Having someone from the Singapore army watching your videos and then telling you to take it down because they recognized their vehicle is quite the accomplishment itself :D

Finally a product testing oriented towards an average consumer. Thank you.

The vista of a green English countryside under a beautiful sky with two plus-sized wreckers playing tug of war in the foreground is almost too majestic to behold. Keep this sort of artwork coming.

Join us on Mr Hewes next week for a Foden clutch replacement video... 😂 Nicely done. 😊

I used to be an aircraft engineer at Gatwick airport, the company I worked for had a Douglas aircraft tug similar to the one you had there. It was more than capable of pushing a Boeing 747-400 weighing around 360 tons back off the gate while the engines were being started. So it would be pushing against 360 tons static weight and against the idle power of 4 General Electric CF6 engines at idle power (the engines could move the aircraft forward at idle) I don’t know what the engine thrust was at idle power. But that tug would overcome the load and move the aircraft backwards off the gate, but it would be doing that on a solid smooth grippy concrete surface not grassy dirt. Watching the tug move all that weight against the engine thrust was always an impressive sight.

From Aus. It doesn't matter who drives it will be Teds Team that will win. Ted even was highlighted in the Tank Museums video on SPUD.

17:13 “Adam, that’s running” 😂🤣😂 gets me every time 🤪

Man the Mercedes with its sun faded paint looks so bad ass. Proper war horse.

It was like one of those school fights where neither of you wants to hurt the other but you need to put on a show. Very entertaining. The towbar is a beast.

This channel needs to be on prime time TV, there's nothing nowhere near as entertaining.

Good to see Ted so happy.

Workshop manager, team wellbeing support and now tug-of-war umpire...no end of limits to Ted's skills!

Reliance mercury tugs were built in Halifax. I used to deliver them, they are extremely heavy pieces of kit.

I have a real soft spot for those older Mercs. Such a good looking truck in my mind.

As you are always banging on about how good Fodens are. I went to a show a couple of weeks ago, Foden put on a pulling show and it ended up pulling 140+ tons around the show ground from a standing start and slightly up hill................Impressive

Ted having a proper roll

Ok so many moons ago I was in a Reliance mercury tug with another aircraft technician who shall remain nameless. We were on Nightshift, decided to kill some time by driving the long way back to the line building around the peri track. We suddenly both think, simultaneously, I wonder what this would be like off road. Steered it off the peri track onto the grass,straight in axle deep. Had to get on radio, get another tug, use the winch to get it out. Big bollocking, embarrassment etc. You tell kids stories like that these days, they don't believe you.

It's the 1966 world cup all over again!! 😂

Im beginning to think that Gerry Anderson got his "big, hairy-arsed engine noise" for tanks and other oversized vehicles on Thunderbirds, Joe 90 and Stingray, by recording a straight piped Meteor 😂

Nice to see the Tedmeister is continuing to live his best life, I reckon the Foden would have beasted if the ground wasn't so moist... boys and their lifesize toys 👍🏻

Great video! However, the aircraft tug's tires were designed for the best traction on concrete or asphalt pavement, not dirt. Not surprising then, that the Foden (with tires better suited for traction on soft ground) was able to pull the tug relatively easily, apparently.

I thought the Foden sounded the best, and it did pull best! Ted was impressed I'm sure!!

Three cheers for the stiff bar, that was welded together proper like

Looks a fun way to dig holes in the field

‘…ream it out gently with the oxyacetylene’ : brilliant! You’ll be planting tulips with the D9 next…

glad to see you're back to the serious business of the channel instead of fannying around fixing tanks.

Brilliant. Thank you as ever for cheering my day up.

Thanks for posting. At 2.33 minutes that would make fantastic calendar photo . Cloudy skies, countryside and of course Foden and Mercedes. Great test.

