Had a few minutes spare from eating Christmas left overs so decided to have a go at fixing the hood bow.
It has a big bend in the top bar, that looks stock, but makes it impossible to fit and tie off the canvas cover properly.
The canvas cover has damage where it looks like someone tried to reef it down and ripped a few eyelets out. Bummer.
I bounced around on top of the bar hoping my body weight would straighten it out. That didn't worry the bar at all.
So, pulled out a ratchet strap and secured it to each side of the axle, just inside the wheels.
After a bit of ratcheting, releasing, readjusting then ratcheting I got the bar sort of straight. It does have a bit of a wave in the bar, but it's much better. I may take a little more of the bend out, but I quite like the peaked look.
The canvas cover sits much better on the tub now.
Will look around for a better cover and / or fix my one.
Indeed & thank God for the existence of Bush Mechanics.
EDIT. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't a #5 have a strong push/pull spring behind the Pintle ring to take up jarring along the tube line? I can't see any evidence of it at this late hour. so maybe the welded bit was removed together with said spring when it was modified by Army a few years before.????
Children for the use of, Shirley. That RAF Blue is a bit of a puzzle. Cammo maybe? Tail Cammo for a C130/C17??
EDIT.
From his original Post.Trailer was filled with blow up pool toys and a wool pack stencil from the wool shed + lots of wasp nests.
Did it still have it's chain connected drain plug?
I was told years ago they could also transport Water, never saw that but it could have been Bull****, or not.
A bit hard to imagine it not sloshing water around on the move although I have seen In Service Mil ones with a brass tap screwed in the rear so who knows? May have been a Unit Mod.?
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