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:rofl::rofl::rofl:SEE! IT'S GETTING TO YA! and you're only looking at em, you just wait till it gets BAD, and you can't hide one under your bed so your folks can't see it, or hear it :-D

Try Special Type General Order. When I bought my Scammell Explorer in 1993 I was told I was lucky to get one straight from disposal with a civillan reg no, as it was too wide to be registered then (2635 wide).Many have been put back on the road since so I can only assume that some slackness was in the system which has now been tightened up, This may have been the reason 3 derelict Pioneers (2593 wide) were sold on ebay for £5.50 the other day!

maybe you need to wait for it to load mate

Yep! trying to get a mobile phone signal in order to wreck the gearbox ECU to get the price down :cool2:

doesn't look too bad overall though, the drivetrain should have had an easy life and the Gardener will go on and on, windscreen and cab look good too

Takes one to know one Mike, got it in one :clap: I had spent the last few days straightening them, filling holes, repairing the stays, making mudflaps, fitting original lights etc. Decided not to climb further to save the new tank bottom panel then ran back over the mudflaps and pulled it all to bits, both sides! :argh: This bank has since been climbed, the tank panel has since been battered! the predictable results :cry: Other wimpy type drivers took lesser routes :nono: (220 Cummins!) And even wimpier drove the almost flat route :yawn: A prime example of the GDSF playpen disease :-D to see another example of this strange behavior look here about 01.50 http://www.HMVFTV.com/watch/e51891440e4da0b65a70/Heavies-playing-on-Slab-Common

An unhappy story and maybe should not have happened, I found this just now, not a lot of comfort for you though, found it here, http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1995/Uksi_19953051_en_1.htm A concentration of forum members may be able to dig out some more info, good luck. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. With the exception of a locomotive (not being an agricultural motor vehicle) and a refrigerated vehicle, each of which is already subject to a maximum overall width of 2.75 and 2.6 metres respectively, the maximum overall width of any other motor vehicle is increased from 2.5 metres to 2.55 metres. The same increase in maximum overall width also applies in the case of— (i) a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg; (ii) an agricultural trailer; (iii) an agricultural trailed appliance; (iv) an off-set combination of an agricultural motor vehicle drawing a wheeled trailer; and (v) an agricultural, horticultural or forestry implement mounted rigidly but not permanently on a wheeled agricultural motor vehicle, agricultural trailer or agricultural trailed appliance. The definition of "overall width" in the Table in regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations is amended so that in calculating the overall width of a vehicle, any guide-wheels fitted to a bus can be disregarded provided that they do not project more than 75 mm beyond the side of the bus. ISBN 0 11 053685 1 Notes: [1] 1988 c. 52. There are amendments to section 41 which are not relevant to this instrument. back [2] S.I.1986/1078. The relevant amending instruments are S.I.1988/1871 and 1991/2125. back

maybe something like this would be easier if it fits? http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=1661&Overide=1

Nope, that's normal!

What happened next? Showing off never pays! :red:

Thanks catweazle, memory banks updated.

Thanks croc, I never expected to see such a pure example of what the Americans call "redneck engineering" in the UK, the spacer is a gem as it retains a working bump stop!

Don't know but it may have preceded this motorist pleasing stunt :-D

Hi Cedric, it should give impressive truck/trailer off road performance when you've restored the system, a very interesting concept, can't wait to see it on the off-road course at W&P show. Thanks for the very detailed descriptions, it's got everything, axle articulation and walking beams!

Sounds like you had a good weekend and good news on the walking beams, thanks for the pics croc, all good stuff!

Croc, it's also worth having a look in the steering ram and lubricate it as mine was completely dry and the seal rolled back and forth and bent the retainer back, again you can just drop it down and take the front end off to do this. KUTGW.

I use my MV trailer to sleep in at shows and my research years ago showed that a "living van" means a vehicle whether mechanically propelled or not which is used as living accommodation by one or more persons, and which is also used for the carriage of goods or burden which are not needed by such one or more persons for the purpose of their residence in the vehicle A trailer fitted with a fixed sink, cooker (however small) and bed becomes a living van, which as long as only personal possessions are inside is treated as an empty trailer.

But surely you want a GREEN one, :cool2:

So any one know what Cummins is in LSK 200?

I reckon Younggun's gagging Mike, give him a clue :cool2:

Or catweasel's been at it, he loves the look of a diesel speedboat! My mistake Mike, you live and learn, I always thought this (Joe Daws) was a 220 14ltr, whatever it is fills the bonnet nicely!

Also fitted to Scammell Explorers

I second that, the 14 ltr lumps fill the space and look the part, L10 lumps are a real pain to fit but more good ones are around. What ever the choice of engine the oil sump position and size is critical for axle clearance, this one looks like it has a front sump and the front spring has a spacer fitted to get clearance, :rolleyes:

"Of course, if you shoe horn a massively more powerful engine of say, 300 BHP, into a Constructor and then run that vehicle at speeds, up to, and over 40 mph you may well experience gearbox and other problems but, hey, it's nothing that can't be explained away as "flawed design"." Ditto Explorer propshafts!

After a week away I'm pleased to see calm has returned to this thread :-D Not wanting in any way to stir things up again but just trying to help sort your problem N.O.S. could it be that Scammells designers expected drawbar Constructors to be always ballasted to a set weight and therefore the prop angles would remain almost static on civilian road use vehicles and fifth wheel tractors would do very little light running? :idea: Are preserved vehicles ballasted to the correct weight? On reflection I find it hard to believe the geometry was not carefully worked out within tolerances for the intended use. Maybe they weren't meant to run around empty, the torque arms would change the angles considerably.