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Did you find a trailer? I've got the correct 35 ton Cranes trailer available.

Does anybody in the Brains Society remember these or have any information about them. We believe only 2 where built, late 1950's early 1960's the whole chassis is essential the front end off a Leyland Martian including the pivoting steering axle and steering box, one steering box for each direction, then another steering axle fitted at the rear, or the front as far as the forklift operator is concerned, it has 4 wheel steering, with a whole rack of valves under the cab to set that up, (bit like on the beaver, but that just that just has 3 valves) engine and box look like the are the same as in a Michigan 75DS Leyland 400. looks like this one was only ever painted red, so they must have only been prototypes. The black and white pic is from the 1962 Royal Engineers Construction Plant book, you know the big thick hardback blue book that's full of load tables and calculation on how to move every type if soil on the planet, build bridges and roads. Any Info would be appreciated.

these are my 2 toys

it was FV1609 that sent the drawings, he is the font of all knowledge! i will message you the guys contact details who might be able to help with parts.

There is a company in Coventry, still do the parts. message me and I will dig out their details.

Hi Wally, thanks for that, I will get in touch with them. The owners Father bought it back in the 1970's from Ruddington sales, its been in that barn for the best part of 50 years. I will check the numbers.

have fun with the ballast body, keep us updated.

Probably not many of these left, lucky find. joining our collection next month. anyone got any stories or info on them?

we gave KSJ237W a coat of paint, back to its original (ish) green, think it looks much better.

bit of welding and paint, looks cracking,

just acquired this handy piece of kit, anyone any stories? or anyone know how many are still around?

the side ones that move about have gone, the bottom one you can pick the arrow and it goes, just the top one and a few fixed ones dotted in the chats, much better than it was.

Hi Wally, thanks for those pictures, I'm so pleased to have finally found one of these, especially as my dad who is suffering from dementia was part of the user trials when he was in the Royal Engineers back in the early 1950's, it will hopefully stir some memories. Oh by the way Wally the "Beast" is still with us, got pushed on the back burner as the hydraulic tank rotted a few pin holes in the bottom, we haven't had a chance to get that off and fixed yet.

Yes all to common a story unfortunately, we had a random delivery driver posted pics from our scrap pile without permission a few years ago on face book, i was surprised at the number of people that than posted messages implying it belonged to a hoarder, would never sell anything, had over inflated ideas of value, would rather see them rot, etc etc was quite funny, but i do get why they thought that. little did they know that that row of scrap trucks sacrificed themselves for the sheds full or restored and running trucks, that are in my secret Hoard haha. Now and again I now post bait posts on face book of a nice tuck saying, "about to be cut" wind them up and watch them go! haha

Just managed to find a nice Q4 tipper for the collection, how many of these left now? I can think of 3 including this one.