Proper old school bit of kit those Fodens! Roll up your sleeves get the job done!Poncey MAN the army have now would have refused when the computer told it yhe weather was outside permitted levels!! Hehe.
@@kensjobs2237 Poor bugger. Not much makes your backside take a bite out of the driver's seat like it running away backwards!. Bloody quick thinking to put it in the ditch. Good on him.👍🏻 You'd think with all the crane safety testing and inspections it would've been tested at all up travelling weight on a steep hill.
I remember during camp I was in the Keilder forest, I was with a guy in a Foden and we were picking Bedfords and land rovers out most of the week but we got called to a Coles crane(I believe it was 29 tonne) that had the passenger side wheels off the road in a ditch, it was up to the axle on that side, initially it was towed out(brakes had to be wound off in the driver's side to move it at all) once fully out the crane was towed back to camp hanging off the back of the Foden, the bogie blockers were on their limit with the warning light flashing at every bump in the road. Fun and games!
@@kensjobs2237 yes buddy, I was only in the TA, but spent a week dashing around the forest pulling trees over....I mean recovering vehicles, those roads were literally floated on a mesh raft on a very marshy ground, so if anything deviated to the edge it gave way and you were bogged, someone managed to get a Bedford completely off the road and up to its axles, the Foden just plucked it out without effort, this was in the early 90s
Great video. Since the crane looked brand new was it being driven by a trade plater who had no experience about the vehicle he was driving who then got lost and tried to turn around in the most perfect spot, a wet boggy field?
How the hell did the crane end up in such a position to begin with ?, he was damn near 90' degrees sideways on to the pretty narrow road its not as if 40 tonne four by four cranes are known for their drifting capabilities at all or their lightning fast speeds, I'm not calling the driver by any means but it does seem strange, I know exactly how it feels to be stuck like that because back in the late eighties I was working for a builders merchants on customer deliveries, and received a job one day to deliver 20 ton of crusher run ( that is 25mm to dust limestone waste from a rock crusher) to the back of terraced house that was having a large extention built, but the only access to the tip was across a large council owned sports field containing about nine football pitches situated behind the house, I was a bit sceptical at first but was assured by the builders and a council rep in a suit that it would be ok - even though it had been raining almost non stop for nearly three days ! (I was younger back then - today I would just tell them there was no chance and refused delivery), sufficed to say after being allowed onto the field and gingerly traversing a three hundred yard slow turn to pull up behind the house, I was given the OK to tip, and as soon as I did all the weight transfered to the drive axles as the box lifted and down she went almost to the frame rails - and then out came half of the stone !, i was stuck fast three feet deep in glutinous mud without even turning a wheel and around ten ton of the stone still in the box, it ended up with them having to spot hire a D6 Cat the following day to pull me out of the hole and through fifty yards of playing field grass back to the gates I left a lovely three feet deep pair of trenches for about a hundred yards back to the main road until the ground hardened up enough to lift it out..
Reversing down that very steep hill with counterweight attached caused front wheels to lift and as he tried to control it twisted round into the field, to be fair it could've been alot worse outcome 👍
@@kensjobs2237 Absolutely agree that makes it understandable, but ANY experienced crane driver would NEVER even consider reversing down a steel hill with eight tons of counter balance arse backwards...especially a soaking wet one - but hey keeps the jobs coming in eh ? lovely motor by the way I've driven a few of them when the agency I was working for got the contract to move all the regiments kit out of Fulwood barracks in Preston to Southampton docks for overseas deployment. you know how quick they go......it took bloody forever lol
@@usernamesreprise4068 thanks mate yea they're a fantastic truck, was it Iraq that you were taking them to? Alot went to Iraq, mine came back from Afghanistan in 2011, it's still got some of its bolt on cab armor they fitted to try and protect against ied strikes
Brilliant video, the crane looked brand new!
Thanks Kevin, yes brand new one, very nice crane 👌
Proper old school bit of kit those Fodens! Roll up your sleeves get the job done!Poncey MAN the army have now would have refused when the computer told it yhe weather was outside permitted levels!! Hehe.
Foden,probably one of the best ever all rounder wrecker, this why some recovery companies run them. Gret job Ken,stay safe.
Thanks Neil, sure is a great truck
This is another one for the 'what was he thinking?' folder... LOL! That thing SUNK bad! It was no match for the Foden though! 😎
Hi Ken good job mate , video doing well you deserve it , subscribed and be catching up on your work , Cheers.
Brilliant job ken well done mate 👏
Thank you martyn much appreciated 👍
very nice 👌i hope there is no underground services one of you would have got them 😁
Fascinating Ken.
Love to see the old Forden at work.
slow and steady wins the day.
Man, you are good at this stuff 😀👍
I try my best John 😊 every jobs different mate that's what makes it so good 👍
Always mint see the loyal Foden grafting.👍🏻
But what was the crane driver trying to do?, if it was knock the fence ower, job done.😜😆
Thanks mate it was a very steep hill and with the counter weights fitted he couldn't hold it reversing and went into the field
@@kensjobs2237
Poor bugger. Not much makes your backside take a bite out of the driver's seat like it running away backwards!.
