For those who remember my previous name of MilitantGraham, it’s nothing do with politics or religion, it refers to my AEC Militant recovery truck.

A friend of a friend owns a motocross practice track.
His son was clearing a path alongside a stream, when the loading shovel he was driving slipped backwards in to the water.
They tried getting it out with a tractor, but ended up seizing the engine, probably because it was on such a steep angle the oil pick up pipe was out of the oil.
I went down with the Militant to winch it out.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WyfK3wpt4&feature=related[/video]

Once it was out of the hole, I towed it up to the road, ready to be low loadered away for scrap.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH5bw_UjEA0&NR=1[/video]

I stalled it. 😳
I ran out of revs on that short bank, so I stopped to change down a gear.
The engine moves slightly on it’s mountings and when I stop facing up hill, it can move the throttle linkage slightly past it’s normal idle position and stop the engine.
Yes, the clutch drags a bit as well. It doesn’t like going in to gear while stationary.

nice vid mate, great bit of kit, was recoverd by one when my bedford broke down , impresive to watch a team of reme guys using it on excesize to recover stuff.

I worked at a company a few of years ago & we had ( in fact they still have ) a Militant.

What a fantastic vehicle! Can’t you just live in that, instead of the bungalow?

Gary, where was that ? I’ve got a list of all known surviving Militants on my website. Click on “Survivors” for the reg. numbers and pictures.

User-Removed, if it was a cargo truck, I probably would, they’ve got loads of room in the back. Mine’s a crew cab, so I just have a stretcher across the back seats as a bed for weekends away at steam rallies.

Steam Rallies, eh ? Duller than trailquesting.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztS6JTJ6IJY[/video]