robin craig

Congratulations Simon, excellent job. Kudos to you

Is there any list of what is going? I think these must be hard times for museums these days to stay relevant. Covid only complicates matters. I loved the Land warfare hall when I visited years ago. Even then there was a lot outside not on display. Will be interesting to watch this unfold.

I am confused but very interested and messaging you

Good day

I have these two taking up shelf space, any clue what they are from please?

Would like to find them a home rather than bin them

yes I do, which handed they are I will have to look and see of both the wheel half nuts are the same as the wheel to hub nuts, otherwise i likely have the ones you dont need. Back back in a day or two

Proper cracking job, great work, keep going, love to see it finished

I have some parts, battery box lids, 7.62 gpmg craddle, eyebrow pads for hatches, some fluid flywheel tools and a fw other bits and bobs, contact me via email from here is fine

Bob I cant make out which mount that is. Browning 30 cal or 7.62 gpmg?

Happy Christmas

Pavl I may know someone who can sell you one on this side of the pond.

Give me a day or two

Have you looked at your parts manual?

what are you after exactly? I am unclear on which mark you have and what you are trying to execute. Do you have a picture of what you are trying to replicate perhaps you can post?

I too am a computer illiterate but can lay a wicked 7018 bead and other such life skills, thank you for this thread information

Doug, so very sorry to hear of all of this. I know your 432s were your passion and you had put a lot of effort in to them. Hope you find home for everything and life resolves itself to a level you can enjoy it again

Simon can you explain what change has taken place for us to be able to see that online at that detail level please?

I'm thinking that may make other things you have photographed to be viewed that way also?

It might be worth asking on Maple Leaf Up as some wise souls hang out there, if not registered I could do that for you

Welcome Wayne

Martyn there is one in existence in the form of a replica owned by a Land Rover owner on the UK circuit, I have not personally seen i, I am told the trails give it away.

Apart from that I am not aware of any, but I am frequently wrong

PM sent

Jiver, quite the statement, wow, I get the picture quite clearly.

Martin N do you need someone to do that for you?

I just wanted to close the loop on this thread, as I like tidy endings to stories.

I committed to buying this lot and with the help of John Riley had it crated up and sent out here to me in Canada.

It arrived eventually, Covid delays of course. All the gear was exactly as Bob described but none the less is useful for the most part and I am very happy to have the gear here. Worth the purchase and freight costs to get such things as a spare Ferret fuel tank and recovery cable with chains.

Thanks to Bob and John

Howdy other Robin,

Modern chain tensioners enable way too much force to be applied. I did myself break one. I have seen many with them broken. I have not seen one that I could detect having been repaired.

I have always felt that there would have been an approved repair and that is what I was hoping someone might post, as we have some REME folks on here.

For my money, as someone who does a lot of repairs on the farm, I would want to cut off the whole plate onto which the loops are attached and make sure the new loop goes right through that plate and gets flush welded behind as well as on the front side around the bar stock.

However that is a lot more work and I think that your way would be what would be used but with a two pass weld enabling a root pass with 100% penetration to be used.

So,

I hear the sound of crickets.

Do I assume no one else has faced this problem or is everyone shy?

Pavl,

it all depends on what the gross weight registered for the vehicle is more than anything else mate, check your total tires are rated to carry the gross load. You are correct in respect to fore and aft positioning but when DOT pulls you over thats when the fun will start regardless of C of G mate

God luck

Pavl,

we have used a Dodge 5500 with a gooseneck float trailer with tandem axles and oil bath axles rather than greased ones fitted with electric trailer brakes and a jake brake.

We gauge them at 10 tons and go from there. Somehow we always seem to forget to go over a scale loaded it do the math.

We have used a tandem axle straight truck with beaver tail ramps and been within the vehicle CVWR.

I am not sure what the C of G has on your choices, it is gross load and truck and trailer weights that ministry of transport or your DOT are after in most cases, is C of G something they measure for stability?