F60L reg.no. 51555

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

The council realised about a third of my place was in fact their Park.
All my spare time for the last 7 months has been taken shifting 3 acres and 19 years accumulated "Illegally Dumped Rubbish" over the line from their "Park" to my yard.

Cheers rod

He-he: "That's not rubbish, Alderman! It's Playground Equipment for Grown-ups!"

19 years? Aren't you you able to claim "Squatters Rights" and legally acquire the land from the council if you've been occupying it and using it as your "Park" for more than 12 years?

[Rod Salter]

I should have made this post weeks ago.

I got 3 solid days on the truck and have the chassis turned over to refit the winch

This means bolts are going in now

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I have saved nearly all the bolts by using various methods to cut the nuts off

It is so good when you have the correct tool for the job

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cheers rod

[Tony Smith]

Lots of clear space in the Park to do some abrasive blasting now.

[Rod Salter]

For those who were worried I had forgotton the fords
Truck no 2 was RED at some time, before that it was 40453
Who were the M/C Traders Assn?

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I got 3 good days on dismantling truck No3
I soon had the cab off

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And engine no 2C42484F out

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Why would the radiator mounts be cut out to fabricate more mounts
Note the heavy brazing job on the engine mounts too

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this nut is stripped and had fell of, but the split pin was still in the shaft

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[Rod Salter]

Then I moved the chassis close to the real workshop and got out the big toys
A 7 inch grinder and the plasmar cutter

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I cut off a heap of add ons including this reversable flow brass gear pump
Why use a fillet 3/4 inch thick to weld a 1/2 piece to a 1/4 inch thick chassis I wonder?

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then set the chassis on stands

This truck has had a hard life possibly a 15 ton tipping grain bin on it
so much wear and tear, the spring bushes and some unijoints are non existant!

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The open air shop is decidely empty

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[Rod Salter]

Then yesterday out in the horrific wind, I cut and ground off more extras before I cut a hole in a cross member
(The chassis is upside down)

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carefully removed some rivets and another cross member to drop in the winch.
Then, lined up the existing holes in the chassis, put in some bolts and went to run the cable

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Damm there is another cross member in the way
So are trucks with winches fitted with different arrangement of cross members?
I know about another roller at the rear to align the cable into the guide pullys, but how do I get around this member?

and I still have to get the rear lower roller off and bolt it in its correct place
More 3/4 inch welds to remove

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I am off for a holiday to see snow and the trucks now wait untill next month
cheers rod

[Rod Salter]

One last job before some time off

I decided to try and get the roller off the pully plate

What an ordeal

First weld it with multiple layers of weld and for good measure poke the rod down the bolt holes on the impossible to get at end and fill them up too

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I ground and plasma cut and ground and flogged with many different cold chisels and a B big sledge hammer
All the while holding my breath that the casting did not break

I got it eventually

Now after carefull study > this chassis was not made for a winch!
so I will abandon that idea and chuck the winch

The next hack will be to remove the front engine cross member along with the front spring mounts and replace them with parts to be got out of the crane chassis
On this chassis they are already partially bolted in, I have not decided if I will re-rivit them or bolt them up

Oh and luckily I did not damage the cross member I took out for the winch inserion (seemed an easy task at the time) because now it will have to go back
Then close up the other holes that are cut in cross members all over the place and smoth them off

Next month > Grind back smooth all the remaing welds of the added on accessories, scrape the gunk off, wire brush all over and sandblast

And, and also next month, relocate the last of my 'Illigally dumped rubbish' out of the council's park

I will be so glad when that is done except for the depressing congestion around and about my shed and back yard

To be continiued ...........
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[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

For those who were worried I had forgotton the fords
Truck no 2 was RED at some time, before that it was 40453
Who were the M/C Traders Assn?

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40453 is listed in that pic (like all the others listed) as an Indian Solo Motorcycle, probably a 741B! "M/C Traders" is the Motorcycle Traders Association.

[Rod Salter]

How is this possible? What are the chances?

I have spent hours looking for the engine number of this truck no 3 in the books

Anyway I gave up and went back to check engine number of 51555

The engine number I am chasing 42484

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I glanced up to truck 51554 and I could not belive my eyes

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I have brother trucks! unbelievable!

I got 51555 from Beaudesert and 51554 from Dalby

I'll bet those trucks could not believe their headlights when I parked them together again. What stories they could tell.
One loaned to the yanks and the other stayed home

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[David Herbert]

Does the entry for 51555 not read: "U.S. when returned to Australian Army" ?
Could the "U.S." mean serviceable rather than America ?

As you say an amazing coincidence !

David

Response to Mike Cecil (post 34): That will teach me to proof read ! I did of course mean 'unserviceable' in this post, having a vague memory of reading about this status, which was actually from Mike's post number 3 in this thread. I will crawl back in my hole now !