It's a good job you put them little triangles on because that big orange lorry was barely noticeable till they went on
@kalicom29372 жыл бұрын
The Chieftain is still an awesome looking machine. Developed over 60 years ago. Incredible.
@squashed_helmet_face73172 жыл бұрын
My father was a fitter at ROF Leeds most of his working life. He started on the centurion and worked all the way through to challenger 2. Spent many hours of my school holidays watching the tanks flying around the test track at the factory. In the height of production I think one chieftain would leave the factory a week.
@keithbottomley73722 жыл бұрын
That brings back memories, Was a Chieftan driver in The Royal Hussars (PWO) 81-83 Falingbostel, until we got the first challengers (Mk1) My Challenger was the second ever issued to the Army and I trained on the first.
@Paul_Wright2 жыл бұрын
Now we are talking lads something to watch with great interest after serving along side these beasts it’s great to see them in action
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully we will do them justice bringing them back to life and having some fun along the way
@WestCoastVisitor2 жыл бұрын
Back at the barn all the shouting and waving of arms masks a slick, well rehearsed, professional operation.
@AdrianWoodfield2 жыл бұрын
Well done to all the volunteers who got EB to the state she’s in. Bet they’re gutted to see her go… but happy to know that she’ll be up and running soon!
@briandoyle6672 жыл бұрын
having driven and operated stuff like that over the last 40 years, you be amazes at what people don't see when they are not concentrating, especially when on the phone or tuning the radio in
@burville1002 жыл бұрын
She looks 'mint'. Can't wait till you start work on her.
@matthewpayne422 жыл бұрын
What a machine you have now. All you guys have a great Christmas 🎄.
@oldjaaag98042 жыл бұрын
Great job but it doesn't matter how many flashing lights you have and how big the tank is - the overhang on a single carriageway at night when head on would not show at all -it was a good idea to fit the markers!
@cyberprog2 жыл бұрын
Frankly the flashing lights will mean you won't see the boards anyway...
@chox20012 жыл бұрын
Crouch does an awesome job did they film it for themselves. I bet it was a few quid to get that done
@cyberprog2 жыл бұрын
Was for Trucking Hell on Channel 5
@1chish2 жыл бұрын
Lads you have really landed a proper gem there. Now you can practice on t'other one and get this one right! And got to love the Crouch crew. But blimey that all brought back a few memories. Never mind the Chieftain I used to be a Scania Tech. and there is nothing that can pull like a 16 litre V8 Turbocompound Scania (cue irate Volvo supporters .....). They were great trucks to work on and drive. Used to own a few when I was an owner driver many moons ago. And then @ 09:29 there was a Goldstar truck. A brilliant firm with whom I worked my last years out before retiring aged 69. Good memories there as well. So many thanks from this old fart. Have a great Christmas and a safe and tank filled 2022. 👏👏
@user-bc3ju2ve5h2 жыл бұрын
Just past a Chieftain on a low loader on the M6 (sans tracks, on the right at least), thought it was this bad boy...but this video has just been uploaded with yours in in the barn....so another one is on the move tonight! Great effort!
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
That’s our latest acquisition on its way to us, video will be up in the next few days
@user-bc3ju2ve5h2 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat Awesome, it will be great to see (how many have you guys got? If the Army has to regenerate an armoured capability rapidly.... ;) )
@lisa-azrabroad41372 жыл бұрын
Oh my, how strong is that flat bed's winch? Amazing
@888johnmac2 жыл бұрын
strong enough to pull a rolling shell with a double line pull .. 20 tonnes maybe
@leed28832 жыл бұрын
3 mins in and getting diesel creek vibes 👍
@sampointau2 жыл бұрын
Suggestion lads, fit heavy anchor points through the concrete floor at the rear of the shed (Fitter maintenance at our local barracks fitted them), then use them as anchor points for a pulley and a diversion pulley and use the heavy forklift to pull the heavy vehicles into the shed. You can also do the same with recessed chain points at the front of the shed as well to set-up a Multi sheave block system to reduce the load on the forklift. I'm ex Sig but also an advanced rigger and was impressed with how they did it, they had to upgrade to it as service MBT changed from leopard to Abrams which weighs a hell of a lot more!
