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  1. radiomike7
    Power the vacuum pump with a relay which is switched on with the brake switch. So, touch the brake pedal, vacuum pump is switched on and vacuum is available!!! Does anyone foresee a slight problem here??
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    Here is the DT I mentioned, you can just make out the scotch arrangement.
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    There is a picture of a civilian 980 recovering an artic from a pond in 'wreckers and recovery vehicles' by Olyslager using scotches behind the rear wheels and chained vertically upwards to a strong point on the body. I think we have had the picture on the forum in the past.
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    FYI YZ is for pre 1949 army B vehicles rebuilt that year. One on ebay currently: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/albion-cx22s-1944-vintage-classic-scammell-foden-erf-atkinson-diamond-t-aec-/221672345444?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item339cb38f64
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    Your instructor was indeed correct, with a 44 ton artic you have brakes on all six axles but engine braking on only one. On a slippery surface a partial lock up of the drive axle could be enough to initiate a jack knife situation. Maintaining a sensible speed on a downgrade using the exhaust brake is a different matter but for slowing down the safest way is to use the brakes.
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    Looks rusty in the second picture, the Stollies I know all have aluminium wheels and less than 18 ply tyres. I would guess Pioneer/Explorer or Matador/Militant.
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    Apparently it survived and was driven off: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2930572/Now-s-avoid-dents-scrapes-motor-salvaged-capsized-transporter-ship-make-sure-s-tank.html
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    Slightly different story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928552/Hundreds-luxury-Land-Rovers-finally-dry-land-traumatic-journey-capsized-transporter-haven-t-survived-trip-well.html
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    http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-01-26/the-60-million-cargo-being-unloaded-from-hoegh-osaka/
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    Thanks Seb, I knew the B type used a chain box and assumed it was continued for the Y type after reading an incorrect article on the internet.
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    In which case it is not really a gearbox as there are no gears inside.....
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    True but they were small add ons unlike the Goddess and pipe carriers. If you search on Google images quite a few have a single beacon but that may have been a later modification.
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    Hi Bob, I gather it is this one, it could be ex AFS not REME as the spec was almost identical right down to a cupola. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEDFORD-S-TYPE-RL-VINTAGE-WRECKER-RECOVERY-TRUCK-FOR-SPARES-OR-REPAIRS-/121489477462?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item1c49564f56&clk_rvr_id=762441068759&rmvSB=true
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    Does this help? https://777parts.net/jcb/410M-1C/s1181817.html
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    Do you mean the PTO drove a dynamo for the electric crane rather like the wartime EMA? While on the subject of Big Ben cranes, here is a prototype on the 'lightweight Antar' chassis:
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    Thanks Ted, corrected. It was actually 15 year old Glenfiddich.....
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    According to John Harrington RGX309 was chassis no 10761 and ended up as 52EP40 in 1965.
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    For comparison:
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    Wally, my book gives FK as 1970, is this one not FX? Strangely my list only goes up to FM as 72/73 followed by GB for 73/74. Is this the crane from Folkingham by any chance?
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    The 4 ton uprate was a paperwork exercise, the vehicle remained the same.
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    This one?? http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?31866-Alvis-juggernaut
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    It is a Perkins just like this one at Hamptons from forum member Antar. Don't be fooled by the RR name on the rocker boxes, even the 1988 Roadtrain I drove had RR not Perkins. The bird's nest was almost obligatory on any S26 that stood outside for some time, my 6x4 S26 had one in exactly the same place even though that was a genuine RR 305 as fitted to the Crusaders.
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    Thanks for that Richard, looks like the civvy version then,although still a great truck no doubt. No, as Richard wrote it is an ex Royal Engineers SLDT with a Perkins 350/Fuller 9 speed and has been fitted with larger (Foden?) wheels and tyres to improve the top speed. The standard engine for civilian S26s was the 14l Cummins 350 which although of similar power output had considerably more usable torque.
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    The Big Ben name was also used for a 'lightweight Antar' IIRC and which was offered as a 6x6 for oilfield use. http://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p505443443/h27566c0f#h27566c0f
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    Thornycroft Big Ben as Richard wrote but other than a prototype I have never seen a 6x6 version. A few were converted to recovery by L W Vass.
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