Hillbilly Tank Weekend, Crushing Trees & Offroading a British Chieftain Battle Tank!

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2022
  • So this video is a little bit different, we were invited down to Somerset by some tank loving hillbillys and let loose on their wasteland with a variety of ex military vehicles! Shenanigans ensued, trees were crushed, cider was drunk and a reo got dragged around the site backwards!
    T shirts can be found:
    fittermat.creator-spring.com/
    Amazon Tool links are here:
    www.amazon.co.uk/shop/influen...
    Mats Instagram can be found here:
    / matallcroft13
    Joes Instagram can be found here:
    / mrhewess
    Joes CZcams channel can be found here:
    / @mrhewes
  • Auta a dopravní prostředky

Komentáře • 93

  • @squashed_helmet_face7317
    @squashed_helmet_face7317 Před 2 lety +16

    Make sure you have the drivers hatch fully secured when you are driving. My father built them at ROF Leeds, his mate got killed on the test track because he did not latch the hatch. When he braked hard it hit him on the head and killed him.

  • @NMMnick
    @NMMnick Před rokem +6

    Wonderfull, took me back to my days in 3 RTR, on exercise in West Germany, I started my military days as Chieftain driver and finished my time as gunnery instructor crew commander all good time, did a few exercises at BATUS. Happy days.

  • @andrewreilly8791
    @andrewreilly8791 Před 2 lety +8

    Got to love that L60 scream

  • @vinniemoog2110
    @vinniemoog2110 Před 2 lety +5

    Love it, great bunch of hill Billy's just like me 😂, keep excellent videos rolling in, I 😍 chieftain tanks, best noise this side of a Napier Deltic tidy!

  • @shire_boy1
    @shire_boy1 Před 2 lety +5

    Best channel on CZcams and to top it off your proudly from this country 👌

  • @Woodn509
    @Woodn509 Před 2 lety +2

    Thorneycroft Nubian Major firetruck! Being ex REME, that’s RE ME, not REMY😉, I fitted an engine to one of those in Belize, when the RAF said that they couldn’t. Love the sound of the Leyland L60, great engines, when working properly. We used to take families out on the ARRV’s when families days were allowed, then all deemed too dangerous!
    Looks like you all had fun.

  • @philsa9402
    @philsa9402 Před rokem

    Love it..... Fun and antic's were had by all...... Keep up the good work😀

  • @rohanmills8509
    @rohanmills8509 Před 2 lety +5

    Epic video, looked like so much fun!!

  • @rpms-de2ph
    @rpms-de2ph Před 2 lety +11

    Excellent, looks like you had a great weekend, as an ex armoured corp driving instructor my only advice would be get up the ‘box quicker don’t hold in gear so long

    • @narniebone1332
      @narniebone1332 Před 2 lety

      Yep new drivers were a gunner’s nightmare some of those gear changes ouuuuuch

    • @RichFlynn1
      @RichFlynn1 Před 2 lety

      I keep telling my misses that 😉 👍
      Way over revving the van when she drives!

    • @snifflytooth
      @snifflytooth Před rokem +1

      Yep, 1-2-3 in the length of the tank when pulling away

  • @Keith24GB
    @Keith24GB Před 2 lety +3

    Lovely seeing and hearing a chieftain running. The guns stabilisation not working!

  • @andyhoare3993
    @andyhoare3993 Před 2 lety +3

    Way too much fun, jealous. 👌

  • @davidj837
    @davidj837 Před 2 lety +2

    The Mk9 fire engine brings back memories Cummins 903 powered the zero stood no chance in a tug of war👍

  • @sarkybugger5009
    @sarkybugger5009 Před 2 lety +2

    Boys will be boys. 😀

  • @edwijngaarden5715
    @edwijngaarden5715 Před 2 lety +2

    I just love the sound of tanks .👍😀

  • @Andy-qo6rq
    @Andy-qo6rq Před 2 lety +1

    Omg that chieftain engine sound absolutely sweet as a nut music to my ears.

