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Hi Niels, i am not sure, but it may have been a 6MW, there will no doubt be someone on the forum that will know for sure. Regards. Alan.

Thank you very much Shane.:tup::

Hi Niels, that is a marine version, much thicker walls, and larger bore. Makes a nice sound under load:D

welcome in.

Hi all, I thought i would tell you a short story. Back in the summer, we, that is Sparky and Sultan, (Sultan is a sentinell steam waggon) made the anual trip to the Isle Of White, from where we would go on to Dorset. This year however Sultan was feeling a bit ill, on the trip from Haven St to catch the ferry "she" decided to break down. This was a pain in the bum as we had a ferry to catch. After half an hour of burning fingers and sore knees we decided to take the drive chains off and give Sparky some work to do. So there was scammell then sentinell then living van, on the shunt pole, total weight around 25 tons, this may not sound alot to some, but have you seen the hills on the IOW!!! Anyway we got to the ferry port ok, the the man came over with his measuring wheel and then anounced "27 meters, you will have to get the next ferry as there aint a space that long on this one" oh well, only half an hour to go. ( There is a reason to this story ) We made it to dorset, but one thing was clear, Sparkys radiator was not doing what it should, so through the winter it has been dismantled and cleaned out. Having seen the muck inside it is amazing we only had to stop twice to let things cool down. here are e few pics of the rad going back on. PS also fitted a new exhaust manifold.

Thanks to all for the info. Thanks Bryan, yes we made it back in just over 5 hours, 70 miles, ish. Alan.

Hi Niels. Thanks for that, i will give them a call. Kind regards. Alan.

Hi all, can any one please tell me where i can get the rad tubes, gaskets, "o" rings ect to rebuild my rad. Phone numbers or email address would be very helpfull. :-D regards. Alan.

Hi, i have been going for a number of years with 3 or 4 in the cab, i have never been asked for more money, i think it may be to stop people turning up with a truck full, but then we spend money in their cafe, so the more the better as far as i am concerned.

Will be there, hope to see some more forum members. They did pass a questionair around 2 or 3 years ago to see how many people wanted a 2 day event, but i dont know the percentages. Regards. Alan.:-D

Nice pictures, but that is an explorer not a pioneer.:blush:

On 22nd May. at Amberly Chalkpits Museum. Great place to visit, loads to do and see. Regards. Alan.:thumbsup:

I told you not to shoot THAT truck!

A very wet day moving some old oil tanks.

Now we are unloading the power plant. for the saw, steam naturally.:shocked:

Hi all, just got some pictures sent by a mate from the summer, remember "summer" it is something that cant come back to quick! Here we are unloading a circular saw at the Sultan show 2010.

Thanks Richard.:thanx:

Thanks Norman. Alan.:thanx:

Does anyone know where i can get a re-build kit for a pioneer radiator, or is there anyone on here that does re-builds? Thanks in advance. Alan.

Sparky playing with some tanks.

SCAMMELLS seem to apeal to some kind of primevil urge in men at least. Ug Ug, erg, oof, grrrr. (traslation) Welcome fellow pioneer owner. Alan.:thumbsup:

Looks like the crew have been at the beans again!

Here is what i got for my unsheduled off road trip on the IOW.:embarrassed:

"I told you its rude to point"

I was there with HMS Sultan, had a walk round to see if i could meet some more hmvfers, but you must have seen me comming and hid:shocked:. There was some very nice vehicles there, here are some pictures. Alan.