@markfryer98802 жыл бұрын
I was thinking along those same lines. Pity that they weren't cast into the slab when it was poured as they would be less of an obstruction. To retrofit now would require larger surface mounting plates to spread the loadings into the concrete slab. The other option is to cast large anchor blocks in the ground outside the shed and penetrate the walls with the fixing points for the pulleys and diversion sheaves. Mark from Melbourne Australia.
@markfryer98802 жыл бұрын
Sam are you Aussie?
@sampointau2 жыл бұрын
@@markfryer9880 yes.
@GARDENER422 жыл бұрын
I can remember rows of these lined up at Warcop back in the 1960s. Fix these two up & with a couple more, you'll have more operational tanks than the army...
@oakdeneforestry19657 ай бұрын
Them crouch drivers do a really good job.
@carltennant92512 жыл бұрын
That brings back some memories of my army days as a gunner in chieftain
@fredfarnackle54552 жыл бұрын
Neat... Very neat! Heh, heh... MBT pulls into a Shell servo... "Fill 'er up, Joe".
@davemiller68932 жыл бұрын
Great tank, great job by those Crouch boys.
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
They are the best in the business
@cyberprog2 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat They have quite a collection themselves don't they? I know the guy who set the company up originally is a collector :)
@matthewsmithurst66692 жыл бұрын
Just proves when you have the reet kit anything is possible, and when you don’t, it’s comedy gold 👍 you lads might need a proper wrecker and crane soon top work 👌🏻
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
We will get there one day, for now we will make do with hope, prayer and a massive forklift
@TheParronators2 жыл бұрын
Wow I didn't even see the video was about a tank till the red and white triangles appeared. So glad they are there or I would have no idea where to look...
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
They really nailed the camo job!
@sweepsp84682 жыл бұрын
You are really lucky to have the life you have. Have a great Christmas and see you next year.
@steveyountz91842 жыл бұрын
Fitter Mat......Just recently found this channel and think it is great. To keep me from having to go back and look at all of your previous videos, how about some back story? Are you guys part of a museum, or just folks with too much money and waaaaay too much free time? And just what is a 'fitter'?😎
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
Just a bunch of like minded idiots willing to get our hands dirty and not scared of a challenge. Buying and selling funds the vehicles and we do tend to buy stuff other people think is too far gone. And fitter is a general term for heavy equipment mechanic
@steveyountz91842 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat Thanks very much and Merry Christmas. Looking forward to the future videos.
@suzyqualcast62692 жыл бұрын
Brilliant bring home. Thank you.
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@thesimulatorguy42482 жыл бұрын
You should do a v8 compilation film of just the crouch stuff, that 650 in the crouch next gen sounds hot as hell... like the sneaky TV crew shot too
@simongleed2 жыл бұрын
She looks in great condition-👍👍.
@teamidris2 жыл бұрын
The low loader truck with all the lights is invisible. Trust me on this, I’ve driven one :o)
@getinthevantim2 жыл бұрын
You'd also think a 12ft high, 10 ton, dog-cock red fire truck covered in more reflectives & flashing leds than the Crouch's wagon (including the 'special' blue ones) would be visible on a clear night on an otherwise unlit road wouldn't you ? When we asked the bloke who'd just inserted his Ford Explorer under said fire appliance's chassis rails the same question he genuinely replied "But I didn't see you."
@teamidris2 жыл бұрын
@@getinthevantim Oh my gosh :D I can believe it. The low loader truck we drove was canary yellow, with a sleeper top cab :o)
@stoutbolt88762 жыл бұрын
i was so confused until about halfway into the video when you put the white and red triangles on the tank, thats when i saw it for the first time. no wonder those are required.
