Surveyor Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I have just purchased an air jack and there is the above registration on the tag, looking on the RLC website its not recognised, before I do an FOI does any one have a clue what the vehicle or trailer it refers to. Thanks in advance Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 It is a Tomcar 570BMV 4x2 utility and cast date was 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 https://merlinarchive.uk/vehicle/KL70AB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Also known as Springer and had inherent steering problems, hence the disposal of them after a very short service life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Many thanks both, also for the merlin website which I couldn't find, looking at the Web pages of the vehicle I will ask for an FOI Next question I understand trailer started with letters and vehicles numbers but this seems different any advice please Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Surveyor said: Many thanks both, also for the merlin website which I couldn't find, looking at the Web pages of the vehicle I will ask for an FOI Next question I understand trailer started with letters and vehicles numbers but this seems different any advice please Richard Numbers-Letters-Numbers were changed to Letters-Numbers-Letters for all vehicles including trailers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Richard Farrant said: Numbers-Letters-Numbers were changed to Letters-Numbers-Letters for all vehicles including trailers Sorry I am getting confused, I have a vehicle with numbers first and a trailer letters first, there is a thread on here asking the question why both and response was it was an asset code for the army, I can't remember seeing a "tug" for any trailer recently not having numbers first, I go near Catterick twice a week and see a fair amount of vehicles, Just trying to get a grip on things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Nothing to do with an asset code, when they got to the end of the numbers-letters-numbers series they started the letters-numbers-letters series. My newer Wolf is HP63AA but my older Lightweight is 57KB22. Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Richard Farrant said: It is a Tomcar 570BMV 4x2 utility and cast date was 2012 Obviously it was never to be a contender for replacement of the Wolf XD fleet - have you heard of what the replacement(s) are to be ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, sirhc said: Nothing to do with an asset code, when they got to the end of the numbers-letters-numbers series they started the letters-numbers-letters series. My newer Wolf is HP63AA but my older Lightweight is 57KB22. Chris Do we have a date roughly when this happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 15 minutes ago, Surveyor said: Do we have a date roughly when this happened? Early 90s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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