2010 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

No Wonder the Hammond Manufacturing Company is loosing money.. Blah, blah, blah...For more information, please contact
Hammond Barn Manufacturing Company Limited. Robert Carrier
Chairman and CEO

Alex, You have too much time on your hands... You need a new hobby. I have a nice Ford CMP for sale at a special "UN" price - just for you, my friend!

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Alex, You have too much time on your hands... You need a new hobby. I have a nice Ford CMP for sale at a special "UN" price - just for you, my friend!

If it still needs a tool box/spare tyre carrier, there'll be one in Acton this weekend...

[Bob Carriere]

I shall keep my eyes wide open for that.....

Good thing I have a big cargo box on the truck to haul things back.....

BooB

[Young_Law]

My Iltis was finally recovered on Sunday and is now at the Hammond Farm. I must once again thank Bob and Grant for all of their help and their time throughout the day. It is highly appreciated!

[Grant Bowker]

We've been working on a lot of small parts. Individually they don't look like much, for example building a new hold down clip for a chorehorse mounting plate to replace one that the rust worm had eaten, but they take time and when they start to be assembled into larger groups look more impressive.
The most recent challenge was helping corrupt one of the younger generation (sorry, introduce one of the youth to the wonderful world of MV collecting).
A quick recovery was undertaken for Richard Law to move his Iltis from the previous owner's yard to the Barn. The trailer that was part of the deal is to follow.

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Young_Law

My Iltis was finally recovered on Sunday and is now at the Hammond Farm. I must once again thank Bob and Grant for all of their help and their time throughout the day. It is highly appreciated!

I had a nice visit on Sunday at the Hammond Barn. Got to see the new Iltis and helped Richard to get it started. We did not have the correct NATO slave cable (24 VDC), but hooked up a Hammond Barn special cable, and the Iltis fired up right away. Let it run for a while to get a charge back in the batteries.

Richard was itching to take the Iltis for a spin, so it was off to one of the fields. The road in could be described as slightly damp. Seeing the water, mud and spinning tires was lots of fun. I knew there was a chance we would end up playing in the mud and water, so I wore my rubber "poggie boots"".

Hopefully some pictures will be posted.

Bob, I washed off my Iltis when I got home, and saved about 5-10 pounds of dirt I collected from your field, that I will bring back for the BBQ.

Cheers!
Stuart

[Bob Carriere]

We now have proof...Iltis do get stuck !!!!

Boob

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

We now have proof...Iltis do get stuck !!!!

Boob

Obviously driver error/lack of familiarity with the limitations and capabilities of the vehicle...at least that is what they told my recce officer when he and his driver got their Iltis stuck in the middle of Suffield during a drought...the only wet spot for hundreds of miles...

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

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We did not have the correct NATO slave cable (24 VDC), but hooked up a Hammond Barn special cable, and the Iltis fired up right away.

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Cheers!
Stuart

Speaking of auto-recovery, does anyone in Eastern Ontario/West Quebec have a spare 5995-00-123-0108 slave cable?

[RHClarke]

The CMP sweep east of the Rockies continued this past weekend. This time the team picked up Grant's "new" Ford chassis and 3/4 ton trailer. The day proved to be the hottest to date, and the old Ford made us work to extract it from its hull down position. First we had to winch a load of metal out of the way before we winched the frame into the open.

Just to make things a little more interesting, the Ford was missing a wheel and hub on the pax side, and both rear wheels were rust welded to the brake shoes. So, the Ford went on the trailer in a rather cockeyed manner. We made a skid plate for the missing wheel and lubed up the ramps so that the tires slid a little better.

Winching the Ford onto the trailer took a long time as we had to adjust the rear of the Ford with a farmers jack to straighten it out. We set a new record for the longest load out for one frame - and I thought HUPs were obstinate...

Following the frame tie down, the trailer was winched aboard in quick time. It too was tied down and the crew retired to the airconditioned splendor of Bob's truck. More than a little sweat was spilt wrestling with the Ford, so we took a break at a local chip stand. Nothing like piping hot chips on a hot day.

Bob and Grant can comment on the off-load, as I had to duck out as my leave pass had already expired.