ihatepoundland Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Same base engine though, 6578cc (looked that up ) yet the casting on the TW35 is no where near Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 New set of questions, if you can answer any, that would be great... Did all county 1174s with blue bodywork have blue cabs or was a white cab an option?...I've seen a few but wonder if this was standard What colour is the cab interior? is the frame the same as the external? what about control panels etc? I notice many have had the fuel tanks between the wheels removed and instead have a tank on the front platform....was this a factory option? And lastly, the 1174 appears to have come with either the 6600 style grill or a rectangular affair...when did the swap occur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Are these questions just relating to Forward Controls?? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Heres some interior shots of the cab and info about the same taken from my leaflet on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 Great stuff! Thanks :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 no problem, if there's any other pictures you want of it theres still a few more on the leaflet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 here you go rob this is a pic of the FC that i used to drive , believe me there's nothing that would stop it . look carefully at the lights & you'll see how deep the mud was that i had to travel through , on the back is a 1500ltr vacum tank built specialy for this machine , this is a W reg & the other was a V reg , not the best thing to have to work in all day , but at home time she'd get up to 18-19 mph. on the rear is a 3 leg howard paraplow adapted to inject sludge / raw sewage to a depth of 18ins when it was time to move fields , a county 1184 was used to tow the sludge holding tank after me , the tank was an old artic tanker. If the 1184 wasn't available i'd have to get someone out in the pick-up to take the paraplow & i'd have to tow the holding tank myself . the tank on the front corner opposite the cab is an oil resorvior for the vac pump . the fuel tanks on this & the other were between the wheels , one on each side & had a pipe running between them for self leveling . mine was fitted with "sugar cane" type tread tyres & the V reg was fitted with "michelin MX's" only real problem with theses machines was if it got jammed in gear one of the front wheels had to be removed , not often happened on this one ,but the selectors were worn on the v reg ,so you'd have to be very carefull when selecting them.can't read it from here but all dawes tractors had the drivers name on the door, & this one has mine on it pic taken in 1991, in a field next to the A37 on the fosse way heading from yeovil > shepton mallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 heres some more counties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 the second pic is a county 'high speed hauler' but i don't think these were ever released , but in it's time it was fitted with a 40kph box ,so i'm led to believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 Thanks MJB, whats that pipe (exhaust?) between the wheels? was the fuel tank moved??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 the big pipe coming down over the fuel tank in the FC pic is the loading pipe for the vac tank , follow the pipe & you will see it joined to a manualy operated valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 I should have spotted that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 Heres a sneaky peak Pic made small as to not ruin the supprise/disguise shoddy work Thanks for all the help on this from this thread, more work todo on the cab and tanks, but first I have a new question, are FCs ford blue or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Yep they are Ford blue as far as I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 yes unless they were specified another colour for a customer they were all ford blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Hey rob that looks brill what did you use as a base or is it all scratch i remember my dad getting me some county posters i especialy remember the FWC that you are doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 Thanks xlman, I'll put all the info up when its finished in a conversion thread, this pic was only the first fitting of all the seperate parts I'd made so far so, it'll be easier to explain when complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 Got a bit more done on it today, phone pics so sorry about quality. Cab + roof and wheels placed only for effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 No fuel tanks yet - dreading doing the ones between the wheels so may go for the front tank option. No driveshafts either yet, using springs ala MB trac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 Last two - front axle, more trouble than it was worth second pic attempts to show articulation but wheels kept falling off! Might be finished by christmas at this rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Thats taking shape Rob, make sure you see the project through to the end as the end result will be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 go on rob do the tanks between the wheels , it'll be worth it , looks very good, know what you'll put on the load area yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 I hope to put a rear discharge muck spreader on it (no-ones yet responded to the question about dimensions in the bergman spreader thread though ) but whatever I put on, it will be detachable. This FC doesn't have a 3 point linkage and the rear frame is slightly longer (based on a real working example, which had a front tank). I'm hesitant to make the side tanks because if I did, I would want them in resin so if I wanted to make more FCs I would not have to remake them each time because they will be a pain - so I may fit a removable front tank to this one, which in the future may be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 anymore news on this rob ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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