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oops..thats not clever...

bloody good copy, seems to be too good for a film copy...the front drive wheels are really good...if not real.

and some need to be travelling at about 4000 foot per second at those plonkers who would have us stop doing what we love...

hmm that's interesting on a number of counts...pm me...

Mark i could not agree more, I fitted rear view cameras to my 432's to see what the plonkers were doing behind me and some were .within inches of the bumper. But the fact is that stats show they are no more dangerous, not hearsay or incidents facts...infact hobbyist vehicles have the lowest accident rate of any vehicle group. However your ARRV was not being driven on the road it was a passenger and it nearly caused a pile up shall we legislate against all movements of interesting items. I think not. we will not be banned as there is no safety or logical reason to ban us. and what Nick does will not change that... oh by the way mark good luck with the ARRV sale. i have another option on getting one at the moment but yours would be a perfect addition for my museum...bet it goes US side...where it can be driven on the road.

Driving Tanks and any military vehicle on the roads is no more dangerous than driving any big, old, slow vehicle on the road. full stop...

a lot of adverts...

yes, I think some on here want our hobby to be banned, seems to come up all the time from some, you just wonder at their intentions.

No matter what anyone of us says, there will always be a number of people who do it their way. there can be limited harm, just because he is publicizing his business. Its not the MV hobby he is a Business.

we use the needle gun a lot and to some extent easier than a sand/grit blaster re mess. For your panels needle gun will be really fast....go steady with it though don't want to warp any of the lighter panels. but it may be just as easy with an orbital sander, see below... sand blasting would be great for the chassis once stripped but I would get a local firm to do that. make sure you have no bearing/rolling parts on the chassis as the grit gets everywhere no matter how hard you cover things up. a single phase compressor can work if you get a 32 amp direct feed, as said like a cooker connection, not through a 13amp plug. dual compressors can work via a 13 amp plug but for the amount of work you will do with air tools I would not bother. Go with a good quality battery impact drill and forget the dual compressors. infact get a combo set of battery powered impact drill, hammer drill, angle grinder all using the same lithium ion batteries. This will be more useful than power tools and just as capable. and have an air compressor for blowing things spraying and inflating tyres. (still get the biggest and best money can buy) Get a good impact drill socket set and drill set, get some nut remover sets, to be used on the inevitable rusty bolts lots of wd-40, goggles for eye protection when using the grinder etc, and make sure you have a plenty-full supply of tea and biscuits. you will need all the usual suspects re basic tools but you need a good engineers vice, two even, secured properly for you to use as an anvil and a vice, (sorry Mr Wainwright, my school metalworking teacher would kill me for saying that) or get an anvil as well and a nice hammer.

I will miss Slab Common,

Numbers growing, we may yet have an MV recovery group. Keep the PM's coming guys...I already have a hand full of people from another forum interested and the interest is growing.

and we have our first northern garage of like minded recovery vehicles willing to join, way up north so just the middle ground to cover...

Hi brooky I have documented our recovery gear above. Yes we do recovery but generally at the moment we just recover up to 7.5 tons. Only because we have steered clear of the bigger stuff for now. But as I said in my original post I am gauging interest. I would go where ever the break down is if I did it but rightly as you say if you are up in Edinburgh and needed recovering to Edinburgh sending a truck from Guildford would be suicide and take forever. With the right numbers I would then talk with like minded HMVF users to get them on board so that they too join the club and take a share of it... this is why I was suggesting a club of like minded users... so far interest in it would not warrant an all England service, but we have to start somewhere and I have started. My investment in the hardware is going to proceed at a pace but we have to also turn ourselves from maintenance company to a full on recovery company, or likely continue to do a mix of both. Low loader mot'd but tractor failed on front brakes being unbalanced.

Keeping my thread on track. Hoping the interfering busy bodies eventually get the hint and go away. I am building a nice list of those interested. I suppose at some stage I would have to make this a formal business but for now i am just doing it as a bit of a helping hand, that specialist service for those guys who run these old trucks and vehicles that don't want to be stuck for hours on the side of the road. keep the PM's coming guys...

ooh forgot to add we also have amply storage at our place if vehicles just need to be off-roaded for a while...

Okay all interesting stuff. Adds to my point, if you called me up and said you had a Jackall to recover I would at least know what you were talking about or an M1A1 Abrams, or a FV623, or a bren gun carrier etc etc... But back to my thread. We are having the flat bed MOT'd today so she will be properly added to our list of recovery tools. Still looking for a good heavy lift truck but we do not yet as such have the business for it. So we may go a few other routes before we go heavy lift... so again PM me if you want to register your interest....

Are you blind cosrec, I know for sure you know a good deal about recovery but you cant read for jack.. Perhaps your drinking a bit too much...

Hi Neil yes we would move you first to somewhere safe, unloading where needed, or simply straight pull you. A dead DROPS, should be pretty rare with the right maintenance, things can break but they have a good record with no particular vices.. hauled two stollies from A&S, (never to use them ever again) to Guildford, without a problem... But I am not a haulier and I am sure crouchie did a fine job. The Daf is not efficient compared to more modern trucks...which will be getting over 10mpg fully loaded, the daf struggles to get 6 mpg empty, and will not do 5 when fully loaded. not cost effective...for ever 1 mile that means my cost is around 1 pound per mile before I start...at 10 mpg that reduces to 50p. I have use of a low loader and daf rig, its only a 20 ton low loader..he rents space on site and has offered me the use of it if needed, but I really need some modern hardware if we get to that stage...and so far I am just doing it for a small group of friends for now...the business work is again from people who know us... the 7.5 ton spec lift truck is regularly in use and very economical at about 15 plus mpg empty...my ideal truck would be one of the newer super efficient MAN trucks which I have heard are claiming around 12 mpg, fully loaded, that is amazing...we will see... locally I have a lot of gear, telehandlers, tractors cranes winch trucks etc...I use them all the time...well my staff do...i play now and again..although the new tractors are like lessons in electronics these days...

I love the foxfield railway, as an ex stokey boy I go there whenever I am up to see my mum and dad...if I lived in stoke I would love to be associated with it.

ah a bit heavier, over limit for a 7.5 ton then....bummer...

they are, mine has the polish diesel engine fitted and it runs a treat...they are such fun vehicles and actually quite good off road...

superb...

there are a lot of Polish/Hungarian and others coming to and fro with empty trucks..it has to be worth contacting a few of them...especially ones you see simply driving near your place as they will be regular travellers and may be able to help... normal hauliers not bad these days... Otherwise its a special trip over there...a small 7.5 ton beaver tail with unladen weight of 3.5 tons should be able to get it... not bad on fuel either... the laat is about 3.5 tons if i am right..please correct me if I am not..

A proper car...modern cars just so boring