poppypiesdad

Yeah, great when your standing still!

Dont know never been still long , shoe brakes :cool2:

Same with the pig , need to back off the gas to get them to work

Jamie

Got the old girl home yestersday , 175 miles , £130 odd pounds of fuel , Penrith to Cupar left at 11 ish got home at 3 ish , one fuel stop , 50 ish mph , bit slow on the uphills , lots of waves and tooting from truck drivers and a couple of stares from the traffic cops around Carlisle. Now to get her under cover and start some tidying up .

Does anyone have operating , user , manuals instructions , idiot guides , for the goddes and the auxillary pump on pdf that i could have , too many valves and openings .

Jamie

they are JCB 4xc 's if im not mistaken , different from the 3cx as they have same size wheels whereas 3xc have a smaller steering front wheel , presumably so they dont have to carry 2 different sized spare wheels.

jamie

oops looks like ive just bought a green goddess pump , how do i tell the wife and how can i hide it ......... or am i stuffed

jamie

clive due to the fact that all of the front hatches have been cut off , not by me its how i got it , i will be starting from scratch , the only problem would be the prisms on the front hatches , as the side ones that i have seen look like flat plate with a semi circle cut out for viewing , would the be an accurate representation ?

i do however , managed to get a hold of a pig canvas , fancy rebuilding the lockers on the sides and wings ,and wanting to put hatches back on the pig thought doing the mk1 side hatches rolling back the pig to older times , what do you think ?

Jamie

Evening All , can anyone enlighten me on the type of radios thay would have been fitted in a pig if it was in service in Germany during its service in germany ..... cherrs all

Jamie

6 months jail time , thats what the two blokes that spraypainted a poppy on a mosque git , so presidence has been set , 6 months .

jamie

yes and have been for a long while , tnt and dhl are your best bet ,

jamie

google street view for a start then 192.com

Yes , got almost the same reply in relation to hatches for the pig , seemed odd that there would be a set in the USA , spam , scam , avoid

How long is a piece of string , if you get in a bidding war and really want it and so does someone else , depends on condition , if it has racks with it , tyre condition etc etc etc .

I know it not a figure . around the 15-20k mark .

jamie

pick axe handle

i got a 2.5 liter tub of aluminium paint from my local automotive paint supplier , it is intended for the refurb of aluminium wheels , brushable , and is a good match for the inside of my pig , will , have a look on the can what it says for you

Jamie

The main danger with military vehicles is simple , death .

When your significant other finds out how much you spent , continue to spend , or just must have .

Jamie

He used to have an Abbot in the driveway - look on Youtube! :-)

 

Andy

nooooooo really , naaaaaaa

andrew wishart , based in kirkcaldy , next to train station , part of the palletline group , used on many occasions , check with them forst they can be cheaper than the palletline website

all there trucks have tail lifts and pallet trucks

jamie

you must have very , very , very good neighbours, :wow:

Handbrake on ( working rear wheels ) out of gear (if 4x4), chock the rear wheels and let the front wheels do the rolling , and hopefully , it wont go anywhere, oh and stick a blank plate over the exhaust to stop the turbo spinning up in the wind

Jamie

Moving airdrop supplies from the drop zone to bases, and many other roles. It would carry a pallet on the back, plus had a fork lift pallet trailer, plus a self loading lightweight pallet trailer. It could also tow an air portable fuel container.

 

It was also used by special forces, and could have a Gimpy mounted on it for fire support.

 

http://www.eliteukforces.info/gallery/vehicles/supacat.php

 

They were last used in Afghanistan, retired in 2010.

cheers did not know that

jamie

so what would have been used for ? in what roll ?

jamie

Why not , we all have to do something to break the tedium of the 9-5 , its quite unique in what we do as a group , and theres nothing better than overtaking on the motorway , in a pig with the looks on peoples faces , you know that inside the car they are saying "what the hell is that"

jamie

Had to pull a couple of motorhomes out of ruts at the local show yesterday , old chap had the oldest chains that i'd ever seen , rust dropping off them and then was arguing with me when i produced a 6 ton strop and shackles Cetified ever year ) to pull him out saying that he lifted 15 tons with them the day before the show , so drove off telling him that when he came to his sence's to give me a wave and i would come back over and pull him out , Left the show and he was still there.

Im not a H&S devoted individual but when im at the other end of a chain (which i wont do) i want to go home alive

Jamie

thought the bike wheels was going to be an old skool bmx they fetch a fortune on ebay , raleigh burner , mongoose ect:red:

ROLF :-D

Jamie