whos carrier is going?

[kevin powles]

Hi Barry, looks like a fantastic event, i would go only if i can get my carrier there. There are alot of events here in the UK but the difficulty for me is transportation, I have found to hire a transport firm to take your carrier to any event and return it is just to expensive, even an event 20 miles up the road would cost about £150 to £200 return, I would drive it this distance but my problem is worn track, i dont mind thrashing it about on grass or doing the odd 5 mile run on the road. I continue to look for a suitable vehicle to carry two carriers which will mean i need to get an HGV licence which i plan to do soon. So barry I hope to meet up with your carrier at an event in the future, if the other carrier is a mortar carrier let me know.

Goodluck and post alot of pics on this site.

Kevin.

[martyn]

Hi Kevin if your thinking of getting a HGV licence and getting your own truck it would cost you more than hiring one for the odd event MOTS are over a £1000 and tax then you have to park it somewhere bloody pain in the arse, get the shows to pay for the transport if they want them to go thats the way forward or at least pay part of the costs. iam working on a idea to transport my carrier it would work for 1 but towing two would be too much weight. and as for the show barry its not my carrier listed lol

[RichardT10829]

well it aint mine, so thats potentially Shaun ? Nigel ? Ron ?

[Ron Pier]

It's not mine! I've been asked by the organisers to drum up some DR's for motorcycle convoy duty, so two wheels and no track for me at this event. I'll be looking at others though. Ron

[RichardT10829]

mind just thinking my list was based on the carrier being a Universal Mk1/2 if its a T16 going, it could be anyones guess

[Blackpowder44 (RIP)]

Originally Posted by martyn

Hi Kevin if your thinking of getting a HGV licence and getting your own truck it would cost you more than hiring one for the odd event MOTS are over a £1000 and tax then you have to park it somewhere bloody pain in the arse, get the shows to pay for the transport if they want them to go thats the way forward or at least pay part of the costs. iam working on a idea to transport my carrier it would work for 1 but towing two would be too much weight. and as for the show barry its not my carrier listed lol

I have carried my carrier on a 7.5 ton lorry, soMot not that expensive. At the moment I am working on a short wheel base Man 7.5 tonner. These lorrys are the best as far as I can tell, everyone who has driven one has nothing but praise for them..John.

[carrierbarry]

I think I have a spare seat in the carrier if anybody is interested.
This offer is only avalable to carrier freaks.

This is the UK big event this year, check out
www.armourandembarkation.com

[martyn]

Originally Posted by Blackpowder44

I have carried my carrier on a 7.5 ton lorry, soMot not that expensive. At the moment I am working on a short wheel base Man 7.5 tonner. These lorrys are the best as far as I can tell, everyone who has driven one has nothing but praise for them..John.

Hi john dont meen to sound funny but have you been on a weighbridge with your carrier as they are around the 3.5 tonn area and most 7.5tonn trucks are pushing there limits with this weight just some food for thort as wouldnt want you getting pulled by vosa they would throw the book at you for being over weight, i know i got done for a headlight once.

[Ron Pier]

In answer to the 7.5 ton truck payload. I have been running my own sand and gravel supply business for 30 years. We have been operating 7.5 ton tippers with the intention to deliver a 4 ton load. It has been difficult to find such trucks, but we have found that the new breed of Isuzus and Mitsubishi's will just about do the trick. Before that we had a Magirus deutz a Daf 45 and a Bedford TK. So if you were to strip the tipper gear from any of these and add a fairly light steel or wooden floor directly to the chassis, you would easily carry a 4 ton load. No HGV licence required. The ones to avoid are the much heavier built trucks like Iveco, Man, Mercedes etc. The lightest truck I have come across is our Mitsubishi Canter. It gives us a legal 4.3 ton payload. These are built more like a big van than a small lorry. One of these chassis cabs would legally be able to transport a kitted up carrier and crew. Ron

[Neil Ashley]

According to the manual the unladened weight of a Canadian Mk11* is from memory approx 3.8 ton so by the time you have loaded it with all your kit you are very unlikely to under 7.5 ton.

I looked in to this for my carrier and as Ron states to get the higher pay loads you need the more modern trucks. Even then the Mitsubishi Canters have vety short beds and narrow bodies which does'ent leave much room. A custom build aluminium body would be preferable.

A Mk1 Carrier is lighter.

[Blackpowder44 (RIP)]

Originally Posted by martyn

Hi john dont meen to sound funny but have you been on a weighbridge with your carrier as they are around the 3.5 tonn area and most 7.5tonn trucks are pushing there limits with this weight just some food for thort as wouldnt want you getting pulled by vosa they would throw the book at you for being over weight, i know i got done for a headlight once.

I do know what I am talking about, having owned the carrier since 1985 and owned two lorries to cart it about. Also I put it onto the local weigh bridge to check it out and they give me a cert. with the weight.Another rout to go down is to register a lorry as a mobile project vehicle. Look this up in the DVLA website under driving largew goods vehicles on a car licence. John

[RichardT10829]

I may get flamed for this but what about getting a green goddess and pulling the rear tank and firbe firghting crap off, then pop a bed onto it with some ramps ? Tax exempt too

[Ron Pier]

The trouble is that these historic vehicles are MOT exempt and have reduced insurance and zero tax based on them being used for social, domestic and leasure use only. In other words 'no load is permitted'
A couple of us were discusing this issue with a man from VOSA when we took out track laying test. We asked what constitutes a load? He said " anything from your lunch box upwards" Although it would take a jobsworth cop to pull you for your lunchbox. As always, it's when an accident happens that the wotzit hits the fan! Ron