File:'JEEPOMOTIVE' in Borneo.JPG

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English: NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-01. LIKE THE TINY BUT POWERFUL ANT, THE "JEEPOMOTIVE" CARRIES, PUSHES OR PULLS MANY TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT. THE MAKERS SET THE HAULAGE MAXIMUM AT 1,000 POUNDS, BUT "JEEPOMOTIVES" HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DRAW A THREE-TON TRUCK LADEN WITH FOUR TONS OF SAND ON THIS SYSTEM. SQUADRON LEADER JACK LIBERTY OF PERTH, WA, ADAPTED THE JEEP BY DESIGNING SPECIAL ATTACHMENT TO THE WHEELS OF JAPANESE MOTOR TRANSPORTS AND BY MODIFYING THE STANDARD JEEP AXLE TO TAKE THESE WHEELS AND TRACK THE ONE-METRE GAUGE. OFFICIALLY THE AVERAGE SPEED OF THE JEEP-TRAIN HAS BEEN SET AT FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR BUT ARMY DRIVERS ALWAYS SEEM TO RUN TO TIME IN SPITE OF ANY DELAYS ON THE ROUTE.
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