HGV recovery

[colnerov]

This was my dad's, back in the 60s and early 70s

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He also had an orange Hippo wrecker.

Ahh, rapid response at 28mph max.

 

[pedrobedro]

Yard where I used to go to mend my cars had a Maggie Deutz 6x6 recovery wagon with a crane hoist and he used to get quite a few jobs. Air cooled V6 engine with a massive fan on the front it sounded awesome.

 

[bump]

We must live pretty close then as he’s only three from me….

Guessing your in Marston Trussell then

 

[Cobbler]

Never seen a trade plate in those colours?

Wasn’t “Red on white, stop on sight” “white on red, go ahead” the police rule?

 

[jmp49]

Place I worked for had a ex military scammel heavy for lorry recovery amongst a mixed fleet of beaverback transits etc, they used to do motorway works recovery for the "free recovery" sections during roadworks, and time is money if something was blocking lanes on a busy motorway at peak during works, it just had to be moved out the way even if all the wheels were locked on or things had fell off and that was the one that got called out for those jobs. As someone said millions of gears but flat out at 30mph and capable of pulling a house down on tickover towing let alone the winch etc. Awesome beast.
One of the more memorable things from that company was was one of our drivers got caught kerb crawling in Liverpool in it. He could have just said he was driving normally in low gear, except he asked the plain clothes wpc how much for a xxx out the window, to which she replied "nothing, your xxx'd" and showed him her warrent card

 

[Beeezer]

Guessing your in Marston Trussell then

Near enough.

 

[tom2207]

Plenty of them about still earning a keep , nothing modern can really do what they do

they are really geared towards military use ,,, when working on civi soft skins they have a few short falls ,, but they are a cheap rotator and the power is handy . A friend of mine has one , but its really only used as a last resort ,,,,

 

[8ob]

Many moons ago there was a gurt excavator working out on the shoreline at Brighton beach, it conked out as the tide was coming in and it went completely underwater. Army were call in the next day to retrieve it, they literally dragged this monster of a thing back up the beach, impressive sight considering this machine was completely dead.

Bob

 

[Bravheart]

This thing is still prowling around locally. Specialises in moving hen sheds but will recover anything from ditched hgv through to stuck combines.
He calls it Wendy and gives it a paragraph in his monthly rag.

 

[skotl]

Never seen a trade plate in those colours?

The pic would have been taken late 60s, early 70s

 

[Gritineye]

I owned this for 22 yrs, ran it with the original Meadows petrol for a few years, then put a 290 L10 Cummins in it which made it a really lovely thing to drive. Still miss it!

Ignore the generator behind the camera.

 

[fizzy]

@Erie Fred regularly see Oshkosh over here, there's a tank training ground in Wales and you get to see them transporting them to and from the site

The modern Oshkosh tank transporters aren't a patch on the older Scammell. Trailers too narrow due to some silly EU law or something. Tracks overhang each side so they take ages to load or unload safely. Not what you need on the battlefield.

Scammell Commander unloading a Challenger

v Oshkosh

The Commander had the same engine as the Challenger as was very reliable in the Gulf War.

 

[fizzy]

And to get back on topic perhaps they used the Scammell Explorer? A favourite of mine.
During the foot and mouth crisis they built a road up to a place in the Epynt firing ranges near Brecon. They were taking the carcasses to be burnt. The lorries couldn't get up the incline with a full load. A mate of mine worked for a recovery company. He drove a Mercedes Powerliner recovery truck. 1000bhp - would pull a fully loaded articulated lorry on the motorway at 90mph
It just couldn't get these lorries up the mountain. They called in someone local with a Scammell Explorer. Straight 8 Rolls Royce petrol engine about 250hp. Pulled them up no problem
Amazing offroad as well with a walking beam rear axle.

 

[winchman]

The pic would have been taken late 60s, early 70s

Thanks for your reply
I have wanted one for the garage wall for years and only just found one but mines red letters on a white background from the 80's
I also have one from the 1930's just the triangular licence sadly the plates missing

 

[winchman]

I wonder if Scott;and had adiffenernt system? The triangle above the plate for the paper licence looks like a rectangle?

 

[Seadog]

Don't forget the Diamond T, used as a WWII tank transporter.

 

[Robotstar5]

Who needs a dedicated tank transporter seen at the Welland show a few years ago.

A nice Scammell at a local show

 

[fizzy]

Who needs a dedicated tank transporter seen at the Welland show a few years ago.

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A nice Scammell at a local show

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In fairness that is the Action Man tank

 

[BrokenBiker]

im a bit late tot his one, but between 2018 and last year i worked for a few local heavy recovery firms, mostly Walls Trucks, got to drive their foden 6x6 a few times doing stuff around birdlip hill in the snow. they sold it a few years back which was a shame as it was a brilliant little tool

 

[roblane65]

Who needs a dedicated tank transporter seen at the Welland show a few years ago.

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My brother in law has one of these he uses it to take his old tracked some thing or other to ploughing comps