What people seem to miss is the fact that the foden has its roots in the late 50's and can still match fairly modern stuff. I can remember sitting in a motor vehicle engineering class at college (86-88) where my lecturer was pointing out the brute force of scammel trucks ( ex mod) were used in hauling old locomotives to scrap , saying not fast by any means but could haul almost anything. In reference to scrap metal merchants using foden and scammels during the 60's. He was "that guy" that brought in slides of a foden/ scammel low loader with 202 tonnes driving through wales...... Iirc it was about gearing not necessarily about horsepower. And he droned on about land rovers for the rest of the term......🤣 But I did find out after I left college that the hangar buildings we used were factories to make spitfires in the 40's......... in Wiltshire 👌🏻 Now a housing estate 🙄

You work with the most awesome equipment!! Thanks. Best regards.

Darn a tie! Great video today fellas. Keep them coming.

Back in early 90's I was attached to a REME unit in Germany. Eventually I ended up being a standby driver for recovery jobs. Our vehicle, ( a Foden ), was a beast. I have to say, having seen them in action, that a good REME Reccymech operator would have made mincemeat of the Mercedes.

As an archaeologist I appreciate the new excavation technique…

great video ,entertaining as always .keep up the good work

Claim bias on this one. A known Foden fanboi edited this. Not to mention Teddy wasn't driving both vehicles. Having German heritage, it's obviously clear, Brits greased the oppositions brakes. So unfair.

‘Ream it out gently with the oxy acetylene’ said the actress to the Bishop 😮

That Centurion engine sound… amazing :)

I like the way the automated subtitles heard the roar of the Merc and displayed "[Music]" 😃

nice to see ted happy as always

well done mate. glad to see the ARV running

With holes you dug …. Should hav called in the time team….. probably tearing up a Roman Mosaics😂

Foden will win as its pulling down hill.

ngl this video does have old top gear energy and i love it!

Foden having the towing eye high is a good idea it puts more downforce onto the back wheels

That's my local show excellent. I hope you enjoy it and I will be looking forward to seeing your kit there cheers ❤

Thank you Sir, for the wonderful sky.

This is just the kind of video that I didn’t know I needed!

I was figuring the grey one would win. Thanks for sharing the video. Much appreciated have a great day.

Great start to my day. Lots to look forward too 👍 And I definitely don't want a Tee shirt with "I Identify as a 3 prong" on it😆

Honestly, I kept waiting for a loud bang and a fire during the tug of war.

Tank’s are so impressive on the move/running.

Can’t wait to see you boys at welland! Been going 10+ years Joe you’ll love it

"Ream it out gently with the Oxyacetalene" Got me. All the best from off-road heaven, rural Portugal! @HowardsPortugal

فعلا اختبار .......جودة المنتج دائما موجة من الشركة المصنعة نحو المستهلك العادى فيديو رائع❤❤❤❤ ‏‪2:25‬‏

In a nasal tone you have to say, are the tread patterns and depth the same on both wreckers, pressure and ground condition under both. Brilliant real world test and relevant to everybody.

Fairly even, however the foden did pull the merc with all its wheels locked

Maximum respect to that towbar!

While you had the JP in the air you ought to have put it down on paving slabs so it doesnt sink and keep the vegetation growing round the undercarrige

Seeing as the kraut dug down to more solid ground i think the foden had it really and both should go again in the middle of the field v10 vs RR 6 cylinder. Those old fodens ate awesome bits of kit

Tonka irl. Excellent.

You know, i kinda suspected they'd be equal... but not quite like that. Eh, the tug in its original config stands no chance against anything short of another tug or smaller. BUT, put that on tarmac and load it properly, and it can pull mountains. This is why you take those, strip the tin off, give it a suspension and they make amazing farm vehicle. They will pull a lot. That said, on tarmac, properly loaded, they're really good. I genuinely don't get people who build custom pullers, when you can buy one of these even clapped out and they're still better.

Looking forward to seeing you at Welland - it's a great show..! I'll be there too (but in the classic cars section) 😝

I'd love to be working in your shop; these vehicles and what trouble you get up to with them are always interesting!

I thought the bigger tyres would win, but they were just chewing up the ground more. 13:05 Best spark shower I've seen in a long time!

Wasn’t surprised the Foden won, against both. Straight pipe 27 litre Rolls Royce Meteor, sounds the dogs doo dah’s😊

They sound awesome both ticking over together.

Joe my money was on the foden because it's British great video again ! Nice to see Ted the foreman wearing his neck scarf !

