Re: 40,000 dollar tow truck

From: Dan Maguire (dmaguire@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Feb 12 2006 - 09:32:13 PST

An M20 would be stiff competition, indeed. I am becoming more and more
convinced that Beltring is not to be missed. I have considered the trip
in the past, but not going is becoming harder and harder.

BR,
Dan
Auburn, IN

Nigel Hay MILWEB wrote:

> A popular event in the arena at Beltring was the tow job with 8 Scammells
> barred together being pulled around the arena by a single Diamond T M20 -
> every year the Diamond just about made it.
>
>
>
> NIGEL HAY
> Publisher
> www.milweb.net
>
> Used by over 12,500 military collectors and dealers each week!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> Behalf Of Dan Maguire
> Sent: 12 February 2006 17:58
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] 40,000 dollar tow truck
>
>
> I have to admit that I thought the Scammell Explorer was a bit odd
> looking until I saw it in action - now that's a suspension system.
>
> Here an Explorer owner's site with some great pics...
> http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/minesagreenun
>
> BR,
> Dan
> Auburn
>
>
>
> Ryan Gill wrote:
>
>>At 1:29 AM -0500 2/12/06, Arthur Bloom wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I would sell everything I own and even some stuff that I don't own, to
>>>get a
>>>Scammell Explorer.
>>
>>
>>There are two listed on Milweb.net in the Heavy vehicle section. One in
>>Germany somewhere and another in Shropshire England.
>>
>>
>>>The first one I saw in person was in Scotland in 1971. I have a photo
>>>of my
>>>5'11" girlfriend du jour standing next to the front tyre. What a machine.
>>>The truck was great, too.
>>
>>
>>Heh...
>>
>>There's an AEC Militant Recovery Truck listed too. I was for a time,
>>waffling between spending money on a post war Foden 8x8 Flat Bed truck
>>or a WWII Leyland Hipp 10 Ton Truck for a time. Amazing thing about the
>>Hippos is that they were more or less in service with some units up to
>>the late 80s!
>>
>>If you really want a Scammell, I'm sure Nigel Hay can hook you up with
>>someone looking to sell one. Of course then, I'd con you into doing a
>>REME impression and twist your arm to make you turn out with us odds and
>>sods that re-enact WWII British. :-)
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ackyle@gmail.com>
> Visit the searchable archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ackyle@gmail.com>
> Visit the searchable archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/
>

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Tue Jul 18 2006 - 21:40:46 PDT