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  1. radiomike7
    That looks like Emmetts, our local fairground operator.
  2. radiomike7
    With the radial/crossply tyre combination is that not an immediate 6 points if caught on the road? :police::police:
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    When a Foden DROPS is just not macho enough: http://www.flanderstechsupply.com/Vehicles.asp scroll to bottom of page:D
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    And some Explorers:D
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    Maybe, but are you not confusing it with the one Leanne used to own?
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    Pat Ware suggests there were 10 prototype FV11041 artillery tractors of which some remained in service during the 1960s. I am very impressed that Bart could forsee 17 years in to the future:cool2:
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    Certainly is. I'm rather concerned about a 7.2litre 6LW, badly worn pistons perhaps:???
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    The yellow 'thingy' is most likely to be a choke, a coil of wire wrapped on a ferrite core to block AC while passing DC. The only other device it may be is a wire wound resistor as a simple 24/12v dropper for maintaining the radio memory when the main dropper feed is switched off, a system used on T45 Roadtrain where the yellow radio feed was purely for memory. Do you have an Iveco dealer locally, they should still have info on SA products?
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    If what has been reported is true, exactly what machinery would have been available capable of digging a trench almost 50ft deep and the size of however many crates they are claiming? At a guestimate we are looking at circa 5000 tons of earth even if if the trenches were dug vertical sided.
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    That reminds me of Pickfords at Boroughbridge shortly after the war with 2 DTs, girder trailer and roll housing in the river. I wonder how many other incidents there were?
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    But they were still making Explorers in 1955:??? Are you thinking of when DAF took over Scammell in 1988?They still had mountains of Constructor parts at Unipower in the early 90s when they were making the 8x8 bridging units, no one was prepared to store the parts so they went for scrap.
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    Leyland took over Scammell in 1955, long before the Crusader was introduced in 1968. Front and rear axles were Leyland group products. Over 500 Crusaders were built at Guy Motors Wolverhampton with GHV chassis numbers.
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    What was the other mega rare one Bernard, an Explorer designed to pull some sort of single wheel trailer, possibly a fuel bowser??:???
  14. radiomike7
    I have YA, YC, YD and YE as re-registered ex WW2 motorcycles but cannot guarantee the accuracy of this info.
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    Not sure, there was no mention of it in the handbook.
  16. radiomike7
    Well done for posting those Madrat, the above shows the similarity between the Cargo and the rare 8" Howitzer Tractor. For some reason I have only seen the loading davit on the Cargo version, it fitted as shown above and also dropped into adaptors either side of the rear body. Good luck with the trip home, are you driving it?
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    Each wheel brake has its own air actuator, handbrake is a large disc on the transfer box output. It is still a single air system but far more powerful than the Scammell Pioneer/Exploder system; my one would lock the rear wheels on a dry road with a 5 ton load in the back.:shocked:
  18. radiomike7
    That would be the one belonging to Parry Davis from the Scammell Register, not sure of the logic behind fitting radials to the rear to make the steering lighter though:???:???
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    Now you are making me wish I had not sold my Martian, I could have converted it from a cargo to FV1122 8" Howitzer tractor by lowing the tilt to the level of the top of the cab.:undecided:
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    Ex RAF by the looks of it.
  21. radiomike7
    In all probability those bumperettes are made of spring steel, tough as old boots to machine but up to a point will bounce back into shape after an inpact rather than deforming.
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    Just looked up the Martian performance data from the '60s trials, max gradient solo 1 in 2, max gradient solo and restart 1 in 3, max gradient with 8" howitzer and restart (FV1122) 1 in 4, quite impressive for 2 Champ engines.:-D
  23. radiomike7
    I think the rims are unique to Martian unless they are used on some artillery piece. They are 10x20 with a 15.00x20 tyre but totally different to Scammell and AEC split rims.
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    Oh yes, those wheels are seriously heavy, from memory does the gun tractor not carry 2 spares?
  25. radiomike7
    The crane looks like a home made copy of the TFL T20. Are you going to restore it as a gun tractor?
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