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And I think the most recent complication came about when it was specified that now ALL the brakes on the towed vehicle should work. Hence complex systems to adapt the overrun brake movement on tow hitches to actuate the footbrake pedal. Previously people had got away with a link to the handbrake cable for example (which works only the rear brakes).

Jaap Rietveld has a chassis cab in lovely original condition - go on, it needs a good home.........:-D

The red lever could be for releasing the emergency stop chock that early vehicles had - think this topic was covered on here in the past?

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Seems not. They are 6x6, usually Mercedes Benz, either the older snub bonneted cab ones or newer angled front. Generally not ex-military. Here's a couple more, one showing build up of load:

I've never closely followed the various discussions here in the past regarding living vans, but am now beginning to wish I had as I am contemplating whether I can adapt a van trailer for such a purpose. Although I don't recall the discussions here ever produced a definitive answer? The other part of the original question I suppose is 'is there a maximum train weight (vehicle plus trailer) for the K9?' Most period trailers seen behind preserved MVs tend to be as used in service - e.g. Ben Hur behind a GMC, Arrows behind a Bedford MK, Rogers behind a DT980. Whether they are braked or unbraked seems to depend on what their original spec. was. But in this case (and to help answer the original question) what criteria do you use to decide the maximum size of trailer - be it braked or unbaked - that can be pulled by a particular vehicle?

Yes, I reckon that must be the answer. Doubt the answer exists in any explicit (written) form so must be deduced from what is available. Cheers.

Clause 30 merely states that a pre-1960 motor vehicle is one of the classes of vehicle exempted from plating and testing - so long as it is used unladen, as is a pre-1960 trailer - again so long as it is used unladen. It is reasonable therefore to assume that a post 1960 trailer (above a certain size - I'm not sure what the size cut-off is here?) would need to be plated and tested - whether used laden or unladen. I believe this is the case. So - if towing a pre-1960 unladen trailer with a pre-1960 motor vehicle is permitted (as I believe it is), why can't you tow a post 1960 unladen trailer with the same vehicle so long as the trailer itself is tested? It's a difficult one to find an answer to, but very relevant to the original question! :nut:

If a post-1960 trailer was MOTd, could it not be pulled by the pre-1960 truck? Assuming braking if necessary was sorted of course. And used unladen (use governed by pulling vehicle). I don't see why it couldn't, but am not yet convinced it can :-D

OK, thanks Lee. So the seller would be aware of the time limit. Does the system have a provision for automatically notifying the poster that it is about to expire and should be reposted if required?

Buyer beware? Easy to say I know, and sometimes you just have to take a chance. Guess it boils down to weighing up the individual. Can certainly understand your frustration. There are some very genuine people out there.

I've not posted any adverts or wanteds, but have just checked out the board and cannot see an obvious note that adverts will automatically be deleted. If users were to be better informed it might save issues like this arising?

I feel strongly that the main image on the cover of the new publication should have been without doubt the Series 4 - by far the most elegant of the WLF variants. What were the authors thinking........ :coffee:

This gives you the filter element number which fits that housing: http://www.thexmod.com/item_detail.asp?id=1370 Check out Hydraulic Equipment Supermarkets on the web (and phone them) for other filter elements available for that housing. P.S. Return filters are great things - but if you have a pump driven off a transfer box PTO, then NEVER EVER engage reverse gear with the PTO still engaged, as the contents get sucked back around the system.......... :blush: :n00b:

Those are nice views of the trials vehicles Wally - fitted with wooden ballast bodies and civilian cab. The funny thing is they were reputedly delivered after the orders for steel bodied gun tractors had been placed - a bit late to conduct any suitability trials you might think!! These were the variants: - Steel bodied narrow cabbed gun tractors (used in the main for drawbar low loader plant trailers) - 5th wheel tractor units (for R.E. low loader semi trailers) - Just 20 steel bodied ballast tractors for RAF (bigger cab) (also for pulling drawbar low loaders with airfield construction/repair plant) - Narrow cabbed wooden bodied ballast tractors for the M.O.S. for delivering new tanks from the makers. Some pictures of your truck should help identify which type it started out as. The Scammell Constructor thread on here is worth wading through - all types are shown here.

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Marauder......

On the other hand, if you're looking for a typically German tent -

Is my battery there, Adrian? There's a fine line between film prop and hazardous waste

Judging by the paint I'd suggest they are of military origin. Judging by the port fitting, I'd suggest they are either pneumatic shock absorbers, or more likely grease-filled rams, maybe for tracks (same thing used on excavator track idlers to tension tracks - pump with grease to extend ram to tension track).

A commonly seen pattern of wheel used on all manner of agricultural and industrial equipment. This one is not far off the size used on a well known make of steam roller living van.

Looks like a good match - thanks! Found it in a yard in Holland.

Was it Roadless who made up front wheel drive tractors at one time using banjo axles from GMCs? Instantly recognisable from the diff cover plate . I saw one at a Cheffins sale, it looked like they had used the original diff. and swivel housings and simply shortened the axle tube and half shaft on one side. It may be that others used WW2 gearing and axle shafts within their own casing - I wonder if this is what Selene did, as the axle case looks much heavier than those fitted to the average WW2 truck.

For what it is worth, I also vaguely recall having to encourage that gasket into the sealing recess in the manifold with a hammer and punch before I could get the flange bolts through far enough to start the nuts (and I used longer bolts) as it compresses a fair bit.

Sorry didn't get the size. Now you mention it the hub could possibly be a Standard Fordson mounting.