What im more impressed by is that trucks can transport these things on the little pathways you guys call roads. Nearly every country road ive been on in California has got nothing compared to some of the roads you guys have

I broke out into a cold sweat when I saw the Cent ARV. I loved and hated in equal measures, my time on my Cent at 5 Skins at Padderborn. However, my Cent was the only one in BAOR that you could get proper fried chips in the penthouse. Ah, happy memories ☺️ 😊

8:00 Jack is very chilled out about the JCB being on Auto pilot as he strolls back over to it, very comical. great Vid as always.

What a piece of kit that Foden is ...!😊

Commanded on with B Sqn 1RTR during the cold war in West Germany at Osnabruck. Worked well, uncomfortable as hell but so reliable always envid the yanks with their arv M88. Our girl never let us down.

Hello mr hewes and the team! I was watching your unloading the arv vid and you mentioned Smith's guages. Theres a company in wales called caerbont instruments ( ex smiths employees) that rebuild and repair smiths and other guages, as well as upgrades and calibrating.

I'm impressed with the window full of easy start!

One with tracks seems worth saving. Other one has useful spares, though someone probably used it for spares previously, engine tracks etc. Can't have too many Centurions! Thanks for saving them.

Brings back memories of many long hours spent working on Cents and Cheiftains while serving as a VMA in R.E.M.E.

Some broken smith’s gauges, not too much different from some smiths gauges in normal operation….😂

I’m enjoying watching these videos my dad was a sergeant major in the army. And I got to play on the tanks when I was a child in Germany. Although I am registered blind, I can’t see videos.

Oh god I want a Foden!!! What a bit of kit. Used to drive a 4375 RR Eaton Twin Split,,Alpha 1 with 400 CAT and Alpha2 with 420!!

Jack - remember, wherever you go, there you are.

By the look of that silver hood ( or bonnet) y’all have some big nasty birds flying around the tank yard. Jack will do an excellent job as usual tidying up the mess.

8:28 such a cute painter!!!

Definitely interested in seeing one of these units brought back to life. Can't wait to see on in action.

Nice!!!! I would love to have the m-548, that was great camping and fishing machinery,us,it was ammo mostly, customised cab, winches, hiab, ribs, tarp, cots, sleeping gear, tools,,air grease guns, right top of the list, but you have a great project to do, an awesome piece of kit, I'd love to be in yer boots, can't wait for more projects you guys do.great instruction video, thank you!

Enjoyed that, cheers. Never drove one but heard/saw enough back in the day in the shed next to ours. We had 2 x Armd Wksps at our location so Cent ARV's always let us know when they were hungry. Good job lads & lasses... 👍

JCB with "I IDENTIFY AS A FODEN' written on the door. I laughed. Out loud. For a long time. I needed that.

Love the dog sauntering through whilst pushing the ARV, great channel…..

Great set of videos, thanks for sharing them.....👍

‘Bit of room for improvement, on the tracks’. 🤣😂🤣😂

Great videos of these two love the forklift going on its own 😆 thanks

Very clever to use telehandlers boom extraction instead of getting it's wheels spinning in the mud. Nice. 😎

that moved far better than i thought it would with the help of the second ''Foden'' ;-)

Jack is a great lad. It’s obvious though that Ted is the supervisor in all this.

Next episode: the new state-of-the-art Hewes tank yard and maintenance facility for storing all the new incoming orphans!

Hi there Ted and Crew. I see that you have Twins (ARVs). Look forward to the out come. Mind your knuckles !!. JR.

Jack, it doesnt matter if you win by a inch or a mile, winnings winning!

I honestly would prefer the heavy recovery vehicles to the actual tanks. The HRVs can be used for their intended purpose were as the tanks can not.

Just found your channel I really enjoy your content. Keep it up guys I did 10 years in the RAOC.

No mysteries there, Matt already spilled the beans! And oh look, a 4 wheel drive Foden.

Good evening from Germany thanks for the vid.

Great first tank. 🎉🎉

You gotta love the Foden ...doesnt even bat an eyelid !!

I am sure that you will enjoy working on both of them, even if it is strip one to restore the other. Have you ever taken on a Vickers Battle Tank?

Hats off to the 2 of you for that effort.🤣

8:00 he is a complete nupty!! you would think he would remember how to drive these things!! glad the dog wasn't to near it

Madness and brilliant video of quality.

Red crankcase cover on an L60 is a 13A if I remember correctly.

We used to have some of those Centurions on the tank range back in the 80's when I was doing an anti-tank course. Not sure there's any spare parts left for you Mr. Hewes!

Top content again boys 😎❤️👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

You guys gotta get some outdoor lights for working in the dark. No simple task to unload that beast.👍

Good to see the Centurions being restored

Damm that yellow Foden is strong 💪 nice video again lads 🍻

Life advice for jack, dont eat the yellow snow ;) love the vids lads keep it up :)))

Mat sent me and my mum here ... From rainy Manchester... how do you keep missing that fiat 500... skill there...but nooo loss great fun vid..loving what you do... N x

Could do with some yard lights lol, or maybe turn them on! Great video.