@davidbarnsley84862 жыл бұрын
What everyone needs for Christmas Another battle tank Looking at that I bet the purchase of the tank was the cheep bit Using those two bright orange trucks I bet was not cheep But they did do it with ease 👍👍👍🎅🎅
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
Paying for the experts is cheaper than paying for the accident
@QALibrary2 жыл бұрын
that is a nice setup of the recovery boys and you will not get much change out of a million for all of it
@daveffs19352 жыл бұрын
It's a camo battle tank mate, can't see it without those markers on
@TristanMorrow2 жыл бұрын
I love the 4x4 steering brake in the left track! X-)
@domicorb300012 жыл бұрын
idk but im kind of geeking on that tow truck. id love a big die cast model of it.
@dannybacon15712 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Boy's. Merry Christmas to you all.
@stephengunrunnerhanson35502 жыл бұрын
Great video and a great tank get the engine and started and run up and out to enjoy only one thing that was a Dodgey was to many to close to the winch rope if it snapped it can cut you in half never take chances But a great video
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
The only people close to the rope were the winch men themselves and their own cameraman, we stayed clear whenever it was under load and just used the camera zoom
@ianwoolley53292 жыл бұрын
A straight bar on the stolly of the personal carrier mite hav worked
@iamwedged27052 жыл бұрын
Oh there is a tank on the back !
@DikkieDaf2 жыл бұрын
Had to giggle when I noticed the V8 TOW license plate on that lorry and his trailer
@peterwall98962 жыл бұрын
That is one hell of a good looking than have a good Christmas boys see you in the new 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@nriqueog2 жыл бұрын
Getting that thing off the trailer was a classic example of Improvise, adapt and overcome. What a job! So how much did all that cost to get her back to the shed?
@Andy-qo6rq2 жыл бұрын
Hope you made him buy breakfast or bacon butties for getting stuck in mud. Schoolboy error 😂 Don’t forget the two inches overhang. 😭😭😭 I know you moan about the old bill but as a lorry driver myself DVSA would have given the driver a ticket. The driver of Crouch would have known the marker boards had been needed as the tracks hung over the trailer side even though they had extenders underneath. You get points on HGV licence and the traffic commissioner might also decide to take your licence away all for a warning triangle not worth the risk. 👍🏻 great video.
@cyberprog2 жыл бұрын
I don't think they used Crouch's last time - look on the channel and you'll see it was a different combination with a blue flatbed that time.
@Andy-qo6rq2 жыл бұрын
@@cyberprog two weeks ago was same firm same lorry set up Norfolk constabulary.
@stupotlee2 жыл бұрын
by the looks of it, they filmed the move for Crouch's 'Trucking Hell' series?
@MrHewes2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@chuckcribbs33982 жыл бұрын
You guys are living my dream!
@andolas1002 жыл бұрын
the recovery scannys a beauty aint she
@RavenLone2 жыл бұрын
that looks like a chieftain mk10 if i not wrong because of the added on armor on turret front
@chrisbrookes11672 жыл бұрын
Have to keep an eye out for this on Trucking Hell.
@idontgetit37392 жыл бұрын
It's on next Thursday 👍
@fsutcliffe8162 жыл бұрын
Ratchet strap are like gaffer tape if they fail you just did not use enough ratchet straps
@eskieastman21382 жыл бұрын
That scania tractor unit of crouch's looks the mutts nuts
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
It’s a credit to crouch’s and the driver
@mozki12 жыл бұрын
Matt what you need is an ex AVSD LUDGERSHALL Reliance Mercury or Douglas Tugmaster modified aircraft tug and a set of holliebones
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
We do have an aircraft tug that we haven’t made a video on yet
@nigelwright16102 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat I did see that your loader came from Bruntingthorpe, got that from the C Walton Ltd before I saw the name on the boom. Part of the same purchase perhaps?
