moomooland:
1Wynn’s Pacific 6x6 heavy duty prime mover Reg No GDW 277 ‘Dreadnought’ seen here pulling out of the Ferranti factory at Hollinwood near Oldham while hauling one of the many transformers they transported out of there over the years.
0The same load now pictured in Oldham town centre turning left onto Union Steet and then heading East on the old A62 over the Pennines into Yorkshire.Wynn’s Pacific’s were originally built between 1942 and 1945 by the Pacific Car & Foundry Company of Renton Washington who supplied many heavy six wheel drive armoured tractor units to the US Army for tank recovery with many of them later being sold on after the war and employed on civilian heavy haulage operations.
One such company to take advantage of these surplus WW2 vehicles was Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd of Newport South Wales who became renowned for their six superbly converted examples.
All six were registered for UK road use and were given the following names…
‘Challenger’ (Reg No YDW 356)
‘Conqueror’(Reg No HDW 122)
‘Dreadnought’ (Reg No GDW 277)
‘Enterprise’(Reg No ADW 228B)
‘Helpmate’ (Reg No GDW 585)
‘Valiant’ (Reg No 1570 DW)Powered by ■■■■■■■ NHRS6B six cylinder in line supercharged diesel 250 bhp engines Wynn’s designed and built the crew-cabs and ballast boxes themselves.
Cheers moomoland! Feel free to post owt about Wynn’s mate, I’m currently reading a book about the whole enterprise, it’s quite astonishing what they’ve done over the years.