Various stuff from yet another old shoe box… 
pv83:
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Well Mr PV83, back in style. Some great pictures. A few of them taken when you were still a nipper and I a wee bit older.
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Johnny
jsutherland:
pv83:
.Well Mr PV83, back in style. Some great pictures. A few of them taken when you were still a nipper and I a wee bit older.
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Johnny
According to some… I’m still a nipper…
I am posting this on behalf of DIG:
jsutherland:
I am posting this on behalf of DIG:
When he first showed me that I counted 4 tractor units and 12 loaded trailers. 
Never mind marvelling at the pulling power of that tractor and the traction it gets from those big wheels, can you imagine the stress and strain on the towing eye and its fixings to the chassis of that first vehicle?
When I delivered to a roadworks on the old N. Circular road with my Mk 1 Atki, I declined to enter because the ground was too soft. They trundled a D8 up and persuaded me. Halfway in that solid steel crash bar on my Atki was ripped away from the chassis. So they had to tip me there and pull me backwards onto the road when empty.
Never did get a new bar on that motor. 
Spardo:
jsutherland:
I am posting this on behalf of DIG:When he first showed me that I counted 4 tractor units and 12 loaded trailers.
Never mind marvelling at the pulling power of that tractor and the traction it gets from those big wheels, can you imagine the stress and strain on the towing eye and its fixings to the chassis of that first vehicle?
When I delivered to a roadworks on the old N. Circular road with my Mk 1 Atki, I declined to enter because the ground was too soft. They trundled a D8 up and persuaded me. Halfway in that solid steel crash bar on my Atki was ripped away from the chassis. So they had to tip me there and pull me backwards onto the road when empty.
Never did get a new bar on that motor.
That was also my first thought. The first wagon must have an incredibly robust towing eye. The pressures must have been huge.
Rumour has it a certain Fergie Limited in northern France does regularly something similar with his trusted old Massey Ferguson. [emoji3]
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Johnny
Many Thanks Johnny very much appreciated.
Cheers Dig
Spardo:
jsutherland:
I am posting this on behalf of DIG:
When he first showed me that I counted 4 tractor units and 12 loaded trailers.Never mind marvelling at the pulling power of that tractor and the traction it gets from those big wheels, can you imagine the stress and strain on the towing eye and its fixings to the chassis of that first vehicle?
I imagine the lorries will be doing some of the work. The load on the bar will only be as great as the traction on the tractor tyres will allow. Of course, if that is enough to pull the towing eye out of the front vehicle, then there is the risk that that will happen, regardless of how much the other vehicles are contributing. It must have taken some care to get it moving in the first place.
jsutherland:
Spardo:
jsutherland:
I am posting this on behalf of DIG:When he first showed me that I counted 4 tractor units and 12 loaded trailers.
Never mind marvelling at the pulling power of that tractor and the traction it gets from those big wheels, can you imagine the stress and strain on the towing eye and its fixings to the chassis of that first vehicle?
When I delivered to a roadworks on the old N. Circular road with my Mk 1 Atki, I declined to enter because the ground was too soft. They trundled a D8 up and persuaded me. Halfway in that solid steel crash bar on my Atki was ripped away from the chassis. So they had to tip me there and pull me backwards onto the road when empty.
Never did get a new bar on that motor.
That was also my first thought. The first wagon must have an incredibly robust towing eye. The pressures must have been huge.
Rumour has it a certain Fergie Limited in northern France does regularly something similar with his trusted old Massey Ferguson. [emoji3]
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Johnny
You’d better get your coat Herr Sutherland, if Senior finds out you’re in t’■■■■■ lad!
Firstly it’s Brittany… and secondly if it was Senior… he would be dragging at least 20 more lorries behind that Fergie…
pv83:
Little impression of what I’ve been up to these past few weeks…
Thanks for the pictures. Looks like you have been working [emoji3] What you haven’t stated is the number of kilometres between the pictures.
How much weight are you permitted to carry in the 4 axeled curtainsider?
Cheers
Johnny
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Johnny
jsutherland:
pv83:
Little impression of what I’ve been up to these past few weeks…Thanks for the pictures. Looks like you have been working [emoji3] What you haven’t stated is the number of kilometres between the pictures.
How much weight are you permitted to carry in the 4 axeled curtainsider?
Cheers
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Johnny
Didn’t count the clicks mate, that never was of any interest to me, but the trips took me to “your” country, Valencia, St. Dizier, Antwerp docks, London, Derby and Magdeburg… you do the math
As for the the curtainsider, I always say "if the suspension comes up, it’s going…
But to stay more legal, it’s got 7.5t axles on it.
pv83:
Little impression of what I’ve been up to these past few weeks…
Well done Patrick you have not only raised the flag for being artistically industrious but your creating another shoe box.
Cheers Dig
Been in neglect mode 
A few courtesy of Richard Says.
Oily
Dig