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How very refreshing to see youngsters being allowed to clamber over priceless exhibits... that young chap is really enjoying his history lesson..

To my mind the most desirable vehicle on the London to Brighton run, well done. Only just managed to get this short clip, because you where so fast my camera (and my brain) couldn't boot up quick enough! Something went wrong...

And here they go, looking mighty impressive sounded very nice too... Something went wrong...

It seems there is a pressing need for a military equivalent of the Stig to test drive Rugged Robin, a suitable driver has been retained....but what should he be called? Suggestions please.

Well done chaps, :clap::clap:really looking forward to Brighton, good luck!

:thumbsup: Nothing like the buzz of your first run....:drive:........enjoy! Don't forget to change the fuel filters though...

That Morris Commercial (or whatever it is) has got a fair bit of a chassis twist on..giving it a workout!

:thumbsup: Great Link, especially this bit, which Antarmike will love.. :-D To keep the troops happy and minds occupied, short exercises were arranged where a few vehicles would set off to visit areas where you would not normally get a chance to visit. These photos were taken on a 3 day trip to Ben Ulid and the mountains in the region. Obviously it was a photo opportunity for the new fangled Scammell Recovery 6x6 which we had recently taken on strength. However, the Scammell had a surprise of it’s own to deliver. Back at base, as it drove into the LAD there was a very loud bang, sounds of compressed air escaping and dust and debris flying everywhere. Grinding to a stop the driver was very surprised to see one of his rear wheels, still attached to the brake drum, carry on past his cab and go bowling down the LAD forecourt. Luckily it came to rest without doing any damage. Evidently Pickfords, who used a similar vehicle for heavy haulage in the UK, had experienced the same situation. Their fix was to fabricate a large spanner with a handle about 10ft long with which to apply sufficient torque to hold the bearing nut in place. Very primitive but that’s the solution we adopted until the backroom boys came up with a more secure method of locking the nut in place. I would love to know what their secure method was!

Hope you find these as interesting Andy, a few shots of the interior, showing witness marks left where bits have been cut out and alterations made. There will be a test ......:coffee:

Gears seem OK, :sweat: the clean teeth at the bottom have only been rubbed with a finger and look fine, the small gear looks the same.

The other side is a bit of a disappointment though. Lack of an any oil layer meant oxygen and rust. The bearing are beyond use. But luckily the gears seem OK under the rust, good German steel..

These are breathers, presumably shielded to keep oil out of them. These are just hollow bolts that vent to inside the hull.

The final reduction gear cases have now been removed. These are of welded construction, welds cleaned up in a lathe. Some water inside under a layer of oil. Fortunately the oil kept the oxygen out so little damage done

I would say that's perfectly normal Robert, due to the smearing action of a worm drive. Don't really want to say 'I stuck my finger up Forceful's drainhole' but when I did I felt a rough patch in the centre of each crown wheel tooth, about where the contact patch would be, I put this down to something like water in the oil, but so far back in the mists of time that a few years of Cummins power should smooth it all out...:drive:

Never know one of these to fail, just print it out 5mtrs square and put on truck..

Thanks for posting those, very interesting. Looking carefully at that clip, it is worrying to think why so many drivers helmets flew off and out of the vehicle, must have resulted in injuries surely, but then I suppose that is the purpose of those trials.

We sometimes get these 'night patrols' two female CSOs walking along the road, constantly chattering very loudly and flashing their torches up each driveway for a nanno second, methinks tactics adopted to alert any scumbags and allow them time to hide, until the very slight threat to their activities has passed safely by and gone home for a cuppa.

This thread may help? http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7811-Whats-The-Last-Thing-You-Expect-To-See-On-A-Roundabout&highlight=Holmbush

The good thing about those days was that no one really spoke like that, the bad part was that infuriating jolly music was every where......rock won through in the end though!

Agree with you Mike a brilliant picture, also note the Scammell has lost a front mudguard, (maybe due to excessive speed) which can be seen chucked up on the back with some other untidy kit, and the rear mudguard has taken a battering as well. I don't think there is another vehicle behind the Scammell, it's just the same truck with the towing pole can be seen stowed in it's correct place.

Excitable lot aren't they?

Unlikely they will use lead again though, there are lots of alternatives around now that look similar but have no scrap value...unless it is listed, then it will have to be lead, and will disappear again in due coarse.

It's a Helioptical illusion.....:whistle:

Had to look twice when I saw the first pic, I thought you'd got the blue ramp fitted to get the front wheels up on the cab! :nut: :-D