Nothing more satisfying than seeing our boys out there, getting their hands dirty playing with big rusty ring pieces. Can definitely tell Mat has a lot of experience dealing with such matters.

My squadron received one of these fodens , a guy named Pete was responsible for looking after it , and operating it , he went on courses on how to operate , and maintain it , it was his pride and joy , and after about 12 months it was immaculate, better than when it arrived , .....while on exercises it was called on to retrieve a ditched scimitar, nothing out of the ordinary, Pete decided on lifting it would be the best option , and proceeded to do that , for reasons unknown , he did not use the outrigger thingy's and rolled the foden into the ditch , I don't know if it was a right off , but petes future in the squadron was

When stripping out your A frame pull the quick release pins which hold the adaptors to the frame they are designed to take punishment your threaded bolts aren't. You'll find a tool in the Foden about a foot long with a rounded hook on one end and a flattened hook on the other called a Reccy Mech tool. The flattened hook is designed to unlock and rotata the quick release pins and the other end fits through the same metal loop on top of the pin giving better leverage to pull it out. You can also tap the bottom of the pin once it's unlocked.

Loving the smoke filled workshop at the beginning, takes me back to my apprenticeship 😂 people coming out the building sobbing because of the smoke 🙈

Love Fodens,use to drive a 4375,4000 series with a 375 RR Eagle in it and Eaton Twin Split. Pulled like a.train,last of a mighty breed before DAF wrecked them! If I won the lottery first thing I d buy is a Foden wrecker....ahhhh dream on!! Great vid,let's see more of both at work.

Nice. That Foden truck really can move things around like it's nothing.

7:15 Mastermilo tunes. Including tank settings. This and Mastermilo are great channels 👍🏼

What a great yard working around all those beauties. Nice one boys.

I remember we got x2 Land Rover 110s , a 4 Tonner , Drops wagon all stuck up in Sennybridge on an exercise once . A Foden pulled them all out in one go ! Looked awesome to watch.

Ultimate goal for me. Setting a recovery firm with a foden. Such a versatile bit of equipment.

I loved driving my Foden in the army Rolls Royce eagle engine loved starting it up on a cold frosty morning filled the vehicle park with smoke. Just loved that truck.

that foden really does the business,it used to be a Vigor that moved all the tanks around at the workshops

The foden The right tool for the right job everything works well when it's Made to do the job

Proper yard Tug!

We had two at my last job, both had stacks and sounded insane. Mad piece of kit, would lift or pull anything but couldn’t drag its own sorry ass up a hill

When hauling with a chain you only need to be just over the length of the chain away to be safe. Apart from the broken link, which can travel about a quarter of a mile!

Wrecker is a beast!

Love the old sea shanty ! 😄👍

That Foden can do some awsome work, it is big and bruttish but I would think it can be gentle at the same time, thanks for sharing, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

i think all of you need to get your rings sorted out !!!

I saw an ad for a 6 x 6 Foden recovery truck just the other day, looks like an amazing piece of kit.

Big Boys Toys and some ..... And if you can't be arsed to work on chuff chuffs then an MBT will do nicely.

That eyelet needs a good reaming, or even just 10 minutes with a file, to take off the high spots from the flame cuts.

I remember daisy chaining three fodens in Canada pulling out a crrav that was buried upto it’s belly pan 75 tons pulled

R.E.M.E boys toys. Reminds me of my childhood in germany visiting my uncle Bob a major in the R.E.M.E. Germany 1984 and Belgium too.

I used to do testing for the MOD one of the trials was testing the break away pull of a vehicle and the rolling resistance. It only take a pull of a few tons to get moving and one moving it's probably less than a ton to keep it moving

Love a halftrack

The mighty Foden - some great diesel sounds!

I used to instruct on the Foden wrecker. Great bit of kit.

Ace! Cant beat hitting stuff with hammers.

Nice to see my old friend Freddy enjoying his retirement. Don't ignore the oil leaks when a Foden stops leaking you're in trouble.

Can't WAIT to see this best up close at the next show !!

Can't wait that video

That was a good day out. Bit off a beast that Foden.

The foden really made it look easy

Nothing moves without a ten pack of Herforder...

lub it........the old Foden even has its own forward emitted diesel smoke screen...........to make those rapid reverse gear retreats very much safer.

