We continue progress on cleaning @whistlindiesel’s Tank for shipping with help from Sid @PartridgeExteriorCleaning @AdamBest1920 Also Seb Buys a new toy !
Ahhhh Memories of walking behind one of them in Berlin Fighting Village in the early 80's ,in the Guards.. Smoke on full pelt breathing in that loveliness ...ha ha hope you put the Berlin red circle badges on it at the end of the resto.. great stuff as usual mate..
So it seems you have successfully persuaded all your friends to invest in old tanks that need restoring. A genius business plan considering what you do for a living.
You guys have the best job in the world, Cheers from America! Sorry about our insanely strict cleaning requirements😂. I heard recently that Australia is also extremely strict about this stuff.
At start of week on Mon 27th May 2024 came across your site. The team really get your hands dirty in getting these vehicles up and running again. I'm looking forward to see the 180mm tank in action again. Keep it up 🤘🤘👊
Loving the content 👌 definitely think you lot need to do that engine swapped tank make a chieftain as good as it could ever be imagine squeeze one of them big international v8 diesels in South africans use
Hi guys, another great video from a group of guys that emjoy what ther are doing, if I ever get back tk the UK, I would very much like to visit, as they says, dreams are free, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.
Has to be the Chieftain. I left the army in 1976 and we had modified mk 2, although my troop leader had the only mk 3 in the regiment. It was good to look inside the turret of the MK 5 as everything was so familiar.
Tugged it off as soon as I gave it some pedal, just tapped it, and ripped a big brush guard and bumper off a Communications Repair truck that was stuck in the mud out in the traing area, at Knox. Feel the Power again someday. LIVLRG ppl. Why can't WD go home in a f'n helicopter? Watch my Shorts if ya wanna know, doh. Fire n Movement
one of the things I love the English for, they are up to anything , like parking a 50 ton tank on the edge of a slope, then casually putting a small log infront, sorted.... , NEXT!! :):):)
I bet your neighbours really love you lot! Fodens lifting power is bloody impressive in any language. I assume the other Chieftan is going to the states? You'd better not hope to have to send one to Australia, their regulations are a lot lot stronger than anyone else's regarding alien plant life into Oz. Just one seed or bit of mud found and it has to go into quarantine and there is a very hefty bill coz the vehicle has to be thoroughly cleaned again in and out. Incidentally, how much does a Chieftain cost like the one that's just arrived? Not that I'm thinking of buying one lol it wouldn't fit in my road!
I was stationed in Berlin in 76/77 with 2 Para as Ferret Section Commander. These Chieftains were in Smuts barracks. My mate was there when the wall came down and he says that they were all low mileage/hours and in very good nick. He reckons that when they finally left, some Germans were crying as they were taken away.
I use to be a 63H tracked vehicle repairman, doh. Whole time in the Storm I werked on wheeled vehicles, doh. Hummers all f'n day n night doh. Only werked on a track when we burned up some axles crossing into the north, because the TC didn't stop to grease the wheels. Got a great pic to prove it... Three US ARMY M88's all in a row in tow ahahahaha. Lead track pulling the recovered burnt up M88, and our broken M88, doh. I said used to be a repairman, it was boring AF so I went back to being a 19E40, oh yeah!
Hydrolic oil on ME Govener only needs to be just above the plates, the actual fillier / level ( though nobody used it like you with top nut and combi tool ) is the 5/16ths nut on the side. Never run below as will cause possible ME run away.
“So….it has a leak” we’ll be fair this was a feature to keep all concerned (ie troopers) running back and forth to LAD/REME to keep them fit to see if it’s fixed while asking for a new elips and the obligatory long stands.
Just a question for you are you going to paint the new chieftain urban camo as I have never seen one ( only in films, photos ) Would love to see it but as usual that's up to the owner ( it is a Berlin one ???) Keep up with the excellent informative quality content bestest from Scotland 👋👋
If I was you Russian spy satellites might think you are a major armoured military base as you have possibly more running tanks that what our army as. Fair play great video and excellent content as always 👏 👌 👍
haha the claas battery, i mea it's not so out of place, tanks did come out of the claas factory during wwII was it already owned by the claas family or dit they buy it later i dont know...
Great video. Nice to see the hydraulic starter still works. When adjusting the control lever on the hydraulic pump for the starter motor, was the rule of thumb 'milling, screw in' or 'milling, screw out'? I'll check my Chieftain precis from SEME Bordon that's in the shed 🙂.
