paulob1 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) we were over at wagtails this weekend, perfect weather, on the Russian military trucks forum... I took my stalwart, honda quad and MTLB on the daf and weeks trailer, and drove the ural up the rear... great weekend... here are a few videos on one very stuck stawlart...it was very heavy clay and became increasingly slippy, the treads would clag up and turn into slicks have a look... ural pulling and still stuck... eventually took the mtlb the winch on the stolly and the ural pulling, she was very deep and very stuck... here she is in another claggy hole... and getting out with much effort on brads part with the stiff clutch and almsot unchangeable gearbox.... Edited October 8, 2012 by paulob1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 My dad is down south at the moment and he said he saw a load described just like the above heading down the M25 last night. I thought it might of been you, as he said it was the same vehicles that we saw together at Denmead. We both wondered where you had been though and now the question is answered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 yes about 4.45 on the M25...Ural in hot persuit, he had dropped off for a burger and was ten minutes behind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 some more pictures mtlb being loaded onto the daf... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 and a few more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Awfull mud cant believe those middle and back tyres have tread on them they look bald in some of the pics. Still a nice day for getting stuck.....:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 the site is on boulder clay and saturated every vehicle got stuck apart from mtlb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffyHerrbert Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 nice collection of vehicles! looks/sounds like you had fun :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 dont think the ural got stuck, but then it wasnt playing seriously... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Awfull mud cant believe those middle and back tyres have tread on them they look bald in some of the pics. Still a nice day for getting stuck.....:cool2: at the end of the weekend we tried letting the tyres down, its really odd, the Russian tyres have a lower ply rating than the bar grips, but the bar grips give a much softer ride at the same pressures... so i let the tyres down to around 10 psi and this improved the off road performance immensley...will try to go as low as 5 psi next time to see how it improves the trucks off road ability in this clay...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 The boys have fixed the ural steering pump seal went, and the stolly needs a new brake hose, they have all failed over the past few months will replace the remaing 2...also must fit the bungs next time...it was full of mud and water... I have to add that since the stalwart had the jolley electronic ignition fitted it has run a treat...think she was missing a bit on one cylinder by the end of the weekend but they were so covered in mud that may have been the cause...will check... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Looks like great fun I dont think any of us do enough of that sort of thing with our vehicles..makes all the expense, ballache and hard work worth it to have a bit of fun from time to time..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 yes they are getting to the point where playing with them is always going to be expensive and so i am sure as time goes on this will be less and less the realitiy of owning these kinds of toys... for isntance parts for the stolly are now getting more and more rare. air parts now impossible to locate, nearly, and seals need to be remanufactured...its all getting hard work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 That looks like such good fun, the true meaning of big boys toys! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 yes and this weekend I took the ferret home for a nice play, son loves driving this one...they are such a sweet machine to drive about in...she will need new tyres sometime in the near future as the sidewalls are starting to show signs of cracking more and more on all the tyres... we took the ferrett on slab common a few weeks ago, that was cool... take a look at the cold war collection on facebopok, web page coming too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Brilliant, I love having a laugh in our Ferret too, so easy to drive. The sidewalls on ours aren't great either but remember how thick the sidewall actually is. We ran ours for a whole season and failed to notice the valve had been sucked out the tyre :nut:. Liked your page on Facebook, great stuff. Do you use many of them on the road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Brilliant, I love having a laugh in our Ferret too, so easy to drive. The sidewalls on ours aren't great either but remember how thick the sidewall actually is. We ran ours for a whole season and failed to notice the valve had been sucked out the tyre :nut:. Liked your page on Facebook, great stuff. Do you use many of them on the road? I register most of mine and drive as many as I can shortish journeys to keep them in tip top condition...its the only way to make sure they are all running fine...and to keep everything from freezing up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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