ArtistsRifles Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Impressive!! What capacity are the axle stands?? I need to invest in a pair myself.... And a jack :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 The ones you can see in the pictures are Clarke ones rated at 6 tons a pair from Machinemart, Dunno what the ones we used at the front are but they came from a job lot of truck spares. So seriously heavy duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 And a jack :whistle: Don’t you mean a Militant - Jacks are had work :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Jacks are hard work :roll: And climbing up and down the militant is easy? :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Have to pass on that one as a Militant is not available right now... :-) So jacks and axle stands it is. Erred on the side of safety and got a pair of stands rated at 10 tons each from http://www.tooledup.com. One will take the whole weight of a Mk 2 622 so two will be more than adequate even for the odd Saracen that co-habits the same establishment :-) Did the same for the jack too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Have to pass on that one as a Militant is not available right now... Theres a mk3 Militant on Fleabay at the moment. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 All it needs now is for the £5K to come up as well!! :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 The importance of having the right tool for the job!!! I can see you either need a truck mounted crane or an over head rail crane if you ever had a thought of doing that kind of service on a Stolly. I wondered what the results would have been had you been able to start that engine up ..... One heck pardon me , one big Fire and the end of that Vehicle , amazing how much material was able to find its way in :shake: through the engine bay vents . You have answered a number of questions about its construction , thank you ! Did you also take additional photo's of the rest of the restoration , or is that posted on a different thread . Now that you have me hooked I need to know "The Rest of the Story " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Its currently sitting out side the doors waiting for better weather. The engine and gearbox have been put to one side. The box just needs a good clean and fresh fluids. The engine is going to be given a once over with the sump off and change the head gasket. We are probably going to make up a support frame to work on it. Other jobs have got in the way so its dormant till the new year. Once the running gear is sorted the better weather will be with us and lighter nights so we can clean the hull and paint it, ready for all going back together. We also need to fix the crane on the Militant before we can do any more heavy lifting. :roll: Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 while looking for other things came across this and thought it would be good reading for others interested in Stalwarts history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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