Actually might be a sensible buy with the amount its raining at the moment. Perhaps you could get some work out in western NSW at the moment.
I should get this by Christmas.
I found the 101 was getting a bit small for my needs.
I will have to measure thing up when it arrives , but I should be able to fit the 101 in the back and take it with me too.
Some of the specs
6.5 litre Rolls Royce straight 8
Empty weight 10 tonnes.
3 tonne atlas crane.
5 tonne payload
10 tonne towed load
cruises at 6 knots in water.
All the rest of the stuff is all bad like the road speed and fuel burn.
I may have to leave my full time mechanics job and just spend my time working on this thing.
For all of it faults it is still a very interesting , but complex vehicle.
It is also different from its sisters in the Alvis family in many ways.
The jet drives, bilge pump, hydraulic pump, winch , air compressor drives means a different gearbox has to be used from the other vehicles in the Alvis family.
Now I just have to see what BP shares are selling at the moment so it is worth while to fill the silly thing with petrol !
Ron
Actually might be a sensible buy with the amount its raining at the moment. Perhaps you could get some work out in western NSW at the moment.
84' 120" ute - 3.9 isuzu.
Nice...
So you measure fuel consumption in L/km instead of L/100km???
How big is the fuel tank???
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ron dont know if yourv have seen this but look at 7.20 nice short bit on the stalwart the rest isnt to bad either
I'm not sure if I need to congratulate you or send you my sympathies!
Im not sure what it is, im not sure why you need it but i luuuuuuuuurve it.
Can i borrow it for saturday morning trips too the shops.....???
Seeing that it has a crane, can you get an over width permit to drive it on the road? Will it also have to be registered as a vessel when you go fishing in the Shoalhaven or Jervis Bay?
It will be on historic plates.
The RTA said they will allow a special over width permit as the vehicle will see little use on road because of the historic plates.
If I was going for commerial rego I think the answer would have been no.
There will most likely be other restrictions too , like no towing of trailers ect.
Because it does under 10 knots I dont think it will need boat rego.
I will do the boat rego thing as a joke anyhow and fill in the rego form like...
Drive up to outside the MSB office, apply the parking brake, climb out of cabin top after undoing the submarine hatch, throw out the anchor and rope (so it doesnt drift away of cause) and march in
Make ...Alvis
Hull.....steel
Engine.....Rolls Royce
Draft.....2 mtrs
Drive....twin dowty 500 kg water jets
Water line lenght....6.3 mtrs
Beam...2.6 mtrs.
Should be a laugh watching the face of the person reading the boat rego form.
Another interesting thing would be the persons allowed on board.
For the water line lenght I think the MSB allows eight.
The british army allowed 38 or 5 tonnes
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