The wonderful and trusty lifeboat launch tractor at SARA Beachley Lifeboat Station has served us well over the past 20 years.  She was the brainchild of our own Chris Taylor - who - tired of replacing the brakes on the landrover from damage caused by frequent dips into the water off the slipway - spotted a dumper truck and figured that it could be the solution.  He managed to get hold of one, set about re-engineering it and it has done the job perfectly ever since.  

However, over 20 years of service has taken its toll and it now needs ever increasing amounts of TLC.  It now spends a lot of time stripped down for repairs.  The time has sadly come to retire this much loved machine and replace it.  

Machines that can do this job do not come cheap, they have to be robust and reliable, capable of withstanding salt water and Severn mud.