What im more impressed by is that trucks can transport these things on the little pathways you guys call roads. Nearly every country road ive been on in California has got nothing compared to some of the roads you guys have
@@jackmckinnon3208 In the UK we know how to engineer a road for the traffic and conditions we have. In the US, they know how to engineer for the traffic and conditions they have. It's a shame in the UK we just don't maintain them...
Commanded on with B Sqn 1RTR during the cold war in West Germany at Osnabruck. Worked well, uncomfortable as hell but so reliable always envid the yanks with their arv M88. Our girl never let us down.
I’m enjoying watching these videos my dad was a sergeant major in the army. And I got to play on the tanks when I was a child in Germany. Although I am registered blind, I can’t see videos.
One with tracks seems worth saving. Other one has useful spares, though someone probably used it for spares previously, engine tracks etc. Can't have too many Centurions! Thanks for saving them.
I broke out into a cold sweat when I saw the Cent ARV. I loved and hated in equal measures, my time on my Cent at 5 Skins at Padderborn. However, my Cent was the only one in BAOR that you could get proper fried chips in the penthouse. Ah, happy memories ☺️ 😊
Paderborn is spelled with only one “D”. Sunday night fish n chips in the 45 cookhouse was great. In my time at Barker Barracks the Chieftain Regiment was QRIH! The advantage of serving in the 15th USAFAD, was you could get your fish n chip to go and bring them back to our Enlisted Man’s Bar and enjoy a cold brewski with them!
By the look of that silver hood ( or bonnet) y’all have some big nasty birds flying around the tank yard. Jack will do an excellent job as usual tidying up the mess.
Enjoyed that, cheers. Never drove one but heard/saw enough back in the day in the shed next to ours. We had 2 x Armd Wksps at our location so Cent ARV's always let us know when they were hungry. Good job lads & lasses... 👍
I subscribe to a lot of channels on YT..your channel is the best! I've owned 4 military vehicles but not armor..maybe someday..friend of mine who owned a Sherman at the time..said " there are two types of people in the world..those that own armor and those that wish they did "...thanks for the channel!!
Hello mr hewes and the team! I was watching your unloading the arv vid and you mentioned Smith's guages. Theres a company in wales called caerbont instruments ( ex smiths employees) that rebuild and repair smiths and other guages, as well as upgrades and calibrating.
Nice!!!! I would love to have the m-548, that was great camping and fishing machinery,us,it was ammo mostly, customised cab, winches, hiab, ribs, tarp, cots, sleeping gear, tools,,air grease guns, right top of the list, but you have a great project to do, an awesome piece of kit, I'd love to be in yer boots, can't wait for more projects you guys do.great instruction video, thank you!
Mat sent me and my mum here ... From rainy Manchester... how do you keep missing that fiat 500... skill there...but nooo loss great fun vid..loving what you do... N x
We used to have some of those Centurions on the tank range back in the 80's when I was doing an anti-tank course. Not sure there's any spare parts left for you Mr. Hewes!
m8 im not sure how may of your videos i have seen but its a lot. imo your TH-cam channel is the best i have ever seen. carn't wait for the next vid. well done lads well done idd
Having only just found your channel and not knowing a great deal about tanks ,🙄 I'm finding it very interesting and working my way through vids . One question, so far , the Fodans , big old beasts and bloody good trucks . Why has one got a white front . Keep up the good work lads and ladies 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍
Me as well just found the channel, it's amusing the shenanigans they get into with such large equipment it's a nice team I like how they work together.
Nice to see some honest fun in your videos, you are all mad as hatters but no different from me back a "few" years. If you love what you do, then fcukit keep doing it. Thanks for the videos - Ian.B. a Southerner..
it always strikes me as slightly silly, when i worked with this sort of stuff, we had the same thing go on at my company, a new piece of kit to play with, must be covered under a crap tarpaulin, its been out in all weathers for some years, surely a few more days will not be an issue, its just an arse getting the thing on and off and does tend to keep things underneath wet as well as Jack's observation, a swimming pool does anyone remember a few years back, the two 432's welded together, the rear cupola had a hot tub in it, wonder if i still have a pic of that, i forget who did it and where that might be today, any tips - Tanks-R-Us or Tank World rings a bell and has to be said, that's the first time i seen a telehandler used to take a hat off, Jack's a brave lad
You would be surprised what you can find in big sheds up narrow lanes in England. Recently had a tour of of a blokes private collection Nr Taunton.. Took me an hour to get my lower jaw off the floor.
