antarmike Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Some more Timber Mats (this piccy Andy Ballisat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 in the company of an Explorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Two more Timber Hauliers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 and the last two for tonight, More Tree workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 This one was owned by Jimmy Gleed when snapped at Knowl Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Cambridge Fencing owned this one that was converted by the same firm that did this one. Seen here owned by Dycol of Westoning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 (edited) I went to buy this one, but didn't when the bloke tried to start it it wouuldn't go. Later he found the Silencer packed full of broad beans, that had sprouted and were almost bursting it. He had been using the cab as a greenhouse, and mice had raided the planted pots and stored the beans in the exhaust pipe, where they had germinated! Edited June 24, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I snapped this one but senility prevents me from remembering where or when Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I understand L.W.Vass converted this P.O.L. tanker/ servicing vehicle for London (Heathrow) airport, but they also took it back and sold it on when it was replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Pettigrove's Matador When I lived down that way (10 years ago) it was still in their yard Edited May 11, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Probably the most famous Matador in the world.. Harry Lee's Steam Yatchs Matador had a "Feast" crane removed from a showman;s Road Loco mounted on it to help with the erection of the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 My Matador has been shunting today, to move Dyson to an airline to check tyre pressures before Belvoir Castle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 That's an interesting brake on the Matador timber crane winch worm box Mike - is it a lorry hub and brake drum?? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) The winch is Foden, as fitted both to their timber lorries STG6 etc, but also to their heavy Haulage lorries, as an alternative to the Darlington type 70 or 80. The winch design dates from prewar, and they used a front brake drum from a Foden S type lorry as the drum brake. Edited June 24, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) But to fit this winch I had to build a power take-off that sat above the transfer gearbox, effectively adding another gearshaft to the box. (I needed the extra shaft to reverse the drive to the winc, or I would have had 4 reverse and 1 forward wincing gears. (the extra shaft is an AEC front axle driveshaft carrying an AEC 60 tooth winch drive gear, running in AEC standard bearings,) The casing is welded from 6mm, 12mm and 38mm plate, fully machined. I used a series II Bridgeport Interact CNC to do the machining. Edited May 11, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Fitting the winch involved adding 6" to the Chassis, losing the rear towing spring, giving a rigid tow jaw, and moving an intermediate cross member forward. The drive unit, Worm Box hangs from my other Mat (now sold) for the trial assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Coming together nicely (who remebers when you could legally buy and use Calcium Plumbate as a primer for unweathered Galvanizing? On the unfitted wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Coming together nicely (who remebers when you could legally buy and use Calcium Plumbate as a primer for unweathered Galvanizing? On the unfitted wings. There is some special paint available now, but very expensive - a friend got some to paint a load of new galv. palisade fencing and had a fit when the invoice came. I'll find out what it is if anyone interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Now most people use a Mordant solution. (killed Spirit) to artificially age galvanising so it will take paint, but is most unpleasant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 (edited) First of some Military ones. Edited June 24, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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antarmike Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 And the same one seen 1988 North Weald on a Q plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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