Rescuing a Chieftain Battle Tank Thats Been Left Outside and Filled With Concrete! Can we save it?

[@iwayini]

Didn't know KZbin's remuneration was so good that Joe is now the owner of a tank museum! Holy Moly - there is enough work there to keep a team of knucklebusters busy for months, let alone a day job. Love the videos and looking forward to seeing the state of the concrete engine!

[@chrisclark4813]

You can tell he's Southern up North, Cos he's got the Brains.

[@markfryer9880]

Take care when chipping and cutting concrete out of the engine bay, concrete dust can give you silicosis of the lungs and kill you. Wear eye, ear and lung PPE. Also use a hammer drill to drill a series of holes in the concrete to help cut it into chunks rather than just chiselling it with a jack hammer.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Nah, a hankie and a lump hammer'll sort it.

[@stevemorris3710]

@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle Maybe a safety-squint if anyone's looking.

[@bertiewooster3326]

PPE from China?

[@geoffaries]

The concrete has already been removed, which is somewhat disappointing, as I was intrigued as to how they were going to remove it, imho a bit of a boring video.

[@jamesdavis332]

"I don't speed" - certainly in a Defender you won't 😅

[@markfryer9880]

I've had an Aussie Army one up to near $1.20 in the Northern Territory. It was a bugger to try and slow down to avoid hitting an Australian Eagle eating road kill on the road. Thought I was going to end up with it as a hood ornament!

[@regsparkes6507]

I think Mat, that you should have a chat with your mate Joe, and start getting these 'toys' up and running. It is great and enjoyable to see 'new' equipment coming to the Compound, but seeing in action is perhaps 10 times better! I wish you two continued good health and fortunes in this New Year.

[@fittermat]

We’re working on that as well! Just had a run of deals too good to say no too lately, more workshop projects coming soon!

[@regsparkes6507]

@@fittermat I almost hesitate to say this, but,.." been there done that"!, so I can understand your thinking in this. Cheers!

[@daviddirom7429]

Roll with bacon , + roll and square sausage, + xL tea 1 sugar THANKS, when your at Gregg’s., last Gregg air/road move 2019, from western Canada.

[@18robsmith]

Good Christmas.... Turkey has been stuffed twice........ One with chestnut and sausage meat, then into my gob.

[@mmmmpizza7584]

Looks like one of boys old toys! Nice to see waterfoot!! I live there 🤣

[@neilfairless4589]

What a abit of kit that trailer is.

[@markfryer9880]

There are bigger and better ones. Check out some of the trailers being used to haul equipment up to the mines in West Australia.

[@CARLOS62B]

Great work everyone.

[@Autobotmech]

Hope she can be saved

[@garyburns2831]

They were filled with concrete as part of the salts arms treaty with the soviet block declared as a target or gate gardien so you couldn't park up declare as not in use then put back into service

[@bugler75]

I never knew that. Yet the Soviets kept nearly all their armour since WW2 ! Quantity has a quality of it’s own 😁

[@robertsneddon731]

@@bugler75 Most of the tanks and armour the Russians own are in about a good a state and ready for a fight as the shedful of heavy metal seen above and a lot of the old Soviet tank park the Russian Federation inherited after the Cold War ended has been sent to the scrappers. The sad news is that even functional armoured vehicles like tanks are what the flyboys call "targets" these days. They're difficult to hide on a modern battlefield and today the motto of a well-equipped military is "If you can be seen, you will be killed". Green paint and rust don't make them stealthy.

[@markfryer9880]

@@robertsneddon731 Flyboys are also prone to exaggeration! Keeping some old tanks around as expendable decoys can't hurt can it. It would make your enemies waste more bombs or missiles.

[@bugler75]

@@robertsneddon731 Youre 100% correct. I was AntiTanks all of my service (1988 to 2015) and it was interesting to see how attitudes towards armour threat changed over the years. I do remember when the 3rd Shock Army rolling over Westphalia was the greatest threat the idea of engaging KV-1’s and T-35’s was laughable. These tank parks were a way of giving the colossal conscript army something to do (‘maintenance’) and Generals ‘numbers’ to play with. Getting these hulks even near a battlefield would have been nearly impossible. However, NATO ´s idea of reinforcing Germany was also quite a stretch too! Aircraft remain the greatest threat to armour but are hindered by cost, lack of aircraft, required for other missions, loiter time etc. An Anti Tank platoon armed with Javelin can stop an armoured brigade by itself but vital intelligence and pre planning to create the anti tank screen is essential. Compared to the days of my first NCOs, who prior to MILAN were using the WOMBAT gun and have a life expectancy of one round that may or may not have penetrated ! Hopefully we’ll never find out but with the sword rattling over Ukraine and Taiwan we’ll never know. Thankfully I’m retired and so medically downgraded that the wife keeps the undertaker on speed dial !