My father has a huge barn fullof 60's and 70's lorries and tractor units,an ex military scammell telegraph winch truck and more old farm machinery,diggers shovels and tractors than you could shake a stick at,hundreds drive right past it every day,without a second thought to whats inside.theres also an old guy in the next vilage from mine with a huge collection of old citroens(60+) in a discreet single story unit in his garden. Some industry too, I once needed a custom crankshaft for a car engine,someone pointed me to wards a company out in the sticks of Hertfordshire, I found the place via postcode but initially thought I was lost,after being redirected down a nearby unmade country lane found to my surprise what I was looking for, it was a very modern building all glistening clean everywhere, built in a valley. I was equally surprised to see Formula 1 and 2 engines being built and repaired in such a remote place,seeing about 30 identical,full but apparently recently outlawed F1 powertrains all sitting there together was quite some sight to behold and it was an entire world away from what was outside the windows.
Love the videos did you see the size of the albatross that took a dump on the little silver car that's having to go a bit I'd say. Great job on all the tank work funny but I got interested by a friend who got called to work on a few engines 2 on a boat and two in a tank on a tank ranch of all things and a fella from cross the pond happened along and was chatting a bit about the chieftain tank and the differences among various tanks including the super Sherman
Nice to see Ted the tank dog taking a keen interest in the proceedings. You have got some real treasure there with the Cent ARV's Joe. Are you going to take your nice room ornament and put it into the currently trackless ARV? Loving the vids, keep 'em coming.
As England anounced in 1960 they would stop making parts the dutch started the worn rubber blocks renovating them by vulcanisation on new rubber to find out later that the englisch would produce parts til 1972 for "the old lady".
@@rogerjayraphael NATO does not send money to anyone, NATO members send money, and not only. Do you remember the Budapest memorandum? Well, there we were blatantly deceived, now they are expiating their guilt. And yes, if you don’t want to fight with Russia, then shut your filthy mouth and watch on TV how we bleed, how our people, children, old people are killed, just because we want to be a normal country and live like a human being , and the money of the West (allies) does not allow losing the country, and gives more chances to save the lives of our people. Did you explain clearly enough?
@@rogerjayraphael if you don’t understand where this money is going, open at least one report from the United States, Great Britain, and so on, it says what they are going for. And read a couple of books about the economy, you can also read how states are arranged, and how they generally function, maybe then it will no longer be more desirable to ask such stupid questions, saturated with other people's opinions, not yours. You are being manipulated, my friend, since the desire to ask me such a question has arisen.
You just never have a good blower sitting around to use when your country has been bombed for over a year while your at war. He probably has one but the store that sells the oil mix for the gas was bombed 6 months ago.
You save so many machines and repairs so many Engines.... - so: save my life, repair my heart and give me the chance to live there (and help maybe, if you want), that's all - I work for free, I have my pension ! ❤ Vivian Hyde 😊
All good fun and helps to keep you off the street. The poor old farmers in my part of the world have to make do with a Lancaster Bomber and a Mosquito plus a shed full of bombs, assorted weaponry and early radar systems.
Is the firewall ahead of the engine at 4:36 completely rusted through. Was ARV No.1 sold to you as a runner like Diane Abbot? 6:07 that moment when you realise you need another Foden heavy wrecker (or at least a JCB with Foden chalked on the door).
Hey guys MORE tanks EVEN LESS SPACE !! LOL Question I thought those Fordens were 6x6 ?? Looked more 4x4 to me !! Lol Keep up the great work and stop being so mean to poor old Jack !! You big bully 😆
What im more impressed by is that trucks can transport these things on the little pathways you guys call roads. Nearly every country road ive been on in California has got nothing compared to some of the roads you guys have
That's because in Europe we know how to drive , not like north america
@@jackmckinnon3208it’s true we have curves in corners and roundabouts
@@jackmckinnon3208 In the UK we know how to engineer a road for the traffic and conditions we have. In the US, they know how to engineer for the traffic and conditions they have. It's a shame in the UK we just don't maintain them...
What a piece of kit that Foden is ...!😊
Commanded on with B Sqn 1RTR during the cold war in West Germany at Osnabruck. Worked well, uncomfortable as hell but so reliable always envid the yanks with their arv M88. Our girl never let us down.
I'm impressed with the window full of easy start!
You should see the other window
That is a lot of Cosby sauce.
I’m enjoying watching these videos my dad was a sergeant major in the army. And I got to play on the tanks when I was a child in Germany. Although I am registered blind, I can’t see videos.
I will away from Germany ! I want to live in England - it is my destiny ❤Vivian Hyde 😊
8:00 Jack is very chilled out about the JCB being on Auto pilot as he strolls back over to it, very comical. great Vid as always.
