RECOVERING ALVIS STALWART LEFT ABANDONED FOR 15 YEARS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- The team head over to high Wycombe to recover an stalwart!
We have bought the pair of them and will need to go back for the other one soon!
It's the first outing for the Scania Lorry
Did you know a squaddy stationed in Germany once nicked a Stalwart when he was drunk and tried to drive home to the UK in it ? he made it all the way to the middle of the English channel, where it sank. Fortunately the mad bugger was rescued, because the world needs nutters like him
Urban myth. I was a 2434 from 1974 - 1998 - RCT……Duisburg. 21 Sqn had the stollys. The story you heard is a complete urban myth.
@@mikewinston8709 It was confirmed by the British Army Rumour Service, happened in the mid-60's so well before your time in the Army
@@colderwar AARSE, the epitome of factual reporting in all things squaddie.
@@colderwar it’s wrong. It’s a joke. We were told this story (and the myth) upon arrival at 4 ADTR RCT….People continue to perpetuate it though. The ARS is just keeping it alive for civvys. Sorry.
To be fair, AARSE quoted The Times. Funny story regardless.
My father was in the REME. One of my earliest childhood memories is looking up at a Stalwart. I also knew a squaddie who did driver training in a Stalwart - he got hit by another one while doing training out on a lake, and his sank. He said it was fun filling out the accident report and providing drawings - basically 2 Stalwarts colliding then only one left as the other sank.
Got my ATV stuck axle deep in stinking mud last month, didn't have any self rescuing gear... the mile walk out and back for the come-along in 90 F heat was excruciating. I envy you fellows all your wonderful toys.
I am an ex serviceman, served from 1969 to 79. My troop had 14 Stalwarts and I was in charge of looking after them. They were the best wagons I have ever driven, so much fun. Off road driving was even more fun when they were fully loaded. A very smooth ride. I wish I had the chance to drive one again.
Keep up the good work lads, I enjoy watching your chanel, seeing some of these vehicles brings back a lot of very happy memories.
@Landon-si5xcQUÈ???
Moo ham ed is no profit
@@earlwright9715a loss I should say.
The stalwart must be the ultimate fun vehicle. Power to you guys to get the fixing done.
Really enjoy watching these videos. My 3 year old daughter Amelia loves seeing Ted or as she calls him 'tank doggy' 😂
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You guys have become my favorite site! Well done Lads
As soon as the Stolly saw the Foden...it was ok I'll come along quietly..ha ha...gotta get a Ted T-Shirt...
Investigation of the Times archives indicates that something like this did happen. The following was reported on the 24th of November 1965.
Nov 23- A Rhine Army trooper from Bristol who tried to cross the English Channel in an Army five-ton amphibious vehicle, was sentenced to eight months detention here today. He was found guilty of being absent without leave, plus three other charges. He entered the water from Belgium but had to land near Calais, where he was detained. A District Court Martial was told that the Trooper ……. age 20 of the 11th Hussars, had planned to head for England after a 400-mile drive from his barracks at Hohne. He then planned to cross the Irish Sea from Liverpool to Ireland where he had planned to ditch the stolen vehicle.
You'll not have a problem for parts as nick the prick down the road a tanks a lot has loads of these in a hedgerow with trees now growing theough them. A shame as he looks after nothing and leaves them in fields hatches open to gather water. Must be so hard to throw a tank sheet or tarp over something, to much like hard work.
I’m a driver for a plant hire company and have been running beavertail / cranes for years. If I have to recover a dead excavator that is too big to lift with the hiab, I take some sheets of plastic to get under the tracks. Once you beat the friction of the non moving rubber on the deck they slide on so much easier. Same would apply for a rubber tyre machine with seized brakes. Must less strain on the winch rope and ultimately safer.
Also using a set of brothers (2 leg chains) attached equally to both sides allow you to pull it square and straight rather than pull the attached side to the middle.
Also really boringly despite it being correctly cross chained and not going anywhere DVSA have recently declared that all wheeled vehicles must be chocked on the bed and the chocks secured to the transporting vehicle. It’s an easy thing to spot so without them you are inviting a pull.
But otherwise excellent video as always
I genuinely didn’t know about wheel chocks! So il be sure to do that from now on! Thank you!
