Rick would be proud of his Flash hart impression. Top work as always boys , Must be nice to be given free cider 🤣

Excellent episode! The helicopter drop was great fun. Really hard work fitting those tracks. Makes you wonder how hard it was to do the same to something monstrous like a King Tiger. It goes to show how owning a tracked vehicle is one thing…having the heavy equipment, lifting gear, transporter, winches, special tools and skills are quite another.

Really enjoyed this. Great entrance from Action Man aka Commodore Jack aka Flashheart. Nice to see how the tracks are put together and tensioned. Latter is just like a dozer. Shame to miss the painting but Diane does now look like a piece of Purest Green. More on of the snot-coloured jewellery please!

In the army we used the sprocket. We would loop the strap around a tooth and and let the power of the engine wind it in. Then brute force the last bit

Jack’s introduction was Brilliant, well done. Cheers.

So, Jack's basically the Ace Rimmer of the operation. "Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for beakfast!"

Ted: the worlds only dog who's colour could only be described as "Fuel Oil"

Jack you entrance was CLASSIC !!!! Cracked me up !!😂

Quick tip, when connecting track links, each section you add, when you butt the link to the previous, CURL the new link back and you'll see the hex shape pin hole align and the pin will just slide through. Excellent stuff boys I wish you'd been our LAD guys

Bit of lord flash heart. Love it! WOOF! Track bashing is much easier with the engine in and using the sprockets to feed the track whilst holding it up with a track bar. She needs some lock wire on those sprockets too! Gotta love the lockwire. Great multi fuel engine in those 43 series though. Get the kero out cheap to run.

I do wish that we had seen the painting stuff. Seeing Diane turn from a wreck to almost attractive has been a fun journey.

Love the black adder lord flashard speach lol

The banter is still up there with the humour and another great job done by the cowboys 🤠👍👍👍

Man that’s turning out nice - great job.... (ps that helo insert was the stuff of legend)

Spectacular entrance in pure James Bond style with helicopter, very cool 😎! Looking forward to see the coming video! 👍👍

Nice to see you guys working together with very little sniping. 😂 I have always wondered how tracks are put on. Thanks.

Lord Flashheart steals the show.

Great job you guys ! Loved your entry and congrats on nailing the drop right inside the garage 😊

We used to struggle to get hold of track for our Stormers. We were heavily restricted on track mileage and had to write reports in triplicate to get new tracks. They'd do 1500 miles between changes.

lookin good, nice job Ted

Serious engineering with wit and humour. What a combination to get us viewing your big boys’ toys.

Great video Matt, we did alot that walk mostly the higher paths about a month ago, I never imagined the mill to be so big, hard to imagine that with what little remains. Looking forward to your videos of 2024!

Well done lads time for the pub ! And and a refreshing pint. Cheers from Rick in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 👍 😊

That was awesome. You guys got the tracks installed. Keep up the good work.

Great work guys. Now consider working on a mine damaged track in wartime, when possibly being under fire too ! Those tankers were heroes...The Green looks fantastic 👍😉

You guys have way too much fun while you work! As hard as you guys are working, there’s no wonder you’re buff and skinny.

A good Bit of work ,nothing east about doing track work ,Brilliant work Lads

First! Love your content Also seeing the mechanics of the tracks was awesome

Doing what you're doing looks like fun!

Great Job Guy's on getting both track's on ur Abbot SPG. when u were pulling the Abbot foreward's on the track, tie the end onto the last wheel and pull it onto the other rollers.

Very good ,when you get to mine and your Dads age think about the bits that hurt from kicking stuff.!! Keep up the good work.

ajj the joys of fixing a broken track on Sennelager training area in February !!

You boys have the best job ever! 👍🏼

Great video, the Abbot is looking great too.

Jack’s grand entrance was worthy of one of the great film directors. I’m thinking maybe Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. I mean, who even knew Jack had a grand entrance……

Team work along with good clear communication. Jobs a good un. Not forgetting some tea breaks along the way. Thank you.

really excited to see how this turns out

I remember changing the tracks on a big digger on the farm once. we laid the new tracks out in front so it would roll from the old to the new, I gave it a push from behind with the telle handler and it rolled all the way along like a bloody train and fell of the end! Took two days to sort out!!!!

Cracking vid guys as always 💯👌

Hi, I like your sense of humor, greetings from Iceland.

330 am here in Oz and I've near spat out my breakfast at Lord Flashheart making a cameo.... Woof Woof..

That abbot looks nice after a bit o paint. Awesome entrance jack

Looks brilliant!

That.......was a fun video to watch! 😃👍🏻👍🏻

Honestly surprised Abbot's never saw actually combat use, seems ideal having a small SPG supporting infantry

the x is probably the reme marking bad links, after i think its 11 bad links they condemn the whole track. Its the bushes that go, generally from not maintaining the 10 degree mating angle when splitting tracks or adding new links, there's other reasons too. gr8 vid, looks fab

First view of your channel. Love it! You were having too much fun. Good job getting those tracks in place. Going to look back at other episodes and wait for some more new ones. jack, In the Valley Of The Sun, Arizona, U.S.A.