One with tracks seems worth saving. Other one has useful spares, though someone probably used it for spares previously, engine tracks etc.
Can't have too many Centurions! Thanks for saving them.
Oh god I want a Foden!!! What a bit of kit. Used to drive a 4375 RR Eaton Twin Split,,Alpha 1 with 400 CAT and Alpha2 with 420!!
I broke out into a cold sweat when I saw the Cent ARV. I loved and hated in equal measures, my time on my Cent at 5 Skins at Padderborn.
However, my Cent was the only one in BAOR that you could get proper fried chips in the penthouse. Ah, happy memories ☺️ 😊
Paderborn is spelled with only one “D”. Sunday night fish n chips in the 45 cookhouse was great. In my time at Barker Barracks the Chieftain Regiment was QRIH! The advantage of serving in the 15th USAFAD, was you could get your fish n chip to go and bring them back to our Enlisted Man’s Bar and enjoy a cold brewski with them!
@@jcalohio I was a Rech Mech, so can't spell it but can f**kin lift it 😀
By the look of that silver hood ( or bonnet) y’all have some big nasty birds flying around the tank yard. Jack will do an excellent job as usual tidying up the mess.
Great set of videos, thanks for sharing them.....👍
Just found your channel I really enjoy your content. Keep it up guys
I did 10 years in the RAOC.
Ahh Haaa a fellow Rag and Oil Company Man!
Enjoyed that, cheers. Never drove one but heard/saw enough back in the day in the shed next to ours. We had 2 x Armd Wksps at our location so Cent ARV's always let us know when they were hungry. Good job lads & lasses... 👍
I subscribe to a lot of channels on YT..your channel is the best! I've owned 4 military vehicles but not armor..maybe someday..friend of mine who owned a Sherman at the time..said " there are two types of people in the world..those that own armor and those that wish they did "...thanks for the channel!!
Hi there Ted and Crew. I see that you have Twins (ARVs). Look forward to the out come. Mind your knuckles !!. JR.
Definitely interested in seeing one of these units brought back to life. Can't wait to see on in action.
Hello mr hewes and the team! I was watching your unloading the arv vid and you mentioned Smith's guages. Theres a company in wales called caerbont instruments ( ex smiths employees) that rebuild and repair smiths and other guages, as well as upgrades and calibrating.
But dose that make the work as they rarely do
JCB with "I IDENTIFY AS A FODEN' written on the door. I laughed. Out loud. For a long time.
I needed that.
Brings back memories of many long hours spent working on Cents and Cheiftains while serving as a VMA in R.E.M.E.
Some broken smith’s gauges, not too much different from some smiths gauges in normal operation….😂
Didn't think that they ever reached normal operation 😂
Very clever to use telehandlers boom extraction instead of getting it's wheels spinning in the mud. Nice. 😎
8:28 such a cute painter!!!
Nice!!!! I would love to have the m-548, that was great camping and fishing machinery,us,it was ammo mostly, customised cab, winches, hiab, ribs, tarp, cots, sleeping gear, tools,,air grease guns, right top of the list, but you have a great project to do, an awesome piece of kit, I'd love to be in yer boots, can't wait for more projects you guys do.great instruction video, thank you!
Mat sent me and my mum here ...
From rainy Manchester...
how do you keep missing that fiat 500... skill there...but nooo loss
great fun vid..loving what you do...
N x
We used to have some of those Centurions on the tank range back in the 80's when I was doing an anti-tank course. Not sure there's any spare parts left for you Mr. Hewes!
You gotta love the Foden ...doesnt even bat an eyelid !!
Good evening from Germany thanks for the vid.
m8 im not sure how may of your videos i have seen but its a lot. imo your TH-cam channel is the best i have ever seen. carn't wait for the next vid. well done lads well done idd
You guys gotta get some outdoor lights for working in the dark. No simple task to unload that beast.👍
Having only just found your channel and not knowing a great deal about tanks ,🙄 I'm finding it very interesting and working my way through vids . One question, so far , the Fodans , big old beasts and bloody good trucks . Why has one got a white front . Keep up the good work lads and ladies 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍
Me as well just found the channel, it's amusing the shenanigans they get into with such large equipment it's a nice team I like how they work together.
No mysteries there, Matt already spilled the beans! And oh look, a 4 wheel drive Foden.
‘Bit of room for improvement, on the tracks’. 🤣😂🤣😂
Great videos of these two love the forklift going on its own 😆 thanks
that moved far better than i thought it would with the help of the second ''Foden'' ;-)
8:00 he is a complete nupty!! you would think he would remember how to drive these things!! glad the dog wasn't to near it
Love the dog sauntering through whilst pushing the ARV, great channel…..