Brilliant job boys, just remember mechanical pumps suck ! and electric ones blow ! good luck with the linkage 😋👍

Great video, as always. Always informative and also entertaining. I was wondering if the Foden will be given the moniker ‘Phil’ if England win the Euros ?. (Similar to the Diane Abbot !) 😄

Excellent content

That idle on the the tug and merc could come down a bit they both sound amazing though

10:29 And also - gotta say, the hat looks good. Looks to be a good quality one and as a former hat wearer myself, I can assure you, you’ll appreciate it when it rains. And also when it’s sunny. 👍🏻

You should get a centifical fuel filter and pump pulling fuel from the original tank and sending to your little fuel tank on top.

Some serious engine in that Merc. But, Ted don't like it as well as the Foden! 😮

I can see that you guys are back having fun with the Tonka toys much to the of the great supervisor Ted! Seriously the Foden is the all-around best against the the other vehicles with the great exception of the AVRE. In truth tracked vehicles always have better tracked handling in muddy conditions.... Good job as always 👏 👍 👌

21:18 has multiple tanks, tools, trucks, bulldozer, forklifts, Jim Bowens Bentley and no back of phone. Mr Hewes would be the sort of guy who'd go to a shopping mall to buy a new back cover for his phone and come back with a tank. And no phone cover.

I assume the Foden's crane can't rotate 360, otherwise the was a premo opportunity missed with the Provost to do some zooming!

absolutely superb/More ! Long live Ted!

We`ve all seen 100`s of vehicle Cammo set ups from all over the world, but for me there`s never been anything as eye catching as that plain old simple British "black and green" of the british army,not that i`m biased or anything !!😊

cool video guys 👍👍👍

When you start things you may find pumping the throttle slower is better the accerator pump usually has a spring in the linkage so the diaphragm can only depress at the rate fuel sprays out of the jet.

The intro was very Clarkson esk 😂😂 loved it. ❤

I’ll just throw this video on in the background while I work. But first i’ll watch till I get an ad cause of tug of war, then get to work. 23min later, I didn’t get any ads! KZfaq, I’m not sure thank you or hahaha monetize this channel more! Oh was it the Mercedes 6x6 that gave you a strike? So you dont get ads for a while? Either way. Great video, included Ted, trucks and tanks!

Madness. Love it.

As always bloody good job. It's pretty cool how everyone has their own gear too. What's Adams tank

always fun to watch

All that’s missing was you dad appearing, shaking his head 😂

Yeah, Spud has drawn me here (for someone who calls 'imself "not that posh", you did find an epic tune to put under that video. Props, m8) Anywhose, second video I see is you 'orsin' 'round with recovery kit, so that gets a subscribe 😆

You guys are nutters. That's what I like about you. Adam makes a great wing man. I was thinking why not just put a hole saw through that plate until I saw how thick it was. Great stuff guys, keep on doing what you do. Whatever that is. Mart.

Nice weather for Market Harborough ,please. 🤓

Never done welland! You’ll love it! We’re taking our traction engine, See you there 👍🏻

Dad always goes to Welland, very good rally. Pray for the weather.

it was nice of Ted to make sure the grass was up to snuff before you tried the pull.

Great video as always, do a video on that Unimog sitting under the shed. 👍 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Loved driving those tugs at Aberdeen airport, one afternoon I was pushing and airbus off the stand and next stand had a forklift (not a lie) pushing a KLM airbus off the stand as their tug was U/S 😮

They tried in the Falklands to try towing a Tristar jet (300Tons) with a set of 3 Fodens in series They failed!🤣🤣🤣

Is it worth lining that hole you ran the fuel line through with some rubber? You wouldn't want the fuel line to fret through against any sharp edges. As ever, love the content!

Welll! I thought Ted, (with a little help from Adam) would have won hands down. I'm sure the Merc won't be as good without the emblem visible! 🤪 With equal tyre pressures, the tyres in the same condition, and water balast, it would be quite a match. You're going to have a good line-up at OMH.

In a tug of war, whichever has a higher hitch has the advantage because it lifts the others tires off the ground.

You boys are living the dream