[@robertsneddon731]

@@markfryer9880 The superiority of air over armour was signalled during the Iraq war in 2003 when American F-111 two-seater bombers racked up 1600 kills of Iraqi armour, personnel carriers, trucks, fuel bowsers etc. They bombed their targets from 40,000 feet at night using infra-red cameras to find the laagered-up columns of AFVs (cold at night, nice hot engines from running all day) then illuminated them with lasers and dropped 500lb LJDAMs on them. Death from above and the poor Iraqis didn't even know the Aardvarks were up there until it was too late. As for the flyboys exaggerating, the F-111s brought back videotape to prove their attacks hit their targets, unlike Ubique and AFVs whose billets d'amour are typically addressed "To whom it may concern". That was twenty years ago, armour hasn't improved much since then but attack aircraft have advanced at least a generation in that time making the planes, their sensors and their weapons even more deadly and armour even less likely to survive in a war against a competent enemy with command of the air.

[@sweepsp8468]

The funny thing is what you are doing, buying tanks that sound good and then finding they cost too much and fixing them then flogging them off to some poor sod is just what our government do all the time. But the one important difference is you have fun and no one gets hurt. Keep up the good work.

[@Wardog-rf1tx]

Funny how I’ve been watching Joes gang sorting out a concrete gate guard, and suddenly the moment he bought it shows up lol💂‍♂️🪖⛑️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦

[@sibhuskyguy]

Your winch might be able to surprise you.... The vehicle it's on might not be able to adequately anchor it to pull a tank, but some winches have insane weight ratings......

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Concreted why?

[@fw1421]

Where are the armored skirts?

[@martinlintzgy1361]

The tyres on the low trailer looked as if they were groaning.

[@benhordyk8430]

Yeah im curious where and how you're buying these and if they are road legal because showing up to someone's birthday party in a literal tank sounds like a blast

[@fittermat]

Buy them the usual way, the big ones unfortunately aren’t road legal but some of the smaller ones are

[@benhordyk8430]

@@fittermat aw man thanks for answering tho :D

[@melin1969]

google main battle tank for sale ) ......your going to need deep pockets

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Great video. So jealous.

[@Booozy3050]

I think this is more of a commercial for the little land rover that could...than big heavy lifter Crouch. I'm glad people still see the worth of military history like this, if the scrapers had their way there wouldn't be any left.

[@Trebor-hc7ri]

Have you ever seen someone cut in two by a snapping cable? FFS stick a deadload over it!

[@lx1995Mk2]

You now have more Chieftains than french tanks has reverse gears

[@Thurgosh_OG]

No, he needs another 5 Chieftains for that!

[@liamhorn1150]

O god 🤣🙈 ayy plenty to work on a chieftain specially engine wise

[@craiggreenhalgh1082]

Oh it only pisses down in the North Hey🤔❓ Looking pretty Wet Where You Are On The Unload ❓🤣😂🌨🌧🌊

[@jimginn7163]

Thats not peeing down, thats just a small wet up here🤣🤣we have web feet for when it properly rains lol. Nice tank as a project by the way.👍👍

[@roberthardy2013]

You don’t need a Landy with a winch just a Ukrainian farmer!

[@lwilton]

I guess I'm more curious how it got where it was in that hire yard, and without tracks. Did someone nick it from the gate it was guarding in the middle of the night?

[@timpoes2479]

how heavy was the chieftain with the concrete?

[@Consequator]

I'm thinking by now Crouch has like a tank sound or automatic deep loader scheduler linked to your caller ID.

[@ukoldgit]

Joe and a thermic lance? Coo! :)

[@gowithbazza]

Oy it gets cold down south to ya know but its a warmer cold 🤣🤣🤣🥶

[@spacewalrus999]

you guys need a push bumper made of wood and rubber/rope that you can mount to your terex, something like what your BARV has on the front

[@markfryer9880]

That would actually be a good idea. Something that can either be mounted permanently or that is easy to quickly hook up.

[@aaron_r6611]

I was thinking last time that you had the most chieftains out of anyone now you definitely do 😂

[@ShawnCFarm]

How do you find tanks like this or do they just find you now? Would love to see what you mean by conncret

[@jimmclay2353]

I didn't see any concrete

[@vickyking3408]

Listen we are used to wet up north,as we breath through our gills😂

[@tikkathreebarrels]

All this "We're up north and it's pissing down": I can't understand why you sound surprised......

[@bennielovejoy1305]

I'm curious if the Crouch driver is the same for every recovery? If so he's got to be pretty good by now.

[@alien8r33d]

Is it safe to stand that close to the bed of the low loader with the winch cables under that much tension?

