Bedford MJ 4x4

[@TriniVish]

Videos like this will encourage me to get my Bedford back on the road.

[@jamieaustin6403]

Did my class 3 in one of these when I was in REME. Great truck, very handy, especially for a slab of beers we could "borrow" it for home jobs.... lifted an engine out of dads boat with it once... dead easy. Would love a unimog U1700 with an Atlas/HIAB/Palfinger etc.

[@wyattoneable]

The old boy sounds good. I saw from the comments it had some interesting history too. I only do KZbin so I'll see you back here on the next one. Thanks.

[@LordMuck]

Thanks for dropping in David - good to see you here.

[@bachandefi]

Beautiful sound and a damn good work out for the pilot ; )

[@LordMuck]

You can't keep such a physique like mine without a good workout and lots of tea and doughnuts !

[@bachandefi]

Yeh, never forget the doughnuts.Reminds me of our old TK

[@willzealand]

Great video buddy she looks like a beautiful to drive.

[@LordMuck]

I'm gonna make you drive it one day Will and then you'll understand !

[@willzealand]

Lord Muck haha that maybe very true if I ever get the chance to drive one I'll film it for you ahah.

[@donc81]

That's a fine machine you have there!

[@LordMuck]

Knew you'd like it !

[@HotAxleBox]

proper old school diesel engine, looks a great bit of kit mate.

[@LordMuck]

Does the job !

[@RustyGlovebox]

The Bedford is running good and getting you down the road . Take care

[@LordMuck]

Sure is Lloyd ! She's sounding well.

[@thearkansashillbilly1776]

That's a good looking truck Brother!! Hope all is well. Peace!!!!

[@LordMuck]

Cheers Tripper ! Hope you're doing well !

[@thearkansashillbilly1776]

Yes Sir Having a blast my friend and life is good!! Peace!!

[@mmccoy577]

Great video. I like the old stuff.

[@LordMuck]

It's got a soul about it that new stuff lacks. Hope you're well Mike.

[@terryhall8376]

Just had a flashback to my youth , lifting cable drums in Cyprus , it was that cold up the mountains we had to pour boiling water over the hydraulics to move it :)

[@sawsurgeon]

The Old Girl's a Beauty, I'd take her in a heartbeat! I ran a 25 ton Euclid quarry truck that was severely mal-serviced prior to my sentence. It simply didn't matter how much grease you put to her. 'Bump Steer'... It seemed as though the only time you could change course was when you hit a bump! I love the old stuff and to think of the volume of production the Old Timers were able to put up. Back in a time when men were men and trees were scared!Take Care Be Blessed!

[@LordMuck]

There's something about older kit - you have to work with it rather than the modern stuff which almost seems in charge of you !

[@sawsurgeon]

No doubt about that. A $20 rocker switch has put me out of operation in our Cat 279C numerous times. Back in the day we could have cobbled it and been back on production!

[@davidwatt7663]

Past my HGV, on one . Good old wagon .

[@cynthiaherr9029]

Remind's me of the Army truck's at our local armory ..Look like they could outlast just about anything you wanna use them for..lol Another Tractor project..Sound's good to me..Take Care Sir..

[@LordMuck]

The tractor belongs to a friend - the one with the 4755 - so that's down to him to sort ! Take care Cynthia.

[@alexesgate8033]

cool old truck fun drives stay safe get logs

[@LordMuck]

Well as cool as old stuff can be C'Mon !

[@paulc8581]

Nice looking truck kurt

[@carolinafarmweld5981]

Sounds like the 3050 will be an interesting project!

[@LordMuck]

It belongs to a friend of mine (the one with the 4755 and 7710) it's all up together so should be an interesting bit of kit to go and see.

[@TemeraireJimny]

You post em , and I'll watch em! Good plan.

[@LordMuck]

That'll work.

[@g.w.h.i.t.e]

One of the JCB directors came down to site last week to look at our loadall, we were having problems with wear pads loosening and eventually coming off and damaging the boom. He told us that the spray grease is absolutely rubbish for booms. He gave us a barrel of this black stuff, can't remember the name though. It's working wonders!! Obviously you use the boom less than us though.

[@LordMuck]

I don't use spray grease, I use PTFE. The purpose of the spray isn't to grease the boom - merely to reduce friction on the pads. Mind you, bearing in mind we worked with JCB on boom problems back in the early 90's, I'm not surprised that some people still grease them and never adjust the pads...

