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Mark I am a little confused over which Scammell you have been offered, the 20 ton was a ballast tractor with a Meadows petrol engine wheras the 35 ton was a tractor unit with a 3.5 inch pin 5th wheel coupling for towing RE plant trailers, equipped with a RR C6 diesel, which would certainly pull your trailer, but with only 185 BHP on tap would be decidedly slow.

Why are you not going to use on of the 2 S26 tractors you have ?

John Riley

Ask them to do a Tapley test instead of rolling road test.

I bought an entire rear bogie from DC thinking I could either use the complete axles or just the diffs. However the S26 refueller has a slightly heavier duty rear end with an extra couple of leaves in the springs and rectangular torque bars in place of the dog bones on the tractor which use different brackets on the axles and a different chassis cross member. The diffs, hub reductions and brakes were all interchangeable. The refueller tyres were also 12R22.5 in place of the 10R20 on the tractor and used a 5/8" wheel spacer to give clearance over the springs.

 

I also considered fitting the spare spring brake chambers to the trailing axle but the thought of the entire rear bogie locking up when running solo due to a valve or pipe failure made me think twice.

Where is the one you did now Mike ?

Charles, the easiest way would be to change the final drive ratios and I would suggest a call to Smiths at Albrighton to see what alternatives are available. http://www.hlsmith.co.uk/

 

On the Scammell S26 6x4 the answer was to use the diffs out of the RAF tanker which gave a change from 6.39:1 to 4.79 IIRC and a top speed of 69mph against 52mph.

Would love to find a pair of the 4.79 axle diffs or a complete pair of axles !

14.00 x 20 wheels and tyres will fit, see Hamptons website, they have a couple already done. Not sure how much quicker but certainly a bigger rolling radius.

It has original smoke dischargers on it, thats £350 to start with !

You have not even given any idea where it is located. Why bother trying to start it, they will tow with an average sized agricultural tractor, just go and pull it out to an appropriate place for loading.

Glad you're not in charge!

So you think it was a sensible exercise, glad you are not in charge too !

Braver people than me!!

Stupid more like !

If the thing is for real whoever set up the stunt should be imprisoned

Welcome aboard Dale, this is John Riley the owner of the M746, we met at Melvyn's house a few months ago. Nice to see the Extravaganza date is now fixed for first weekend in August, will certainly be there with as much as I can bring ! Last year was excellent.

You need to get it advertised on here I am sure there are plenty of other owners who would love the opportunity to take their vehicles around the 17 acre play ground !

Am I alone in thinking you could have got the other half to move the Peugeot, Paul?

 

It'll be back to your day job of putting sardines in cans on Monday then? :blush:

You are not alone....exactly the first thought that entered my head ! Why risk all the grief of her indoors car having to go to the body shop because you were shunting the "tank" around !

Just looks to me that the wet side behind the main seal is to stop the bore from rusting, no pressure would be generated there. seal A is just a scraper seal and stops the fluid leaking out.

Steve

How about asking the guys at the REME reserve collection at Bordon if you can store it there?

Portsmouth to Bordon 27 miles

Bordon to Folkestone 107 miles

John.

From the pictures I thought it was not even worth bothering going this time, made 2 chancer bids, one on the Detroit V8 which I had seen on a previous visit and the other on one of the Rapier ? winches, I got neither.

Should anybody want a brand new pair of Hollarbones (thats how it is spelt on manufacturers label) I have a set for sale at £250, not the best picture but I think you get the idea.

Most ECM information is classified for obvious reasons !

We have one in the collection I help look after. But we also have no English language manuals for it

Nothing there for me over the last few years, just an opportunity to catch up with friends and have a chat. Its ok if you are interested in guns and dressing up in 40s gear and uniform. Went last year to specifically buy a Sterling for my CET but absolutely no one had one for sale.

Welcome can we have a closer picture of your snorkel at some point?

Sorry I didn't mean to offend, it was purely an observation on my part. Had it been your video I would not have passed comment, but for what appears to be a semi official video it could have been edited down a little. I actually skipped the last few minutes due to it being repetative only to go back again this morning and find the best bit at the end where they are being maneuvered into the building.

I does go on a bit, same vehicles round and round again !

OK whats a Sturgeon, googled it but nothing definitive ?

Results from last tender are on their website.

So where has it been since 2004 as it only came out of Withams this year ?

I'll second that, after 32 years restoring vehicles, I would not have taken on such an imense project, what is even more admirable is what he is planning on taking on next !

John Riley

I assume that you won't be taking it for test with that rack on !