@@MrHewesThey introduced new guidelines last month for all manner of things, the only way we found out as an industry was when they started pulling people and quoting the rule book. I’m struggling with getting chocks to bite into the tyres on big chunky treads as they tend to move about. Timber blocks such as sleepers are acceptable as long as secured to bed.
www.gov.uk/guidance/securing-loads-on-hgvs-and-goods-vehicles/6-how-to-carry-different-types-of-load-in-hgvs-and-goods-vehicles
Buckets of sand thrown under locked wheels works well too.
@@stevemorris3710Used to pick up crashed vehicles, often without a crane. Started to carry a couple of scaffold deck boards, coated in old engine oil. Used them when a wheel was jammed or the steering was knacked. Just had to oil it every time, they were messy to use but did the job
@@robertwillis4061 Yes that'd work, tried soapy water once but didn't work as well as I'd hoped.
It's great to see all this stuff being rescued from mouldering away - gives you a business & the new owners a great deal of enjoyment (hopefully...).
great video and fantastic save , loving the last part where the foden tells the stolly ' your coming with me now! '
I'm so happy this beauty is being recovered. I hope it gets fully restored. ❤
Stationed in Germany with 4 Squadron . I drove the Alvis Stalwart for 3 years and went on many floatation exercises on the river Wesser. I am not surprised it wouldn't move if it has stood for along time, the bevel boxes on the drive shafts must has almost ceased. the only way we could move one damaged Stolly was to remove the crown wheels from the hubs and it move freely. they were a really cool vehicle to drive on both land and water but not so good to service.
Ah 21 engineer regiment at Assaye Barracks in Neinburg.
Excellent use of the multitool bud :)
Loved driving Stollys back in the day...sad to see them in such a state
Possibly the coolest looking truck ever.
Scania 😍
Always had a soft spot for a Stolly (Kind of a Thunderbirds themed vehicle...) My uncle drove them in the Rhine and told me a few stories of them. One squaddie tried to do a u-turn when obstructed by road works and ended up on his tail when it dropped into a storm drain. Anpother was a couple of guys kept going around further and further into a wet bog to see if it would ever get stuck. It did. And took the REME guys 2 days with the Centurions to extract it! There's a fella in Great Witchingham has a couple
You talk bollox@Landon-si5xc
And the first thing to check if it smells of petrol is - check the drain plugs are out, and you're not playing with a Stolly who's hull is holding the contents of the fuel tank
Some of the vehicles that Joe and Jack like are ones i remember when i was in the armed forces 1971-1987.
Should call Joe and Jack and Mark the A Team 👍
It is going to be good seeing the Stolly come back to life, well done!
A bit of a rusty Stalwart with a lot of work to do, as usual! Good job as always 👏 👍 👌
A thing of Beauty...
Scalia looking and sounding great. More free gear for you I assume ?
Those Stallies are so nice, excellent recovery and Jack didnt break anything A++++
Fab film again, Guys. Thank you, really excited to see the stolly come back to life. 😊👍🏻
I love these stalwarts , great bit of kit , please give it a mega restoration 👍
As a kid in the sixties, this was my dream truck 6 wheels and amphibious! brilliant to see and yes please show the other one! (by the way, grab that little dumper it is a gem too I drove loads of them a bit later in life!)
I had a white, Matchbox one back then. IIRC it had BP badges on the side & a yellow load cover.
@@GARDENER42 Yes, it was BP Exploration on the model. At an oil museum in Canada there's a white Stolly, always wondered.........
If only you had access to a couple of stolly wheels tho… 😮
The old lass is as rough as Jack!🤪🤣. She’ll be an interesting job. Closest I’ve been to an amphibious was a old dukw that I had a ride in as a kid… it did amaze me it could be on land and still carry on a cross he river 🤯🤣 I was about 10
that scani is nice love the videos keepem coming
As much as I love every vehicle on your channel, there's something especially sexy about the Foden that I can't quite put my thumb on.
85 gallon tank under the drivers seat, lots of potential there. Real pain to prep for swimming, hours of seals and greasing. I despair over people who buy this gear and then leave it rotting in a field, it cost money, its worth money, 8 cylinder Rolls Royce. Throw a fucking tarp over it.
