Knock me down with a feather, M43 under my nose

[Dparker]

Don't suppose its got a nice winch ?

[Marc Montgomery]

If it's visible from the road.. the scrappers will find it.. they are very diligent and know how to pressure people into letting do the favour of getting rid of it, before "government environment people" order owner to deal with it..

fewer and fewer abandoned vehicles...and fewer and fewer interesting old junk yards to visit too ! All of the old yards I knew of 20 years ago.. with lots of interesting stuff..are all gone..

[Robin Craig]

Just to update this thread a bit.

It was very strange how when I posted about it suddenly the add popped up on Kijiji as pointed out by Frank V R.

It was at that point that I decided to take things underground and go quiet as in my opinion the vendor was a lurker on here. That seems to have been proven correct.

A number of us locally had made contact and the "owner" eventually sold it to a friend of mine and his Dad after they made a trip out here to look at the sad vehicle, all the rest of the locals including myself having stood aside. The truck has some value but no way near what the owner had imagined.

So, today was set as the target recovery day.

Yesterday I took a big tractor out there and packed down the snow and made a nice road in that we could get to with a 2wd pick up as we wanted to take some tools in to liberate the vehicle.

As an import Brit I love working outside in winter especially when doing tasks like this because of how the snow works and packs down.

Rob had to liberate each corner from the ice in turn with a trolley jack.

R

[Robin Craig]

After jacking up the wheels we threw a short length of wood under the wheel until all four corners we free. Each wheel was checked for free play as it was lifted.

The way in to the truck was past a big wooden crate and a pile of frozen dirt that made it a bit tight.

We used the loader of our tractor from work to attach to the rear tow hook on the ambulance and thread it back out to the field from the bush. I have come quite accustomed to using the loader because of the ability to see what is going on in front and how manoeuvrable the load is. One has to be very careful to keep things plumb under the bucket or you risk flopping the tractor over.

[Robin Craig]

There then followed a musical interlude as Rob rode the running board of the M43 and his dad Paul shuttled trucks and we all made the 400 yard trip to my driveway with the prize of the day.

Once we had parked it Rob and his Dad set about clearing the snow off the roof and putting all the loose bits inside and removing the hood which was loose etc and strapping the rear doors closed and closing the drivers door securely.

It will go by tilt and load tow truck to Kingston in the morning.

So, all is well that ends well. Another MV saved.

R

[Bob Carriere]

...as you say another one saved.

Just to be clear....that is a M43 ambulance correct?
....any ambulance fittings on the inside...stretcher brackets....surgical light on the ceiling..?

What is that angle iron frame work on the passenger side...?

Bob C

[Robin Craig]

Bob,

You seem to have forgotten my role in this exercise as facilitator and heavy equipment provider / operator.

Yes it is an M43CDN.

The M series vehicles really are not my thing so your detail questions are not answerable by me. I will send you Rob's email by email so you can discuss things with him. He his having issues registering here and I have asked Hanno to sign him up.

Not sure what the aluminum frame is for on the side.

R