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NDT tyres with the squared shoulder were often known as mud and snow types compared to NDCC which had a rounded profile for cross country use. Strangely most of the Goodyear 15.00-20 as fitted to Martians and Militants were NDT whereas the 14.00-20 on Scammells and Militants was usually NDCC, check out Rob's Militant tanker on 15.00-20 which clearly has the squared shoulder. A Staghound weighs around 14 tons so would need the 18 ply as suggested. Last time I looked into buying new 14.00-20s they were circa £700 each and that was about 30 years ago, make sure you are sitting down when you get a quote for new ones now.

Not to mention the ply rating, I have seen the Goodyear NDCC 14.00-20 in 12, 18 and 22, the 22 being almost twice the weight of the 12.

Wasn't the quarry Dinorwic and the power station Dinorwig?

This current fiasco could have been avoided, apparently a few weeks ago a handpicked unit from the ARW were dropped into a forest just outside Moscow with instructions to take out Putin. Unfortunately they misunderstood the instructions and took him 10 pin bowling on the first night and were seen together in a posh Moscow restaurant last week.

It is underlined so just click on it. FYI the similar wooden bodied MOS Constructors that were used with Dyson 50 ton drawbar trailers to deliver new Centurions were ballasted with 8 tons of weights.

Send N.O.S. on here a PM, he used to have a 20 ton Constructor and may well have the manual or CES.

The first link I provided states that later versions had a tailgate and were not watertight, the one on here has a set of four holes either side of the rear crossmember which correspond to the position of the stabilisers on the water purification unit.

http://www.crusader80.co.uk/trailer.html https://www.lrseries.com/2330C505302-SNAKEY-TRAILER-TECHNICAL-DESCRIPTION-MANUAL-(FV2361)-NEW-REPLACEMENT

The older Scammells also had tabs with 'use oil' on them but most people use grease. The idea was that the holes in the spider were larger than needed and formed a reservoir of oil which was flung outwards as the shaft rotated.

Pressure is force/area as in psi, you fit a solid tyre to a wheel using a force as in tons.

Shame he spoils the publication by referring to the force required to fit a tyre as pressure in tons!

Very close, the CNS was introduced in 1949.

Would that not be a re-reg of a wartime number under the census number scheme?

Traditionally they were known as blowlamps, blow torches were usually gas powered. http://www.blowlampsociety.com/monitor.html

For what it is worth I have found 03FX15/47/48 all listed as Smith 10 ton rough terrain crane.

You are absolutely correct John, early 6x4 Crusaders used the Albion bogie as Maudslay were still developing the through drive axle which was used on later models.

Yes, it was known as the Albion bogie, part of the Leyland group.

The pinion shaft on the leading drive axle is fully enclosed and does not have an oil seal, do you mean the input shaft oil seal? Any decent oil seal supplier should be able to provide a replacement if you provide the inner, outer and depth dimensions or take along the old seal.

Doesn't that make them UNF rather than UNS?

If that fails and you know the temperature required one of these alloys might work: Alloy Melting point Eutectic? Bismuth % Lead % Tin % Indium % Cadmium % Thallium % Gallium % Antimony % Rose's metal 98 °C (208 °F) no 50 25 25 – – – – – Cerrosafe 74 °C (165 °F) no 42.5 37.7 11.3 – 8.5 – – – Wood's metal 70 °C (158 °F) yes 50 26.7 13.3 – 10 – – –

You could try Vulkan themselves: https://www.vulkan.com/en-us/drivetech/products/fluid-coupling/fluid-coupling

There is a rebuild kit on ebay atm for a 30 VIG-5 claiming it is for a 1950 Vauxhall Cresta. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333349470995

Was that the time they used onions as projectiles?

Stothert and Pitt Vibroll 54RD at a guess.

As Ruxy wrote, the factory springs are different side to side, supposedly to cater for the battery, fuel tank and driver on the right although the engine and gearbox are offset to the left. You don't need a height gauge to measure between the axle and chassis, a simple ruler or tape will do but be aware a sagging spring at one end of the vehicle will give a false reading at the other end. What state are the spring and chassis bushes in, they can collapse and alter the height?