Nice to see Ted the tank dog taking a keen interest in the proceedings. You have got some real treasure there with the Cent ARV's Joe. Are you going to take your nice room ornament and put it into the currently trackless ARV? Loving the vids, keep 'em coming.

Great video guys

Love the videos did you see the size of the albatross that took a dump on the little silver car that's having to go a bit I'd say. Great job on all the tank work funny but I got interested by a friend who got called to work on a few engines 2 on a boat and two in a tank on a tank ranch of all things and a fella from cross the pond happened along and was chatting a bit about the chieftain tank and the differences among various tanks including the super Sherman

Life advice for Jack: Get a hi powered blower to remove the dirt from the cement instead of dancing around with the broom all day

Give it some beans Jack👍

m8 im not sure how may of your videos i have seen but its a lot. imo your KZfaq channel is the best i have ever seen. carn't wait for the next vid. well done lads well done idd

enjoying your videos

Now this looks a real beast

Having only just found your channel and not knowing a great deal about tanks ,🙄 I'm finding it very interesting and working my way through vids . One question, so far , the Fodans , big old beasts and bloody good trucks . Why has one got a white front . Keep up the good work lads and ladies 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍

Someone has a Centurion/AVRE obsession and i can't say its a bad thing

Nice, I love a good ARV

I sure as shit wouldn't have parked my own car anywhere near the Recy Mechs and their Fodens at 1 Div! LOL

Nice to see some honest fun in your videos, you are all mad as hatters but no different from me back a "few" years. If you love what you do, then fcukit keep doing it. Thanks for the videos - Ian.B. a Southerner..

i think you need to lay a bit more concrete on the yard it would make life a bit easier ,the avre is one of my favourites

it always strikes me as slightly silly, when i worked with this sort of stuff, we had the same thing go on at my company, a new piece of kit to play with, must be covered under a crap tarpaulin, its been out in all weathers for some years, surely a few more days will not be an issue, its just an arse getting the thing on and off and does tend to keep things underneath wet as well as Jack's observation, a swimming pool does anyone remember a few years back, the two 432's welded together, the rear cupola had a hot tub in it, wonder if i still have a pic of that, i forget who did it and where that might be today, any tips - Tanks-R-Us or Tank World rings a bell and has to be said, that's the first time i seen a telehandler used to take a hat off, Jack's a brave lad

Good to see you again mr :)

Can tell these REME lads never put a basher up in their lives lmao 🤣🤙

I think when describing Smiths gauges you can drop the "broken" as it is assumed that is how they are anyway.

I thought the Fodens were 6x6? 3rd Axle wasn't giving any drive. Or there isn't a working interaxle diif lock between the rear axles.

great team 👍

If it ever gets apocalyptic.. it would be nice to know a few chaps with tanks.

There's a steel post at the football field with a hole in it that makes awful whistling noises in strong winds 😂

Love the content

You got a way to go but plenty of fun to be had

Beats me why anyone would want so many Crapturions. Fred in Princeton BC. Ca

Love the white Foden but not sure about the yellow Foden 🤷‍♂️.

Foden is a beast!

The Foden getting stuck? Benbows used to have a 6x6 Thornycroft, god that would pull!

It’s like being 4 again and watching diggers I love it

Joe think you need to treat yourself to a new jacket Another top video 💪

No one: Them: casually getting delivery of military vehicles

We need more Jack.

Delivery! Game on Lads!

Jack, god messes with ppl he likes the best

You made my day when I heard you use our Aussie term "bloke"

Any thing with tanks in I can watch all day long good video guys

As England anounced in 1960 they would stop making parts the dutch started the worn rubber blocks renovating them by vulcanisation on new rubber to find out later that the englisch would produce parts til 1972 for "the old lady".

I wonder what happens to the turrets from these ARVs because if you could find some old Centurion top bits well...

Jack should specialise in Elf and Safety👍

Looks like spare parts to me! The work to restore it will take to long and be to costly. Save the manpower strip it down to the shell.

4:42 I'm tired just looking at that,never mind removing rust, replacing parts & painting it! Oh my aching back! 👍

7:01 ted's leadership got it going

All good fun and helps to keep you off the street. The poor old farmers in my part of the world have to make do with a Lancaster Bomber and a Mosquito plus a shed full of bombs, assorted weaponry and early radar systems.

Is the firewall ahead of the engine at 4:36 completely rusted through. Was ARV No.1 sold to you as a runner like Diane Abbot? 6:07 that moment when you realise you need another Foden heavy wrecker (or at least a JCB with Foden chalked on the door).

Tell Jack to keep taking his Meds 😜

20:55...........Since I don't see any plumbing or wiring associated with the 'louvers' what are they for and how do they work?

As cool as the tanks are, I like the ARVs even better (at least until you can get a main gun working....😆).

If you have loads of these and Norfolk Tank Museum has one, how many are there?

glad you're resurrecting the old girl

Jack, merry that girl 👍

FH16 REC - Crouchys have some mega gear

Do you guys do this sort of thing as a full time job? Or is it just somthing on the side?