The Foden recovery vehicle is nothing less than what it should be; a very robust & capable vehicle for towing, lifting & winching operations. It is always interesting & satisfying to watch the Foden accomplish any task with apparent effortlessness!
There were a few things I didn’t like about the Foden. The turning circle of 27 metres, the tilt angle of 27 degrees, the slew of the crane, the weight of 27 ton on 3 axles and the underpowered engine. It’s such a pity as otherwise a really really good but of kit.
I had 2 of these Foden recovery trucks in a gold mine in DR Congo central Africa. We did some intersting recovery jobs with them. Would have made a good few you tube videos, but it want the thing back in 2010. The Fodaen never failed on any recovery job. Miss those trucks for sure , the mine closed but the trucks are still there
The lifting power and noise of those Fodens is brilliant, I enjoy these extra none tank videos such as the engine swap in the earth digger the weekend.
Awesome. 9pm, Baby son is in bed, Wife is asleep, I can enjoy my late lunch after getting groceries, kick back and enjoy another great video of you folks. And on top of that it's a Foden video. Hooray!
Thanks to the lovely Lady who does the filming and probably the editing as well, without her life would be dull. I hope those trunks are going to a sawmill to be turned into useable timber planks? The Fodens as usual, do what Fodens have been doing since they were born, work.
hi, great to see 2 Fodens with the motor panels cabs, i remember when the army had both those fodens. the orange one was the s77 and was an artillery tractor.
Impressive as the Foden was, can we talk about those trunks and all the beautiful oak they contain. 05:39 just screams HOUSE to me. So much timber sat there I wasted an hour at work just thinking about it. I really hope the wood goes to good use. 🤞
I imagine it will be sold to a mill and well used. There's probably a decent few hundred thousand pounds worth of quality hard wood on the back of that Foden.
@@mbak7801 I don't mean exclusively wood, and it's more of a primal feeling than a practical one. I guess it comes from growing up in houses with exposed beams, thatched roofs, wattle and daub walls, flagstone floors and solid fuel ranges.
This is one of only two channels on youtube that are an instant click for me.... the other one is Trail Mater - anyone enjoying the machinery and can do problem solving on this channel will probably enjoy Trail Mater too - offroad recovery service in Moab, Utah.
in the 70s when i was in my tens we used to have a carnival type thing in Exhibition Park in Newcastle upon tyne. It was class. The place was full of chieftains, stollies, fodens all you can think of. a squaddie asked me to stop swinging on a chieftain's barrel. so i got in and tried to start it instead. great memories. thats why i like yr videos. bringing it all back!
That green cricket roller I believe is an Auto-Roller from the 1960's, I look after several of them and they still outlast the modern equivalents...."They don't build them like they used to" Although the original cork clutch can get a bit sticky but you have plenty of time NOT to panic on one of those things.
Watching this brought back many happy memories of me pulling out big timber and loading it with a aec matador on to our erf the best time of my life bring the 1970s, roy. 😊
2 Fodens, bliss! But he's got a Hiab on the orange truck, oh they're some tree trunks, no wonder the Hewes crane was needed. Great action well worth watching and clearly a great time was had. Thanks 👍
Dear Father Christmas, do you remember that every Christmas since 2013 I asked for an Alfa 4C and I didn’t get one? Well this year I’d like a Foden, just like Joe’s - or even better, Joe’s Foden.
Good luck getting the Stolly in that large pond/small lake. I foresee you needing the Foden to pull it out after it sinks. It might put the owner off ever so slightly. 😂😂❤❤😂😂
My mates Dad tried to drive through that ford many years ago in a Reliant Regal 3 wheeler when it was frozen over, all 3 wheels went through the ice and he was stuck. Look like he'd plugged the f***ker in! Haha😂
There's a excellent book you can get from the Foden society website about their military and special vehicle division. From ww1 steam wagons to these beasts. Quite a story how they managed to win such a big contract, mainly because they designed, cast and manufactured all major components in house. Also interesting how they designed trucks to transport the UK's nuclear warheads!
