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Are you not a decade out with that date?:undecided:

Now there's a coincidence, you living at Woodhall Spa, wartime home to 617 Sqn RAF and serving in 617 tk tptr sqn.

M818 with just 10 hours on the clock, what would that make?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I Scroll down the page.

So where would I stand with a WW1 Little Willie or Big Willie?

Just pulled out the EMER for the Rolls C6NFL 143 series as used in the re-engined 980/1 and the starter is about half way up the block on the right side.

Doubt he would have the Sterling MG:D

It is very similar to this one but without the glands and with a metal cap, I can get a photo tomorrow. http://eshop.lmslichfieldltd.com/FV634272-Socket-inter-vehicle

My Explorer had a smaller version bolted to the outside of the cab on the driver's side; I still have a new one here, the base plate is 123x90mm. I also have a new long inter vehicle lead set if you need one.

Not solidly bolted to the crossmember but using a spherical joint to allow movement.

Correct, otherwise there would be an open shaft and not a tube. IIRC Ford E93A Pops had a similar arrangement and in a way so did Constructor front and rear axles by using an 'A' frame in place of the torque tube.

There are two photos on page 27 of Bob Tuck's book 'Move it', the lower one is the trailer in 1958 loaded with a Parsons component and pulled by a Junior UXA 724 with an 80 tonner pushing. The centre photo may be the same trailer but it is not very clear. Date is 1956 and the tractors are a 45 tonner, a 6x6 Constructor and a Mountaineer.

I thought so as there are pictures of it still working in the late '50s pulled by Constructors; Bob Tuck claimed it was a write off after Boroughbridge. Good picture here:

Look familiar Tony: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/7074625149/

Just as well you went to the bank with your buyer, it would have been difficult to prove the forged notes were his. I once lost £5ks worth of audio kit to a credit card scam, the courier delivered the goods to an empty house with two guys polishing a car on the drive who signed for the parcel. I had even rung Streamline the CC processing company as the deal sounded strange but was abruptly told 'the money is in your account, what's the problem?' Two days later the money was clawed back from our account. A contact sold his £20k Range Rover to someone from London who was coming up on the train with a draft and correctly told the buyer that it had to be during banking hours so that he could confirm the draft with the issuing bank. The buyer rang to say his train had been delayed, the deadline passed and greed at being offered the full price took over and the draft was accepted. You know the rest...

There were 54 made for the RE with 14.00x20 tyres and a Rolls C6NFL diesel, I used to own 83BL02.

Just came across these and thought they might be of interest, hope it not a re-post. http://www.commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog/classic-military-trucks-on-big

Crossley BGV3??

Not a 'D' type

http://www.bdca.org.uk/stories.html Scroll down the page to read the story of the Derby crane.

Speed limit for LGVs in the UK is still 60mph.

You are not reading the plate correctly, the maximum axle weights add up to 3.4t assuming perfect loading which is nigh on impossible. The undefined weights are most likely a 3.6t trailer and a 6.9t gross train weight.

Bran, those figures cannot be correct, adding the empty axle weights gives an unladen weight of 20,020kg while adding the rack and Saladin only takes the laden up by 7,360kg to 27,380kg. The two rear axles are balanced by a central pivot and would show similar weights except that the leading axle is heavier by virtue of the third diff and a prop hanging off the front flange.

As I have posted before, it cannot be used at 44t: 1 Must have RFS on drive/trailer axles 2 Each vehicle must have at least 3 axles 3 Engine must be Euro 2 or above 4 Drive wheels must be doubles not singles IIRC the original DAF DROPS was submitted for testing with a larger tyre which was rejected due to CoG problems.

No, but there is a get out clause if the tyre has a tread width of 300mm or more which should cover a 14.00x20. However, does an Explorer have a driven front axle, it could be argued that it is only driven on demand? In the case of a truck with two axles, cross-ply tyres must not be fitted to the rear axle if radial-ply tyres are fitted to the front, unless the rear axle is fitted with wide tyres having a tread contact width per tyre greater than 300mm or having twinned-tyre wheel assemblies. It is illegal to mix types of tyre on steerable axles. It is also illegal to fit tyres of different type on two or more driven axles.