@neilbone94902 жыл бұрын
I’ve come to the conclusion Comrade Colonel Mat is a secret Russian sleeper agent quietly amassing an armoured division in South Yorkshire for the Kremlin 😂😂
@ShawnCFarm2 жыл бұрын
I wish we could get some thing like that up here in Canada. But I'll selttle for a Brengun carrier
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
We can arrange shipping
@ShawnCFarm2 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat Would be cheaper to buy one here. Whats a smaller tanks worth shipper to Canada? I found a cut up brengun carrier but she was to bad to restore so I added a small block chevy and an Old truck body from the 40s. I call it tankenstein. Shes all over youtube. Its been on 6 different tv shows as well. I want a reall tank now
@steven95627 ай бұрын
There's a few chieftains in Canada I know of two in a private collection
@jamessparrow65492 жыл бұрын
Cracking job 👍🏻
@QALibrary2 жыл бұрын
with the movement into the toy box why did you not use the beach recovery tank - it's designed to push tanks etc around
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
Very poor visibility for the driver and impossible to communicate with the guys on the outside, just asking for an accident
@markphillips69982 жыл бұрын
A sound clip of the big scania working hard would have been cool
@rosco46592 жыл бұрын
You dont nee the side markers, it's only 2" ova!! ahaha
@pattonm47532 жыл бұрын
are you gonna put a Infared battle system in them like the RC tanks?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
We’re not, chieftains wouldn’t be economically viable for that sort of work
@idontgetit37392 жыл бұрын
Crouch's TV guy there, looks like we'll be seeing you lads on the Trucking Hell TV show soon then! 👍
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
On the next season!
@idontgetit37392 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat Cool beans! So not just KZfaq famous but TV famous 😉👍
@idontgetit37392 жыл бұрын
You're on TV next week lads 👍
@farmerfuller872 жыл бұрын
And the collection grows don’t see much selling 😝😂
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
We will get to that bit eventually 😂
@marknewell73552 жыл бұрын
I've just found your channel how the fuck I've missed it I don't know but loving it
@geetee71542 жыл бұрын
Great video guy's, with some great content,keep up the good work
@simonpratt3012 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching you struggle with Luigi but..... Don't you have an armoured recovery vehicle designed for moving things like tanks about?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
We do, but currently we don’t yet have a straight bar that we trust between two vehicles of that weight, also communicating with the man driving the BARV is not easy
@mbak78012 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat Hmmmm.. As long as every third word starts with 'F' then communications tends to be much easier. People just do not appreciate the usefulness and power brought to engineering by the frequent use of swear words.
@Oh-Jay522 жыл бұрын
@@mbak7801 Thats so F**king true ! ✌
@simonjones77852 жыл бұрын
It is in stealth mode don't you know !Invisible to about 40% of drivers
@peterdainton94102 жыл бұрын
Boys you have a recovery tank that would make life easyer
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
The problem with the recovery tank is communication between the driver and the chaps outside and extremely limited visibility, also we don’t have a bar yet that we trust between two 50 ton vehicles
@BRED5102 жыл бұрын
Will you guys be on the TV show Crouchs are on?
@j36812 жыл бұрын
The Perca being in the United States is that if I have the right licensing I can have a tank with a cannon neck and fire and machine guns that can fire real rounds not saluting rounds but real rounds it’s so nice
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
The problem is with the frequency that we all injure ourselves doing this work we wouldn’t be able to afford the tanks and the medical bills in the USA 😂
@edwardsajl2 жыл бұрын
i bet its nice not having universal health care too.
@johnnunn86882 жыл бұрын
It’s especially invisible at night.
@clonSanG2 жыл бұрын
No cat 3 plate on the front for the heavy lift or am I wrong ???
@robinlander11582 жыл бұрын
Where did the commanders Coppola go ?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
It’s hopefully in one of the many stillages of spare parts we have
@Ben-uf9ex2 жыл бұрын
Any updates on the V8 challenge truck?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
It will get its turn in the shed asap, lots of projects and not enough time currently
@spacewalrus9992 жыл бұрын
Where do you guys sell your vehicles once you’ve done them up?