That big old Rolls Royce diesel sounds well. They were definitely not built for comfort those things but when it comes to shifting stuff, boy do they deliver. Love to see them getting to work 👍
I have only seen logs that big once before cut. One about the size of the first one. A friend of mine dropped into my buddies half ton Chevy pick up truck. The front wheels came off the ground 5 feet when it hit! He could barely steer the six blocks to the tree down because there was so little weight on the front axle, good times lol.😊
I bet the people in Leicestershire love you with all the help you give them, well done Joe and company 👍👍👍👍 Also love how you have the BOSS filming she is a god send to your channel.
Love your videos. Great fun to see your projects. You should get a better microphone so we hear you over the machines. Røde makes good one I think. And perhaps a go pro?
I got wood, The Foden is a beast, loving the content Joe and Co keep it coming You two, From Tanks to anything Machinery. It would be great to see that beautiful Oak cut into Slabs, Great camera work by the way Love and Best wishes from Paul in Australia.
Look up the Sutton Hoo ship project, they're using huge, old oak trees, split with wedges and trimmed with side axes (adze I think they're called) to build a sailing replica of Raedwald's ship.
Again entertaining, love the content looking foward to seeing the Stalwart and T-34 progress, My Dad was in REME in the 60s A class mechanic worked on 432, stalwart, saracen and Cent tanks in Germany and Libya Sadly he passed away in 2019 wish he was around to watch your videos it would have been special to reminice with him as you struggled with the cent gearboxes and engines as well as 432 vehicles. Thanks for what your putting up it draws me back to great memories of my Dad.
I enjoyed this video! My father used to skid logs on the farm with mules in the 1920's and 30's. I thought that he would loved the enclosed cab in the video short of you cutting hay. He did the d=same thin thing with horses and mules. ! Early tractors were expensive. thanks for posting both videos.
Is that a shower curtain rod on the dash? Your Foden trucks sound good. Nice you have a lovely assistant "filming" your work. Large pieces of oak. jack, In The Valley of The Sun, Arizona, USA.
Class! what amazes me is that vehicles deemed obsolete by the MOD procurement people did a fantastic job! great video mates keep it up. i could watch these all day. i wish i could make the tea at your place i love this old kit.
Heard a rumour that if your Foden 🔊🔥 throws its exhaust whilst navigating a Ford and is then flushed with beautifully clear river water it’s then fully ULEZ compliant.
Looks like Marston Trussell, a good friend of mine ploughed the field with his mothers golf when failing to make the left turn towards Farndon just along the road from there. Also great memories of driving an old Escort through that Ford a few times, then making minor excursions through the long grass along the old Bunkers Hill field road, to clean the oil off a knackered gearbox just before somebody came to buy it.
The Forden is a truly great vehicle! Bits falling off in the water isn't good for your street cred but we will let you off because your channel is brilliant!😊😊😊😂😅
It's log, log, its big, its heavy its wood, It's log, log, Its better than bad, its good! Everyone wants a log! Everyone needs a log! Log, from Blamo! I'm such a sad f**k
Be some nice planks out of those lumps, last one should have some nice colours running in it 😁. Gotta admit, 2 Foden’s sound well, don’t think it would be to much of a stretch to get the keys over a mogs 😳🤔🤔😆
that must be an FH70 Gun Limber, converted, very similar to your recovery, never driven on of those, they went out of service with the FH70, many years ago, gotta love a Foden
I know you said some followers were complaining about the lack of tank-related videos but I really enjoy seeing you "playing" with your other "toys".😁
Nothing beats seeing a Foden doing what a Foden does best... Apart from loosing its exhaust of course... 😮
Spontaneous straight-pipe-ification.
@@Brigadier9 +10 hp
The Foden recovery vehicle is nothing less than what it should be; a very robust & capable vehicle for towing, lifting & winching operations. It is always interesting & satisfying to watch the Foden accomplish any task with apparent effortlessness!
There were a few things I didn’t like about the Foden. The turning circle of 27 metres, the tilt angle of 27 degrees, the slew of the crane, the weight of 27 ton on 3 axles and the underpowered engine. It’s such a pity as otherwise a really really good but of kit.
I had 2 of these Foden recovery trucks in a gold mine in DR Congo central Africa. We did some intersting recovery jobs with them. Would have made a good few you tube videos, but it want the thing back in 2010. The Fodaen never failed on any recovery job. Miss those trucks for sure , the mine closed but the trucks are still there
Amazes me how effortlessly the Foden just deals with weight such a well balanced truck for lifting
Archimedes: give me a lever long enough and I can move the world. Mr Hewes: give me the foden and I can move the world.