[@MrHewes]

Yes very safe

[@user-ow1jh8yb5j]

Yep, they aren’t that stretched so won’t spring back

[@markfryer9880]

Not really. All which cables should be given a wide berth when under load and have a dampening flag weight in the middle. For an example of the dangers look US NAVY video of arrester wire failure and see how it can mow people down.

[@zorbalight3933]

Strewth - the safety police have lobbed on this channel the end is nigh. You do realise that bed is the most dangerous place on earth? More people die in bed than anywhere else on the planet.

[@zorbalight3933]

Also comparing arrestor wires on a carrier ( lateral pull) to a Straight (longitudinal )pull shows complete misunderstanding of the physics.

[@marcushaynes843]

Nice tank. It looks a little like the Challenger 2. I wonder if they are going to find its tracks and put them on.

[@fittermat]

We have the tracks, just need to free them off and fit them

[@marcushaynes843]

@@fittermat Good. Glad of that.

[@steven9562]

Where was this a gate guardian or who did you get it from i may be able to help with the vehicle history

[@Wardog-rf1tx]

Dinner, ? I’m still waiting on you going to Gregg’s lol 💂‍♂️🪖⛑️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦

[@snawbadde2371]

Waterfoot, blimey, you were out in the sticks there, a bit further up that road and you're on the moon 😀

[@andybowyer3602]

Fcukin hell matt' have a day off will ya!🤣🤣💥💨

[@kippamip]

Looks like it's has still brew fitted, so I'm going to say it's at least a mark 10 as the search light is still fitted and no TOGS housing.

[@jonricketts6570]

Matt it’s a Mk 10

[@ChristopherEggleton1975]

My thoughts when he said "Gravity will take it the rest of the way" were a little concerned :D

[@Andrew-qo2jg]

Where do you even buy these things?

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Surprised you didn't use the BARV as an anchor, basically what it was designed for.

[@reddo84]

nice upload matt. keep the content coming

[@leeedwards9043]

mate you look just like josh gates off expedition unknown 🤣🤣👍

[@Andy-qo6rq]

You want to be careful anymore MBT and United Nations will give you a seat at the table 😂

[@wideyxyz2271]

Wonder if its possible to ditch the Leyland power plant for something a bit more reliable?

[@BMC1100]

They did that by filling it with concrete.

[@wideyxyz2271]

@@BMC1100 pmsl....

[@dimievers5573]

Love it ❤️

[@888johnmac]

so , do Crouch do a loyalty scheme ??

[@chromiumphotography5138]

Okay so you have a FV4021 with its engine bay full of concrete blacking the entrance to your shed - now what? Really hope a you can get it running and b you find some tracks for it!

[@janerikrasmussen]

safty first !

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

Starting to look like the tank and mw apc sheds at Borden.

[@robinlander1158]

So you have your own troop now.

[@versatec1]

I was just wondering what are you guys doing with all this hardware ?...what's the plan?... it's intriguing and fun ..and expensive... I'm thinking Museum toys or resell

[@MrHewes]

Fix up move on, and if we can afford to keep hold of one or 2 bits

[@nickthorpe5990]

This is on Trucking Hell on 17th March on Paramount channel.

[@wiiliamnoel5250]

MK10 with stillbrew

[@pattonm4753]

what country are you guys planning to invade?

[@jbuckley2546]

All of them.

[@pattonm4753]

@@jbuckley2546 lol

[@lx1995Mk2]

Starting a war with the EU

[@tatankacleary]

No “you don’t speed” it’s a defender

[@peteredwards338]

There was a tank on display at a Byker ( Tyneside ) scrap yard.

[@steven9562]

That tank at Byker was cut up for scrap years ago

[@marknewell7355]

I hope one of them chieftain tanks you experiment with see what mad engines you could fit in it. I know I would if I had the brass would be a cool project though

[@BMC1100]

I know where there is a running Centurion, do you want to send Crouch's over and pick it up? Located about halfway between Sydney and Canberra.

[@markfryer9880]

Sod off! Your not taking any Aussie Centurions!

[@BMC1100]

@@markfryer9880 Wait till I tell him about the rust free Landrovers.

[@Pesmog]

@@BMC1100 Land Rovers with better engines and proper lockers ?

[@jimbrisco8130]

I love the music

[@TheQwazzy]

Chieftain MK10 ,11 or 12 as it's fitted with the Stillbrew Crew Protection Package (SCPP)

[@thewomble1509]

10 or 11. 12's had the TOGS system where the searchlight used to be mounted.

[@chrisclarke3965]

Looks like a mk10

[@MrHewes]

Correct

[@dragonheatgaming5005]

40 seconds in and three F bombs,this video is never getting moneytised

[@Oh-Jay52]

Channel 4 paycheque will make it all better I'm sure :)

[@MrHewes]

The world is a nasty place.

