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    There must be thousands of 3.5t> vehicles on UK roads without front brakes as that is how they were built. Typical examples would be Scammell Pioneers, Sentinel steam wagons, 1900/20s lorries, farm tractors, traction engines, 8 wheelers with unbraked 2nd steer axles etc.
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    Am I right in thinking that the fuses had some sort of delay built in that made them live some time after being buried? Knowing the layout of the chassis on the RL I am amazed it stood up to being hauled around by a crawler. The diagram in Clive's manual suggests a bridle was used rather than the front towing hook but even so, the chassis is being subjected to forces it was never designed to take.
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    Only 9 years ago Clive......
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    That's just what I thought
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    Hi Simon, Apart from Pioneers you might find a scrap Mountaineer, Constructor, Explorer, Militant 3 recovery, Martian cargo/gun tractor and I think the Albion CX22S, all of which used the vertical spindle winch.
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    Tasker was FV2501, Rubery Owen was FV2501(A). Only the Rubery Owen one is in the 1971 Chertsey book.
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    Agreed John but the OP was asking about RE plant and it looks like they had the Rolls powered versions. The turbo C series were TFL not FLT, Turbocharged, Ferrous block & heads, Left hand build. There are a couple of good videos on YouTube with Vigors racing around with scrapers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuJ6No-0tN4
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    I have an E.M.E.R. which covers the C6SFL as fitted to the Vigor, it mentions a size 1 Vigor mk2 with 190bhp and a mk3 with 210bhp.
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    How are the bands retained on a wooden wheel, I would be surprised if you could use the force associated with a steel wheel?
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    Hi Malcolm, Militant does not have worm drives with a bronze worm wheel, it has a 90 degree gearset then a drop gear to the differential carrier.
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    I suspect 5 main bearings were quite a novelty on a 4 cylinder engine back then??
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    Is that the SMayleification outfit?
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    Agree with Gordon and Bernard, the chassis rails are bent not lozenged so remove the crossmember, straighten the rails and refit the crossmember. The rivets will have been stressed and will hold a lot better if hot riveted once the rails are straight.
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    In a previous thread Wally Duggan posted: This is a list of BD allocated numbers for the trailer fv3621 {A} 08 BD 86 to 09 BD 50 CONTRACT NUMBER 6/V/5592 made by British Trailer 12 BD 30 to 12 BD 73 contract number 6/V/5948 made by HANDS 20 BD 43 to 20 BD 98 contract number 6/V/5947 made by TASKER yours is in this batch 31 BD 90 to 31 BD 99 contract number5592 made by British Trailer This all there is in the BD range BD covers the period 1951/2
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    unbelievable

    radiomike7 replied to monty2's topic in Aviation

    Quote Cariboo weighs in at ~13,000kg, less ~1500kg for the engines & say 500kg for the tail? So around 11,000kg. Chinook can lift just under 11,000kg, so pretty much maxed out! Don't forget you have to add the downwash of the rotor blades acting on the Cariboo wings and fuselage.
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    Yes!
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    I recognize that location, just a couple of miles down the road from me
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    You didn't say which side of the pond you need it but have you seen this one in the UK? https://www.milweb.net/webvert/97363
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    The Tallboys were spin stabilized and dropped in a straight line but when released from c 2.5 miles high still took a bit of luck to hit the target.
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    Neither except that my father in law led all three Bomber Command missions which concluded with the Tirpitz capsizing.
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    The sinking of the Tirpitz is another nonsense talked about by the press and others that should know better.
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    I presume you took the 500W from Wiki, the generators were actually rated at 500kW for the pair although the two 300 bhp engines were not quite capable of maxing them out.
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    The crate also has 'Bicester' chalked on the side, this was the site of the new ordnance depot built in 1942 to support operations in Europe.
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    If it is British, would the G be for gasoline? I thought we always called it petrol.
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