New Member from the UK

[RichardT10829]

thanks Keith, does anyone else have any knowledge of this carrier ? and is the track tension going to be an issue ?

[Rob Beale]

The carrier bug knows no national boundaries, and is not curable!

The tight track on your carrier will be due to rust in each link and pin. Note there are about 168 of them each side, so it doesn't take much in each link.

If you tow it around, carefully, much rust will wear away from them and the track will loosen off relatively fast. You may find some seized links which will not bend or fail to straighten out, but with care and a lot of effort they can be freed. Read thru the forum for the various methods used.

I had to fit two extra links just to join the ends on mine but it took about a kilometre to free up so that the track was slapping on the underneath of the guards. (Kiwi and OZ carriers have about 4 inches extra clearance under the guards!)

Best wishes on your new addiction.
Rob

[RichardT10829]

Thanks for that Rob, hopefully if the sale goes through she should be back in the uk for early spring (saves nightmares in the snow at the Canadian side) If anyone else is selling projects i am interested its nice to keep options open, i would prefer a MK1 as per Royal Scotts Fusilier Harrison but would consider almost anything so if you guys can spread the word it would be great !

thanks for the warm welcome folks it makes all the difference.

I have measured up the garage and rigged up a block and tackle system on a gantry for the heavy lifts.

[Gunner]

Hi Richard:

Welcome to the forum and to the world of carrier collectors. I recently shipped a Windsor Carrier from the UK to Canada in a 40 foot container with a CCKW "Jimmie". All up with taxes, inspection fees and overtime costs charged by the trucking firm while we waited for the customs inspectors, was over $6000 (Canadian) from an original estimate of $3500!

Do your homework carefully and ensure you have a written estimate from the shipping firm so that you have something to fall back on when they start adding fees. Ensure that they are responsible for wood dunnaging as you might get nailed for un-inspected/approved wood.

Due to concerns over formaldahyde fumes the Canadian government changed the rules on ventilating containers this summer and mine sat on the dock with a big fan on it for several days before inspectors would go in. I don't regret the safety concerns of the chaps that have to do the inspections but it cost me over three weeks in delays and the carrier missed its debut at the big airshow show in Ottawa and I got tagged for a $1000 inspection fee!

I am working on a project that might see me shipping something carrier sized to the UK in the late spring. I would be interested in collaborating with you to save shipping costs.

Mike

[Neil Ashley]

Richard

It is obviously going to cost a huge sum of money to restore this Carrier without including the transport. You will find next to nothing in the way of body parts / armour and everything will have to be fabricated from new. Unless you are doing all the work yourself you are also unlikely to ever recover the cost of restoration when you sell. Pay particular attention to the tracks because if they are worn out you will need a new set cast and machined plus track pins.

Having said this if you if you plan on keeping it long term you may not worry about this. Carriers do come up for sale in the UK occasionaly but they do sell very quickly and prices for good complete examples are going up all the time.

[Ledsel]

I can't believe that they would chop it up like that and still leave the front skirts on!!!!