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Yep, steam cleaning was the standard method for cleaning very large oil/fuel tanks until the advent of solvents.

Hi Morris (sorry, AUSTIN). Nice to see your truck, - far too many of these have been allowed to simply rust away, uncared for. Enjoy the madhouse.

Well I suppose if the tree isn't strong enough to take the weight of a 12V battery then the next best will have to do..........

See? it's that easy to do................:cool2:

Here's a challenge - bring any topic posted on "Other Chatter" back to a military connection. In this case, a thread containing such diverse topics as sewing and racoons can be brought together thus (see bottom right hand pattern below). Note the reference to Velcro fasteners - important. Next stage, link to military......well, about 12 years ago I met the then boss of a company making Velcro. He had just attended a conference on "What the best-dressed soldier of the 21st Century will be wearing". It transpired that all the high tech clobber (visor displays, helmet cameras etc) were going to require a lot of back-pack based stuff and it was deemed essential to be able to shed this gear quickly. It had been demonstrated that on execises the location of covert soldiers could be located in the dark by the dreadful sound of Velcro tearing apart, and their cover was blown. The view was that the first person who could design silent Velcro would make a lot of money!! Sorry, it's been a busy week :help:

Yet another engine that can be right or left rotation :cool2:

How truly awful is that?

That radial engine in the trailer - I always thought that running one without a prop would be a bit like running an engine without a flywheel, guess a prop would smooth it out a bit :??? Does the tank application engine have a flywheel or equivalent? Lister D type - yes Mike, especially in a concrete mixer, a great rythm to shovel to but annoying when it conks out with a load in the hole....:sweat: For me, although not military, anything with 5 cylinders on tick-over - such a wonderfuly 'not-quite-even' beat. Had a Gardner 5LW in the workshop for a while but had to put it out of reach as every time I walked past I had to press the starter and listen to it. Was wasting 15 minutes a day!!

Could be mole trouble....

I do like the look of those functional, yet 'Conran' styled steel supports for the hull, I take it these are a home-grown product Adrian? 6mm or thicker?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::banana::banana::banana:

What I'd give to have seen your face that day you first ran it up:banana:

Not wishing to push this project forward too fast, but I can supply the dog

And for a factory-fresh shot of Deuceman's tanker, here's another of Agnes, this time with Helen!

He must be in the Royal Scots Greys.

Welcome Alastair, what an intro!! Don't worry about your narrow interest, that is bound to change after you've been here for a while! P.S. if you can drag yourself away from Adrian Barrell's resto blog especially for those with minority (engine/armour) interests for a moment, be careful when ladling molten aluminium scrap from the clubhouse kitchen microwave to the moulds - Jack will not tolerate molten metal splash damage to the new lino flooring...... Tony

Andy, is that last pic taken when you drove Daisy down your garden to the workshop? How is the flower bed restoration coming on? :banana:

I have to agree with Tim - having spent the best part of a day (at last!!) on the refueler, to come home and see this impressive stuff makes me realise my project is a "walk in the park"..... Two questions - was that Rose's dozer for the recovery, and did you get both on the trailer home?

Useful - don't think anyone is going to abuse this facility. One suggestion - would it be good policy might for people to make any corrections after some time has elapsed, in a different colour??

Thanks for posting the info on Margaret Chettle's book, Brooky. It sounded such a good story that I did some googling, and managed to obtain a copy that very evening from a s/h book website. Came today - excellent! Will make a great read over the festivities. :tup::

Mind you, probably the most useful type of trailer to have!

Jack, see my post #53 in Diamanod T Gallery, Transporters and Wreckers for info on that type of trailer........

Thanks Chris. Didn't realise there was so much variation.

As an aside, Track Drives - a question: It is common practice on construction equipment (slow speed, no suspension but with track tensioning) to place the drive sprocket at the rear of travel. This way the mimimum number of track links are in tension as the rear sprocket effectively pulls the track from underneath the carriage - the track is then running 'no load' over the top to the front idler and down to the leading lower carriage roller, any slack being safely taken up by the tensioner But on tanks (high speed, suspension, and - I assume - tensioning??), it seems the norm to drive from the front. Here the top section of track is pulling the lower track around the rear idler and out from under the carriage. So, except for the short section between the front drive sprocket and the leading carriage roller, the whole of the track is under load. In the latter set-up, any slack in the track drive caused by poor tensioning or suspension travel can cause severe bunching of track plates over the short length between drive sprocket and leading lower carriage roller, which I would not have thought a good idea :??? Is it the case that for high speed working the front drive is considered more reliable, or what?

To stop it running you over? :-D