Lots to do this week.. Centurion 165 AVRE to wash ready for painting and Shipping to USA. Final Push for the little FV432 APC. New parts for the CAT digger. And further issues with the Centurion ARV.
God I love this channel! It's got everything....tanks, trucks, diggers, great banter, a sprinkling of sexual innuendo and the occasional no shits given to jobs that just need doing. I really don't think I've seen a harder working bunch of people on RU-vid.....or anywhere for that matter. I could watch all day long. It sure beats the spoon fed bullshit that the BBC and other media channels slingshot at us! Keep it up guys and girls...it's brilliant!
@KM-wl1tp They’re quite often the ones behind the phone doing great filming. Or in front of camera getting stuck in. Or driving bulldozers. Or stopping Ted from eating poo. Generally making the world and this channel a better place…
I've actually stopped watching the mainstream brainwashing propaganda hate and fear spreading agendas being pushed by tv. Won't catch me getting conned into going to war for the so called future of are kids in Britain like my grandad did. Only to be blamed for global warming then to feed the war mongers pockets while are kids have ther future wrote for them. 👍
Just been telling my son about your channel. He has aspergers, and is enamoured with tanks and stuff. I served in the raf and ta, and loved my time in fighting vehicles. My son is very technical and wants to be an engineer when he is older ( he is 11) he is a veteran of the Reme museum at lyneham we visit a lot (where I was based) and his enthusiasm for military vehicles is beyond scope. Keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻
Brothers, let me just tell you, as a Texan, dont let ANYBODY ever convince you that being called a cowboy is a bad thing when they have no idea what kinds of things actual cowboys do. You all fit right in, we would be glad to count yall as friends and family.
As another Texan, Can Confirm. These guys get down in the muck and the mud to get the job done just like any good ranch hand would. Ya'll would fit right in.
The phrase comes from 'cowboy builders ', meaning farmhands trying to construct anything more complicated than a shed, or fly by night chancers riding into town and shooting up the sheriff, i.e. doing a terrible job of fixing your house and disappearing as soon as they get paid. It's a throwback to the Hollywood westerns shown in British cinema and not meant to be disrespectful to Americans or real cowboys, but has spread from building to mean any amateurish bodge job.
I notice that supervisor Ted was conspicuous by his absence when all the 'sketchiness' was going on with the sleepers. No wonder he doesn't let you guys out unsupervised that often.😂😂 Another great video guys. Keep it up.👍🏻👍🏻
I dont know if they can be bought surplus or not but a half tank bridge off of a bridge layer would be massively useful for you to have in your yard to act as a ramp for washing down and even as a loading ramp for trucks etc - we had one on our tank park for gun/sight alignment
Excellent driving there by Adam, presumably the tree sprang back to its former glory. I see Poonie was supervising, yet again, probably on the look out for some ‘munchies’. Great work everyone.
absolutely none of my business but how did you gets meet? old acquaintances? school? mutual interests? you all take the piss out of each other and dont take anything too seriously, its brilliant and refreshing
Top tip ladies and gents, wash them down as soon as you're finished having your weekend fun. The bit we hated the most after an exercise was the wash down, but it saved a hell of a lot of problems and maintenance. It's also easier to get the mud off when it's fresh. Things are coming along nicely though. Those old school diesel's you just can't beat them simplicity at its best.
My dear old Pop used to,say “Old Uncle Jack was told not to smoke as a young man as he’d die young. Sure enough, he dropped down dead with a ciggy in his mouth aged 97”. BTW, I very much admired the REO Cancer Smoke completing the theme!
Have you ever thought about buying a second hand Johnson Street King sweeper for your buildings and yard they're just what you would need to help you with all the crap that vehicle's leave 😊
The way we used to mount road wheels is you would be facing away from the tank as you lift it up, more or less aligned, and your buddy would then guide it onto the studs. That recovery vehicle hanger queen just doesn't want to go.... I was totally sure, the tree was gonna get hit. Nice recovery.
We used to do similar but the chap holding the wheel didn't lift. Two chaps, one either side of the wheel used shovels as a leaver against the tracks to take the weight.
@@Bob-kb5pv oh, now that you mention it, I remember that sometimes we would have a third with a tanker's bar to leaver up the wheel. The challenge was that we were supporting officer training, so each of us was individually responsible for several tanks so we didn't have a crew.
