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From Essex north to Lincs and one from Derbys operators credit to Michael Trolove for the photos.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oily From Essex north to Lincs and one from Derbys operators credit to Michael Trolove for the photos. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn....Rabbie Burns
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Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesInverness October 2021.
Oily Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn....Rabbie Burns
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Flags across the screen, all the rage at one time, also illegal.. I used to have a sun strip if the motor did not have a visor, like my MB in the background. You will be right about the gearbox. though a Twin Splitter would have done it for me, long ago! The Devil made me do it.
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![]() ![]() Oily Cornwall credit to Graham Richardson for the photos. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn....Rabbie Burns
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Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesCumbria wagons, credit to Richard Says for the photos.
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Re: Past Present and in Between in Pictures!965 floods at Ambergate Derbys., all credit to Claire Sutton for the photo.
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Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesA long way from Devon at Juba, South Sudan.
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At first I thought that was one of Dean's but I can't make out the name on the door. The station, one of the few triangular ones in Britain, doesn't look like that now though! Pete. Foden Forever!
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Hi Pete, I remember Dean Haulage,in big white letters on wagon doors,they were blue IIRC.There's summat written on front of that Commer as well but I can't make it out. Ambergate triangular station was a great place for trainspotting,I went once or twice from Bakewell station when I were a kid.You got the traffic from St Pancras to Sheffield and the north and traffic from St Pancras to Manchester via Miller's Dale,plus cross country stuff from South West to North East,like Bristol - Newcastle. ![]() Them were t'days when we were on neets.
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I don't recognise that scene, but I wonder if those were the same floods that I got caught up in in Matlock around that time. I was heading with my LAD Dodge artic (Shaw's of Stapleford) to one of the quarries to collect asphalt blocks when I came across the flood. I tried to drive through it and was doing alright until I hit a lump of debris under the surface and came to a complete halt. I escaped from the cab and stepped back first onto the trailer and then to a low garden wall. A little further along I escaped the flood and made my way to a phone box. The boss said walk into town and then up the bank to a mate of mine (the boss was Kerry Spencer, later of the RHA, who lived in Matlock) who has just bought a big American reccer. However he refused, he didn't want to risk his new toy so I trekked back to the wagon only to find that a council front end loader had used its bucket against the cab and pushed the whole thing aside and out of the way. ![]() It was driveable, but badly damaged. And not the only time I was affected by floods. Later experiences involved both NSW and QLD (tail end of another thread ![]() Salut, David.
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Re: Past Present and in Between in Pictures"just pop her onto the bay" good length on her ! NMP off FB
Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesThanks to coomsey for the photo
![]() Oily 1961 Thames Trader in France credit to Dave Fawcett for the photo. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn....Rabbie Burns
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Re: Past Present and in Between in Pictures11 June 1986
Christian Salvesen Depot Droitwich Spa Worcs, Eng SFV 591X 1980 built Dennison 4x2 + Tandem curtainsider. Operated by John Marsh. These tractors assembled in Ireland with Finnish Sisu cabs, some with RR engines, where a fairly regular sight at Droitwich for a while. Also seen in Blackpool Van Transport livery. This one last taxed in 1988.. Not sure about that odd shape to the front of the trailer. The Devil made me do it.
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I think most of them had the Rolls 265 with the Fuller RT 9509c 'box (wider ratios). But you could have the Rolls 220, 265 or 290. You could also have the Gardner 180 or the 240; or even a Cummins 290 - all with 9-sp Fullers. The axle was an Eaton 2500 range. Lorries of Arabia
Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesThink the odd shape to the front of the trailer is just a wind deflector fitted.
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I always wondered why American semi-trailors have their axles at the far end. Certainly not the best for weight distribution.
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Nor for ease of reversing. Lorries of Arabia
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But less likely to whack someone on the tail outswing at the traffic lights. ![]() ![]() Salut, David.
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Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesThanks to pyewackets947v for the photo
![]() ![]() Oily Credit to Len Rogers for this Daf with an Oxford reg. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn....Rabbie Burns
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Re: Past Present and in Between in PicturesCouple with credit to Ken Brown for the photos.
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But less likely to whack someone on the tail outswing at the traffic lights. ![]() ![]() Something to do with spreading the weight i guess, same at the front end, putting the steering axle as far forward as possible, downside of that was the bone jarring ride in many cab forward motors.. The Devil made me do it.
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Yes, i recall seeing one with a Gardner emblem somewhere.. The Devil made me do it.
Re: Past Present and in Between in Pictures24 June 1986
M6 Southwaite Cumbria Eng. AEC Matador 4x4 In service with a bus operator as a recovery vehicle. I believe this is in Eastern Scottish livery. The Devil made me do it.
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Having my first drive in a Kenworth 6x4 conventional in Rush Hour traffic in Jeddah I can see why - USA trucks aren't designed to go round corners Geoff - From Cornwall/Europe
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