Wow Johnnie: that’s nice literature to have for the weekend! TOP!!!
I immediately searched for a similar scene with the same ballast-tractor as on your page 15,
but unfortunately I don’t know the marque…possibly it had a KHD (air-cooled) engine.
According to the other content of the leaflet the earliest date was 1970
A-J
The tractor is a FAUN. A Deutz engine will be most likely.
Regards,
JWK
Thank you JWK, I was not sure and don’t want to yell something…
the good old days when VGL was so very present in our day-life!
The caption with this photograph says it is a Scania Vabis LV75, but the hubs do not look like S-V items, and I am not aware of a driven front axle in that maker’s range. Does anyone have an idea who built the chassis, if it was not Scania Vabis?
The axles are of a 5-ton M-series truck, as also used frequently by Terberg and GINAF and others. The wheelbase is quite long, so possibly a newly built frame, with a lot of ex-army components (probably transfer case, maybe gearbox etc.). I don’t know the builder of the frame. The cab was built by Van Eck (see logo).
It are well known pictures, but to me it is still a mystery truck.
Regards,
JWK
A similar kind of truck is the 6x4 (front axle has diff removed!) tractor unit of Aalderson. On the internet, pictures of this truck are found on several sites:
This truck is also based on the same axles. Looking at the wheelbase it is well possible the complete chassis is of a Diamond M52 6x6 (w/o fwd). I’ve heard the cab might be of Hondebrink, but I can’t confirm.
The builder/assembler of the truck is also unknown to me.
Regards,
JWK
The Aalderson tractor unit is fabulous; I have never seen it before. When was it built?
I have found these on the internet:
The headlamp surrounds on the “mystery” truck suggest DAF but, given that Ginaf based its first efforts on the Daimond T M52, I would guess that it is one of those.
According the license plate, the Aalderson tractor was registered 1966/67.
The Diamond with DAF cab was assembled by Gebr. van Ginkel (later GINAF) around 1963/64. The cab is still has the ‘old’ grille (DAF introduced a facelifted version in 1964; The first COE Diamond by Van Ginkel was assembled in 1963). According the sign in the tipper, this one is equipped with a DAF DS 575 turbocharged engine of 165 SAE-hp/150 DIN-hp. This engine was a DAF development based on the Leyland O350.
The yellow one is from 1972, and therefore is one of the last GINAF 6x6’s with the non-tilting DAF cab. Being one of the last, this one has the DAF DH 825 engine (natural aspiration). In 1972 GINAF introduced the DAF tilting cab.
The third one is by DAF. It is a prototype for a heavy army wrecker which was based upon the DO-series (by then actually DK because of the DAF DK 1160-series engines, which were based on the Leyland O680).
The Aalderson truck’s headlamps have indeed styling elements of DAF’s 2600.
Regards,
JWK
@JWK…Hondebrink might be the cab-manufacturer…to be honest I did not see this picture
before and on a first glance (not the axles though) I notice some resemblance with first FTF’s.
As an example the FTF of Zandbergen
Not sure if we’ve had this pic before; forgive me if it’s a repeat. Robert
@ERF-Continental: The cab builder of the first FTFs has to be added to the list: Van Vugt from Hilversum.
@robert1952: Nice Volvo! Haven’t seen this one before.
Another GINAF: FS 200 6x6 from 1970. Cab by Van Dijk from Lunteren. This model replaced the ‘square’ cab (see previous pictures):
From GINAF brochure 1970
Regards,
JWK
A later Terberg SF 1350 6x6 with Volvo cab. This time already with hub reduction axles.
Regards,
JWK
A rare RAM (R.A. Mimiasie from Rotterdam) this time with DAF-cab whereas also MAN-components were
used. RAM produced between 1967 and 1982. Also a DAF-van A10, extremely rare!!!
A nice picture (same company) of respectively the 2nd and 3rd generation DAF normal control
Hogra:
Magnifique Michel! Très rare
Meanwhile very rare with only a handful resqued…but once quite popular with the Dutch post,
the (local) Police and in general with various users …you all will recognize the 7-bar’s grille.