Nick Mead has a stolly graveyard of spares. Nice to see the truck earning its keep. Have you not got a wireless remote for the winch? Alot safer for you all
Stolly goes on holiday with uncle Joe & The Milf Hunter! I love the Reg on the Scania
From my experience having one that can swim and with the crane is very rare
We had Stolly with HIAB in Duisburg….21 Sqn RCT in 1974. They all had HIAB for artillery out loading.
Original swimming Stolly's would be rare as around 1980 they were relegated from swimming role as it was too expensive to keep up the seals ETC and we had to cut off the wash board off the front and remove the propshafts from the gearbox to the Dowty propulsion units.
@@mikewinston8709 The crane on the Stolly was an ATLAS, fine for loading and unloading but couldn't be use for engine/power pack lifting.
@@martingardener90 …..apologies apologies….
@@mikewinston8709 No need for apologies, I think most people see a knuckle boom crane and just say it's a Hiab even though the one on our larger recovery truck is a Palfinger!
I saw that going up the A43 towards Silverstone
great video fellas
The most fun vehicle I have ever driven right there
Oh look the centre stations are turning! Don’t run the power jets out of water they have ceramic bearings!
Only on Mark 1's. Mark 2's had enclosed oil filled bearings to allow running prior to entering the water.
Take the Scania AND the Foden down to go and get the other Stolly.
Do love stalwarts, utterly bonkers looking but so cool
That is an excellent find and it rolls, you'll need another wire brush.
I was offered one as a straight swap for my 1965 109, I was at a festival in the welsh borders towing cars and vans out of the mud, £5.00 a go, great fun. When I worked out how much it would cost to get home I declined the offer.
There was a Scammell Explorer stuck up to it's axles which was tugged out by a Bedford RL.
Great days 90's festival scene.
I`ve seen a Foden like this and understand how big they are... As a kid, I remember seeing Alvis Stalwarts from time to time and thinking they wre huge,, but seeing it next to the Foden it actually looks TINY! Or is it just like the cows in Father Ted?
They look like they’ve been sitting there for 60 years.
Their was a tv showa while back hosted by the lead singer from madness and they used to go and restore old machinery like locomotives one show they got a stolly recovered and completely restored
There's your winter sorted.. Always thought of the Stalwart as a big truck but seeing the Foden beside it makes it look small.
love these stalwarts,used to watch them in the seventies on ITV Sport every saturday with other military vehicles running thru these muddy assault and river courses,cant remember the name of programme but Dickie Davis was the presenter,showing my age im a pensioner now but love the channel would love to see this running again,keep up the great work.
ITV's World of Sport.. 4PM was the time for the wrestling which my Gran used to love. BBC had Grandstand
Army v RAC? Don't remember a Stalwart but do remember a little Haflinger that had amazing off road capabilities and a twin engined Mini Moke!
@@stevem5710 sorry mate I remember it well.
this show was on at lunchtime on saturdays.@@petersmithm9
Pretty specialised running gear , no bits on the shelf any more !
My suggestion - buy the plastic cow - leave the fossilized Alvis es.
Man, what I give to be able to do what you guys do, when I was at college I use to work on a Jet Provost doing aero engineering, Ironically didn't go into it, I'll have to come to an event next year and see you guys
wauw that thing looks cool and usable u can haul engine put the new in carry the old or do yard work or just take it for a swim that thing whas amphibous right
I went in a few of these, they had a very bouncy & ungainly feel about them from what I recall. Great fun though, nice to see one back on the road to be restored?
Sounds like very nice chap etc, it still needs to be said a couple of tarps could have kept those two things in far better order, agreed they get holed, shrink, tear etc. But they would have still kept the worst of the last 15 years of weather off.
Really enjoyed that 😊Favourite wheeled military vehicle 👍🏼🏴☠️✌🏼
Got to love a stolly no matter how old you are
Ma scuzați, dar este un camion amfibiu?? In România nu avem asa ceva😢...Sunt militar in rezervă, arma AUTO...noi aveam TAB...transportor amfibiu blindat...😊Ce fel de motor are? Unde a fost construit?😢
Another 2 dream wagons rescued. Well done! I remember going to one of the first tank fests at Bovington back in the late 80s. They were ferrying us from the carpark to the show in a couple of these. Exhausts glowing red hot! Ace!
