Manual snowblowing shovel - GIF

[Frank S]

I might know the yard mentioned, monstrous industrial/ construction/ mil surplus liquidators. They're all over craigslist, crying the re-utilization pitch.

I seam to remember the name was D&K surplus and supply but I don't find any reference to them any more I would imagine they were either bought out or forced to move from Akron as they were right near a housing development They are probably located in Canton now under a different name. You have to know this was 1980 when I was there to pick up a M15 A2 tank recovery trailer the problem was it had a 66" king pin height and was 3" in diameter Knowing this ahead of time from my days spent working on the M25 Pacific tractors in my motorpool I fabricated a 24" square box 16" tall with a 2" king pin and locked it to the fifth wheel at the shop where I worked and loaded up a small gas welder on the back of the cab over 9570 International
This is what we made out of it

Built the substructure above the main frame