My ex boss from Sweden taking a test run with 10 axles, it didnt get clearence to run up the road, i think im right in saying (maybe KW could verify that?)
Took the boss 15 mins to back onto a bay, i remember him saying that
At the time there were people learning how to reverse a caravan, they all stood gobsmacked when this came in the yard, and boss got a bit embarrased that they were watching him thats why he reckons it took so long to put on a bay
Ive scanned this photo onto computer, but cant get rid of the excess around the print, so itll probably come out massively, sorry about that, plus its a long photo, taken on a Kodak Advantix. So thanks to whoever (if anyone) tidys it up for me
Yep, didnt think of that when i put it up , pic was taken in Gothenbourg around 1999-2000. Denis Fā¦ can you tell me or pm me in simpletons terms how you did that, ive been trying for ages, and gave up
kindle530:
Yep, didnt think of that when i put it up , pic was taken in Gothenbourg around 1999-2000. Denis Fā¦ can you tell me or pm me in simpletons terms how you did that, ive been trying for ages, and gave up
I saved the pic onto my computer, opened it with photoshop, cropped the white bit and some of the front & back of the picture. Then I uploaded it to my photobucket account.
It was still too big when I did that so I resized it to 75% using photobuckets resizer
I could have resized it in photoshop, but had put it on photobucket before I realised it was still too big.
I thought most photo software allows you to crop pics, but I might be wrong
Thatās a great picture but what is it?
At first glance it is a B-train but the rigid+drawbar+semi is a little unusual.
No more complicated to reverse than a B but interesting all the same.
At first glance I thought it had come from Finland to Sweden via ferry but at the time it was taken (1999/2000) B-train (two semi-trailers) werenāt allowed here. Some companies over here use single rigid to tow four of five a-frame trailers into ferry and after sea trip they split them again. I donāt know how usual this is in traffic between Finland and Sweden but in traffic going to Ćā¦land Islands itās quite common.
Spardo: I think itās B-train coupled to truck via dolly but maybe we have different meaning for āB-trainā. I also think you didnāt ask for this but I donāt know what usage this outfit has. When comparing to that B-train I know this one is definately harder to reverse as it has one extra pivot point. One driver who drove artic with short a-frame drawbar coupled behind it said that it is possible to reverse it to every bay and to blind side with lots of shunting. I think that 15 minutes of reversing kindle said tell little bit about itās āeasynessā
Denis: that 4 axle trailer is two 2 axle trailers. 2 axle dolly equipped with fifth wheel coupled to 2 axle semi with fifth wheel in the back. That semi might have sliding bogie to get loading ramp into box altought in this trailer are some clues that it might have fixed bogie.
Kindle: Do you happen to have any pictures about those long artics (about 18-20 meter long trailer) that are allowed on Swedish roads? Oh, almost forgot to say that this is most interesting picture
I cant really tell you anything about the pic, as i wasnt there when the photo was taken , i arrived in the yard one day and met the boss, who"d taken it out a day or two previously. He showed me some photos and asked if i"d like to take it to England
The only other thing he said was about backing it on a bay, and the caravanners watching, then he gave me the photo.
I would tend to agree with Kybro with regards to the specification.
Our company did regularly run B trains, if i remember, between Gothenbourg and Stockholm.
I had some photos of all kinds of trucks in Sweden, but along with a lot of other photos, ive lost em , reckon the ex missus threw em out when we got divorced
If Keith, KW, reads this post, im sure he would be able to fill us in with more info and pics(including B train pics) , as he was a regular (and worked there a lot longer there than me) to Sweden, as i was on a regular round trip on the job i was doing and didnt get to go to Sweden as often as id have liked.
P.S thanks for info Denis F and Dafmad, hopefully, i should have some more pics up by the end of the week
The truck is a 6x2 that is pulling a tandem dolly.On the dolly is a two axle trailer with a sliding bogie which was normally pulled by a 6x2 tractor unit.On the back of the sliding trailer is a fifth wheel which the 13.6 trailer is hooked up to.
The height is 4.5m which is standard for domestic work in Sweden.
The sliding trailer also didnāt have normal legs,but the swing out type fitted to demountable bodies.
The unit,sliding trailer and 13.6 trailer was used for trunking between Gothenburg and Stockholm as well as a regular weekly trip to Helsinki.
thats why he reckons it took so long to put on a bay 
interesting pic kindle 
You can crop pics with Paint - Start ā Programs ā Accessories ā Paint