My mum took some video of two of those events. The footage is on my channel.
That is a project and a half. Would definitely love to see that restored
Good god Joe. I suspect that the hours, money and new metal needed to fix the Stolly Dolly will drive you crazy. I'm looking forward to seeing all the fun and games once you get started.
Even more exciting - once she's whole again i want you to take her swimming ❤😊❤😊❤
I bet it was a ton lighter when you got it back with all the rust dropping off it. You guys are fearless. That thing is so rotten. I wouldn't know where to start. Big job.
Love a stolly! I drove one that was converted to diesel. So much fun. Can't wait to see a full restoration.
I used to know a guy in Aberdeenshire called Alistair who had one of these. He used to take the direct route to the supermarket in it. The direct route involved through hedges, fields and a river, the guy was a real nutter/eccentric. He also had a Citroen 2cv that he converted to a 3 wheeled trike (two wheels at the front, one at the back), it handled and drove surpringly well. We went in all his vehicles at one time or another and believe me, he didn't hold back. Terrifying, would be an apt word for his driving.........
The $64,000 question is will you pull the clapped-out Alvis on the back of the truck or are you going to pull the truck to the Alvis?
I dont get why you just let machines like that rot away. In a neighboring village there was an old land rover standing on a field, slowly decaying, i felt in love. I contacted the old owner but he wont sell, talking about that he maybe fix him up ... yeah bud with 76 and a bunch of other old stuff laying around ... over years that car degraded more and more ... the dude died, no family nothing, and the car got trashed ... i even asked if i could just pull that rustbucked and help with cleaning of the rest of the field ... nope ... everything to waste ... WHY FFS
Hi guys love watching your show I’m a bloke who builds scale tank models and love what you show gives me ideas for dioramas etc. By the way have you checked our Australian amour museum in Cairns they have around 200 plus tanks and most run as they do rebuilds they are doing a French Panhard at moment they recently finished a Stuart and a Tiger Tank
Yes I like that channel
I really hope you get that Stolly back up and running, it's the most fun cross-country you can have in any vehicle, it will go anywhere!
I had the privilege of driving them a few times 'back in the day' and promise you, you won't be disappointed!
Hey Mr Hewes, I have a photo of the Stolly you have recovered, the exact same one and number plate. I came across it in Sweden in the 1980s when the (Swedish Coastal Artillery) had it, and I heard it would be sent back to the UK to a private buyer. What a coincidence to see the same truck again. Pitty I can't share the photo here to show you.
Ah brings me back to my Duxford days trying to fix theirs
Tell you what though your new sandblaster is going to have fun with that thing !!
All i can remember is that if its work in the cab you need to be hanging upside down to get at anything near the pedals .. a REAL PAIN IN THE ASS!!
time to get your Whitworth spanners out for this wee beastie
I absolutely love a stolly i just cant stand anything with a petrol engine, its my if i win the lottery project lol but definitely swap a diesel into it say perkins out of the stormer or a 8.3 Cummins maybe apparently there is a guy in the US that solved it winding up but yeah hope you do swap it but tuff shit if you dont lol watching regardless good with it having crane thats what they was best at supporting the chieftain. Loving the content by far the best tank project channel
When it was really cold we used to have to tow start our Bedford TM's so we used the only thing that started easily - our Petrol Stollies!
Jackson at Misson comes to mind
How long have you had Norman wisdom working for you? Thought he snuffed it years ago, Mr Grinsdale......
1001 uses for a leather man !
What about the Hawker Hunter in the same field, this sounds exciting?
Thought it was a Jet Provost?
My first experience of a stolly was watching some guy doing a wheely when doing an emergency stop 😊
Omg…memories….watching brake testing with Stalwarts in Duisburg back in the 70’s….they could stand on their nose almost
I have literally just seen a mk2 on Facebook market place for spares and now I'm suggested this video 👍
Thats about the only thing you can let Jack drive 😅😅😅
Hope you get round to restoring the stolly soon, really looking forward to it. I think they're a great vehicle especially the lumbar version which you have with the Atlas crane.