Bloody quick thinking to put it in the ditch. Good on him.👍🏻
You'd think with all the crane safety testing and inspections it would've been tested at all up travelling weight on a steep hill.
Spot on mate!!! 😊
Very impressive that Foden!
Thanks Jon 👍💪
Great to see the Foden at work.
VERY GOOD WORK
Thanks mate much appreciated, certainly rained some today
Wonderful old foden beast .
Love to see a Foden in action
I remember during camp I was in the Keilder forest, I was with a guy in a Foden and we were picking Bedfords and land rovers out most of the week but we got called to a Coles crane(I believe it was 29 tonne) that had the passenger side wheels off the road in a ditch, it was up to the axle on that side, initially it was towed out(brakes had to be wound off in the driver's side to move it at all) once fully out the crane was towed back to camp hanging off the back of the Foden, the bogie blockers were on their limit with the warning light flashing at every bump in the road. Fun and games!
Ah those were the days mate, was that Otterburn camp you were based at?
@@kensjobs2237 yes buddy, I was only in the TA, but spent a week dashing around the forest pulling trees over....I mean recovering vehicles, those roads were literally floated on a mesh raft on a very marshy ground, so if anything deviated to the edge it gave way and you were bogged, someone managed to get a Bedford completely off the road and up to its axles, the Foden just plucked it out without effort, this was in the early 90s
another top job ken love the vtdeos
Good job done ! How’d that crane get bogged in first place ?
Ballast weight fitted and on steep hill, he was reversing down and front end light he couldn't hold it
Who's job was filling the holes it dug in the verge?
Not me 😁🤷♂️
40 tons on 4 tires , wow .
No, the Kran class is 4P ton, it s transport weight is 24to, 12 to per axle
Great video. Since the crane looked brand new was it being driven by a trade plater who had no experience about the vehicle he was driving who then got lost and tried to turn around in the most perfect spot, a wet boggy field?
Thanks mate, pleased you liked vid 👍👍
Hi Ken, how do you deal with a 40 tonne crane? Is your Foden an ex military vehicle?
Yes mate, ex British army, it came back from Afghanistan which was it's last tour of duty
Yet more proof (as if it were needed) that the Foden is the dog's bollocks.
💪💪
Old foden comes up trump's again! Nice job well done buddy.
Thanks crabbers mate 👍👍
If only the crane had had some kind of massive winch fitted to it over the cab the driver could have pulled himself out.
How did that crane ever manage to get stuck there in the first place, nice foden guess it's RR powered
Thanks mate yes it's a Rolls Eagle in her and fuller box
How the hell did the crane end up in such a position to begin with ?, he was damn near 90' degrees sideways on to the pretty narrow road its not as if 40 tonne four by four cranes are known for their drifting capabilities at all or their lightning fast speeds, I'm not calling the driver by any means but it does seem strange,
I know exactly how it feels to be stuck like that because back in the late eighties I was working for a builders merchants on customer deliveries, and received a job one day to deliver 20 ton of crusher run
( that is 25mm to dust limestone waste from a rock crusher) to the back of terraced house that was having a large extention built, but the only access to the tip was across a large council owned sports field containing about nine football pitches situated behind the house,
I was a bit sceptical at first but was assured by the builders and a council rep in a suit that it would be ok - even though it had been raining almost non stop for nearly three days ! (I was younger back then - today I would just tell them there was no chance and refused delivery),
sufficed to say after being allowed onto the field and gingerly traversing a three hundred yard slow turn to pull up behind the house, I was given the OK to tip, and as soon as I did all the weight transfered to the drive axles as the box lifted and down she went almost to the frame rails - and then out came half of the stone !, i was stuck fast three feet deep in glutinous mud without even turning a wheel and around ten ton of the stone still in the box,
it ended up with them having to spot hire a D6 Cat the following day to pull me out of the hole and through fifty yards of playing field grass back to the gates I left a lovely three feet deep pair of trenches for about a hundred yards back to the main road until the ground hardened up enough to lift it out..
Reversing down that very steep hill with counterweight attached caused front wheels to lift and as he tried to control it twisted round into the field, to be fair it could've been alot worse outcome 👍
@@kensjobs2237 Absolutely agree that makes it understandable, but ANY experienced crane driver would NEVER even consider reversing down a steel hill with eight tons of counter balance arse backwards...especially a soaking wet one
- but hey keeps the jobs coming in eh ? lovely motor by the way I've driven a few of them when the agency I was working for got the contract to move all the regiments kit out of Fulwood barracks in Preston to Southampton docks for overseas deployment. you know how quick they go......it took bloody forever lol
@@usernamesreprise4068 thanks mate yea they're a fantastic truck, was it Iraq that you were taking them to? Alot went to Iraq, mine came back from Afghanistan in 2011, it's still got some of its bolt on cab armor they fitted to try and protect against ied strikes
Shit happens😂