[@Mercmad]

If England gets invaded (again) I hope you have enough ammo because those will be very big targets. 😁

[@petertripp3153]

what do two sets of tracks coat ?

[@MrHewes]

It came with tracks but that’s a load for another day!

[@MrHewes]

A full set of tracks for a Cheiftan mbt in good condition would be £7-10k

[@johnnunn8688]

Saw nowt, until you put those triangles on.

[@spacewalrus999]

Where do you guys sell the vehicles you restore?

[@fittermat]

Mainly eBay, milweb and Facebook, however a lot is done just by word of mouth as well

[@honestmcgyver]

Good vid again. How much is a tank full of concrete - just interested!

[@honestmcgyver]

Also quality lorry driving - Ona related note how much does it cost to get a tank shifted on a low loader like that?

[@marcusd2380]

Why would u fill it with concrete in the first place. There will be some sore heads chipping it out. It’s all money for dure

[@sirmalus5153]

@@marcusd2380 Normally, a tank is filled with concrete so as to be used as a range target, it stops the incomming shot better being filled like that I think.

[@marcusd2380]

@@sirmalus5153 that would make sense. They are pricy assets to be using as target practice.

[@stephenlarkin3690]

So.......why is the engine compartment filled with concrete?

[@allangibson2408]

To stop people driving off with them (it’s happened…). A lot of the Soviet war memorial tanks on plinths were just driven onto the plinth and parked…

[@timmorodgers4271]

I’m sure there was a civil disturbance in Russia a couple of years ago where a tank used as a memorial was fired up and driven off. (It might’ve been Ukraine or somewhere tbh)

[@EnduroDroneHub]

Never understand why people get complacent and close near winch cables, it makes me cringe lol

[@jamessparrow6549]

One life live it am saying.

[@fazsum41]

Genuinely how much has each tank cost? Because im sure even old tanks that don’t run still sell for a lot surely? Recently you’ve had 3 delivered

[@fittermat]

They definitely aren’t cheap!

[@MrHewes]

A nice running example of a Cheiftan would be around £50k

[@kellie8901]

I just had an odd message on tik tok from you on the farmers are tooled up. Has you account been hacked ?

[@fittermat]

Someone’s made another account with a very similar user name

[@geoffaries]

The concrete has already been removed, which is somewhat disappointing, as I was intrigued as to how they were going to remove it, imho a bit of a boring video.

[@mangore623]

Oh, calm the piss down. Think how the hell is concrete normally removed, and extrapolate. Not too difficult…for most.

[@geoffaries]

Oh look you've just woken up after 2 years and obviously got out the wrong side of the bed. It seems that english is not your first language, you probably meant to say extricate 😮😅.​ FWIW i am very calm, but depending on the strengthand tyoe of concrete was used, it could have been a real pain in the arse, much like you are😂@mangore623

[@ssaa8664]

🇦🇺🤦‍♂️ I am so stunned by the stupidity of the blokes standing near a taught cable if it snaps someone would be cut in half

[@legbreaker2762]

Five minutes later and they're picking up a Challenger.....

[@fittermat]

Hopefully! The dream is to get a centurion gun tank and arv so we have the full set

[@legbreaker2762]

@@fittermat Why stop there? Why not got for a Matilda, Comet, Cromwell, Churchill, etc while you're at it? Aim high! 😁

[@c.j.cleveland7475]

@@fittermat You know, most collectables are worth more if you have the whole set!! 😁👍

[@wulliemac6528]

Who Ate all the pies then

[@ianatkinson8464]

😎👍

[@hh-qc7rp]

Algorithm booster 😊

[@Hewitt_himself]

This isnt going to be parts... hes starting the firing range with a target

[@fittermat]

Nah, I would find something French or Italian to shoot at, much more satisfying

[@user-ow1jh8yb5j]

@@fittermat they also explode better than British tanks!

[@led5762]

just crap engines,are you able to sell them on

[@riflelord2]

hey now wheres the cable bag to keep the cable from flying around after it snaps you got people standing next to the trailer not a care in the world that cable snaps and there won't be a world to care about.

[@chrisbittlestone9264]

Have you lot won the lottery, or something?

[@led5762]

why 3 cheiftains?

[@fittermat]

Why not

[@wideyxyz2271]

@@fittermat I was thinking the same thing!

[@BadgerBadgerBadger28]

Yooooo. Number 1

[@c.j.cleveland7475]

🎶 "One is the lo-o-o-o-n-liest number that you'll ever doooo...." 🎶 😁

[@invaliduser6961]

Number 3!

[@wideyxyz2271]

3 is the magic number! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4jGdWR7a9yDpa8

[@TheKubelman]

not here for "music". just wrenching.

[@chrisbittlestone9264]

Have you lot won the lottery, or something?