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Are the tippers to the bottom left of the square anything special?

Keeps the mileage down on the vehicles. No worry about getting the drivers to the start point of the journey or returning them when delivered.

On the Newark photo I take it that there is an auction going on and there are a few interesting looking vehicles. But what is what looks like a Patrol Boat doing moored up on the river?

How many Horsa's are extant currently? And locations if possible?

Wrong Spock unless you are into psychology of Children I think. The one I think you mean was just plain Mister.

Maybe i should have said that underneath there is an old well wagon. The armour might stop a pea shooter as it is roughly 10mm Plywood. Look closely at the end photo and the screw heads are fairly evident. The "Exhaust cylinders are just hung there by a few straps. The Cannon did work as it was used to fire off about 5 rounds of blanks over the recent wartime weekend.

Lacre. Is that the company that at least into the 1980s produced Road sweepers. We used to have a couple of Bedford based Lacre Sweepers for airfield work at Bruggen.

Spotted this thing today. Levisham station NYMR Any ideas?

Is it actually shown at Horwich works? Appears to be a load of couplings on the back.

2 Large engines for the usual reasons. With 4 wind turbines to supply the electrical power.

I take it that there isn't a missing cover plate lurking undiscovered somewhere? Otherwise, as already said, you would loose most of your load. Seems strange to have a recess full width across the body as that would cause any load to stick in the body. A flush floor would be more suitable for a dump body. Has there been a hydraulic ram fitted at all around this point? As that may be a means of access to the top link on the ram. Excellent looking work though.

I assume that with the US detail on the plate and the fitting of the Turret / Cupola that this vehicle had a second career in the US possibly with a Police or SWAT team?

Is this a commercial project or do you just work fast? Just wondering on the timescale of the project.

We had a "Pig" with a dome and later a Sultan with a dome. Both in an active TA Role.

Something like this was featured on Telly yesterday with some Women being asked about their wartime service. Is it a Height finder? For Anti Aircraft use.

A few more photos from RAF Leeming O and K Excavator in use moving a screed beam. Aveling Barford "Super Grader" Terex 72-71 moving a Class 60 Bomb mat. The workhorse of the job, A Volvo 4400 on a day out at Linton on Ouse open day. I actually drove it there and back via the A19, York Ring Road, A59 and A1. Belated apologies to anyone caught up behind me around 1994 Also added in a shot of the Compactor. 5 ton drop weight dropped from a height makes the ground shake a bit.

On Submarines, don't forget the K Boats. Steam Submarines complete with Coal, Fire and chimney that had to be sealed for diving.

Very well done to all involved. Was the fault on the wiper a common thing? I remember on my Mk at Iserlohn I could have the wipers on for about 30 minutes then put them on intermittant for a few minutes then another 30 mins. This was in about 1983 on a 2 - 3 year old Bedford.

In 1982 we went to a Canadian Army Tank range at Meaford Ontario. Part of an annual trip by RE units under Ex Waterleap, different locations each year. Our tasks were to :- Reconstruct an access track of about 10 km including some creek crossings needing major culvert work. Build a 250 man ablution block. Renovate a 5 km water pipeline and a parallel overhead Powerline. For the works we were provided with 4 Deuce and a halfs as troop transport to get to the various sites. a number of Dodge Power Wagons, plenty of power wheelspin in 4th but useless off road. Some Army tippers and 5 ton flatbeds some with added fuel tanker capability for refueling the onsite plant. A fleet of at least 10 35 ton Mack tippers. Graders, Loading shovels, Dozers big and small. Anyway a few photos from that time. All the military vehicles we had for site transport were going for disposal when we finished with them. In the case of the Dodge Power wagons scrap would be a good description. 2 of the Petrol engined automatic dream machines waiting for the next trip. Slight incident between a tipper and a Fuel bowser cresting a hill. Lone Bucket loader at Cape Rich stockpile. We used all the material in the shot for surfacing. A Champion Grader, not as good as a Barford, Lunch time at Mountain Lake. As the new road was beyond the drop zone for the Tank range we expected to find some overshot ordnance. I found this with the grader blade when I was doing about 40mph Squadron plaques on opening. Wonder if they are still there?

Mentioned in another thread a while back about putting plant in bags for long term storage. Just found 2 shots of putting a Michigan 275 into a bag. First job would be to Wash Down totally, repaint if required. Full service to hours. Fully fuel. Lay out the bag base with plywood panelling above and below the membrane base. Drive on centrally. Some machines more critical on this than others. Barford Tippers the worst. (You only found out if you were right when you try and zip up the bag and you can not get the last couple of inches of the zip.) Place any added supports, such as boxing over the exhaust or panelling between cab and handrails, stops water pooling on the bag. Cover all parts that would rub against the bag with padding and blankets. Place the bag top section over the machine and start to zip up. Jack up the machine and place on axle stands. (easier to do with the bag part fixed already) Remove batteries. Finish zipping up and turn on the dehumidifier. The longest that I know a machine has been in a bag was 6 years. Started first time.

Totally agree. Most of the time the only camera I could have with me was a 110 point and shoot job that fitted in my top pocket. No chance of using an SLR most of the time. (unless it was loaded with 7.62)

We had 2 of them based at Perham and a further 4 I think stored at Bruggen. I remember giving the local Tyre fitter from Andover a bit of overtime when I ran over 4 short bolts sticking up out of the concrete pad. 4 New tyres for the michy to be fitted on site. First I knew of it was when the cab windows got covered in filthy water, the tyres were water ballasted on the 275. Someone else had cleared the area for use and found no problems. When in 234 TA at Leeming we had 3 Terex 72 - 71s I thought the 275 was big this was bigger still. You could just load a Class 2 Haulamatic with one bucket of clay, the back end of the Terex was feeling a little light though.

This group shot shows about 1/3rd of the plant held by the Sqn

Thought I would start off with a couple of Plant pics I took whilst in the RE's both Regular and TA 52 Sqn Plant yard 1978 Grader training at RSME Chattenden Excavator training Waterbeach

Gardner 6L3 I believe.