The classic 12-metre tandem spread-axle tilt

Here’s another transport design that marked an era of transport design: the classic 12-metre tandem spread-axle tilt. Once upon a time, when I did quite a lot of traction work out of the channel ports, I pulled a fair few of these and most of them were knackered from the abuse normally afforded to unaccompanied channel-hoppers of the period. The first picture, below, bears witness to my labours! Nonetheless these trailers remain for me (visually at least!) my favourite weapon of choice. Drivers will remember that when cornering and reversing, one had to remember whether the trailer was a tandem or tri-axle set-up as the technique was slightly different, the tri-axle pivoting on the centre axle rather than the forward one. Any road up, I dedicate this thread to that particular ilk of semi-trailer. Robert



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And if nothing else, this lot should keep the model makers happy! Robert

And didn’t they go BANG when you turned a bit tight!

We ran quite a few spread axle flats and box van trailers at Stirlands unfortunately I’ve no
photos to hand but I’ll keep looking
I tried to find a spread axle flat to go behind my Seddon Atkinson before illness forced me to part company with my 401

cav551:
And didn’t they go BANG when you turned a bit tight!

I’d forgotten about that! Stopped you pulling the tyres off though. Robert

couple from me , although one is a box but its still a Ferrymasters box and I had picked it up from teesdock inbound from Denmark with a load of fairy cakes

and I still love the photo of our old handyman.

tony

I was going to post one of mine, but you’ve saved me the trouble by posting three of mine, thanks Robert.