Froggy55:
Possibly the whole Diamont T chassis?
Yes, but I have a vague memory that another enthusiast thought it might have been a special chassis, because it looks longer than an ordinary WW2 6x6.
85 metres long 6 metres wide transformer heading to Yallourn Power Station in Gippsland, all credit to Jarle for the photo.
Oily
oiltreader:
85 metres long 6 metres wide transformer heading to Yallourn Power Station in Gippsland, all credit to Jarle for the photo.
Oily
Good one Oily Lampsons are a very large crane and Mega lift company here in OZ,a good company to work for.
Dig
DIG:
oiltreader:
85 metres long 6 metres wide transformer heading to Yallourn Power Station in Gippsland, all credit to Jarle for the photo.
OilyGood one Oily Lampsons are a very large crane and Mega lift company here in OZ,a good company to work for.
Dig
What a great picture, Dig, probably just a random backload he picked up while his change lasted in the phone box. 
In the days before time was invented, and I was still driving my 4 wheeler Albion, I rang round for a backload and collected a very large storage tank. I can’t say what size it was other than at its widest point it was way beyond my mirrors and I did borrow a tape measure to check the height. I was also given a pot of paint and a brush and lifted up by a forkie to paint the edges front and back. It never occurred to me, or them obviously, that I might need an order much less a route and possible ■■■■■■, I was just happy to be doing my first ‘abnormal’ with headlights on throughout the day.
Night out at a cafe and an early start in the dark next morning (marker lights? what marker lights?) I rolled into Sandiacre on my way back to base. There is/was an arched bridge which I knew about and had checked ok for height but needed the centre of the road. On the exit from the bridge there was a streetlight and I saw a car coming towards me from some distance away. Knowing I could clear the bridge and get back on side before him I pressed on and was clear as he passed me. But he was weaving a bit and, under the bulge of the tank, I could just see in my mirror him disappear behind me. I stopped and went to look and he had rammed the bridge abutment doing a lot of damage to the car.
The police arrived, agreed it was not my fault, particularly as he smelled really strongly of booze, and they ignored his protests that I was on the wrong side of the road. I can only assume that he didn’t see me at first, only when the streetlight illuminated the tank as I emerged from the shadows. I don’t know how they proved such things in those days, I expect before breathalysers, but he was later convicted and banned. The newspaper report said that he was a £10 pom awaiting a date for his ship to OZ, and that with such a conviction, it was cancelled. 
DIG:
oiltreader:
85 metres long 6 metres wide transformer heading to Yallourn Power Station in Gippsland, all credit to Jarle for the photo.
OilyGood one Oily Lampsons are a very large crane and Mega lift company here in OZ,a good company to work for.
Dig
I was wondering why they needed so many tractors, to haul that little transformer. Of course, it all makes sense, when you see the water tower on top of it. I bet it was a good pay day- that’s the value of a good transport manager.
LOL.
TROOPER2:
Volvo F12 - RIW2839 - Bob Francis Heavy Haulage:0
Nice one T2 good looking unit.
Dig
Another Lampson mega lift I have taken these from there company adverts so i.m sure they won’t mind the publicity.
I think this one was taken in the US as I haven’t seen these tractor units before and the one on the left has a winch so possibly used in the oil exploration industry.
Cheers Dig
Bewick:
A busy Heavy Hauliers depot Saturday afternoon.
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Ta Bewick, any chance of getting better pic’s of those FL shunters please?
[zb]
anorak:Froggy55:
Possibly the whole Diamont T chassis?Yes, but I have a vague memory that another enthusiast thought it might have been a special chassis, because it looks longer than an ordinary WW2 6x6.
It’s a M52 based Ginaf with a Van Eck cab indeed!
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Cheers Larry, and dare I say it, those Fodens really looked the part
DIG:
oiltreader:
85 metres long 6 metres wide transformer heading to Yallourn Power Station in Gippsland, all credit to Jarle for the photo.
OilyGood one Oily Lampsons are a very large crane and Mega lift company here in OZ,a good company to work for.
Dig
Cheers Oily and DIG, good to see there’s more out there than just the usual suspects
Spardo:
DIG:
oiltreader:
85 metres long 6 metres wide transformer heading to Yallourn Power Station in Gippsland, all credit to Jarle for the photo.
OilyGood one Oily Lampsons are a very large crane and Mega lift company here in OZ,a good company to work for.
Dig
What a great picture, Dig, probably just a random backload he picked up while his change lasted in the phone box.
In the days before time was invented, and I was still driving my 4 wheeler Albion, I rang round for a backload and collected a very large storage tank. I can’t say what size it was other than at its widest point it was way beyond my mirrors and I did borrow a tape measure to check the height. I was also given a pot of paint and a brush and lifted up by a forkie to paint the edges front and back. It never occurred to me, or them obviously, that I might need an order much less a route and possible ■■■■■■, I was just happy to be doing my first ‘abnormal’ with headlights on throughout the day.
Night out at a cafe and an early start in the dark next morning (marker lights? what marker lights?) I rolled into Sandiacre on my way back to base. There is/was an arched bridge which I knew about and had checked ok for height but needed the centre of the road. On the exit from the bridge there was a streetlight and I saw a car coming towards me from some distance away. Knowing I could clear the bridge and get back on side before him I pressed on and was clear as he passed me. But he was weaving a bit and, under the bulge of the tank, I could just see in my mirror him disappear behind me. I stopped and went to look and he had rammed the bridge abutment doing a lot of damage to the car.
The police arrived, agreed it was not my fault, particularly as he smelled really strongly of booze, and they ignored his protests that I was on the wrong side of the road. I can only assume that he didn’t see me at first, only when the streetlight illuminated the tank as I emerged from the shadows. I don’t know how they proved such things in those days, I expect before breathalysers, but he was later convicted and banned. The newspaper report said that he was a £10 pom awaiting a date for his ship to OZ, and that with such a conviction, it was cancelled.
Sometimes you do wonder how on earth some people haven’t seen a wide/long/heavy load coming through…
The following didn’t happen under the same conditions David, but something peculiar happened in France too a couple of years ago, we were transporting windmill blades and on our last stretch of the day (driving ban when it gets dark) my colleague was negotiating a roundabout when all of a sudden he couldn’t get any further, it felt like he was stuck on something, turned out that an old geezer in his Renault 5 tried to get through underneath the (stretched) trailer, when asked if he didn’t saw the flashing lights or all the pilots stopping the traffic he simply answered “non monsieur”
TROOPER2:
Volvo F12 - RIW2839 - Bob Francis Heavy Haulage:0
Is that an ex-Wally Balsdon unit?
pv83:
Bewick:
A busy Heavy Hauliers depot Saturday afternoon.
0Ta Bewick, any chance of getting better pic’s of those FL shunters please?
I don’t think the two MAP FL shunters figure very high on the photogenic list ! But if Mike has a look in on this thread he might relent and take a few shots of the FL’s just for you “pv83” they do never the less carry out a valuable job around the depot shifting the trailers. . Cheers Bewick.