Foden's double teaming a mighty oak tree, hopefully not for firewood.
The fun never stops. Complete legend that Foden.
Like others have said, Foden doing what they were made for, and still as good as anything out there, solid beasts.
They are far from being as good as anything out there but yes got the job done ... Nice work 👏
@@youthussful todays stuff likes to Break easy 30 yrs plus of driving old to new 🤷🏻♂️
Probably still better than some newer
Wow🦾💪💪
Like watching an old episode of Thunderbirds - even the motors sound as good 😁🇬🇧🫡
It was a sad day when they stopped making Fodens, so many happy memories I had in them, nice to see them working again
2006 was the last year for foden. I used to work at the leyland plant that made them.
You Can’t Beat them Old Foden’s 💯👍🏻🇬🇧
got home from school just now and it dropped 47 seconds ago
The lifting power and noise of those Fodens is brilliant, I enjoy these extra none tank videos such as the engine swap in the earth digger the weekend.
Awesome.
9pm, Baby son is in bed, Wife is asleep, I can enjoy my late lunch after getting groceries, kick back and enjoy another great video of you folks.
And on top of that it's a Foden video. Hooray!
Thanks to the lovely Lady who does the filming and probably the editing as well, without her life would be dull. I hope those trunks are going to a sawmill to be turned into useable timber planks? The Fodens as usual, do what Fodens have been doing since they were born, work.
hi, great to see 2 Fodens with the motor panels cabs, i remember when the army had both those fodens. the orange one was the s77 and was an artillery tractor.
Cannot beat the sound of a Foden under load 🤙🏻
It always makes me smile when I see a guy wealding a chainsaw with no protection. Crossing your fingers doesn't work..😂
Impressive as the Foden was, can we talk about those trunks and all the beautiful oak they contain. 05:39 just screams HOUSE to me. So much timber sat there I wasted an hour at work just thinking about it. I really hope the wood goes to good use. 🤞
I imagine it will be sold to a mill and well used. There's probably a decent few hundred thousand pounds worth of quality hard wood on the back of that Foden.
Houses are made out of masonry not wood. Furniture yes but a sub optimal choice for housing.
@@mbak7801 I don't mean exclusively wood, and it's more of a primal feeling than a practical one. I guess it comes from growing up in houses with exposed beams, thatched roofs, wattle and daub walls, flagstone floors and solid fuel ranges.
What about the new-build Sutton Hoo ship? Not sawn planks, but adze-trimmed and wedge-split.
Not a few hundred thousand 😂maybe a couple of grands worth @@pinkyfull
This is one of only two channels on youtube that are an instant click for me.... the other one is Trail Mater - anyone enjoying the machinery and can do problem solving on this channel will probably enjoy Trail Mater too - offroad recovery service in Moab, Utah.
Then you will love CEE! An Aussie machine shop channel with plenty of welding, machining and big equipment repair.
There's allot to be said for the Foden, not least the reflection in the windscreen... 😬
Good work all round team.
in the 70s when i was in my tens we used to have a carnival type thing in Exhibition Park in Newcastle upon tyne. It was class. The place was full of chieftains, stollies, fodens all you can think of. a squaddie asked me to stop swinging on a chieftain's barrel. so i got in and tried to start it instead. great memories. thats why i like yr videos. bringing it all back!
i would but it's too far to reach. i live in the north east.
Really good to see Two old Foden's still earning their keep 👍👍👍
That green cricket roller I believe is an Auto-Roller from the 1960's, I look after several of them and they still outlast the modern equivalents...."They don't build them like they used to" Although the original cork clutch can get a bit sticky but you have plenty of time NOT to panic on one of those things.
Watching this brought back many happy memories of me pulling out big timber and loading it with a aec matador on to our erf the best time of my life bring the 1970s, roy. 😊
Proper Job ! Love it, that oak must be worth a few quid. Love seeing twin beasts in action!