  • @markphillips6998
    @markphillips6998 Před 2 lety +1

    Country and western and tanks...... That's not a mix I'd of ever thought possible 😂😂

  • @lukehann303
    @lukehann303 Před 2 lety +2

    That REO was my favourite

  • @1945gmc353
    @1945gmc353 Před rokem

    Love the sound

  • @GlenBGaming
    @GlenBGaming Před 2 lety +3

    Sod the tanks that beast of a fire engine is the thing to have

  • @nickraschke4737
    @nickraschke4737 Před 2 lety +2

    The neighbourhood will be chuffed 🎉

  • @nicholasviney5975
    @nicholasviney5975 Před 2 lety +2

    Looks like a great day out

  • @66kbm
    @66kbm Před 2 lety +7

    Well, that has to be the furthest and fastest a Chieftain has travelled since it was on a railcar in BAOR.

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před 2 lety +2

      It’s not a bad one as far as chieftains go

    • @stevehall8661
      @stevehall8661 Před 2 lety

      Brings it back, on Soltau training area, happy days..

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 Před 2 lety

    That looked like a boss day out......Excellent.

  • @Mark_Bickerton
    @Mark_Bickerton Před rokem +1

    That looks like a Mk9 fire engine. I used to drive one of these (amongst others) at RAF Brawdy back in the early eighties. Although we had some newer trucks, mk10's and mk11's we always thought of the Mk9 as the daddy, it was built like a tank and would just keep going and going.

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před rokem +2

      It was my favourite vehicle there!

  • @nickhill3362
    @nickhill3362 Před 2 lety +1

    Great to see that tank crawl over that spoil heep 👍👌fastrac looks nice I'm looking for one at the moment enjoyed vid thanks 😆

  • @jamessparrow6549
    @jamessparrow6549 Před rokem

    Looks like you all had good fun 👍🏻

  • @blxtothis
    @blxtothis Před 2 lety +1

    Love the tug o’war, 1-0 to the Fire Service, I suppose one might say it had youth on it’s side!
    Not sure that the tree deserved demolishing though, after all it was munching up the exhaust fumes.

  • @megadeuz6148
    @megadeuz6148 Před rokem

    That looked like so much fun!! Lucky stiff!

  • @geetee7154
    @geetee7154 Před 2 lety +1

    Matt, this is superb, this would be my idea of perfect weekend

  • @lesthiele4921
    @lesthiele4921 Před 2 lety +1

    Really enjoyed these vehicles, I have subscribed and look forward to more in the future.

  • @Jonesec1
    @Jonesec1 Před rokem

    Best sounding Tank, hits hard between shifts. That Fire truck is a fing beast

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před rokem

      The L60 is a lovely sounding lump

  • @davidbarnsley8486
    @davidbarnsley8486 Před 2 lety +1

    I think everyone should have a tank
    I would love one

  • @alasdairhamilton1574
    @alasdairhamilton1574 Před 2 lety +2

    something for the weekend sir😜. Yes £2k of diesel please ⛽️💸.
    🇺🇦 here we come. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @NUTTER8291
    @NUTTER8291 Před 2 lety

    Sigh .. boys will play !! Lol
    That beats " the mud pit" at Duxford !!

  • @robleary3353
    @robleary3353 Před rokem

    You lucky sods!. 🤣 You'd be arrested and your kit confiscated here if you did that here in Aus!. Bloody doo gooders!... Great vid!.....

  • @r-urbex1611
    @r-urbex1611 Před 2 lety +3

    Don't let the man from the ministry see you running that tank on red 😂

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes Před 2 lety +2

      It’s running on anything flammable

  • @davidbarnsley8486
    @davidbarnsley8486 Před 2 lety

    I think you are the luckiest bloke on earth
    Have tank will drive it 👍👍👍

  • @Blackfourtrak
    @Blackfourtrak Před 2 lety

    that fire engine is a beast

  • @kylehill1994kh
    @kylehill1994kh Před 2 lety +19

    think this would be a nightmare for Greta if she saw this 😂old vehicles and killing trees with them brilliant vid as always

    • @PeteCourtier
      @PeteCourtier Před rokem

      How dare you😂
      Next up Napier Deltic and some diesel runaway engines😍

  • @robert100xx
    @robert100xx Před 2 lety +2

    Three gallons to the mile? Would sir like green shield stamps.

  • @garygentech
    @garygentech Před 2 lety

    Thats my idea of a great day out, can I come next time, can bring the Tomcat !