That's a Tool some things we get Right good video thanks

You buggas are as crude as anything.. LOVE it. Keep em comin. The Ole Fella from Downunda.🤣

been a foden enthusiast since i was a kid riding around with my dad in his Foden, what I would give to drive one of these!

As Lord Muck would say "all the smoke"

Great

I’d love to work on big kit. Looks a right laugh if completely knackering😩 I’m getting on now and spannering all day fubars my back. Great stuff Matt👍 Love to see an A34 Comet being restored.

Three German Officers Crossed The Line! 🙂

Great watch. Nice choice of music too 👌

Foden recovery, the dogs bollox, the only trouble is that it makes you cry in an enclosed space........ set the fire alarms off in the REME, not remy, overflow collection whilst track bashing on the Conqueror ARV!!!!!

Foden. A device for turning Diesel in to noise and smoke

We had the AEC militant wrecker before the foden was introduced to our regiment

fatter mit - fitting ring piece to wheel so he doesn't slip off while wearing high heals hehe or is that Joe? do like the Foden, nice looking beastie

I was just reading that 380 Cheftern Tanks had to be destroyed totally at the end of the cold war and also witnessed by Russian officials due to the arms reduction treaties - the thing was India and others had asked the UK government to buy them but because of the agreement they had to be destroyed and they had to be fully working front line models as well

That was fun!

Great stuff, tanks for posting. 😆

Damn you got some nice toys !! pity it's voluntary it's my dream job thanks for sharing Mat 👍

fooking brilliant

Front muffler pipe. What's that all about? Damn that's a sexy beast.

So, who's up for seeing how fast the Foden can tow one down the motorway using the A-frame? Better stick road pads on the tracks first though, resurfacing M-ways gets expensive!

2:40, Installing the old shin ripper 5000?

Any jobs going for a mig/tig welder ?

Are you guys anywhere close to chesterfield would love to volunteer a weekend or summat

Could do with some oil on that Foden rear tow hook🤣

How many gallons per foot on the wrecker

Did say foden is the best wrecker going for moving tanks

Middle wheel looked a bit sick when reversing out..

Wicked video mate

Tipicle fitter tool kit 1 tool 3 sizes

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Methinks you need a new ring on that "A" frame

Not much need to hide when pulling with chains. If they fail, they drop. Its other things that bounce and whip around. Also, shouldnt the FLT be painted green so it matches the rest of the yard?

So when are you guys getting a Thornycroft Antar?

The Foden….. ‘it’s a bit of a babe……. 🤣’ Noooooooooooo

for storage wouldn't it be worth elevating and angling the barrels so they fit closer

What a machine 👏 nice one mat Ps is there anymore fastrac content coming?

Whats the reason for the forward exhaust? 😀

A proper British truck, it even quit smoking a bit after some exercise - like a Sunday league footballer

Tidy

Whats the 6x6 chassis in the shed? Its not the Diamond T is it?

hi Matt great video do u guys do anything at the victory show cosby leicester?

Give me five lifetimes and I wouldn't be able to come near something that you guys actually consider too clapped out to repair. If I had money though, I'd take an absolute pile of shit just to paint it up and make it look like something and track the gun on people driving by my house. What is it on tracked vehicles, like an hour of run time calls for an hour of maintenance? I think you love this life and I really hope you do. Looks like so much fun and a lot of hard work!

The British or Aussi John Travolta. lol dude you look just like him.

Did you use low-box to pull it?

Delicious

Do you still sell the angry spanner merch the older stuff never got any last time cheers love the videos

I wonder how the foden would compare to the american hemit

Kelogs forklift licence

ST 202 or ST205

🤣🤣 I've been watching your videos and never seen your face I thought you was about 80

What was that music at 7:20? I recognise but cannot put a name to it. The fancy online music apps all failed to identify it.

If you ever need a video editor to push your channel forward give me a shout Matt, more than happy to help.

trucks a total babe Jim

I imagined that Matt would be much more practiced at hammering a ring.

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We always had to disconnect the final drive output shafts from the gearbox when being towed

Foo kin yell, that was stuck on there :o Do you need an interface fit in a NATO hitch? :D

Do you have grease in the UK ?

That 1/2 gun wont get anywhere near the torque for these studs

are you selling one. how much cash. from newzealand

That fodens a cracker

That A-frame ring is so well machined and fits perfectly, not!

Give it 15 years and your knees will regret you jumping out of a Foden like that.

It’s better to nose armour into a workshop with the Foden. More manoeuvrable.