Anyone own/driven a Russian Zil 6x6 military truck?
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Nickyboy said:
LimaDelta said:
DROPS was Demountable Rack Off-load and Pick-up System. All about cargo management, and nothing to do with fuel versatility.
I'm well aware of that, but those particular vehicles as i originally stated have engines that can run on pretty much anything. A Leyland 4-tonner/DAF T244, as used by the UK lot might be the better answer than Russian military idea of a good vehicle.
I always quite fancied a Scammell Explorer, but no way would I treat it as something to be driven any great distance, and I suspect these old Soviet trucks are similar.
I always quite fancied a Scammell Explorer, but no way would I treat it as something to be driven any great distance, and I suspect these old Soviet trucks are similar.
During the early 1990's i used to mess around with the AWDCs "Heavy Vehicle" squad. Basically crazy people who drove things like Stallys and Explorers for fun. They all had one thing in common, which was a tool kit entirely made up of truly massive hammers!
For example, to correctly tighten the wheel bearing half nuts on a Scammel explorer you use a box socket the size of a large bucket, drive a landrover into it to hold it on (series LR steel bumpers are conveniently exactly the correct height), slide a 12 foot length of scaffolding bar through the socket, and three hefty lads jump on the end till the scaf bar bends, the socket splits, or someone breaks an Ankle. Job done!
For example, to correctly tighten the wheel bearing half nuts on a Scammel explorer you use a box socket the size of a large bucket, drive a landrover into it to hold it on (series LR steel bumpers are conveniently exactly the correct height), slide a 12 foot length of scaffolding bar through the socket, and three hefty lads jump on the end till the scaf bar bends, the socket splits, or someone breaks an Ankle. Job done!
Looks amazing - just do it!
Although I did then remember the following joke from the recent Chernobyl series:
Q: What’s as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a s
t-load of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into three pieces?
A: A Soviet machine made to cut apples into four pieces
Although I did then remember the following joke from the recent Chernobyl series:
Q: What’s as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a s
t-load of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into three pieces?A: A Soviet machine made to cut apples into four pieces
As mentioned, search project awesome on YouTube.
The chap has one, no starter motor, on a 6.9 V8 petrol so had to be cranked by hand. He mentioned it got through 5l of fuel to cover a few hundred yards, hence the reason converting it to a Cummins diesel lump out of a Daf 7.5t truck.
He also mentioned the engines were hideously unreliable, due to being cheaply made, poor quality seals etc, but would run on almost anything.
Massively cool, but hideously unpractical. So do it!
The chap has one, no starter motor, on a 6.9 V8 petrol so had to be cranked by hand. He mentioned it got through 5l of fuel to cover a few hundred yards, hence the reason converting it to a Cummins diesel lump out of a Daf 7.5t truck.
He also mentioned the engines were hideously unreliable, due to being cheaply made, poor quality seals etc, but would run on almost anything.
Massively cool, but hideously unpractical. So do it!
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