My Grandad Percy John Withers, served with the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry regiment in WW1 having joined up at 18 in 1917. He was shot in the face in some engagement or other - His record records "GSW face" ie gun shot wound face and he was discharged in 1918. My dad Ronald Alan Withers served in the REME late 40's early 50's in the far east, he drove a Diamond T recovery truck with a trailer.
Lovely video indeed! Grandad was REME and went into Normandy on D+6, driving Scammells and Diamond T’s during his time in Service. I’d never really got into what he did until recently, so the TH-cam vids on all things “heavy metal” have been interesting, especially some of the original Army “How to do it” one’s! 🤪👍🏻👍🏻 ATB to you! 👍🏻👍🏻
I had the pleasure of collecting and returning the LVT to War And Peace froma veryScienic Oxfordshire,in 2014,lovely bit of kit on its own converted trailer. It ll look the dogs behind the T, instead of a brand new CF DAF!
Wortley at 19.30 then Queens road on to the A61 up the Tidal flow system 1 mile from ours same route Jason took up Meadowhead steep route then off to Chesterfield and leave Yorkshire. Good video Dave thanks for sharing. DD
Just identified the bridge at Shepley at 20.05 which was just after a down hill into, a 90 right. half way down that hill is a dilapidated garage with a rag top 969 at the rear.
Would be a very wise thing to build it that way from the start and convert the front of the Rogers trailer into a swanneck! Such combination would make a lot more sence: same load capacity, much better manouvrable, more stable, shorter length and lower overall weight. But they seemed to wish a tent on the spot where the 5th wheel needed to be.
Is it just me or does anybody else notice that most, (not all so no hate please) of WWII vehicle videos from Europe are mostly American trucks, tanks, tractors Jeeps etc.? Didn't European equipment last?
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What an awesome trip , the sights and operating all that olive drab were fantastic
My Grandad Percy John Withers, served with the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry regiment in WW1 having joined up at 18 in 1917. He was shot in the face in some engagement or other - His record records "GSW face" ie gun shot wound face and he was discharged in 1918. My dad Ronald Alan Withers served in the REME late 40's early 50's in the far east, he drove a Diamond T recovery truck with a trailer.
Lovely video indeed! Grandad was REME and went into Normandy on D+6, driving Scammells and Diamond T’s during his time in Service. I’d never really got into what he did until recently, so the TH-cam vids on all things “heavy metal” have been interesting, especially some of the original Army “How to do it” one’s! 🤪👍🏻👍🏻 ATB to you! 👍🏻👍🏻
Cool vehicles. Great video!
Glad to see people driving these trucks properly, not revving the nuts of them and trying to force them to go in gear!
I had the pleasure of collecting and returning the LVT to War And Peace froma veryScienic Oxfordshire,in 2014,lovely bit of kit on its own converted trailer. It ll look the dogs behind the T, instead of a brand new CF DAF!
Dave, This is the first time I saw your YWE footage ....that was a great trip. Me and Peg went on to Scotland and ended our trip at War and Peace.
Wortley at 19.30 then Queens road on to the A61 up the Tidal flow system 1 mile from ours same route Jason took up Meadowhead steep route then off to Chesterfield and leave Yorkshire. Good video Dave thanks for sharing. DD
That seemed like one fun trip, very lucky guy!
Fantastic to see those trucks getting used and i bet many heads turning.
Just identified the bridge at Shepley at 20.05 which was just after a down hill into, a 90 right. half way down that hill is a dilapidated garage with a rag top 969 at the rear.
Knew a Marine who as a 18yo drove one of the LVT at the Inchon landing. Almost drown but lived a long life
WOW! You guys have all the fun!Aussie.
Diamond's are cool trucks
Is that 981 one of the original Diamond Ts that had a Fifth wheel put on by the army during WW2?
Josh Markham no it was a post war mod from what I've been told but this truck has the ballast box, he just did this to it to tow the trailer.
Would be a very wise thing to build it that way from the start and convert the front of the Rogers trailer into a swanneck!
Such combination would make a lot more sence: same load capacity, much better manouvrable, more stable, shorter length and lower overall weight.
But they seemed to wish a tent on the spot where the 5th wheel needed to be.
This Soviet Kraz 255B.
Is it just me or does anybody else notice that most, (not all so no hate please) of WWII vehicle videos from Europe are mostly American trucks, tanks, tractors Jeeps etc.? Didn't European equipment last?
Bill Lepore lots of British equipment left, just a lot more American over there to start out with.
SZOVJET CCCP KRAZ 255B!!!KRAZ 214!!! KRAZ 256B!!!
When did Diamond got diesel?
the 980/981 has the diesel
Year?
@@bjrnolsen7631 the big diamond t 980/981 had a diesel, believe it came out in 41
@@AntiSnowman14 Do you know who where the first with diesel? International?