Jack is a great lad. It’s obvious though that Ted is the supervisor in all this.
Just got to this video and had the same thought of Ted. He is the supervisor of the team.
Beats me why anyone would want so many Crapturions. Fred in Princeton BC. Ca
Top content again boys 😎❤️👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Nice to see some honest fun in your videos, you are all mad as hatters but no different from me back a "few" years. If you love what you do, then fcukit keep doing it. Thanks for the videos - Ian.B. a Southerner..
Great video guys
Could do with some yard lights lol, or maybe turn them on! Great video.
Damm that yellow Foden is strong 💪 nice video again lads 🍻
it always strikes me as slightly silly, when i worked with this sort of stuff, we had the same thing go on at my company, a new piece of kit to play with, must be covered under a crap tarpaulin, its been out in all weathers for some years, surely a few more days will not be an issue, its just an arse getting the thing on and off and does tend to keep things underneath wet as well as Jack's observation, a swimming pool
does anyone remember a few years back, the two 432's welded together, the rear cupola had a hot tub in it, wonder if i still have a pic of that, i forget who did it and where that might be today, any tips - Tanks-R-Us or Tank World rings a bell
and has to be said, that's the first time i seen a telehandler used to take a hat off, Jack's a brave lad
Jack - remember, wherever you go, there you are.
Great first tank. 🎉🎉
I honestly would prefer the heavy recovery vehicles to the actual tanks. The HRVs can be used for their intended purpose were as the tanks can not.
Different tools for each job . Don't think the truck would last very long under fire .
Jack, it doesnt matter if you win by a inch or a mile, winnings winning!
You would be surprised what you can find in big sheds up narrow lanes in England. Recently had a tour of of a blokes private collection Nr Taunton.. Took me an hour to get my lower jaw off the floor.
My father has a huge barn fullof 60's and 70's lorries and tractor units,an ex military scammell telegraph winch truck and more old farm machinery,diggers shovels and tractors than you could shake a stick at,hundreds drive right past it every day,without a second thought to whats inside.theres also an old guy in the next vilage from mine with a huge collection of old citroens(60+) in a discreet single story unit in his garden. Some industry too, I once needed a custom crankshaft for a car engine,someone pointed me to wards a company out in the sticks of Hertfordshire, I found the place via postcode but initially thought I was lost,after being redirected down a nearby unmade country lane found to my surprise what I was looking for, it was a very modern building all glistening clean everywhere, built in a valley. I was equally surprised to see Formula 1 and 2 engines being built and repaired in such a remote place,seeing about 30 identical,full but apparently recently outlawed F1 powertrains all sitting there together was quite some sight to behold and it was an entire world away from what was outside the windows.
Love the videos did you see the size of the albatross that took a dump on the little silver car that's having to go a bit I'd say. Great job on all the tank work funny but I got interested by a friend who got called to work on a few engines 2 on a boat and two in a tank on a tank ranch of all things and a fella from cross the pond happened along and was chatting a bit about the chieftain tank and the differences among various tanks including the super Sherman
Hats off to the 2 of you for that effort.🤣
The look on Ted's face said it all " bloody amateurs " .
Life advice for jack, dont eat the yellow snow ;) love the vids lads keep it up :)))
Madness and brilliant video of quality.
Can tell these REME lads never put a basher up in their lives lmao 🤣🤙
Not all people who worked in the REME were in the army
Nice to see Ted the tank dog taking a keen interest in the proceedings. You have got some real treasure there with the Cent ARV's Joe. Are you going to take your nice room ornament and put it into the currently trackless ARV? Loving the vids, keep 'em coming.
Dog's thinking "Not more junk?"
I am sure that you will enjoy working on both of them, even if it is strip one to restore the other. Have you ever taken on a Vickers Battle Tank?
i think you need to lay a bit more concrete on the yard it would make life a bit easier ,the avre is one of my favourites
Good to see the Centurions being restored
I sure as shit wouldn't have parked my own car anywhere near the Recy Mechs and their Fodens at 1 Div! LOL
Next episode: the new state-of-the-art Hewes tank yard and maintenance facility for storing all the new incoming orphans!
Nice! Love it!
As England anounced in 1960 they would stop making parts the dutch started the worn rubber blocks renovating them by vulcanisation on new rubber to find out later that the englisch would produce parts til 1972 for "the old lady".
I think when describing Smiths gauges you can drop the "broken" as it is assumed that is how they are anyway.
Good to see you again mr :)
greetings from Ukraine ) nice video!
