Austin Morris BMC

rigsby:
i never drove a trader dennis , but from my experience it would have had to be dire to be a worse lorry than a bmc . having said that the tippers always ran well above their design weight , just the bmc couldn’t hack it , cheers , dave

You could be right be there Dave,I recall that Robsons of Carlisle ran a large number of Traders in their light weight fleet,both 4 wheelers and tractor units they were mainly used on the Metal Box traffic.The 4 wheelers all seemed to have 2 ft dropside bodies which I could never understand why.D &D Transport of Dundee also ran a fleet of 6 wheeler Traders,used to see them passing through Kendal loaded to the Gun’als with Jute.I also recall a firm from Swadlincote ( Wraggs IIRC) also ran 6 wheeler Traders with dropside bodies.Cheers Dennis.