I used to love the weekly snoop around the Snap On van when I was in the motor trade, Mac stuff always looked great on the van and shit in your tool box after a month.
I am no longer annoyed with my dog for making me get up early and take him for a walk Turns out he was giving me the free time to have a coffee and watch a Mr Hewes video Good boy 🐶
I’m 55 years old and I’ve been a class A diesel mechanic since 1986. I love watching your channel cause I’ve always been fascinated with tanks. I feel that I could work tanks like I’ve been doing it forever. Because of you. I love watching your videos because of the way you explain shit, sometimes in a very, very funny way. But the thing I like the most is you got your mates there with you. Mine have unfortunately passed away and those days you’re living now are 30 years in my past. Enjoy these times, be smart, don’t screw up and most importantly don’t drink and drive. Please keep making the fantastic videos. Cheers ! P.S. your nasal whining impression of an old British guy that knows everything sounds incredibly like Jeremy Clarkson‘s same impression.
Nothing better than waking up on Saturday to find a fun game of Tank Jenga being played......... Joking aside watching you guys getting a tank up onto blocks and then back down makes me wonder if it might be possible to build a tank lift using a bank of massive lorry air suspension units so that you could drive over the top chock it up with sleepers and then pump the tank straight up in the air. It would need a decent number of long travel air suspension units but there must be something out there that would give you the range of lift that you need. And these units are already designed to carry massive loads so weight wise i'm thinking it would be possible. I only suggest this as I know you guys haven't enough to do and have tons of spare time ;-).....
That as they say is some antiquadated pices of machinery, that old cat starting up first crank was lovely to hear and as I’ve said many times to anyone who’ll listen there’s nothing like a Rolls Royce V12 engine meteor, Merlin, Neptune, all different finishing schools same core product, Brilliant Video guys as always humour along with interesting content,
Awesome Video Muckers good to see the two old Cats together in working condition ,a nice bit of off road driving with the wrecker going for the bucket looking forward to the next video ,I hope you get that one carb fixed so she's banging on all cylinders you Need to get Lord Muck and Kim to come pay you a visit she's a looker she it
Another great video and supervisor Ted with superior behavior. Missed opportunity when first crushing thru the hedge to say “Mind the paintwork “. What a beautiful vehicle. Thank you, cheers lads, lassies and Teddy.
Great vid guys , glad the little trees still ok , glad to see linde still going strong , ours has just died and toast as has an internal hydraulic leak Making it judder in slow mo , £19 grand for a second hand one ,look forward to next vid 👍🙂
We got tanks, neighing, Jack being rude, Mr Best making faces, Taya (spelling?) looking lovely, Seb straddling a nice, big... ...road wheel. Yep, that's a bingo on the Mr Hewes card.
Dear Joe, First of all I wanna thank you for helping out Emile Luijben, alias Master Milo, with his missing exhaust manifolds for his T69 tank because together with an almost brand new engine his Chinese tank will run better than ever before. Your restored Centurion is almost finished and looks great so it can be shipped to her new owner in the USA pretty soon. Your USA M936 crane is a light weight crane but is a good fighter in muddy roads so with all the rain over the past months the bucket was not too difficult to rescue. I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
Morning Ted, their fitting flat tyres !..... Just saying..... Amazing finding the "Lesser rusted digger bucket" thanks to a Farmer it was saved from the scrap man.
Good as ever mr.Hewes, recovering the shovel from the boggy ground, mint ! I can see the next venture, metal flooring on the roller what the engineers use, this could be be game changer especially on a chieftain mount, the dead duck suspicious don’t give it to ted
Love the videos. On the subject of lead pipes if you're in a hard water area there's not such a problem because the calcium in the water is constantly forming and breaking down lead calcite which stops the lead getting into the water, in soft water areas the water is slightly acidic which dissolves small amounts of lead into the water which your body then absorbs.
I almost imagine myself driving 😂 that recovery truck, going through the gears as quick as I could trying not to get stuck 😂. And where was Ted he left you all completely unsupervised ?
Methinks a 2nd Foden and an expansion of the concrete pad might be worthwhile investments going by how simple and easy getting the AVRE off those chocks was. Hopefully the channel and rest of the business grows and helps that become a reality.
