Thanks for the picture Pete, what year was that 8th Edition published? That Rodgers press does look very similar to my Berco press doesn't it, do you happen to know what model number that Rodgers press is?

I took a pic of my Dept. of the Army booklet TM 5-9756 for the trailer mounted press, it is from April 1954 and as you can imagine, being made by the Department of the Army, is full of all the info you would want on running a Rodgers No. 11 press, they were rated at 120 tons and were generally powered by a V4 Wisconsin VF4 aircooled engine with 3.25" bore X 3.25" stroke.  .
Appreciate your help
Mike

8th Edition printed January 1955. Sorry, I don't know the model number for the press. Over the years I have tried to track down info on the press but have not had any luck. I also have a copy of the Army manual that you have.

Just stumbled across this on the net....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thankyou Pete, that is great info to have, I'll print them off, the Berco unit sure is very similar to the Rodgers unit, the Italians must have been making them under licence after WW2 surely, wouldn't you think Pete?  There would have been thousands of Army surplus crawlers in Europe after the war, and with all the rebuilding of bombed cities and infrastructure needed, they would have been working 24/7 for years.