph. The quality is the best I can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 19 December , 2019 Share Posted 19 December , 2019 (edited) Gawd... some kind of cable-laying kit? No idea, but good to get the ball rolling! Edited 19 December , 2019 by Pat Atkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonMc Posted 19 December , 2019 Share Posted 19 December , 2019 Probably some kind of farm machinery, but after searching google for a while I can find nothing like it so only a guess! Interesting looking machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx Posted 19 December , 2019 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2019 Thank you for the input. A wider less detailed image. As you can see there are two of these machines and using the buildings as a gauge they appear to be some size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIFFO Posted 19 December , 2019 Share Posted 19 December , 2019 Trench digging m/c?, Churchill had a similar idea,only difference his brilliant idea involved tunneling just below the surface,initial trial went well,when the engineers returned the next morning,m/c had stuck fast when blue clay had shrunk ,as far as I know m/c still there near petit douve farm messiness,wheres Peter Barton !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 19 December , 2019 Share Posted 19 December , 2019 A quick photo fix brings out a bit more definition. I think it may be a lifter for the big boxes of gear next to it. The top section looks like it can pivot off the rear axle. (call me mad) Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIFFO Posted 20 December , 2019 Share Posted 20 December , 2019 Still think its some sort of trench digging m/c,the "boxes"beside could be timber for shoring up the sides of a trench, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 20 December , 2019 Share Posted 20 December , 2019 RE: the enhanced photo If you look at the 2nd machine in the distance I can make out one of the "boxes" in its "grabs" with perhaps an operator standing by it on the left. Oh for HD ! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 A trench digger would need to be suspended and quite mobile. I'm thinking water mills for rear area power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trbl_tommy Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 Maybe its a A7V Schutzengrabenbagger tracked trench cutting vehicle? see link: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/germany/a7v-schutzengrabenbagger-lmg-trench-digger/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 23 minutes ago, trbl_tommy said: Maybe its a A7V Schutzengrabenbagger tracked trench cutting vehicle? see link: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/germany/a7v-schutzengrabenbagger-lmg-trench-digger/ Not that I'm afraid. The trench cutter had 5 radial spokes in its big cutting wheel. The machine in the OP only has 4. Nor does it seem to have any cutters. Maybe a cable or flexible pipe laying machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 German trench systems in some sectors were supplied with 'mains' electricity and piped water ... so perhaps machines for laying cable and/or flexible pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 Very similar to slurry reel systems that modern day farmers use to pump slurry on to fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 I wondered if they might be mobile pitheads for dropping shafts prior to tunnelling? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 21 December , 2019 Share Posted 21 December , 2019 My first idea was like Beechhill… water mills, on trailers for transport on way to wherever they would be used. Or for lifting… sounds maybe crazy but before hydraulic power (talking middleages), cranes were operated with mills in which people would walk… a bit like a hamster wheel… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 21 December , 2019 Admin Share Posted 21 December , 2019 'Tis may be a pair of barbed wire laying machines some where on the Hindenburg line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 21 December , 2019 Admin Share Posted 21 December , 2019 Also no dissimilar to the wooden frames on the top of tanks for dropping into trenches before you drive over them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx Posted 23 December , 2019 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2019 Thank you all for your input. I am busy working my way through the 10 billion images on Google and as soon as I have a match I will let you all know. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 23 December , 2019 Share Posted 23 December , 2019 8 minutes ago, lynx said: Thank you all for your input. I am busy working my way through the 10 billion images on Google and as soon as I have a match I will let you all know. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Mike And to you. Remember, one image a second. The first million (11.5 days) will be the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertBr Posted 23 December , 2019 Share Posted 23 December , 2019 On 21/12/2019 at 18:22, Marilyne said: My first idea was like Beechhill… water mills, on trailers for transport on way to wherever they would be used. Or for lifting… sounds maybe crazy but before hydraulic power (talking middleages), cranes were operated with mills in which people would walk… a bit like a hamster wheel I was at the Science Museum in Birmingham recently. They have a Water Lifting Steam Engine for use on Canals. It had a similar box arangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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