[@paulthompson8650]

@@LordMuck Sounds like bitumen grease used as a fitters helper on the old DEMU rolling sock traction motor grease.

[@mattl9718]

Cool video sounds like a beast of truck. Not some of the trucks now days.

[@ollievenni6983]

I shall look forward to seeing the 3050.

[@LordMuck]

It's a bit different to most Ollie

[@ollievenni6983]

Lord Muck aah right time will tell

[@MalcOfLincoln]

All interesting stuff Kurt. So you don't need to go to the gym after driving one lol. Any chance you're free to come to Carrington next Sunday/Monday....be good to see you.

[@LordMuck]

Yes I'm hoping to get along at some point Malc.

[@MalcOfLincoln]

Great. Look forward to seeing you there. I'll be easy to find. Just keep going back to the Nuffield.

[@LoggerWade]

Gotta love that bad boy

[@w056007568]

I bet it is a shock to get out of your Disco and into that and drive it down the road. One forgets how much of a handful vehicles like that were to drive - they had big steering wheels for a reason!!

[@LordMuck]

True enough Dan - although the Bedford could do with a steering wheel the size of a cartwheel !

[@captainclarke]

A good old beast! Do you know if it's easy enough to drop the later DAF 45's Cummins unit into these old MJs?

[@LordMuck]

You could, you can also with a squeeze fit a Detroit. However one of the better conversions is the Perkins phaser which is a more straightforward swap.

[@kevinmothers904]

I had a Perkins Phaser in a G reg (1989) AWD, great little engine and I had the pleasure of meeting a gent from the Perkins factory team that did all the conversion work regarding it's replacement of the Bedford 330 engine. Could have spent hours listening to his stories.

[@StephanieBaggley]

Good trucks. I would have one of those than the DAFs on BATUS.

[@yamyamrob4130]

be looking fwd to it u should try a bit that truck trial stuff bet the old girl put few newer trucks to shame - used know farmer had unimog was awesome just couldn't find anything it couldn't go through or climb over

[@LordMuck]

There was a Mog on a farm in Kent that I drove with a sprayer on for doing thistles and docks on the marshes. Just a cab full of gear levers and very little room for much else !

[@HeritageExplorer]

At 4.59 in the video the engine oil filter can be seen above the drive to the front diff. This filter seems to have had a cheap modification done on the M-Series 4x4 trucks which turned it through about 45 degrees from that of the 2 wheel drive standard truck. The 45 degree mounting of the filter to allow space for the front drive shaft to pass to the diff. This was a design flaw as the filter head as bolted to the block was cast from alloy and thus a weak material. While on expedition down in the desert in South East Algeria close to the Libyan border the filter head casting cracked and allowed the engine oil to escape. We then sat for 25 days in the desert waiting for a new part to come out from Bedford. The filter mounting for the M-Series was a bad design and meant that the M-Series truck did not stand up to the sales rhetoric in tough operating conditions. Bedford should have tested the modification to destruction on the test bench before proceeding with it. Otherwise a great truck.

[@LordMuck]

Yes you can often see oil weeping from that area on M-series trucks, it's a very poor design.

[@HeritageExplorer]

@@LordMuck I was reminiscing about this event over the past while. If you go down my FB page a bit you would find the conversation under the heading "Paddy the Diplomat and the Desert Nomad" you would see how complicated the whole episode became just because of a failed part. That was back in 1985. Its available at facebook.com/pat.flynn.37051/

[@gsh39]

Have you watched the video on the bedferg 1978 tk and Ferguson hybrid. Some interesting engineering!!!!!!!

[@LordMuck]

Yes I've seen that. Seemed like a lot of work ! Looks well though.

[@vincentwalker7134]

We used to see these old Bedfords on the open cast sites. They used them for fuel bowsers and they lasted forever..

[@yamyamrob4130]

would be interesting if u could get hands on one those trucks the forces use now as a comparison bet be like driving a rolls compaired to the workout the Bedford gives u -does sound good though for an old lady nice grunt sound

[@LordMuck]

The MAN's are a nice truck and worlds apart. There might be some interesting footage coming up in July if all goes to plan...

[@steveking4966]

drove one of those with tractor tyres on it! That beast was one and half carriage width on the road, interesting! was for laying gas mains.

