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Draka Foam in Glossop had one of these, only it was fitted with a ■■■■■■■ engine.
The company started out with ‘D’ series tractor units (before the Scania’s came along!) and were fitted with the ‘Ratchet’ type handbrake and Perkins engines. One of the fleet had a dodgy handbrake which was defected but no solution was really found to the problem. Anyway one day, the inevitable happened - the unit rolled across the yard and went straight through the side of the factory and as luck happened nobody was behind the wall when door 1a was created!
Its driver heard the noise from the ‘Brew Room’ and went to investigate what was going on and realised it was his motor that was causing all the fuss, his first reaction was to scream “My telly, my telly - I’ve only had it three weeks” and promptly went to retrieve the telly despite the odd brick still descending to earth from the scene of devastation! This was the typical attitude of this driver - top bloke was Eddie.