Superbe chars que vous avais par contre que faite vous au juste avec tous ses chars ??? Sinon si au cas ou je voudrez acheter un char quel prix je devrez débourser pour un tel engin de GUERRE ??? Et pour finir si ils sont à vendre sont ils vendu opérationnels ou pas du tout ??? Par contre c'est juste des questions que pour moi savoir merci à vous
I swear these vids are a remedy for depression, I don't think I've ever smiled so much as I do watching them.
The banter is great isn’t it😀
same here, university is killing me. this is a good little break.
@@PeteCourtier it's top notch old son
@@geoffrey6000 just what the doctor ordered
you have to drive on of those
I don't know what I did wrong in my life.... I wish I was a millionaire and could play with tanks all day... Love you channel!!! Keep them coming 👍
Do you have to be a millionare to "play" with tanks all day,
Or run a tank restoration business quite well and enjoy it?
Figures!
Joint the army?
I’ll wish with you.
That sound when the Chieftan starts up.... Waow! love that sound.
It’s a mighty beast
Sorta acoustic echoey roar.
Enjoyed that. So impressed how a young lad like you knows so much about these vehicles.
Joe's actually a 60 yrs old man in a 28 yr olds body..... 😂😂😂
I can only say one thing: gosh how I envy you guys tinkering with those massive beasts 👍👍👍👍!!
Ahhhh Memories of walking behind one of them in Berlin Fighting Village in the early 80's ,in the Guards.. Smoke on full pelt breathing in that loveliness ...ha ha hope you put the Berlin red circle badges on it at the end of the resto.. great stuff as usual mate..
We definitely plan to make a super job of this one
"How Dare You" Always good to see Plenty of Hippy tears.
I never get tired of that wonderful sound of the L60, it's the sound of my childhood in Germany.
So it seems you have successfully persuaded all your friends to invest in old tanks that need restoring. A genius business plan considering what you do for a living.
Always a pleasure mate!!
I always get more done with you around!
You guys have the best job in the world, Cheers from America! Sorry about our insanely strict cleaning requirements😂. I heard recently that Australia is also extremely strict about this stuff.
Australia is a no go for me far to much effort. 🤣 stupid rule anyway!
@@MrHewes indeed!
i think the u s forces used to have a depot in southampton uk docks for cleaning kit off before it went home.
@@MrHewesstupid rule keeps things like your foot n mouth disease out. Has done for hundreds of years…
I loved the 'switch' on the Tipper truck.
Ain’t it mint
I used to start my Bedford CF220 the same way !
Used to hate putting batteries in the Chieftain - even with the lifting bar it was an evil task. Taking old leaky ones out was always interesting!
Them Foden''s are handy to have sitting around. Shame they dont make em like they used to
I didn't think the railroad ties would hold up a tank like that! Pretty solid wood.
Steam locomotives can weight up to 508 tons………
@@johnnunn8688 Fair point! I just figured they would act differently without the railing itself spreading the weight across several of them.
Wood is extremely strong lol
@@jaymac7203 that’s what she said 😂
The Chieftain really is a beautiful looking tank! 😍
i love how awesome people always got a stihl chainsaw laying around
I'm not quite as awesome mine are all McCullochs!
Thanks you sir I'm a certified tank mechanic after watching all your videos now if I can get my hmmwv back up an running 😂
Brilliant vid, I love the way that everyone joins in (by the end of the day anyway!). New arrival looks like a ‘kin lot of work, L60 sounds nice😎
At start of week on Mon 27th May 2024 came across your site. The team really get your hands dirty in getting these vehicles up and running again. I'm looking forward to see the 180mm tank in action again. Keep it up 🤘🤘👊
Awesome video thanks for your time and consideration top job top team 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Aww Ted the dog is adorable 😍 😭 lol He's just living his best life on all that farmland 😊
Awesome vid! Please paint the Berlin Brigade Chieftain in the Berlin Brigade Camouflage Pattern!
We plan to!
Good times. A bit of superglue on the neighbours fence post and it will be good as new!
What a fantastic video. great team around you, and also great to be pay to do what you love doing please keep the video's coming 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cheers bud means a lot!
What is better than one Chieftain? TWO Chieftains of course!
I hope you are going to fit a new Union Flag to Cody's radio antenna. Needs must.