[@RobClarkeRacing]

Good video, out of interest if you were to suggest a truck of similar size that is slightly more user friendly, what would it be ? We seem to be moving stuff around a fair bit for our business (landscaping) Cheers Rob

[@LordMuck]

You'd probably have to look at the Daf I reckon Rob. Some have a crane, they're Cummins powered and have power steering.

[@RobClarkeRacing]

Thanks old bean, will have a look

[@LordMuck]

Lovely old job.

[@crofter3903]

could you retrofit powersteering

[@LordMuck]

Aye, you can Crofter if you find a civvy donor vehicle but for how much I use it, it's a lot of hassle. You could also fit a 5 speed Turner gearbox.

[@alangordon3283]

Learned to drive on the Bedicopter .

[@MissouriOldTimer]

that's a nifty truck, looks a lot like a cab over Ford.

[@LordMuck]

Yes doesn't it ! Also some of the cab over GM's. Don Cisney has a truck with similar lines I believe.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

lots of companies made products for the US military off the same blue print, we had 3 jeeps with different names, we had a Ford, Willys and a kiser. the parts would all interchange.. same with the M 1 Carbine, at least 12 different manufacturers, all parts exactly the same. .

[@LordMuck]

The bigger trucks were the same - the M-35's and M-54's etc - built by REO, Kaiser etc.

[@antonyfarming]

A proper truck How's the engine for digger coming on?

[@LordMuck]

Very well it seems - full rebuild and hopefully pick it up later this week !

[@paddygoesracing]

Awesome. Truck

[@paddig6676]

Hey I’m interested in purchasing an 86 Bedford awd? Any idea top speed? I guessing it’s full time 4 wheel drive

[@samwhite1823]

Mr muck, wonder if you could help me out. I've got an ex MOD MK with that same atlas crane as this MJ of yours which I'm re-hosing at the minute. All the labels have rubbed off the control levers so I don't know what does what! Any chance you can get a photo across of the control block on that one?

[@LordMuck]

Might be worth watching my JCB 3C engine removal vid.

[@samwhite1823]

@@LordMuck top man thanks very much

[@louisbloor3383]

how are you getting on with the jcb?

[@LordMuck]

Not bad Louis, fully rebuilt so just need to pick it up.

[@louisbloor3383]

Lord Muck good to hear they are great diggers. we used to have a 3c mk2 with 4 in 1 bucket and was a great digger. never let us down!

[@catdieselpower193]

great vid LM As allways pard! she's a cool Ole Crain truck!! what motor dose it have in it by chance bud?

[@LordMuck]

She's got a straight 6 Bedford 330 Turbo in her Pard. Not a bad old lump when you get them wound up !

[@catdieselpower193]

Lord Muck AHH 10.4 thanks for the comeback bud she's a cool lookin Ole girl! ( CHEERS ) ;-)

[@davidkelly5899]

2 MT, RAF.

[@blagvideoard]

how is the mileage on these? thinking of buying an older one in Belize.

[@LordMuck]

Good for putting the miles on, good spares availability.

[@blagvideoard]

@@LordMuck thanks. looks like the previous owner replaced the single back wheels with dual tires. do you imagine that would be hard to switch back? are the brake cylinders hard to swap out? sorry about the 1000000 questions.

[@LordMuck]

Can't say without seeing it but the twin wheeled ones tended to be wreckers (recovery trucks) or more often civilian versions (electric supply or mining etc) I'd stick with twin wheels.

[@bpits9870]

I can confirm that you can grease the life out of them they still dont steer any easier. Do you know the history, what units it served with? possibly Germany?

[@LordMuck]

She was with an RAF transport squadron and has paperwork that shows it was over at Saarbrucken for a time.

[@bpits9870]

RAF, shes had an easy life then lol.

[@vtecpreludevtec]

B Pits lhd

[@yan24to]

Bedford Mk Mj smell a certain way,if you know you know.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Crash box double the clutch and no power steering, 45 mph flat out.

[@LordMuck]

What is ?

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

@@LordMuck My recollection of driving the Bedford MK.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

But off road it cleaned the floor with land rovers.

[@LordMuck]

Synchro box and will sit comfortably at 50-55mph. Steering is a pig though.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

@@LordMuck The MJ must be better than the MK then.

[@christinehaw2524]

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