My old man was REME in WW2, ' an he loved it.Said it was proper workhorse, did every thing he wanted.. he evan (and his mate Dirty Percy) took cover under it when he was dived bombed in the desert..Saved their life's...long live the Scammel...
I have driven one of these in my youth. it was a garage breakdown truck that was ex RAF. very heavy to drive. it belonged to a garage nr berkswell Warwickshire called anns pantry. at the time I was working at gambles garage at meer end.
When I was in the TA we pulled into Catterick for some grub and when the RSM spotted us he asked us to pull out a Chieftan tank that was half buried outside his office and our corporal at the time who was an ex regular Recce mech said no probs so we rigged up and out she came no problem using our old Scammel like this one but ours was petrol.
My grandad dumped a 1939 pioneer with cloth doors on a mountain out in Cyprus in 1963 as it was a wreck by orders of Captain they had about five or seven of explorers out there all sandy coloured my grandad drove one with a dyson trailer on back towing a Fowler and had to recover a compressor that toppled over and a Land Rover the Green Jackets crashed into a riverine they towed that back to compound in Dhekelia and dumped it in there my grandad got told off by an RSM for getting sunburnt he was in TA REME but it was para.
I drove one of these around in Germany and N.I back in the late sixties. In N.I. we called ours "Nan"..recovered an old Armoured Pig with a smashed rear axle,by rear suspended tow from near Larne and back through Belfast to our base in Long Kesh.
Scammell Explorer says to flatbed truck with crane "I may be old as your grandparent but I will drag you young thing out of your predicament with no trouble at all even if we do make a couple of furrows through the grass in the process"!
My grandad used to drive these out in Cyprus in 1963 when he served in TA they had about five or seven of them they also had 1939 pioneer with cloth doors which was a wreck it broke down on them and they couldn’t repair it so Captain told them to leave it on mountain and they did.
Удивительная машина какие возможности считывать рельеф по которому она движется я видел автомобили Лаффли вот инженерная мысль реализована и это в конце тридцатых и сороковых годов прошедшего века .
What a Gem she is, they don't make them like that any more. Thanks for saring the video i'ts great, just wondering how the Daf managed to get out there in the first place?
It's the winch mechanism, not the Scammell thats proving its worth - but that's hardly "recovery" when all you do is attach a cable and pull - possibly exceeding the safe strain on the cable (and on the winch)
I'd love to have seen the groundsman's face when he saw that! Excellent video, showing what the old girl can do without turning a hair.
My old man was REME in WW2, ' an he loved it.Said it was proper workhorse, did every thing he wanted.. he evan (and his mate Dirty Percy) took cover under it when he was dived bombed in the desert..Saved their life's...long live the Scammel...
I have driven one of these in my youth. it was a garage breakdown truck that was ex RAF. very heavy to drive. it belonged to a garage nr berkswell Warwickshire called anns pantry. at the time I was working at gambles garage at meer end.
When I was in the TA we pulled into Catterick for some grub and when the RSM spotted us he asked us to pull out a Chieftan tank that was half buried outside his office and our corporal at the time who was an ex regular Recce mech said no probs so we rigged up and out she came no problem using our old Scammel like this one but ours was petrol.
My grandad dumped a 1939 pioneer with cloth doors on a mountain out in Cyprus in 1963 as it was a wreck by orders of Captain they had about five or seven of explorers out there all sandy coloured my grandad drove one with a dyson trailer on back towing a Fowler and had to recover a compressor that toppled over and a Land Rover the Green Jackets crashed into a riverine they towed that back to compound in Dhekelia and dumped it in there my grandad got told off by an RSM for getting sunburnt he was in TA REME but it was para.
My old man was in the Greenjackets in Cyprus :)
I drove one of these around in Germany and N.I back in the late sixties.
In N.I. we called ours "Nan"..recovered an old Armoured Pig with a smashed rear axle,by rear suspended tow from near Larne and back through Belfast to our base in Long Kesh.
I don’t think you would’ve drove that up the M1 on the way back to Long Kesh 🤔🤔🤔🤔
totthat scammel pulling a t45 is like pulling a matchstick
Scammell Explorer says to flatbed truck with crane "I may be old as your grandparent but I will drag you young thing out of your predicament with no trouble at all even if we do make a couple of furrows through the grass in the process"!
My grandad used to drive these out in Cyprus in 1963 when he served in TA they had about five or seven of them they also had 1939 pioneer with cloth doors which was a wreck it broke down on them and they couldn’t repair it so Captain told them to leave it on mountain and they did.
Yeah they don't build them like they used too! Great to see an old scammell still be top dog!
Nice bit of ploughing you did there!
Nice to see the driver understanding what to do on soft ground too, could have easily buried it at the beginning just getting into position.
Living the dream Nick ! LOL ! Bet the grounds man loved you two !
Great. Who were the grounds maintenance people. Damage looked challenging!
Learnt to change gear without using the clutch on one of these.... six speed crash box
Like wise, esp as the clutch was liable to slip, even told to spray the clutch plates with the pyrene fire extinguisher.
I bet the grounds staff were pissed off.
Real popular with grounds men on Monday mornings I bet!.
That's the classic "come or I'll fetch you"
They're fantastic for tilling the soil.
Great machine! Hope it is still around now!
Excellent victory lap!
Удивительная машина какие возможности считывать рельеф по которому она движется я видел автомобили Лаффли вот инженерная мысль реализована и это в конце тридцатых и сороковых годов прошедшего века .
Sweet video Nick!
Were the hell do we get one of these cool trucks 🚛
I bet the Daf driver got a bollocking
the sodar recovery unit
Nice to see they have at least got the track down for London 2012 olympics. That's going to be over shaddowed by the war and peace show eh? ,-)
love it the old girl can still pull !!! BIG TIME
Fuck they made a mess of the track and parkland , hope they did the right thing and cleaned it up
Where is the next part .. i like it a lot
GRANDE.
Interesting spelling in the title .
Does !
What a Gem she is, they don't make them like that any more. Thanks for saring the video i'ts great, just wondering how the Daf managed to get out there in the first place?
After looking at this video, why was that flat bed parked there in the first place!
what had the other lorry delivered?
..I thought the same, probably the tardis
omg its butch
It's the winch mechanism, not the Scammell thats proving its worth - but that's hardly "recovery" when all you do is attach a cable and pull - possibly exceeding the safe strain on the cable (and on the winch)