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nptimber

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  1. Happy birthday Wincher fincher
  2. I have a trailer the same as the flat bed dyson it is exactly the same in its design and build as to the one pictured it carries a red livery but under this it is dark blue with white lettering possibly ex pickfords ?i have quite a few pictures of Pickfords AEC Matadors running with similar trailers transporting trams . We also have a pair of solid rubber tyred bogies made by Cranes of Dereham which are ex pickfords which are of similar design with the sliding bolster mounted across the middle these are rated at 35tons payload each and were mostly seen with a Scammell 45 ton chain drive tractor hanging on the front .
  3. :cry: The gas axe man had been very busy before i saw what was left ,what normally happens is a complete militant is loaded up with the remains of several less fortunate examples i bought the front of the chassis complete with engine gearbox everything else went on the banana boat or to that great motorway in the sky!:cry:
  4. Great picture i bought 605abm from NPtimber 23 years ago along with 618ayd for spares i made one motor out of the two this is why CR Jackson ended up with the spare jib .NP also had bcs675 i found this 2 years ago and bought it it now stands next to 605abm once again
  5. This is XSK 460 thats paul piggy thompson standing in front of it
  6. Jacksons converted this about 20 years ago i sold them the jib and anchor from my scrap matador that came from NP Timber at Kettering ,they sold the same matador to NP 20 years before that .Hows that for a bit of recycling!
  7. I have one in my matador 774 fbd and another for spares the one fitted in the matador drives a short drive shaft with a drum brake on the end
  8. If you can't drive a pioneer with the weights on then you shouldn't own one! You need to weigh at least 15 stone! Or eat 10 shredded wheat before driving. Having said this spike milligan said that all pioneer drivers were the smallest people in his artillery unit.
  9. Has anyone got any pics of the transfer box of one of these convertions or a douglas with a matador transfer box and rear mounted winch . How does the drive shaft drive to the rear instead of to the front?
  10. I own a Scammell Pioneer SV/2S BUILT IN 1945 it was rebuilt in 1958 at Fazakerly . i am searching for the history about its last unit it was attached to it was 910 squadron R.C.T /R.E.M.E L.A.D workshops T.A i think these were based in Liverpool anyone got any info
  11. These wheel centres will fit a Scammell Pioneer / Explorer or AEC Matador /Militant they are AEC centres as they have four extra holes in them to allow for the AEC brake drum retaining bolts
  12. If i had a matador or a unipower i dont think i would pull them in half with a wlf !
  13. Is it steve austin AKA(the bionic man) with the plastic back panel removed :-D
  14. My grandfather was a driver with the leicestershire yeomanry (guards armoured division ) and landed in normandy about 10 days after D day he often told my father that he drove an armoured matador ,he drove onto a grass verge to let a on coming tank pass by and the matador slipped into a ditch which was later recovered by a canadian sherman . I wish he had bought it home with him after he was de mobbed :cool2:
  15. Theres one in the REME museum this might be worth a look
  16. It now resides on my brothers farm nr desborough we bought it a few years ago from a farm nr Towcester its very rough but is ideal for spares
  17. While on the subject of recovery vehicles can anyone remember Midland fuel injection from duston northampton they had a scammell pioneer that later went to Blucars of Bugbrooke northants any ideas anyone?
  18. When you worked for spire can you remember an AEC 0854 6X6 (MATADOR) with twin boom garwood recovery kit on it ?
  19. I use this a frame when suspend towing with the pioneer ,the frame is only 4 ft long so if used as shown in the manual the casualty would be to close to the rear of the scammell and there would be no clearance for turning . I position the roller against the front bumper/drawbar then strangle reevable chains around the bumper/drawbar and the roller of the A frame,these are then hooked onto the crane hook when lifted the roller is pulled tight but the A frame can still move up and down ,i have lifted GMC cckw AEC Matador Austin K6/K9 Ford D series etc and have never had any problems
  20. Do you have any pictures of the scammell parked next door?
  21. A friend of mine was issued with a parking fine on his ford d series which he used to transport his vintage tractors , it was issued at 2.00 am and the offence was parking a vehicle over 1500kgs without it being lit front and rear The following week he attended a vintage tractor rally in his AEC Matador, it rained from the friday night to the sunday morning and on sunday afternoon he was the hero of the show winching out trade stalls and the complete fairground from the show which had become a complete washout . When asked by the local constabulary if he could assist in recovering there mobile community police station (which was the last thing on site ) he told them in his broad northamptonshire accent that he was not interested in offering his assistance in any form (or words to that affect) and drove off in the matador :iloveyou: on his way home he passed the local recovery firm on there way to rescue the peelers JUSTICE !
  22. Hello greg welcome to the forum,when i was 16 i saved up enough money to buy a motorbike but was told by my dad that there was no way i was riding around on one :stop:, i would have to wait until i was 17 and save my money for a car so i went to the local sawmill and bought two derelict AEC Matadors rebuilt one of them which i still have today 22 years later! Good Luck
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