Surveyor

Richard,

 

These are conversions from the Pulse ambulances. Withams had loads of take off ambulance bodies a while back. I have seen these out and about... even saw one in McDonalds car park near Lincoln a few months back.

 

Chris

Chris

many thanks it gets more interesting

Richard

I was looking at Witham and this caught may attention, Land Rover Defender WOLF 130, I have not seen a vehicle with this colour scheme.

Can any one advise why or what the intention was/is, especially the red;

A plane that played a vital role on D-Day in World War Two is to be restored and returned to the Berkshire airfield where it took off 73 years ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-berkshire-40175202/d-day-plane-to-return-to-former-airbase-in-berkshire

i'm going back down on thursday to move the tank and reassemble it as best i can. we'll be using a giant 4x4 forklift to up end it and get the crap out of it, after which it will be moved nearer to the main building and put together with the parts we have.

i'm looking for volunteers to help with the resto. i'm bringing a gas axe and welder genset and an assortment of large hammers. anyone that knows how to use these precision tools will be most welcome

 

this will be a one day resto

If only I was closer or when down in Southampton

Good news on both fronts, then. Well done!

 

Andy

Seconded

Would be nice to have 1 picture for the thread

Family comes first

Possibly a silly question, is the interior filled with spoil?

Richard, that is a great idea but has one minor flaw, I am in Eastern Canada and the nearest British Army base is an airfare away!

Note to self, see if people sate location on thread.

Sorry missed that but meant myself.

The Halftrack type shown (converted International M5/M9) is the subject of a 'not filled enough' thread here on the forum, see link below. A great photo. Just look at them multi-hued jerrycans and, all those water chilling devices on the side rack! REME Halftracks, with or without jibs (for engine pack/gearbox removal and general 'lifting' purposes are great vehicles and worthy of specialist attention .... no, not me, I have to do my Tripolitania book stuff, though it's worth noting that I cannot find evidence of such a fine type of Halftrack being used in Tripolitania at any time. 5RTR used them in Barce, Cyrenaica 1955-57.

http://xrhgb.com/xrhaden.html

Thanks for the information about the half track,

Surveyor you are lucky to get a response with so much information, I asked the same question relating to the wide track trailers of the previous generation and drew a blank. You are lucky chum

Robin

My last line was to a local Army Base and ask but you never know what they would say

Richard

Did you mean dimensionally John? As the drawing in the IPC is a bit wonky.

 

Clive

Thanks, my manual turned up after posting the thread this helps as well

Richard

The Duckboards are made from approximately 40mm X 20mm tanalised soft wood, the profile is 'D' shaped with the square corners at the bottom and the rounded corners at the top. The lower rails run side to side and the upper rails run front to rear with approximately 125mm square openings. The measurements are approximate as all our trailers are out.

The Duckboards are supplied by Penman MW Ltd, Heath Hall Ind Est, Heathall. Dumfries DG1 3NY. Penmans part number is K8232 the NSN is 2590-99-724-2328, they are quite cheap, the military only pay £54 each!

I hope that this helps.

John

John

Unfortunately Penman went into receivership and had none left, the timber merchant who supplied Penman only had a broken one and at the time I did not have a suitable vehicle to transport it to repair.

I have the trailer manual now after posting the thread and can work out the spacing, but the information you have given means I can start setting out and getting the timber, nice job for fine summer days.

Thanks

Richard

Great Pictures

Can some one tell me what this half track was used for?

After some horrible weather when not trying to bring pennies in managed to get to the Land Rover, had a good look with a straight edge and a feel, pulley's look in line and can find no rough edges, its booked in for an MoT in 2 weeks so when on ramp going to get a better look

Then you can probably dispose of it at the local council waste oil collection point.

Following my experience check which sites you can dispose the liquad at, some do not hold containers so you may need to get some for disposal.

same here

I have a Penman Trailer direct form Witham but no "Duck Board" does any one have the size of timber and a setting out diagram to build a new one?

Thanks in advance.

Just a thought are you restricted putting pictures on this thread during the recovery as the TV seems to be involved?

we're pulling the tank out on the 23rd (next tuesday) if anyone wants to come and watch. i've enlisted the help of a friends recovery truck and we expect, if all goes to plan to be winching it out in the early afternoon. let's hope there is enough tank left to recover

All the best, wish I was in the area,

looks like pipe-layers found it, along with 50 unexploded bombs and mines

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fyle.fi%2Fuutiset%2F3-9604845&edit-text=&act=url

Thanks for this, don't always get them to work or remember where it was I found the translator thingy

Looks like the rear of a missile launcher, seems a familiar picture but cant place where I have seen it

The colour side scan picture is fantastic, great what they can pick up these days, just trying to get page translated as it appears as though it could be a good read

http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/05/ship-to-shore-logistics/

 

From Rhino ferry to Mexeflote etc.

Very interesting article, I knew bits and pieces with Grey Funnel, but if you weren't involved you did not get close to them

mmm.pdf

OS attached, not sure if clearer