stal108

OK No one is allowed to use there own winches any more untill there tested and inspected to loler regulations. Same goes for all equipment binders shackels ropes cables, maybe sell it buy a jeep Health and safty all the way. Anyone want to buy a quad bike its a bit dangerous, also anyone got a contact to limit my metro to 70mph? I have to say the tread on my shoes is a little low. Better buy some more

I agree we need to be more carefull, yes Thanks for the advise , it will help next time, We will se how we can use it asap . Arron what are you up to the weekend fancy trying the quarry side?? LIFE IS A RISK. We may be a little more attentive lol. LETS HAVE FUN.... lets do the max...... no point owning something you dont use or we would all own jeeps or some thing 2wd all the same i drive a metro pmpl

Hi all great thread. Yes i was there in the stolly well inside the hatch on entry and in the driving seat when the hep rope snapped. Ill try to explain. four of us went to the site(mario has launched his stolly there before!) We asked nick with his scammell to come over for help and 4 turned up well safty in numbers as they say. A GOOD STRAP was placed on the rear to stop it turning over on entry advise from someone who has done it before. I think it worked and was a good safty point??? We asked for chain two equal lenths for the front to attach before we enter for recovery after. We got and old decayed rope off the bonnet of a scammell that was put there from new i think but we were asured it was ok EM .May be em o well. see how it goes. entry was a little intresting lol but worked ok . the winch out was mad loads of people watching there were weights put on the cable of the scammell but not on the rope. when we were about to start every one was moved futher away look at the vidio. most were in the tree line. the plonkers were not. After the rope broke we were given cable of a good standard the rope was then used to pull the stolly up a little so the cable could be put on. Then again people were asked to move back and wih some stolly bhp and winch power it poped out. I will admit it was far from safe. yes admit mainly due to onlookers who dont have a clue. but if health and safty had been there the stolly would have been roped off a scaffold would have been made to climb in and cones used to mark the corner of the metalwork. it would never of happend but it did we had fun . too many old people about. mind you we may not make it lol pmpl . great day.

Had a slight tec problem with hight. a Foden drops and a reme stolly are 16ft 8 inches. hence the flat tyres.

O yes came down last sunday

I thought the gearing difference was early ones run 100/20 and later 1200/20 ??? saladin saracen same ratio and stolly salamander is mutch lower geared. i thought.

Yes i was talking about the 220 rolls upgrade to 290 305?? how hare or easy??

Went over picked a saladin up today, so its done its first lift no prob, I used hook to pull it on with a cable.

Are you sure it a 175 i thought it was a 220??

As i am told iit not true all you have to do is change pump injecters and turbo to make it a 305????

What size tyres are these???? i want!!! I have converted my s26 6x6sldt to a hook loader and it looks exactly like this exept it has 18/22.5. i did try a 1600/20 on it but i like the look of these. first pic is my truck with 16/20 on front.

Suager bought one today£1320 But i want to buy two more. Well spoted Pic today i poped in on grumpy on the wat back. Note the rack has a reg number isa also on the chassis plate.

The Motorhome thing is right if its over 7-5 ist a lgv you need. But i am unsure of the axle weights add up to the gross? If you look on a truck plate the axle weights are far over its gross weight. my foden is 9t9t10t10t that would make it 38t gross but its just under 33t If you weigh one axle is it taking any weight of the other I am probabley well wrong but i thought there was a of working it out from the axle weights.

r u going to be there when i pick the camper up?

Hi all I have a story I bought a saracen mk6 with a gearbox problem. I had a idea of diesel but i wanted to know if it were possible i have converted a stolly to diesel i used a b series cummins 180. This time i wanted fully auto. I just happend to have a jaguar 4.2 petrol with twin carbs. !!!! you see where this is going... I took the engine out and stripped gear box in situ. After alot of troubble i got it stripped to the foward back transfer a large shaft about 30 inches long sticking out, I cut this down to no more then the last few inches of the spline fron the tbox. I then got a drum/band and gut this down put 4 holes in it and cut a flange grove. I then fitted the engine and auto box made a small prop and bobs the job put it in drive and off we went. This was to see if i could do it with a diesel engine and auto box but things happened and i never did the diesel. Ill try to sort some pics out.

Hi all When you put the truck on the bridge did you only weigh the front and rear axles? added the weights to get the gross? A close friend has just weighed his and it just 7.1ton with a box body and this one is over 6ft tall inside used to be a ground control unit for unmaned aircraft. Its fully kitted out bed shower wc wardrobe and his mt500 armstrong. There should be no problem to register it as a motorcaravan 7.5ton. I have a american rv 9.6 ton a friend who also has one went to do his test in one and was refused as it is not a goods carrier. So as far as i am aware no hgv is needed for a motorcaravan. I could be wrong but there are lots of people who dont have a hgv who drive one.

nice looking 432 what do u carry it on?

Good to see it up and going. Just had a look great. I looked at prototypes and see the end one the last prototype,, what about paul kettle cwk42y mk5 ? I belive it was there mk4 prototype they scraped and put on the 110 chassis. Tested at gaydon to distruction. Paul recoverd it and restored it . A few k later.

As said a daf is not a scammell as a vw sharron is not a ford galaxy made in the same production line. just the odd change. Its a scammell thing. I think they should have been but sadly there not. I am sure it will be at grumpys soon very soon. Yes i have my stgo plate for 100ton . i went to the dvla and registerd it as a ballast tractor (loco s/type)phgv tax no test. I drove to overloard solo. At 40mph. near max speed lol

Too mutch to do and i not invited to wolvs,, lol,, I am going to respray it so work will start this weekend. Ready for war and peace. Buying a scammell(daf) good idea in alot of ways there better than fodens .They can carry more Go faster!!!! Well the foden only does 44mph at 2200rpm where the daf will do 52mph at the same rpm this also improves the mpg. Not that speed is sutch an problem .When i went the weekend i kept it at 40mph. If i were in a daf i would have kept it down to 45/47mph. Dafs are good trucks but there not scammells. There not far off as alot of the parts are scammell but it is a daf . I am selling my s26 6x6 that has a hookloader on it if anyone is intrested.

I called them weeks ago £3070 + vat.... em no thanks , there were two for 600 a piece so i think there worth £600 to £1000.

Great movie, why didnt you come say hi. I would have asked if i could buy the s26 mirror arms off you. as the foden has the ones off my s26 6x6 on it. They fit fine only a small mod. We didnt finish the truck till late thursday night and a 5 am start on friday morning. But it was faultless 200mile each way, only 41k on it and everything works as it should. It only does a stedy 42mph at 2100rpm so fuel consumption is not so good about £1 per mile. Still after a rack for the back. Though i intent to make a full size one 9.5ft wide but first i could do with a std one.????? stal108 dave

The old buggie was at the Overloard show the week end . had a nice set of tank ramps on the back lol,,,

leaveing kidderminster at 5am be there by 10 am. foden drops 8x6 immlc

I bought one three weeks ago and this afternoon it will be on the road. Waiting for a tyre and im off to portsmouth overloard show tomorrow. I am after a pallet??