AndyFowler Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 A few Explorer pics from War and Peace show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 An Explorer helping out an old friend at War and Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AndyFowler Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) Jules Exploring the off road course ! [/img Thanks for the ride mate ! Great fun ! See you again next year if not before ! Hope the journey home was uneventfull ! :bow::bow::bow: Edited July 21, 2008 by AndyFowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Weyyy my dads heavy trial. Damn wished we'd stayed onsite to watch the Scammell have a crack at that mud hole now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julezee001 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 No major harm done in the mud hole, just a bent mudguard bracket, and a lot of cleaning to do! All went well for the journey home with the 3 Explorers and the Militant, apart from the lasts brakes locking on, making it rather slow off a roundabout! Solved by draining the air tank, and re-charging the air (an occasional recurring fault!). Great to put some faces to names at the show. Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 A couple of RAF Explorers found on Web ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 apart from the lasts brakes locking on, Jules Are the breather holes on the front palm couplings completely clear ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julezee001 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thanks for the suggestion about the palm couplings, I'll have a look in the morning and get back to you about it. It hadn't happened since running for it's M.O.T. test before last in Feb 2008! Thanks again, Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Thanks for the suggestion about the palm couplings, I'll have a look in the morning and get back to you about it. It hadn't happened since running for it's M.O.T. test before last in Feb 2008! Thanks again, Jules Obstructed breather vents on the front palm couplings may not be the cause of your brakes locking on but I hope it is because it's a problem that's so easy to remedy. These vents are usually a small hole in the centre of the depression on the dummy pressing which locates on the coupling when it's not in use. These holes can become blocked by paint. The other type I'm aware of is a primitive one way valve in the form of a flexible washer at the same location. This sort can also become gummed up with paint or old age. Being unable to release air pressure through the front couplings causes the vehicle you are driving the 'think' it's being towed by another lorry which has, via air lines, just applied it's brakes. Typically, this fault occurs at traffic lights on busy main roads and just about any where else where it will cause the maximum chaos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Heres RadioMikes Explorer at play some years ago ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) Being unable to release air pressure through the front couplings causes the vehicle you are driving the 'think' it's being towed by another lorry which has, via air lines, just applied it's brakes. Typically, this fault occurs at traffic lights on busy main roads and just about any where else where it will cause the maximum chaos. I think you might have just solved an annoying problem with a certain RAF Constructor - thanks 6x6 !! Edited July 27, 2008 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 My thoughts also Tony ! Will you inform the owner ? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Stormin posted these two beauties earlier in the Cark Steam Gathering thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I think you might have just solved an annoying problem with a certain RAF Constructor - thanks 6x6 !! As I've already said this may not be the cause but it's a good place to look first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi Andy, sorry you never got your promised drive of Forceful, you should have asked when we met, as I'm a bit slow sometimes! Maybe you could have a go at The Laughton Show which has a small off road course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thats ok mate I didn't want to be pushy ! I'm afraid I often miss opportunities because I say no when asked and instantly my brain says say yes you twit ! Jules offered me a drive but for some reason I said no ! I hope my new son is more confident ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Andy, please ask for Forceful's sake, he loves meeting new admirers and is always ready to please! :thumbsup: He's always looking for a chance to play :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks Bernard you are a gent ! I'll see you there , work permiting ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I took this shot back in 1973 at the REME wing at bovinton camp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 and this is a refurb for Denniss Garage from Long Sutton by Vass in the late 1960s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Nice pics, Les. Just think of the huge volume of vehicles to have passed through Vass's yard. There was a photo in the office of a whole train load of Humbers (I think) heading off abroad somewhere. Anyone remember Mr. Chistianson? And is the old Coleman yard crane still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Nice pics, Les. Just think of the huge volume of vehicles to have passed through Vass's yard. There was a photo in the office of a whole train load of Humbers (I think) heading off abroad somewhere. Anyone remember Mr. Chistianson? And is the old Coleman yard crane still around? I remember the pictures,not just one line a whole ruddy siding,we went to buy an explorer ex RAF with crated engine.i have pictures of the yard but cant find them,we found a rare white tipper buried under alot of junk the type they used on airfields.Wheres those bloomin pictures gone:argh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Nice pics, Les. Just think of the huge volume of vehicles to have passed through Vass's yard. There was a photo in the office of a whole train load of Humbers (I think) heading off abroad somewhere. Anyone remember Mr. Chistianson? And is the old Coleman yard crane still around? I remember that picture Tony, but I always assumed it was vehicles arriving not leaving. The place was an absolute treasure trove; I recall a recovery operator needing a Hercules crankshaft for a Diamond T and being told where in the yard to start digging. Half an hour later he returned with a perfect NOS crank in a substantial packing crate that had lain undisturbed for many years. Owen Christiansen and Dougie were the backbone of the company and travelled miles to buy vehicles at various auctions and sales. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I made only one visit to Ruddington which was when I bought a low mileage Fordson 4 X 4 for £250 and one visit to Vass's to buy spares for it. Both occasions were during the early 1970's. If only I'd had a camera with me. Does anyone have any photographs of the parking area at the Ruddington auction site ? There were hundreds and hundreds of vehicles of all types waiting to be sold. Army lorry heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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