drawings from past to future

[bma.finland]

no more screaming jimmys ,a old fassionable englishman,cheers benkku

[Bewick]

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no more screaming jimmys ,a old fassionable englishman,cheers benkku

here is a shot of the real thing bma. one of two LAD 680 Power Plus Beavers that T.Brady & Sons of Barrow-in-Furness ran in the 1960's their other Beavers and Badgers had the Leyland 600 engine.This one in the shot had a reduction gear box and was quite a motor in it's time,it is coupled to a four-in-line trailer loaded with steel from Barrow works,it would normally pull a tandem axle trailer which invariably would be well overloaded Cheers benkku,Dennis.

[John West]

Brother Andy and I visited the Leyland gathering and toured the museum on Sunday. Not too many lorries on the car park, but what was there was pristine. I'll post some more on the 'past, present and in between' thread, but thought these 2 might be better on here following Benkku's great drawing.

Dennis and Possy's Beaver, minus trailer, was on show in the model case in the museum.

The Badger, in Leyland 'primer', was like new. Every nut and bolt shone.

Brady Leyland Beaver

[Lawrence Dunbar]

Brother Andy and I visited the Leyland gathering and toured the museum on Sunday. Not too many lorries on the car park, but what was there was pristine. I'll post some more on the 'past, present and in between' thread, but thought these 2 might be better on here following Benkku's great drawing.

Dennis and Possy's Beaver, minus trailer, was on show in the model case in the museum.

The Badger, in Leyland 'primer', was like new. Every nut and bolt shone.

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Proper wagons, A treat do drive on those long gone days, As my old mentors used to say If you haven't driven the old ones you haven't lived, The good old days Eh, Regards Larry.

[Bewick]

This is a shot of the actual Octopus HEO557 the model is based on in the Museum at Leyland,this was the first of two Power Plus Octopus's Brady bought with 557 first reg on 6:11:61 and this one only pulled a trailer for a very short time early on and then it was operated solo.The second Octopus JEO192 was new into service the following year 31:5:62 and it was this motor that Eric Poss and me were on. JEO192 pulled a trailer continuously for about five years and finished its final days running solo with Tuborg beer tanks from Felixstowe into London I believe,it was scrapped in December 1968 after a bloody hard life.I left Brady's in Jan 68 to start on my own as an O/D and I don't think the Octopus pulled a trailer much after my time and my mate Eric started at Bowater Scotts not long after I left.The days of having to have a mate on a wagon and trailer were swept away with the 1968 Transport act.The previous shot I put on of the LAD Beaver HEO678 was first registered on 3:1:62.Cheers Bewick.

[bma.finland]

good information,thank,s ,but Dennis what to do whit that ropes ans a sheet too? cheers benkku

[Bewick]

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good information,thank,s ,but Dennis what to do whit that ropes ans a sheet too? cheers benkku

Excellent drawing,as usual bma., I see you've drawn an LAD Leyland Super Comet coupled to a 4-in-line trailer which would allow the combination to run at 24 tons (24384 Kgs) gross weight.I bet you didn't have any set ups like this in Finland in days gone by Now as regards the trouble you look like to be in to sheet and rope that nice load you have there,well there a quite a few lads on this site that would have it sheeted and roped to the highest standards in very little time I'm thinking of Harry Gill (oxygen please Nurse!),Larry D.,Dave Fergie,L 600,5th Wheel,Rigsby and8LXBV8 Brian. Oh! and here is one I did earlier to give you an idea of how ! Cheers benkku,Dennis.

[John West]

Grovelling apology for having called your octopus a beaver!Thank the Lord that we called our fighters Spitfires and Hurricanes instead of wrens and robins!

Looking at all the work that went into roping and sheeting, I have no regrets about moving into vans.

Interesting information about the Brady bunch. Living just down the road from Athersmith's garage (now the 'Shell', where I buy my daily paper) I used to go and watch the lorries move in and out, two brand new eight wheelers in about 1960 were, I think, AECs. I thought they looked good. REL 207 and REL 208.

Why do I remember that and not what my wife has planned for the weekend.


John

[bma.finland]

cheers benkku

[sammyopisite]

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no more screaming jimmys ,a old fassionable englishman,cheers benkku

here is a shot of the real thing bma. one of two LAD 680 Power Plus Beavers that T.Brady & Sons of Barrow-in-Furness ran in the 1960's their other Beavers and Badgers had the Leyland 600 engine.This one in the shot had a reduction gear box and was quite a motor in it's time,it is coupled to a four-in-line trailer loaded with steel from Barrow works,it would normally pull a tandem axle trailer which invariably would be well overloaded Cheers benkku,Dennis.

Dennis you should have got the outfit in the back ground all in the this shot

cheers Johnnie

[Bewick]

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no more screaming jimmys ,a old fassionable englishman,cheers benkku

here is a shot of the real thing bma. one of two LAD 680 Power Plus Beavers that T.Brady & Sons of Barrow-in-Furness ran in the 1960's their other Beavers and Badgers had the Leyland 600 engine.This one in the shot had a reduction gear box and was quite a motor in it's time,it is coupled to a four-in-line trailer loaded with steel from Barrow works,it would normally pull a tandem axle trailer which invariably would be well overloaded Cheers benkku,Dennis.

Dennis you should have got the outfit in the back ground all in the this shot

cheers Johnnie

What! and get a shot of the Crew all giving it Big "Z"'s until it was time to go to the digs Anyway Johnnie I never took the shot And what weight would be in that AEI transformer or whatever it was ? Cheers Dennis.

[sammyopisite]

Dennis it is difficult to make out which trailer it is but it does look as if it could be one of the 90/100 girder trailers but as it already lamped off and they have not packed under the girders to take the weight off of the tyres I would assume that it only in the 50/60 ton region and it was not the driver who had the final say on where, what time or when they were parked up but the police escort .
The driver would consult with each escort on what he would like to do and when to stop but as all these types of loads were routed and the final say was always with the police escort whether you liked it or not and it would not be in your interests to be awkward with them as they could leave you for hours sat waiting, most were excellent but it is the same of any group of people you could get somebody on a bad day

cheers Johnnie

[bma.finland]

while your argueing ,i,ll put one of my own favorites to the show.cheers benkku

[Bewick]

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while your argueing ,i,ll put one of my own favorites to the show.cheers benkku

Sorry if we have "infected" your thread bma. But don't worry you are still "Top Banana" when you post drawings of my first Atkinson Borderer MEC98K which was new into service in September 1971,now what were you doing at that time bma. ? fishing in the ffijord maybe ? Cheers bennku Dennis.

[bma.finland]

one more,cheers benkku

[bma.finland]

found a older one,cheers benkku

[bma.finland]

just for fun

[bma.finland]

Volvo G88,

[bma.finland]

[bma.finland]

back in the 80,s

[bma.finland]

[bma.finland]

one that never came,cheers benkku

[bma.finland]

early F12,cheers benkku

[Dirty Dan]

Hej kompis! Good drawings as always have had a good summer? Or have it been like here just rain?
Danne

[bma.finland]

this was my personal drive 91 to 04,and Dan only rain ,cheers benkku

[bma.finland]

yes dear ,...........yes dear.......well........tut tut tut,cheers benkku

[bma.finland]

SISU KB117 62-69 Leyland powerplus later680 turbo fuller box tilt cab

[DISPATCHER]

Hi Benku
Just to get you back to page one

[bma.finland]

thank you,cheers benkku

[tiptop495]

Hey Benkuu, still nice pics as usual, continue. And a nice Sisu.


Eric,