rastone:
robinswh:
has anyone on this site ever driven a six wheel thames trader ? there were a few around when I was a kid but they never seemed to last longYes but not on a regular basis in haulage as I used to sell 'm but a good cheap 6 wheeler.There were factory conversions i.e.County and A.W.D. Henry Boyes did 6x2 and were very well thought of which ever the vehicle they converted was but stopped doing them as Peter Shilton of Boyes told me they didn’t sell enough spares so they went into chassis conversions and always got it right.Primrose did a conversion with Albion axles.One of my customers at Dalbury Lees nr Derby was involved with Crossfields ( I think it was ) Charlie Hart who was a very careful driver and he was stopped in Hull ( i think it was) for going too slow.They did “sledge” ssometimes if you turned left or right on a bit of a slope but they were quite a decent motor.
Tony
Six whlrs would do anything bar turn! The balancing act between front grip n being able to steer was an art, didn’t necessarily comply with axle loadings. Of course mostly tipper boys were able to adjust. As we all know lose the back end n you could mostly sort, lose the front end n you’re in the lap of the gods . You can never have too much rubber under the cab!!