Loading Chieftain Tank- Drive A Tank

[theclivesinclair]

Sick sounding engine - Ex REME and 9/12th Lancers

[tmac9938]

whats the gas mileage on this baby

[lanc617]

@tmac9938 1 mpg on road, 3 gallons per mile cross country. another ex Chieftain commander!

[720Birdy]

i think that tank uses up more gas then a 747... look at the smoke coming out of that thing...

[sexmonster4321]

sounds like a fucked up lawn mower

[gmanhero]

how much fual was use to get from point A to point B ?xD

[williamkendrick]

ok thats fucking IT.

i wanna tank.

[jdskelly41]

This is a chieftan I know and love - smoke out the exhaust oil smoke out the trasmission decks........ a common sight....

[turtleryan]

the turret reminds me of a leopard 2

[jephthah007]

We used to load tanks on flatbed railcars in Germany. The M88 was fun, the treads actually overlapped the edges of the rail car

[StarscreamLord]

I half expected it to crush the trailer. It does weigh 55 tons after all.

[ricibiribicci]

2 stroke diesel??

[23vin850]

Needs a new L 60 by the sound of it .....!

[remephil]

Sounds like one of the jackets has blown

[firkit2]

@remephil if 1 of the jackets had gone it would be bellowing so much smoke out you wood not be able to see the thing ex cheiftan and challenger driver mec

[remephil]

@firkit2 exactly, hence the smoke coming out of the grills

[firkit2]

@remephil the smoke out off the back decks is off the steering and braking disc's if the jackets had gone the smoke would be like someone had set a smoke grenade off i should know have seen enuff off them go thru a jacket

have you ever worked on a cheiftan ?

it sounds like the manifold is blowing

[mickhalltwo]

Good to see but she sounds like shit, lacking power, check the intakes and fuel lines, and get a look at the oil leek under decks.

[tinkerbruzer]

Well she's all fixed and will be on CMT's "All Jacked Up" 7:30 CDT 8/22/09

[smokinstan1]

i have never driven a chieftain tank that didnt leak oil into the engine conpartment

[mickhalltwo]

I have just been asked to lead a team to return a variety of armoured recovery vehicle back to life this year, including Chieftain ARRV,Cent BARV,and a Sherman ARV, should be fun and hopefully get some vid for here.

[grahamkeithtodd]

@smokinstan1 how f***ing true old son,we had one come out of workshops with a "brand new" engine fitted to it and the sod gave up 140meters out side the workshop puking oil all over the main road heading into MUNSTER..the Germans where most impressed!

[firkit2]

@grahamkeithtodd i had a challenger blow the gearbox to pieces just after fueling up about 50 meters from the back gate at munster on the way to the dorban for a week ex

it had just had a new pack in it to best ex i had bin on spent it in camp waiting for a pack

[grahamkeithtodd]

@firkit2 sounds like a damn good ex old son lol

did not know we still had bases in Munster..i used to be at SWINTON BARRACKS!

1977-1979(happy days!)

[firkit2]

@grahamkeithtodd this was in 93/94

[grahamkeithtodd]

@firkit2 ah i see lol

[Gladiator0719]

Low boy flatbed trailer

[mojomike78]

I hauled a M1A1.  It was such a pain trying to get it on a 8'6" trailer. there is no finesse about those things. Nice video

[wharbio]

what does one of those puppies weigh?

[Shane1163]

This one weighs 55 ton, or 110,000 pounds.

[TehChocco]

@Shane1163 and i remember the days when they rudiculed tiger tanks for wieghing 55 tons ^_^

[tanknz537]

Why is he reversing onto the trailer ? It's much easier to drive straight on. The engine sounds a bit sick as well. Ex Chieftain Tank commander.

[Shane1163]

Idk, but I'm sure it would have really dug up the ground if he had turned it around, this was at a fairgrounds. either way, it would have had to been backed off it he drove in forwards, so he was able to drive forwards off the trailer. And yes, the tank is a little "sick".

[originalwaggy]

sounds like the exhaust expansion box and or pipes/couplings are blown. ex 4/7DG

[Redcoat66]

@tanknz537

Hi! can you please tell me how the Cheiftain performed during the Iran Iraq war? I have heard conflicting reports regarding taking on T62's