Jack Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Just some pictures of Weymouth weekend today. The is a massive story behind the Diamond T.......put it this way Jim and his team left their place at 10:30 Friday morning and arrived in Weymouth at 06:00 SATURDAY MORNING......... But look at this unit - what a great sight. Jess and I drive down into Weymouth with Jason in his Diamond T and rogers trailer and tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 cool did you see James Herriot :-| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 cool did you see James Herriot :-| (frantically trying to think of another famous vet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 cool did you see James Herriot :-| Stupid boy:n00b::rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 Stupid boy:n00b::rolleyes: Thank you Degsy and well said :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clark Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 (edited) Heres the story behind our trip to Weymouth. Thursday 19.00 , Jason arrives at our workshop with his Diamont T 981 and Rogers trailer , we load the old multibank engine and some steel track in the ballast box to keep the back of the DT weighed down. Thursday 20.00 load the Sherman onto the trailer. Friday 10.30 leave the workshop for the 88 mile trip to Weymouth. After covering just 3 miles a bearing in the Diamond T gearbox suddenly breaks up and we have to offload the Sherman and use it to tow the DT and trailer back to our workshop Friday 12.00 we decide to replace the gearbox with a spare one Jason had at his workshop 20 miles away.So while Jason and Jamie went to fetch the gearbox I started to remove the faulty one, by the time they returned I had the gearbox ready to drop out. Withe the help of our forklift the g/box was removed. Thw spare gearbox was not as good as we had hoped but from the 2 boxes we made one good one. Friday 20.00 the DT is ready for a quick road test and the the trailer was coupled up and the Sherman reloaded. Friday 22.30 after a quick wash and some food we set out again for the 88mile trip Saturday 06.00 we arrive at the campsite in Weymouth to join the others for the veterans festival weekend Was it worth all the effort? you bet. Edited June 13, 2010 by Jim Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 To right Jim! You can never get bored of riding, hearing and seeing a WWII tank. I am never sure where you guys get your stamina from..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clark Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 The actual journey time was seven and a half hours to cover the 88 miles. At best we were doing 30 MPH but some times down as low as a walking pace, slow enough for Jason to get down from the DT and walk round with a torch to do a visual check on everything. Here are some pics of us leaving Weymouth for Jacks do at Maiden Newton. See you there . Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 nice setup you've got there, sorry to hear about all the trouble you had but i'm glad it all came good in the end, i bet the old vets appreciated seeing a sherman again. eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Well done Jim, I would expect nothing less from you and your crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 You don't do things by halves do you! Well done gents, a herculean effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I've said it before and will say it again: wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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