Nice Flash impression. WOOF!!!

Great teamwork

Love the cider in hand at all times

1:53 Call in "Action Man Jack!!!" Brilliantly fun!!!! 😂😂😂😂

you guys make this a lot easier than the marine corps does

00:00 ..Prove boys never old,even he can fixing a tank😂😁

phenomenal content

ALWAYS wondered now i know (thanks lads) SO SIMPLE if you know what you are doing.

LOL... Love it... 91 links? Surely you mean 90 each side? 😊 Much easier threading the pins through the links with a proper lead screwed to the leading end of the pin too. The luxuries of a full toolkit complete to CES. Then thread the track over the idler as soon as the end meets the idler, using the rope w 2 hooks on the leading edge of track - much safer -lighter & less painful - Then draw the track through until it meets the sprocket, then using the sprocket itself to drive itself until the joint is just above the ground. Put the final pin in after using the track tensioners that you already have & once secure, pump grease into the rear arm tensioner to tighten the track (a fist's height from track to armour) & Bob's your auntie's hubby. Ahhhhhh, spreader bars... Lots of fun for all the family 🙂😉😊🤩😆😁😄😃😀 Great vid again guys. Ted, grab a bath mate.

Excellent video Joe! Would love to see more raw uncut stuff! Ted will murder Jack in his sleep for that.

Track Bashing that brings back memories I didnt want..... :)

It’s nice getting on the piss in your own work space 🍻

Great stuff 👍🏼🏴‍☠️✌🏼

Loving the tactical Thatchers can while working 😂

Well done guys, hard work made to look easy with a plan & most entertaining .. 👍 .. 😂 Thanks for sharing. atvb t ..

Love the Rick Mayall Flasheart bit. On my FACE

I love you guys!

Our SO grease gun does exactly the same..... quality kit 🤣But it never has grease in it anyway........ Top video as always.

You deserve another 11K subscribers just for the Flashheart bit. For all the pissing about, you guys just get stuff done in a very impressive way.

Brilliant lads

Track pros at work! Vunderbar!

Love the intro, Huey drop. Very funny 👍

Love the Lord flashheart reference 😂😂

Did that many a time on, Warriors after throwing tracks, in huge stinking big holes in Germany! Great times!

Jack’s entrance was EPIC!!😂

loving the blackadder ref's!😝

LOL I love that character from Blackadder

Just noticed that Ted has a camouflage collar. Well of course he would! 😂

Loved the reference to lord flashheart lol

Great vid again. Loved Jacques arriving by helicopter. Hahaha 🙂

Quality content yet again thanks - Ted steals the show though 😁

It's not every armour channel that's got a paratroop drop from a helicopter, with 440 lb of chains hanging of the skids beside the jumper, as well as a re-track of an Abbott (Diane or otherwise). But why not use the heli to twang the Abbott onto the track? Good thing Ted was keeping an eye on things......

Use a few drops of power steering fluid to free of seized bolts and pins. The KZfaq channel Project Farm did a load of testing on penetrating........(steady).... Oils and the power steering fluid came out well ahead of the competition.

Top cider choice 👌👌

looks firkin lovely

Flying Jack in, using the drone, was a brilliant idea. Action Man style.

Looks nice with a bit of paint on it.

the intro caught me off guard and i spat my drink all over my desk! XD

Track bashing made to look easy. Lucky you were given that track.

Brilliant lads! I definitely want a job with you guys 😅 . Unfortunately, I'm in Rochdale and it would be a sod of a commute 😢.

We all know where Rolf Harris would have inserted one of those track pins….😂

top job fellas

Great bit of track bashing

Thatvwas a great job guys, it's nice to see these 'old' vehicles being given some tender loving care, what is the truck next to the Abbot? Best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍

Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

I feel like that forklift imagery, or maybe even a short video would fit perfectly with the Thatcher's Cider website marketing and photography portfolio... 🤣🤣🤣

Copper Hide hammers last a lifetime ! Mines had 6 new hides , 2 new coppers , 3 new handles and 1 new head and still going strong (Trigs Broom sketch insert here) 🤣 . Were you given yours ? (For Free ? 😉) LoL

Love the skits.. keep em coming 😂 🚁

Without Foreman Ted you chaps would be lost :) Fun video!

We used a track rope....wound round the front sprocket....then use the engine to roll it up using the correct tiller.

“I’ll fly back to England and give your wife something to hang her towels on!” Peak Flash👌

Best acting ive seen i years - Oscar goes to jack best track layer ? Bafta goes to Tedd best SUPERVIOR ? LOL

That skit was hilarious 😂 haven't been watching long so don't know who the lad in the baseball cap is but that was excellent.....😂