@spenced45372 жыл бұрын
That’s a minter 😍😍😍
@ianwoolley53292 жыл бұрын
Ul be on trucking hell lol
@ninjabob81702 жыл бұрын
Fuck me when the “That Chapter” music started playing at the start I genuinely thought a small Irishman was going to start describing how you were all murdered….
@alanpearson18442 жыл бұрын
We're crouch filming for the tv series trucking hell?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
They were, should be on the next season
@OutofTownwithRobinBell2 жыл бұрын
👏👏👍
@robinhadley2 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't be a good day out if you all got on together all the time 😂
@paulkenny70542 жыл бұрын
It's the army green paint that makes it invisible😂😂
@sage7052 жыл бұрын
Too be fair to the Police... The tank is camouflaged.
@steven95627 ай бұрын
Is that ebby 03eb39
@marknewell73552 жыл бұрын
Me personally seen as you have two I wouldn't put the l60 back in one find something better
@scottcook84432 жыл бұрын
How come you never used barv to put the new chieftain into the shed???
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
The barv has zero visibility and no way for the driver to communicate with the guys on the ground, recipe for disaster using it for this job
@nickthorpe59902 жыл бұрын
Was that being filmed for an episode of Trucking Hell ?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
It was!
@philparr27242 жыл бұрын
I have seen a Scammell do this so much easier, just need the right A fame for the tank, Allellys are much better for STG moves, ,
@markamcampbell63402 жыл бұрын
how much did you pay for that tank and engine?
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
More than a little but less than a lot
@Kakarot64.2 жыл бұрын
If you have to ask its to expensive
@stugill45132 жыл бұрын
bloody hell must have cost more 2 get crouch involved then buy the tank
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
Paying the experts is cheaper than fixing the mistakes made by the amateurs
@davidrussell86892 жыл бұрын
Until you put those markers on the tank I couldn’t see the thing , incredibly you’ve invented the supreme weapon just like Bond’s invisible car .
@johnnunn86882 жыл бұрын
PC Jobsworth.
@Kitchevo2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t the BARV have been ideal to shove it? Isn’t that what it was built for 😂😂😂
@fittermat2 жыл бұрын
It would have been, unfortunately we don’t have a straight bar yet that we trust between two 40 ton plus vehicles
@cyberprog2 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat 5mins on ebay for Joe and his wallet should sort that!
@Kitchevo2 жыл бұрын
@@fittermat lol I hear you Mat! Thanks for the reply 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 love the content! If you ever get the armament working again I’ve a few targets for you 😂😂😂😂😂
@catlee80642 жыл бұрын
Big clouds of blue smoke.....the awful gear changes....fixing almost anything with DON10 commo wire....and the best damn gun in NATO for decades.
@13thdukeofwybourne692 жыл бұрын
"best tank in the world, as long as it broke down in a good fire position"
@rows102 жыл бұрын
And the sound of a howling dinosaur when it passes you in your trench in the middle of some wood in Germany at night. A sound which could be heard miles away. Very likely the loudest tank in NATO.
@ianatkinson84642 жыл бұрын
😎👍
@maxbowen6482 Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t just drag it back with the fast track?😂
@LordInter2 жыл бұрын
in some seriousness it does show that the tank overlaps the lorry right? I mean people can be thick as pig shit so better safe then..... "sorry"
@chrispollard65682 жыл бұрын
Not int the dark of you are walking with your cellphone.
@roseironworks13932 жыл бұрын
someones got too much money !
@bradfuller81202 жыл бұрын
No side skirts for the lady?
@navnig2 жыл бұрын
World beating tank in its day.....Bloody awful engine though!
@NUTTER82912 жыл бұрын
Nice bit of kit there boys !! And a nice bit of promotional work for crouches... hey maybe if you ask them nicely they could promot you guys ? Do each other a favour Would DEFINITELY like to see more of restoration work you guys put into these projects like you did the centurion BARV !!