TRANSPORTING A TANK
STIFF RUAPEHU CLIMB TRACTOR’S FINE WORK THE CHATEAU, Sept. 2. Difficult problems were presented to official's of the Ruapehu Ski Club yesterday when they were faced with the transport of a 400-gallon iron tank "rum Chateau Tongariro. National Park, to 6000 feet up Mount Ruapehu, where a new hut is to be built. The tank was dragged behind a tractor on a sledge. The tractor was sometimes almost buried in snow and often in danger of turning over backwards. The tank was hauled up steep pinches by club members with a rope. The farthest point the tractor reached, 5100 feet, is believed fi be the highest a land vehicle has been in New Zealand. The tank reached the site at 5.15 p.m. after 7f hours’ work.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 206, 3 September 1935, Page 6
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