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For those who remember my previous name of MilitantGraham, it's nothing do with politics or religion, it refers to my AEC Militant recovery truck.
A friend of a friend owns a motocross practice track.
His son was clearing a path alongside a stream, when the loading shovel he was driving slipped backwards in to the water.
They tried getting it out with a tractor, but ended up seizing the engine, probably because it was on such a steep angle the oil pick up pipe was out of the oil.
I went down with the Militant to winch it out.
Once it was out of the hole, I towed it up to the road, ready to be low loadered away for scrap.
I stalled it. 😳
I ran out of revs on that short bank, so I stopped to change down a gear.
The engine moves slightly on it's mountings and when I stop facing up hill, it can move the throttle linkage slightly past it's normal idle position and stop the engine.
Yes, the clutch drags a bit as well. It doesn't like going in to gear while stationary.
nice vid mate, great bit of kit, was recoverd by one when my bedford broke down , impresive to watch a team of reme guys using it on excesize to recover stuff.
I worked at a company a few of years ago & we had ( in fact they still have ) a Militant.
What a fantastic vehicle! Can't you just live in that, instead of the bungalow?
Gary, where was that ? I've got a list of all known surviving Militants on [url= http://aecmilitant.co.uk/militant3rec/home.html ]my website[/url]. Click on "Survivors" for the reg. numbers and pictures.
User-Removed, if it was a cargo truck, I probably would, they've got loads of room in the back. Mine's a crew cab, so I just have a stretcher across the back seats as a bed for weekends away at steam rallies.
Steam Rallies, eh ? Duller than trailquesting.