  • @footballrus123
    @footballrus123 Před rokem +1

    THAT NOISE FROM THE CHIEFTAN!!!!! ORGASM WORTHY LOL

  • @jonathanmcmaster8105
    @jonathanmcmaster8105 Před rokem

    195 gallons gave you 135 miles in the chieftain if remember right and whatever in the bottom of the engine bay along with oil and coolant!!😂 great fun to drive though. You had to time 3rd to 4th gear right as you go from low to high range gear ratio. 👍

  • @farmerfuller87
    @farmerfuller87 Před rokem

    brilliant video all fun but when in combat bet the noise of the tanks was terrifying if you was on foot.

  • @QALibrary
    @QALibrary Před 2 lety +4

    I was thinking a few days ago we have not had a video from the professional crack team in a long time!

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před 2 lety +5

      We have a plan slowly coming together to fund me being in the workshop full time, should allow us to get the video rate up massively

    • @GARDENER42
      @GARDENER42 Před 2 lety +2

      @@fittermat Excellent news.
      You'll get your subscribers up to 300k in no time.

  • @philhawley1219
    @philhawley1219 Před rokem

    Truck v fire engine? I was fully expecting a hail of shrapnel as a transmission exploded!

  • @johnspartan5612
    @johnspartan5612 Před 2 lety +1

    Forget Ferrari, Aston Martin or even a merlin engine, nothing sounds as good as a chieftain.

  • @casto-
    @casto- Před 2 lety +1

    That looks like it must have been an awfully hard weekend for you 🤣. The reo though, being dragge round like a toy 🤣🤣. I’m impressed with the fire engine! That an air actuated gearbox? With just forward or back to chance gears?.

    • @matttonks1591
      @matttonks1591 Před 2 lety

      I thought the same, air operated sequential box. Certainly looks interesting to drive.

  • @rogerswyer5357
    @rogerswyer5357 Před rokem

    Always a mystery to me about the vulnerability to tank drivers face's?

  • @sandynewman5533
    @sandynewman5533 Před rokem

    Looks like Operation Braveheart 1984.

  • @QALibrary
    @QALibrary Před 2 lety +3

    wonder how many litres of diesel you get to the 100 meters of use in the Chieftain tank?

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před 2 lety +3

      Between all the vehicles we were well over 500l of diesel for the weekend

  • @philltatham4732
    @philltatham4732 Před 2 lety

    love this shit ❤

  • @bkraus4829
    @bkraus4829 Před rokem

    Is that the Chieftain that Whistling Diesel bought?

  • @theoldplankwoodworks2415

    is that Deuce and a half Italian surplus? :)

  • @davewarrender2056
    @davewarrender2056 Před rokem

    The only thing I ever travelled in when in the RAF REGIMENT. 30 year ago , were a second hand warrior on Salisbury plain. Spent ,30 mins bagging around like a marble in a can , felt sick as fuck at the end

  • @RichFlynn1
    @RichFlynn1 Před 2 lety

    Fast track v the fire engine?

  • @hornet1068
    @hornet1068 Před rokem

    Totally a stupid question I admit! But if needs be, in times of 'Emergency', could a government, requisition these privately owned military vehicles, etc for war, insurrection or rebellion. To use if suitable for the need arising?

  • @vaughanhill6933
    @vaughanhill6933 Před rokem

    Must have been a grand or two in diesel.

  • @Carburetors_and_calamaties

    Was that the tallest hill in England?

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před rokem +1

      It was before we drove over it repeatedly

  • @andrewscott7485
    @andrewscott7485 Před 2 lety

    Did you use a gramophone to do the voice over at the start ya cheap Yorkshire man 😉

  • @danielburgess7785
    @danielburgess7785 Před rokem

    As an actual Appalachian-American what was the purpose of driving over the tires?

  • @andywarrington4738
    @andywarrington4738 Před rokem

    fuck health and safety lol

    • @fittermat
      @fittermat  Před rokem

      We don’t need that where we’re going!

  • @mikesmithg0rfd356
    @mikesmithg0rfd356 Před 2 lety

    i would buy that for $

  • @gijohn2
    @gijohn2 Před 2 lety +1

    And where the fuck have you been

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes Před 2 lety +1

      Mats been doing boring lorry driving nonsense but hopefully more CZcams now

    • @gijohn2
      @gijohn2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MrHewes I hope so, as simple as the content is it's highly enjoyable

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes Před 2 lety +1

      @@gijohn2 simple people can only produce simple content 🤣