Proper job pard👍
furniture makers and luthiers will love your mate in ten to fifteen years
2 Fodens, bliss! But he's got a Hiab on the orange truck, oh they're some tree trunks, no wonder the Hewes crane was needed. Great action well worth watching and clearly a great time was had. Thanks 👍
Who knew a Foden could be exhausted 🤔😏
Mr Hewes I can watch you all day playing with your Foden doing what there good at love your videos always different always learn something new thanks
Dear Father Christmas, do you remember that every Christmas since 2013 I asked for an Alfa 4C and I didn’t get one? Well this year I’d like a Foden, just like Joe’s - or even better, Joe’s Foden.
Good luck getting the Stolly in that large pond/small lake. I foresee you needing the Foden to pull it out after it sinks. It might put the owner off ever so slightly.
😂😂❤❤😂😂
Wow, we were totally spoiled by this one. We got twice as much Foden this time!
Your Foden has a very suitable number plate, RBV, Really Big Vehicle!
My mates Dad tried to drive through that ford many years ago in a Reliant Regal 3 wheeler when it was frozen over, all 3 wheels went through the ice and he was stuck. Look like he'd plugged the f***ker in! Haha😂
There's a excellent book you can get from the Foden society website about their military and special vehicle division. From ww1 steam wagons to these beasts. Quite a story how they managed to win such a big contract, mainly because they designed, cast and manufactured all major components in house. Also interesting how they designed trucks to transport the UK's nuclear warheads!
Could listen to this all day.
What a lovely pair, just as God intended.
That big old Rolls Royce diesel sounds well. They were definitely not built for comfort those things but when it comes to shifting stuff, boy do they deliver. Love to see them getting to work 👍
Very nice those Fodens sound amazing
I have only seen logs that big once before cut. One about the size of the first one. A friend of mine dropped into my buddies half ton Chevy pick up truck. The front wheels came off the ground 5 feet when it hit! He could barely steer the six blocks to the tree down because there was so little weight on the front axle, good times lol.😊
I love watching you build and then put this kit to work.
Awesome video thanks nice bit of Oak😊🚛🚛🚛🚜🚜🚜🇬🇧🔧🙏
I bet the people in Leicestershire love you with all the help you give them, well done Joe and company 👍👍👍👍 Also love how you have the BOSS filming she is a god send to your channel.
Ted's the CEO, she's just the Manager :-)
@@antronargaiv3283 And what a manager 👍
I like his tele-handler pickup hitch. Very neat :o)
Good to see the old girl doing what she is meant to be doing 👍👍
Love your videos. Great fun to see your projects. You should get a better microphone so we hear you over the machines. Røde makes good one I think. And perhaps a go pro?
Throat mic?
The perfect kind of video
Action and the sound of
Speed & Power
from the mighty Foden
I love your videos! I’m laid up in the hospital and watching them keeps my mind distracted. Keep up the great work
Absolutely amazing.
Love those fodens.
That was a good panning shot of the two Fods and the Union Jack flying on the left.
Wow just Wow,you guys have so much fun,I run an old mercedes 814 7.5t, would love an old foden like that,Awsome, thanks for sharing
Hell yeah, big trucks and hard wood
What happened to the oak trees?
The run back to the truck with the exhaust in hand is just too funny!
I got wood, The Foden is a beast, loving the content Joe and Co keep it coming You two, From Tanks to anything Machinery. It would be great to see that beautiful Oak cut into Slabs, Great camera work by the way Love and Best wishes from Paul in Australia.
Look up the Sutton Hoo ship project, they're using huge, old oak trees, split with wedges and trimmed with side axes (adze I think they're called) to build a sailing replica of Raedwald's ship.
I was half expecting you to throw a chain on those stumps and give a tug or two just for giggles.
Thats the next video 😂
Best game of cricket I ever saw , I liked the golden exhaust trophy too . F-O-D-E-N , 💚⚒🏁
One can make some awesome furniture from those trees!
Again entertaining, love the content looking foward to seeing the Stalwart and T-34 progress, My Dad was in REME in the 60s A class mechanic worked on 432, stalwart, saracen and Cent tanks in Germany and Libya Sadly he passed away in 2019 wish he was around to watch your videos it would have been special to reminice with him as you struggled with the cent gearboxes and engines as well as 432 vehicles. Thanks for what your putting up it draws me back to great memories of my Dad.
Hoon love the exhaust removal.
