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i had one i bought in 1972 bought from a local scrap yard that had been vandalized by kids. I paid £20 for it and it included any parts i wanted that they had else where in the yard. After a few trips backwards and forwards i got every thing i needed of an old pop delivery lorry owned by a Company called Lords in Hull it was described as 30cwt morris by the scrapyard owner. I remember it was the same truck except for transfer box axles and compresser bolted on to gearbox and ignition switch. Alas cannot give a model type no but sure the one in heartbeat is the same

got to say your doing a great job on that truck.

not sure that long ago could be RR B81

think you bought a pup fella

unlike face book cant press like . SO like like like the whole restoration great stuff

I have been away for a few days so all though i i have been able to view i could not post. I believe Radiomike 7 is right and it was a made up thing. With hind sight i simply posted with out checking. Having said that i do believe it was trying to get across a message i have stressed many times. Recovery is one of the most satisfying/reward tasks one can do be it for making a living or simply helping some one out. But here is the rub every one can see judge size by simply looking at something. Very few have any concept of weight (force) or the load it it is imposing on equipment. Hence dont think if a rope of any material were to slap you at the back of the head it would be a warning

years ago i once got into an argument about recovery on this site involving some naive people having innocent fun recovering a stalwart at the time i was mocked for pointing out some salient points. just come across this video https://www.facebook.com/david.allamby/videos/1402144089904204/

I also can got banned for one 1 month for people putting on a recovery demonstration at WP. For pointing out their mistakes yuking at and riving at a vehicle and adding more vehicles and pointing out farming mentality type errors

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Dave Crouch had pallets full of them. http://www.crouchmilitarysales.co.uk/crouch-recovery/

From a recovery operators point of view the nato hitch kicks up a lot of problems. The bulk of the people who are willing to work for the rates offered by the clubs insurance companies are running vehicles that are at their GVW limits with vehicle only. and employ drivers who are not qualified to tow trailers. Hence the clubs have to out source to bigger concerns who who do this every day. But it costs them money hence the reluctance to take on new customers

I wonder if it because sometimes the recovery unit is used to recover the trailer using a standard 50mm tow hitch, if most of them saw the nato hitch they would say that they have never seen one in their life.

For example all AA recovery lorries have one fitted, I was recovered when our range rover let us down (again) and I was pulling 2 1/2 tonnes of wood.

 

The Governor.

are you saying all AA vehicles are fitted with a 50mm ball or a nato hitch

looking at pictures does look in very good condition. i have had three of them over the years and the first one 40 years ago was much worse state than this. Word of advice when restoring go for getting up and running curing big faults before concentrating on period switches history dash board decals paint codes and other minor details. i have noticed a lot restoration come to a complete halt because the list becomes to big. Have you sourced an engine for it ?? till its up and running you dont know if its got frost damage to base of crane and it still slews etc

simply tee into a pipe that has a constant air supply run pipe to seat base and pipe into seat. Could be either colour one will be feed one exhaust. you will know if wrong air will leak out. job done. the exhaust pipe is usually piped through the cab floor through a grommet to atmosphere.

ex prison service i guess. Needs tax and Mot if not exempt for some other reason

my guess militant with coles crane on it worth scrap unless some body on here wants it

Not a lot i can add about tug. The Darlington winch was a very powerful piece of kit i believe the shear pin on the drive shaft was designed to break at around 25 ton line pull. The anchor was raised and lowered by the winch. The same model winch was used on some models of the mighty antar for loading tanks

forget it you can register it but you could not find a legal reason to ever use on road. Registration does not give you a legal right to ride about in it. Try construction and use see if you can find a loop hole

It was petrol in a vented vehicle fuel tank. The gunge was sucked through the fuel pump and into the carb, clogging both up.

 

No problems with ethanol rotting the older rubber components (touch wood), but the cleanup was a real pain in the bum, so I've stuck with the additive.

i think Ruxy has summed this whole issue up in two words Snake oil. Basically two facts 1 if you put no fuel in the vehicle it will stop. 2 pull up to a pump and put in petrol or derv and it will go if you picked the right one

. Why does it have to get so anal

the one i fitted to the drops had a 12" deep subframe fitted on the owners request. I wanted to go with 6" but customer gets what the customer wants. Small world the cab of the gear your fitting is now on the foden i took my gear of

What i like about it is you cannot overdo it eg once the rust has gone nothing happens. If you end end up with holes in your pipes they where shot anyway

electrolysis

sounds to me like forget foden get a scammell leyland/daf and put a body on it

price on winch

like your style