TooTallMike Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I came across this website today while looking for something else. There look to be a lot of interesting photos and stories. http://www.raeme.net/toc.php?cat=rec&item=1#article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Fascinating stuff. They even have a medical/dental repair section. Some of the recovery techniques are well worth reading up on. Unfortunately i don't have any plastic explosive for breaking tracks in tough situations.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 GOOD LINK!! Some great practical examples of recovery. I was hoping to see these "Wheel Wedge Scotches" in use, but no such luck - can anyone explain how they are used, and what era? British or US? All I can tell you is that "These have been modified with lugs on the underside to help prevent wheels from slipping sideways when winching at an angle" :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Where can I get some C4 from? I liked the track splitting article, much easier than drifing the pins out when Andy destroys another final drive! :evil: Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I was hoping to see these "Wheel Wedge Scotches" in use, but no such luck - can anyone explain how they are used, and what era? British or US? Hi Tony, Well, they are nothing to do with scotching wheels! They are Rope Shorteners, least, that is what we called them. I used to use these often when testing and calibrating winches on British Army vehicles and plant. We even dug one up once, around the back of the Workshops, it had a wartime date on it, so I restored it and gave it to the REME Museum. That one was made by Trewhella, who made small hand winches. They were part of British recovery kit. There use is for shortening winch ropes, for instance, you need maximum effort on a winch, which means down to the bottom layer on the drum, but the winch vehicle is close to the casualty and you could have 150 feet of rope or more, so you clamp the rope in this device by rolling it around the part pulley shaped part, then locking the handle down, this wedges the rope, then the pull can be made on the loop end. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Thanks Richard, well that makes a bit more sense! Back to the days of wedge and socket ends on dragline ropes :-) I'll send you by PM a copy of a civvy street WLF recovery article which suggests the guy uses these as scotches (I can now understand why he has modified them with extra lugs, but still can't work out how he uses the blessed things - I must make contact with him). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I'll send you by PM a copy of a civvy street WLF recovery article which suggests the guy uses these as scotches (I can now understand why he has modified them with extra lugs, but still can't work out how he uses the blessed things - I must make contact with him). Tony, I guess he sits the tyres on them and secures the loop end by chain or rope, to the chassis as with normal scotches. They are actually, heavily webbed across the back for strength, so maybe they are not modded? Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 very interesting on the track cutting both explosive and gas torch best bit was the second fellow saying if he had to do it again he'd get some other sap to do it LOL . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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