K-31 truck

Autocar U8144 K31
Type 5- to 6-ton 4x4 Van
Place of origin United States
Production history
Manufacturer Autocar Company
Produced 1941–1945
Number built 607
Variants K30, K62
Specifications
Weight 19,280 lb (8,750 kg) empty
Length 300 inches (7.62 m)
Width 98 inches (2.49 m)
Height 130 1⁄2 inches (3.31 m)
Engine Hercules RXC
112 hp (84 kW)
Transmission 5 speed x 2 range trf. case
Suspension Beam axles on leaf springs
Fuel capacity 90 US gal (340 l)
Operational
range
 270 mi (430 km) cruising, loaded
Speed 45 mph (72 km/h)

The K-31 truck, a US Signal Corps designation for an Autocar Company U8144 truck with York-Hoover van body, was used as the power truck for the SCR-270, an early warning radar of WWII. The power it delivered to the radar came from a PE-74 generator.[1] 2) 3) 4) Similar vehicles were the K-30 and K-62 or K-62-A, all three operating trucks for the SCR-270. K-31 differed in cubic feet and overall height from K-30 and K-62.[1] Note the difference in form of the wheel arch of the van body between the depicted vehicles that shows that there must have been successive models from York-Hoover. The third image in het gallery shows that the two panels at each side were folded up when the vehicles where operated, while the panels at the back where two halves that were folded up and down respectively.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "TM-9-2800-1 Military Vehicles". US Dept. of the Army. 27 October 1947. p. 304. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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