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 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.
[https://archive.org/details/electricalinstr00corpgoog Electrical instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps (1911)]
See also
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List of Signal Corps Vehicles
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K-1 cart
The K-1 cart is a wire cart type K-1. It comprises a 2-wheel reel cart used for the rapid laying and recovering of telephone and telegraph lines in the field. It is completely equipped with a reel, mechanically rotated and controlled, 1 chest with ...
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K-2 Lance wagon
The K-2 Lance wagon is a light wagon approximately 14 ft long, equipped with a high box body running its entire length, the body surmounted in front by a driver's seat; tool and supply containers are attached to either side of the box; proper re-e ...
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K-3 cart
The K-3 cart is a 2-wheel, strongly constructed wire cart, similar to artillery caissons, but equipped for carrying and reeling out wire; used together with Signal cart, type K-4, to form the wagon formerly called "Pintle wire wagon, model 1910." ...
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K-4 cart
The K-4 cart is a 2-wheel strongly constructed signal cart similar to artillery caissons, but equipped for carrying signal equipment; used with the Wire cart, type K-3, to form the wagon formerly called "Pintle wire wagon, M1910".
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