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  4. Cruising when the water is frozen

    in General Boating

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    On 12/12/2022 at 20:50, Ex Brummie said:

    I would think that the combination of aheavy boat and an engine and prop with some guts helps through the sort of ice we have at the moment. Maybe Chamberlains are using a van so that the operator doesn't have to stand in the cold for hours.

    I wish, like all the fuel boats, I had lots of orders to deliver before Christmas and time and tide wait for no man!

  5. Fuel boat

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    5 hours ago, Sanddancer said:

    Hello anybody know when Mountbatten is coming up the shropie?

    Evening, we will be going down Hurleston this Friday morning, travelling down to the bottom of Hack Green, winding (because of the breach) and returning to Burland probably Saturday. Then we will be doing van deliveries, south of Hack Green during the week.  Our number is 07754 003834

     

  7. Admiral Class Engines

    in History & Heritage

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    On 07/02/2020 at 22:42, Hyperion 53 said:

    I had some copper "rings" made for my engine in Hyperion, thinner than the manual says and to Tim Leech's specification. Increased compression and made starting a whole lot easier and instantly solved the smoke issue. I have some spares hanging up in the workshop somewhere! 

    i had some copper rings that i found in the engine room, probably left over from Ivor, they had a small recess for the dowel in the barrel top, I've used these and it's running well.

     

  9. Admiral Class Engines

    in History & Heritage

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    Mountbatten still has its AS2, although we don't know if it's the original engine. Apparently, the old boatmen used to call them tatey bakers, because they run a bit hot!

    It wouldn't be my engine of choice, but nearly 3 years down the line, we're getting used to it. 

  10. Fare well coal boat Roach.

    in General Boating

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    On 11/06/2019 at 19:27, Liam said:

    "Roach" didn't sell to Chamberlain Carrying Co, he sold out to Charlton Whitehouse Fuels. Chamberlain are continuing to supply some customers on the Llangollen & Shropshire Union.

     

    Up until retirement,  John & Jenny Jackson supplied many boat and land based establishments with their products for resale. You would find coal bags with "John Jackson Roach" on them all over the system. John and Jenny supplies many coal boats too such as Richard and Ruth (Chamberlain),  all of the Jules Fuels fleet and of course myself and others.

     

    After all those years building the business to what it is today, must of been a bloody hard decision to make, especially parting with your boat after 30 years of ownership.

     

    Best of luck to them both. Time to kick back and take it easy and enjoy retirement now. They certainly deserve it.

    As Liam said we have not brought John and Jenny out, we just did some  delivered  for them and the  new owner Charlton Whitehouse Fuels, as well as loading are own stuff. It was a sad moment when they decided to give it all up,the end of a era . John is still helping load and will be doing odd bits for the new owners.

    We are having the summer off and will be doing van deliveries up  the golli untill crt fix the bottom lock at Hurleston this winter.

  12. "diesel-powered, air-cooled Armstrong Sidley engine in great condition"

    in General Boating

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    9 hours ago, stagedamager said:

    You don't need that gearbox. It's probably best if I just take it off your hands...... ;)

    It's probably better being ballast on the butty :-) but if you need a bit just ask. 

    On 27/01/2018 at 17:52, pete harrison said:

    Any chance you could PM me the Armstrong Siddeley and Parsons serial numbers for the engine in MOUTBATTEN as I do not have them yet. They are usually on brass plates on opposing sides of the fan duct / bell housing :captain:

    Done let me know if it doesn't come through. 

  16. Hurleston Locks closure date change

    in Stoppages

    Posted

    On 19/12/2017 at 19:15, matty40s said:

    Does this mean that those in Swanley can now be termed Limbys - Lock in my back yard........

    Still pretty bad planning as quite a few CCers head for the LLangollen as it is usually (I did say usually PaddyR) ice free.

    The main line was/is fine just cat ice.Rumour control says that next year they will actually fix the bottom lock,and not just stop the flight,drain it, take pictures and refill It! But then it says oxo on the side of busses but they don't sell It! 

  19. We've got to Llangollen in our 3ft draught tug

    in General Boating

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    2 minutes ago, starman said:

    We got some good advice from you at Whitchurch during the boat rally if you recall. 

    The trip hasn't been as hard as we feared but I wouldn't fancy doing it as regularly as you - some of those silted up bridge holes are hard going. 

    Hope to to see you on the return trip. 

    Glad you did it,and enjoyed it!Hope you had Breakfast up the top makes it all worth while. See you on the way.

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