Thanks for the adventure Joe! My compliments to the pianist. Anyone who can bang out a Beatles tune and haul old military equipment has all the makings of a great partner in crime. 😎👍🏻
The best vehicle I have ever driven in my entire life, C trp, 2 Sqd, 1st Armd Div. 79 till 82. Please bring this baby back to life. 🤠
Bunde😅
I was in 12 sqn 1 Armd Div. 77 till 82. Remember the tank range at Munsterlager !
The best place to "Fly" a stolly 😉@@1mikefrost
@@chrisjackson7896 2sqn munsterlager. 2div Bunde.
hang on a second .. did anybody else clock what was in the wooden barn ????
My Father drove those fabulous old trucks back in the 80s, while stationed in Paderborn. That was one of the most fun vehicles that he took me for a ride in when I was about ten years old. I really hope that you are able to restore the old girl back to her former glory.
I was in paderborn in the first half of the 80’s what regiment was he in?
@@24473878 He was 3RTR. I grew up to the sounds of Chieftains.
Was in 39 heavy , but they had 110 Howitzers in 1983-6. Miss the Rhine Army Summer Show !!
I was in 3RTR AT barker barracks.
Always loved the Alvis closest I'll come to owning one was the Dinky Welljell.
Nice one boys. We moved ours with help of friends and their tractors, and our 101. Two people in the cab on the steering as it hadn't moved for years. Sidenote, my first wasp sting was in a Stalwart, flew in through the hatch, I was 5 and cried. Looking forward to the progress on this
thanks i love watching milo and now u , your awsome and keep the vids coming please yah friend in the usa love the content keep it up chaps cheers!
If Ted could talk he'd have said "If Beethoven was around now, he'd be glad he was deaf" given how out of tune the piano is. That Stalwart, She's a fixer upper alright, nowt that a bit of welding, paint job and new window seals won't fix.
Suggestion - 'borrow' the middle wheels from the one you now have to enable the other Stalwart to be more easily be transported?
I might have been on flotation exercise in one of those two Stalwarts as kid. My dad was in the army and I used to go into the river Weser in them many years ago.
I see you have a Jet Provost in the garden, is it a mark 3 or 4? My first job in the RAF in the late '70s was working on them at RAF Leeming. Had many a flight in those and later the mark 5s.
8:53 it’s not the breaks but transmission, you can see the hubs turn a bit
Looks like the owner also enjoys a smooth ride. Pretty sure the old vehicle also longs yesterday. 😉
Top job guy's 🇬🇧😎👍
I’m in my mid 60s but those things were my childhood dream vehicle. I had models of them around my bedroom. Looking forward to seeing you get the hunk back to working order.
Did you notice after you hit the end of the axle that it released that front left wheel? The planetary gear was released. It was possibly because of dry grease.
Did you notice when it was being winched. The nearside centre wheel was rotating while the front and rear were not. That probably indicates a world of pain for the centre hub reduction gears.
That's a possibility, except he only hit the end of the axle, VillageBobby. That's the reason why I thought it was dried grease. Do you have a better idea?
The centre wheel was rotating before he freed the front wheel by hammering it. As all three wheels on the same side are locked together by prop shafts through bevel boxes but with no differential it should not be possible for any one wheel on the same side to rotate independently unless a hub reduction has stripped. That was a common fault and weakness on Stollys hence the white lines painted onto all the hubs which must all remain aligned with each other on the same side, hence some contributors referring to bumping them up kerbs to relieve windup. Your theory about the front hub, hammer and dry grease could well be correct though.
Did you see him hit more than one end of an axle? I thought he only hit that one front left of them. We'll know soon enough what the problem is. He'll need to spin those lug nuts off those studs to have a look at the shoes and pads in the event they have those pads.
Very cool. I remember the Airfix large scale model of it.
We used to place a couple of full water jerrycans in the back of the cargo bay by the exhausts. After a couple of hours of driving there would be a plentiful supply of hot water.
I do like your scania
It’s going to be a very handy thing
i have to ask how much did the guy give you to take them
2k
Did you bring a big enough truck to be able to carry something heavy? Have an excellent weekend
ooooh love a staly. dvla have wrp76h on record tax ran out in may 2004 never been mot's lol. dvla say its date of manufacture is 1970. this is going to be great to see what you get upto with it.