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A picture of my M746 the day we collected it from Levisley International[ATTACH=CONFIG]69390[/ATTACH]

The one which must not be mentioned ! just been searching through old pictures and found this !

What a strange way to carry out the recovery. Can only presume the Explorer got there first and was being dragged back towards the Saladin as it winched and then the Martian was used as additional anchor. If both had arrived at same time then it would be a no brainer to use the Martian winch.

The Champ did not have brake lights or indicators as original equipment so both front and rear harnesses have no wires for these components. If you are reworking original harnesses you need to consider adding extra wires.

Yep, still got mine yours if you want it Andy.

 

Antar, the diameter is 16"

Does it look like this ?

Yes Bob, we all make little mistakes now and then. I presume that there was more than the Scorpion going on that trailer as can clearly be seen Frank had extended the bed out before removing the neck.

This photo from March 1993 shows a Scorpion that I had purchased by tender being loaded onto the late Frank Derricks lowloader.

Posted justed for your interest.........

Bob, at least the Scorpion clearly had an engine in it ! I remember a certain Abbot arriving back in the Northwest engineless !

t when we knew him

I think Richard was reffering to the tractor unit in the picture, but you are quite right he did have a number of Diamond T's over the years both ballast tractors and wreckers, latterly he ran a postwar Autocar 6x4 with Detroit 8-92 in it, thats where I got the bug for Detroits from !

Sadly Frank died about 8 years ago from a MRSA related ilness.

Bob, was Frank's truck a Mack?

No Richard it was a White, Ex Ruttle plant hire in Lancashire, spent many happy hours in the passenger seat or sat on the edge of the bunk if there were 3 of us in there. It was fitted with 13 SPEED Fuller, however closely I watched Frank changing gear the change pattern never seemed the same !

As this was a lend/lease vehicle are we not by rights entitled to pitch up and claim it back... sorry guys you defaulted on the lease payments.

To answer the question, unless it has improved in design dramatically over the last 3-4 years don't bother, it leaks sand / grit all over your workshop.

Looks like the ultimate kitchen accessory from one of the photo's. Why don't Ikea do these?

 

Very nice!

Perhaps we should start a new thread "views from your kitchen window".

Can anybody identify what this unit is ? Does it have a value ?

Just came across these and thought they might be of interest, hope it not a re-post. http://www.commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog/classic-military-trucks-on-big

Excelent picture of the Leyland Brontasarius shame it got cut up !

i believe a few came from a scrap yard in Ireland , ours did .....

That would be Lindsey Burney in Northern Ireland, it was not a scrapyard but a plant dealer, mine came fom there too. The release paperwork came from Long Kesh.

Quite ammusing that at the end of the clip in the background they can be seen removing chip pans from the tracks.

Nice find, brings back happy memories, bought mine for £725 in about 86 sold around 96-98 for £6500.

Andy,

Please measure the diameter of the wear plate as I have found one in my shed still wrapped up but not sure if it is an Explorer one or not.

Send me the full paragraph and I will get one of my technical coleagues in Russia to translate it for me.

:yawn: still waiting !

You will be taking the longest tacho break ever !!! I must admit there were occasions when I passed it I thought I could easily have that away, just nip over Woodhead with the ANTAR one Sunday morning, back the trailer up to it and just winch it on, then nip back over Woodhead. No one would have batted an eyelid !

After it had gone it did look like it had actually been fixed to the plynth, there were signs of burning gear having been used. It is understood that it was actually craned onto a low loader.

I actually was suspected of taking it by all the engineers at TCH JCB Chapeltown which is just round the corner from where it stood on the plynth, they said "it was there when we left on Saturday afternoon but had gone when we came in on Monday morning".

No mystery it has a collectors name attached to it its obvious if you think about it

Is that a "Legal Collector" perhaps ? we all know but don't particularly want a libel writ being delivered !

Absolutely nothing to do with Budge. Send PM for the answer.

Just had a look at your progress over the last few weeks since I posted on the removal of the front diff from the cradle, you seem to be getting on really well ! If you need axle boots PM me as I am the main supplier for new ones in Europe.

Believe it or not all the work for that project was done in Heywood, Greater Manchester 2 years ago. The Centurion is the ex Phil Benham one. It was completly gutted and then carefully cut into 5 or 6 slices so that it could be containerised. the motive unit is a large electric motor with some big reduction units connected to one final drive. We were not allowed to photograph it during its creation. The turret had about 10" milled of the top and a large steel plate welded on so the whole thing would be stable when assembled upside down.

Sorry again for the dumb questions, but as some of you may know we are looking at getting an FV432.

My concerns are if it breaks down, and it cant be fixed at the roadside, how do I get it back to its storage?

 

Are there companies specifically for recovering larger vehicles or MV's?

 

Also, what if I throw a track, or worse both!! Is it a case of being a 14tonne uncontrollable wrecker?

With regards to your 3rd question," throwing a track" is a term not to be taken literally, mostly this reffers to a situation of "de-tracking" where the track comes over the idler or drive sprocket but not completely off. It usually causes a situation where the suspension is compressed and the track is jammed. If the vehicle is properly maintained and driven de-tracking is highly unlikely. De-tracking 2 tracks is near imposible as you would have carried on after the first one for that to happen.