Loving the content 👌 definitely think you lot need to do that engine swapped tank make a chieftain as good as it could ever be imagine squeeze one of them big international v8 diesels in South africans use
Hi guys, another great video from a group of guys that emjoy what ther are doing, if I ever get back tk the UK, I would very much like to visit, as they says, dreams are free, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.
would love to park one of these in me garden...
I love your switch for the transit tipper
one click, one service counter reading, 100,000 revs of the engine
Correct
You guys are WAY more careful than Cody is going to be.
Ha I want it to be right for him
Warcop ranges were i did my gunnery training.....bouncing around the oval track doing firing on the move....a miracle i hit anything!
Has to be the Chieftain. I left the army in 1976 and we had modified mk 2, although my troop leader had the only mk 3 in the regiment. It was good to look inside the turret of the MK 5 as everything was so familiar.
2RTR '75 to '78. Mk 5's, just getting Mk 8's. Brings back so many memories... Gonna buy a lottery ticket!
Love those tanks, great war equipment 👍
LIVLRG
I pulled off a front truck bumper with a single tug from the M60A3 in Ft. Knox. It was soooo funny.
‘Pulled off’, 🤭.
Tugged it off as soon as I gave it some pedal, just tapped it, and ripped a big brush guard and bumper off
a Communications Repair truck that was stuck in the mud out in the traing area, at Knox.
Feel the Power again someday.
LIVLRG ppl.
Why can't WD go home in a f'n helicopter?
Watch my Shorts if ya wanna know, doh.
Fire n Movement
@@lazenblaze9896 WTF you on about 🤷♂️?
Them hooks in the new chieftain just sum up the whole operation, mint!
one of the things I love the English for, they are up to anything , like parking a 50 ton tank on the edge of a slope, then casually putting a small log infront, sorted.... , NEXT!! :):):)
It’s not rolled away yet 🤣
If all else fails.... whack it with some adjustable spanners 😂😂😂
Love TED btw ❤
I bet your neighbours really love you lot! Fodens lifting power is bloody impressive in any language. I assume the other Chieftan is going to the states? You'd better not hope to have to send one to Australia, their regulations are a lot lot stronger than anyone else's regarding alien plant life into Oz. Just one seed or bit of mud found and it has to go into quarantine and there is a very hefty bill coz the vehicle has to be thoroughly cleaned again in and out. Incidentally, how much does a Chieftain cost like the one that's just arrived? Not that I'm thinking of buying one lol it wouldn't fit in my road!
I wouldn’t attempt a sale to Australia for that reason. 50-70k
Awesome and glad your restoring her to Berlin spec as mk 10 were made especialy for Berlin as I remember
I was stationed in Berlin in 76/77 with 2 Para as Ferret Section Commander. These Chieftains were in Smuts barracks. My mate was there when the wall came down and he says that they were all low mileage/hours and in very good nick. He reckons that when they finally left, some Germans were crying as they were taken away.
I use to be a 63H tracked vehicle repairman, doh.
Whole time in the Storm I werked on wheeled vehicles, doh.
Hummers all f'n day n night doh.
Only werked on a track when we burned up some axles crossing into the north, because the TC didn't stop to grease the wheels.
Got a great pic to prove it...
Three US ARMY M88's all in a row in tow ahahahaha.
Lead track pulling the recovered burnt up M88, and our broken M88, doh.
I said used to be a repairman, it was boring AF so I went back to being a 19E40, oh yeah!
PS. doh.
Zlex Aedra: fyi: a Hummer is not a TANK, you said your buying a TANK, huh?
Only Cody is TH-cams official TANK Boy!
so much care and we all know WD is gonna wreck that tank within hours.
Brings back memories of Lulworth Cove, Bovington, Soltau and BATUS.
But no Bratty van.
Looking forward to the ebay mystery bag reveal in the next vid.🙃
The wipers and the horn 🤣🤣🤦♂I presume they expected it to last longer than Sherman if they put an hour clock in it 😬🤪
Great video again 👍😀 thanks
Another great post
Cheers
4:51 got fricking German soldier to handle the controls, man shame on you man 😂😂
Hydrolic oil on ME Govener only needs to be just above the plates, the actual fillier / level ( though nobody used it like you with top nut and combi tool ) is the 5/16ths nut on the side. Never run below as will cause possible ME run away.
Great content nothing to stress me out watching nice change
Great haulage company them. From Alnwick Northumberland
Gives me a frisson of excitement, when I see people rolling around in mud.