I enjoyed this video! My father used to skid logs on the farm with mules in the 1920's and 30's. I thought that he would loved the enclosed cab in the video short of you cutting hay. He did the d=same thin thing with horses and mules. ! Early tractors were expensive. thanks for posting both videos.
Great stuff , great fun, it makes me smile as ever. Phil Woollard
I find, with great satisfaction, every episode generally showcases something being 'recked'.
They are impressive beasts at work. Except when the wobbly bits fall off!!!
love the trucks, but am sort of an oak tree lover too. poor tree.
Great stuff 😊
As Charley Brown watered his Great Pumpkin over the decades, it became...a Great Foden.
I’ve wrote it before, so forgive me being boring, what a piece of kit that ex military Foden is
Nice one👍🏻
That's the best ford fail I've ever seen! Testament to the vehicle that the only bit you mucked around with was the bit that fell off 🤣
Is that a shower curtain rod on the dash? Your Foden trucks sound good. Nice you have a lovely assistant "filming" your work. Large pieces of oak.
jack,
In The Valley of The Sun, Arizona, USA.
Class! what amazes me is that vehicles deemed obsolete by the MOD procurement people did a fantastic job! great video mates keep it up. i could watch these all day. i wish i could make the tea at your place i love this old kit.
Love the inboard sound of that truck :-)
Those are some big logs.
Heard a rumour that if your Foden 🔊🔥 throws its exhaust whilst navigating a Ford and is then flushed with beautifully clear river water it’s then fully ULEZ compliant.
You’ll have arms like Garth after driving them.
Tusen takk for god underholdning 👍🤗👍
Proper job by proper British Lorries. Take it the orange Foden was a FH70.gun tractor. Happy belated 30th for the other day,keep the vids coming.
Looks like Marston Trussell, a good friend of mine ploughed the field with his mothers golf when failing to make the left turn towards Farndon just along the road from there. Also great memories of driving an old Escort through that Ford a few times, then making minor excursions through the long grass along the old Bunkers Hill field road, to clean the oil off a knackered gearbox just before somebody came to buy it.
It is indeed. I played there a couple of times as a teenager. Fell off my Yamaha YDS7 in the ford once - VRC717M, where are you now...
I used to live in that telephone box, brOught back some memories seeing it again!
That Joe is the best ,most useful vehicle you have . And bloody sounds good too until ya bust the exhaust off lol . All the best gang , play safe 👍👍😎
Whoops. Oh well looked like fun and im sure a bit of weld will sort it out!
Do love the old british lorries!
HURRY BACK JACK !!
JOE'S GETTING BORED!! 😂
Man and machine as one
The Forden is a truly great vehicle!
Bits falling off in the water isn't good for your street cred but we will let you off because your channel is brilliant!😊😊😊😂😅
You're going to have to bring the mod Foden to the Sandbach truck festival. It'd go down well.
The Foden simply gets the job done.
What rolls down stairs
alone or in pairs,
and over your neighbour's dog?
What's great for a snack,
And fits on your back?
It's log, log, log!
It's log, log,
its big, its heavy its wood,
It's log, log,
Its better than bad, its good!
Everyone wants a log!
Everyone needs a log!
Log, from Blamo!
I'm such a sad f**k
Damn that tune will be in my head all day now........@@pugmanick
Jeez..id say thats easily 15tonn of wood 💪💪💪👍👍👍
Be some nice planks out of those lumps, last one should have some nice colours running in it 😁. Gotta admit, 2 Foden’s sound well, don’t think it would be to much of a stretch to get the keys over a mogs 😳🤔🤔😆
I recall driving a Foden wrecker at Marchwood military port in 1986 when being exported to the BAOR……amusing splitter box…..😂
Hi, that looks great , so envious, love to drive those beasts. You should sell the driving experience , fanatstic!! Many thanks from Nr Chester
Fellow Nr Chester viewer here too.
Thems some nice oak sticks👍
Awsome sound track 2 screeming eagles
I enjoyed the video and reflections😉
that must be an FH70 Gun Limber, converted, very similar to your recovery, never driven on of those, they went out of service with the FH70, many years ago, gotta love a Foden
That's my kind of video title. Come on Foden! 💪 lmao that ending!
Double declutch! Have not seen one of those for a looooong time.
Old truck any day ,loads of classic fun
Wow those massive bits of oak had to be worth a bob or two.