The Tatra 813 is home!!

[JMD007]

Unfortunately chaps i live on a boat. I have no address, no postcode, no junk mail, no stupid phone calls about double glazing and no people in Tatras trying to knock my house (that i dont have) down!

We'll send BRDMDriver or Ranger Neil round instead then

Now that i would like to see!

[Abrs]

Unfortunately chaps i live on a boat. I have no address, no postcode, no junk mail, no stupid phone calls about double glazing and no people in Tatras trying to knock my house (that i dont have) down!

Well unless it's in more than 6ft of water or over of the 350ft range of the winch you still ain't safe!! :lol:

[Abrs]

Took my son for his first driving lesson today :lol:







To be fair he's doing really well for a two year old, he can steer and use the lights and wipers, he's even getting the hang of gear changes

Please excuse the smoke, she's running on a mixture of old engine oil and contaminated fuels :roll:

[haymish]

just tell him to concentrate on the loud pedal and he will do just fine [most kids that age have tonka toys not the real thing]got photos of me somewhere about that age hauling[probably very ineffectively] on the wheel of a bedford 3tonner,and some a bit older steering a dukw.

[Ditch]

Nice one John. He'll be driving that as soon as he can reach the pedals.

[paulob1]

dont let him, my son, 16 very nearly 17, (september 17th as it happens, drove my site pajero into a tree yesterday...new wing door front headlamp and bumper needed...kids...they should be banned until they are 30..

[warewolf]

Matthew or Brad? To be honest Paul, I wouldn't let them drive any kind of a car after I saw their parking skills show at Motodemont. ;)

[Luke]

looks great, I'm so jeleous

[Abrs]

Some photos here I forgot I had which were given to me by the previous owner, they show it working with a potato harvester, long before it got 'mutilated' and turned into a recovery vehicle :?

[LOGGERS]

Goes well with the two trailers then.

[Abrs]

They're only baby trailers weight wise compared to the tank transporter trailers they usually pull, it's hard to imagine what it must be like to drive with those sorts of weights (60ton) behind it though, it's such a laborious business anyway getting up to speed without anything on tow :?

[portamurda1]

and my mtlb is amphibious...so boats are not immune :lol:

[Abrs]

Yea, I like the look of the MTLB. How do you rate them? they have nice wide tracks which I imagine makes them fairly good on boggy ground? What are they like inside for room? Do you have any pic of yours you could post? - perhaps best to reply in the 'Tracked section'

[FridgeF]

I just spotted this which reminded me of the contraption on the back of your truck:

(From http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.ph ... r-1953-RAF)

Wonder if you've got half a Matador or Scammel bolted to the back end of your Tatra? :shock:

[Abrs]

:lol: I don't know, but that looks fabricated later as is the one on the Tatra.

BTW - If anyone wants one mine will be removed from the truck shortly, if interested I can take measurements etc.