Love the videos!!
Thank you!!
outstanding!
Best thing to do when manoeuvring trucks in very tight areas is turn the radio up....and don't look back. 👍
GA Smith, Rashercap ...no hedges near their yard I can tell you ;-)
Hedges are overrated anyway
You lads are living the dream
Granted the reputation of them chieftain engines ain't best, but they sure sound good 👍
Those L60's do sound a treat. Must be confusing with 2 Adams in the crew though Joe
It sure is
That hat is too funny lol
If you could build a wade tank that you could drive the tank through might help in the cleaning process.
Que maravilla, que bien suena el bicharraco. 🥰🥰
If I ever win the loto Im buying one off you guys. For now Ill just play with my Tankenstein
😂Luv the humour guy’s 👍
If that Tank runs away it’ll get a hell of away across the fields 😂🤣
the regular weight of the mk10 is indeed 55 tones but since his has the stilbrew armour package it’s closer to 57.2 tonnes.
The jump-a-dump transit bed
Ain’t she mint
I think your the man to make a Khalid fc4030 variant that would be sweet to watch build also cost the earth
😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅 lucky lot I only had a dinky one to play with 😢 .😅😅😅😅 willemog.
@ 8.55 .... and I'm guessing THATS why you only use " crouches recovery " !!!
Probably only got his license last week .. poor fella lol
10:02 Why? Tiefbett trailers are actually the best for transporting heavy equimpment.
If you keep acquiring tanks you will have more than the army has, you could rent them out.
please say your returning her back to berlin urban camo colours.
That is the plan il explain in next vid
They were olive and Black when i was out there in 79/82.. Think they changed the following year..
Dang, what kind of air compressor do you all have that can run 2 needle scalers full blast constantly!?
“So….it has a leak” we’ll be fair this was a feature to keep all concerned (ie troopers) running back and forth to LAD/REME to keep them fit to see if it’s fixed while asking for a new elips and the obligatory long stands.
Just a question for you are you going to paint the new chieftain urban camo as I have never seen one ( only in films, photos )
Would love to see it but as usual that's up to the owner ( it is a Berlin one ???)
Keep up with the excellent informative quality content bestest from Scotland 👋👋
If I was you Russian spy satellites might think you are a major armoured military base as you have possibly more running tanks that what our army as. Fair play great video and excellent content as always 👏 👌 👍
🤣
When you dont find oil all over a Chieftain engine its because it ran out of oil!
Do you still use a jacking strut and two shovels to get the road wheels off to change the studs.
Nothing wrong with the Scottish accent! and the Calcutta cup is still ours 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He was a top bloke
In case a Leyland L60 break down, is there still some knowledge/parts left to bring it back to life?
Yes !
Buy some netting from army surplus & put it on the Centurion.
What are those tools called that you used to strip the paint off the tank? Thanks and great video!
Pneumatic Needle Scaler
Thanks guys .gets better every upload
Smoke screen works then
haha the claas battery, i mea it's not so out of place, tanks did come out of the claas factory during wwII was it already owned by the claas family or dit they buy it later i dont know...
As if Seb bought a Chieftain, class but nutter!
Great video. Nice to see the hydraulic starter still works.
When adjusting the control lever on the hydraulic pump for the starter motor, was the rule of thumb 'milling, screw in' or 'milling, screw out'?
I'll check my Chieftain precis from SEME Bordon that's in the shed 🙂.
this is my dream job, i would like to work there
Great video. Ex CR2 crewman here, love the sound of a wagon revving up. Are you ex Army yourself?
Ser ut som en veldig bra jobb dere har 👍🤗👍
Pity you couldn’t have just got a new set of tracks that were clean, but they wouldn’t be cheap.
Or available 🥲
Is this a business or just a hobby, love the channel by the way, i am fairly new to it .
Superbe chars que vous avais par contre que faite vous au juste avec tous ses chars ??? Sinon si au cas ou je voudrez acheter un char quel prix je devrez débourser pour un tel engin de GUERRE ??? Et pour finir si ils sont à vendre sont ils vendu opérationnels ou pas du tout ??? Par contre c'est juste des questions que pour moi savoir merci à vous
Guys, borrow some decent sound equipment for the outdoor stuff.
We shall, I’m just a busy guy at the moment but il sort some real soon
Mr. Tank man
19:06 😂📯🛠️
Did you ever get the T34/85 running