For one point, provide the year and make of this unusual truck
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Easy for you to say Amigo 8).
For starters, is this a German origin truck?
Bill
Yes, this is a German truck
Road/rail ?
I do not know if this was intended for road/rail use. It is old enough, it may have been allowed on the roads looking like this.
Not easy this one!!
Observations that maybe someone else can use as well as me.
I think it is a Ballast Truck, based on the high, small cargo compartment that apparently does not tip.
The front fenders/mudguards appear to be hinged and in the "up" position in this photo, presumably for tire clearance when turning.
I have not figured out why the 4 wheel steering is necessary yet. If used on a railroad, that would seem unnecessary.
That's it for now.
Bill
Well, I think I found it.
After chasing a half dozen exotic and rare German truck brands, I finally gave up and went looking for the "obvious".
From what I found, this is a Mercedes "Dernburg" truck and the year stated is 1907 although it looks more modern than that to me. On the other hand, it seems this particular truck may have been a one off prototype for the Imperial German Army prior to WWI. It was also said to be the "model" for a small number of similar vehicles sent to the former German Colonies.
Unfortunately, I have not come up with any more details on this particular truck and I still am a bit baffled by the type of tyres it uses but I will keep on looking a bit more.
Bill
The point goes to Bill Murray for the correct answer. I only asked for make and year, because that was all the information I had. I didn't even figure out what "Dernburg" was.
The Dernburg-Wagen (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1872) was named after Bernhard Dernburg, German Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, who drove that car for quite a while in the German colony of South West Africa (now Namibia).
Yup, that is the "Colonial" version and apparently all of them were named Dernburg after that gentleman.
To save time, if you Google "Dernburg Wagen" which I did about an hour ago, you can get the whole story in 3-4 languages.
Bill
I'm sure this is the 1919 Daimler type DZ, the four wheel steer prototype. The 1907 Dernburg was a very different machine, as Wendax states.
I agree with Craig about the year and it not being a Dernburg. Oswald has it as the Daimler KDI, an artillery tractor from 1917 The name Mercedes wasn't applied to the Daimler trucks until the fusion with Benz in 1926.
The earlier version was the Krupp-Daimler KD1 from 1917-1919
I found a Daimler-sourced page indicating it is in fact a 1907 Dernburg, but I will look into it further after work.
It is not a Mercedes Dernburg but a:
DMG (Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft) prototype Allrad-Zugwagen.
The version you´ve shown with the puzzle pic is a little different to the standard version.
The normal version was called Allrad-Zugwagen DZ1, which was produced in higher numbers as can be seen here and did not feature AWS:
Here´s another photo of one of the three 1919 DMG Daimler Allrad Zugwagen prototypes.
Only three were built, the internal name was "Werksschlepper".
They featured all wheel drive, all wheel steering, 8-gearbox from the DZ1.
Engine: M1154, 22/50PS, 5700ccm, bore 110mm stroke 150mm, 50HP at 1200r/min, 4 tons, 28 km/h...
I´ve found a photo of the chassis showing your version of the 22/50PS Werksschlepper prototype using the wider wheels:
Your online source simply was wrong with connecting the puzzle photo with the older DMG Zugmaschine, which featured AWD, but not AWS and looked different. :D Do I get a point for this...? ;)
Just to prove my words, here is a photo of a 1907 DMG Allrad-Motor-Zugwagen 60/80PS and of the 1912 version with 100PS:
A point for Grob, with the correct identification.