Long Departed Southampton Hauliers (Part 1)

Ray Smyth:

ERF-NGC-European:
Morning Harvey and Buzzer! ^^^^^^ Yes, those 10m tilts had some heavy materials in the superstructure, but weren’t the bays shorter, thereby keeping the weight of each dropside down. Also, there wasn’t so much canvas to throw over the top. I remember moving from 12m tilts to 13m tilts and struggling a bit with the extra weight (given that I’m a short-arse)! Like you say, happy days. Robert

Robert…I am also a short-arse, 5ft 4ins tall, I am always the last person to know when its raining… :slight_smile: :wink: Ray.

But the going got tough we could scramble up those wheelnuts into the cab and away, eh! Robert