K-8 cart

The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, designed for transporting in the field a large assortment of signalling equipment in the field. The cart's gauge is 5 ft 2 in, the wheel rims ​2 1⁄2 inches wide, and the wheel diameters are 5 ft. The body of the cart consists of a large chest surmounted by a driver's seat which is 44 inches wide, 27 inches high, and 5 ft 4 in long. It is mounted upon commercial wagon springs, and the interior is equipped with partitions suitably arranged for separating and holding rigidly in place the parts of equipment, type SE-6.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. Signal Corps (1920). Signal Corps Storage Catalogue. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 571–2.
  2. https://archive.org/details/electricalinstr00corpgoog Electrical instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps (1911)


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