Hey Ukraine, what have you done with with the 6 Trillion Dollars NATO sent you ???
Money washer go brrrrr….
@@trisrush9155 putin lover?
@@rogerjayraphael NATO does not send money to anyone, NATO members send money, and not only. Do you remember the Budapest memorandum? Well, there we were blatantly deceived, now they are expiating their guilt. And yes, if you don’t want to fight with Russia, then shut your filthy mouth and watch on TV how we bleed, how our people, children, old people are killed, just because we want to be a normal country and live like a human being , and the money of the West (allies) does not allow losing the country, and gives more chances to save the lives of our people. Did you explain clearly enough?
@@rogerjayraphael if you don’t understand where this money is going, open at least one report from the United States, Great Britain, and so on, it says what they are going for. And read a couple of books about the economy, you can also read how states are arranged, and how they generally function, maybe then it will no longer be more desirable to ask such stupid questions, saturated with other people's opinions, not yours. You are being manipulated, my friend, since the desire to ask me such a question has arisen.
The Health and safety zealots would have a field day with these guys😂👏👏.Nice work guys in the restoration of these great vehicles.
Health and safety are banned from site
enjoying your videos
Give it some beans Jack👍
I thought the Fodens were 6x6? 3rd Axle wasn't giving any drive. Or there isn't a working interaxle diif lock between the rear axles.
Love the white Foden but not sure about the yellow Foden 🤷♂️.
Life advice for Jack: Get a hi powered blower to remove the dirt from the cement instead of dancing around with the broom all day
You just never have a good blower sitting around to use when your country has been bombed for over a year while your at war. He probably has one but the store that sells the oil mix for the gas was bombed 6 months ago.
he's such a buffoon.
Looks like spare parts to me! The work to restore it will take to long and be to costly. Save the manpower strip it down to the shell.
You got a way to go but plenty of fun to be had
Joe think you need to treat yourself to a new jacket
Another top video 💪
I wonder what happens to the turrets from these ARVs because if you could find some old Centurion top bits well...
The Turrets were simply not manufactured because the Hull was designated an ARV version from the start.
The most important piece of equipment was and is the BV’s. Get a brew on Smudger !!!
As cool as the tanks are, I like the ARVs even better (at least until you can get a main gun working....😆).
It’s like being 4 again and watching diggers I love it
You save so many machines and repairs so many Engines.... - so: save my life, repair my heart and give me the chance to live there (and help maybe, if you want), that's all - I work for free, I have my pension ! ❤ Vivian Hyde 😊
Nice, I love a good ARV
If it ever gets apocalyptic.. it would be nice to know a few chaps with tanks.
Jack should specialise in Elf and Safety👍
All good fun and helps to keep you off the street. The poor old farmers in my part of the world have to make do with a Lancaster Bomber and a Mosquito plus a shed full of bombs, assorted weaponry and early radar systems.
Jack, god messes with ppl he likes the best
4:42 I'm tired just looking at that,never mind removing rust, replacing parts & painting it!
Oh my aching back! 👍
No one:
Them: casually getting delivery of military vehicles
Is the firewall ahead of the engine at 4:36 completely rusted through. Was ARV No.1 sold to you as a runner like Diane Abbot?
6:07 that moment when you realise you need another Foden heavy wrecker (or at least a JCB with Foden chalked on the door).
Now this looks a real beast
"Hmmm, some broken Smith's gauges!" 🤣🤣
Are there any other kind of smiths gauges?
Someone has a Centurion/AVRE obsession and i can't say its a bad thing
The Foden getting stuck? Benbows used to have a 6x6 Thornycroft, god that would pull!
Are those Fodens then 6x4's then, thought they'd be 6x6's or has the rear most locker not working/ engaged?? Either way great video!!! 😁😁😁😁
She’s obviously being a typical woman..
There's a steel post at the football field with a hole in it that makes awful whistling noises in strong winds 😂
I do like all your tanks and stuff
But me I just want a Foden and not the yellow one the real one 😂😂👍👍
The yellow one is the buisness!!
Delivery! Game on Lads!
Jack should be promoted to Head Supervisor Tank Mechanic it pays $160,000 a year
7:01 ted's leadership got it going
Red crankcase cover on an L60 is a 13A if I remember correctly.
Hey guys
MORE tanks EVEN LESS SPACE !! LOL
Question I thought those Fordens were 6x6 ?? Looked more 4x4 to me !! Lol
Keep up the great work and stop being so mean to poor old Jack !! You big bully 😆
Foden is a beast!
Life advice,,,,KEEP ON TRUCKEN,,,,,,