Romanian at Harwich heading home, all credit to Rab Lawrence for the photo.
Oily
cav551:
Super Constructor on ebay
Saw that one a couple of times at the Dorset Steam Fair, would be great to own one, but this one is rather expensive…? On the other hand, how much are there still left out there?
Bewick:
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On the cover of a magazine?
Wouldn’t have thought that they were still using petrol engines, wonder why that was?
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A guess Patrick but maybe a small diesel of that era one or two cylinders may have been quite a bit larger than a 4 cyl petrol engine and response time would be quicker .
Dig
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Fair point DIG, makes sense for the donkey engine, but for the Hippo? Would have thought it would be powered by Leyland’s own diesel engine? This raises another question, did Leyland made petrol engines too?
DIG:
Couple I may have posted before apologies if so.
From my infield rig move days.
Dig
No worries mate, it’s always a pleasure to look at your pic’s 
Seems quite the length actually?
jshepguis:
A few more of my uncles photo’s of the Milford Haven job featuring some mighty Volvo’s for Dean.3
The winches on the F89 were just operated off the clutch no torque converters or anything all manual, yet they never had to replace any clutches on them during his time at Magnaload. FTF in next photo’s holding the rear.
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Bit tight in places !
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Great footage mate, ta for posting!
It’s all in the gearing isn’t it, as Volvo shows us nowadays with their crawler gearbox. On the less heavy models I did found out that not having any crawler gears makes the clutch a bit itchy, quite recently I had to load a large and wide crate and as it was a bit tight to get out of there, I had to make several shunts in order to do so, but after a while the clutch overheating warning sign came on… so even the I-Shift isn’t perfect.
Spardo:
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anorak:Spardo:
Much as you have to admire the drivers of such loads, what about the advance planners who calculated the overhang missing that garden fence and no doubt the telegraph pole coming up?
…The draughtsman must have had a week or more on it. No 3D CAD modellers in those days- just an A0 board, a sheaf of translucent plastic overlays and a roll of draughting tape. Horrible job.
Ha ha, I remember when Toray built a brand new factory at Mansfield, I was asked to pass an opinion on the plans regarding access for lorries to get to and from the loading bay and, using a set of overlays provided by the FTA, redesigned the perimeter road for them. It was just wide enough for 2 lorries to pass, but the 4 corners nowhere near wide enough. I recommended at least a widening of the corners or, preferably, a one way system, clockwise, to allow the majority of drivers the privilege of backing in on their sighted sides.
Result. Denied.
Reason. They didn’t want 'orrible noisy lorries passing their offices.
Further result. Nasty 'orrible trailer wheelmarks on the pristine lawns on all 4 corners.
That reminds me of a job that v.d. Vlist once did, some firm had made a big boiler, but it was too big to get it out of the shop, dismantling pieces wasn’t an option either, so after 4 other hauliers had a look at it, and all said it couldn’t be done, one of the lads of Vlist had a look, and came with the solution, knock that wall down, and we can do the job… no one even considered that, but that’s what happened and how Vlist got to do the job…
oiltreader:
Romanian at Harwich heading home, all credit to Rab Lawrence for the photo.
Oily
I see them quite often at the Dutch/German border Oily, apparently they’ve got bit of a reputation…
oiltreader:
All scenarios covered in this convoy, all credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Oily
Those Merc’s look interesting Oily, never seen them before. Ta for posting
oiltreader:
All scenarios covered in this convoy, all credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Oily
Ah, the old nuclear warhead convoy.
jshepguis:
A few more of my uncles photo’s of the Milford Haven job featuring some mighty Volvo’s for Dean.The winches on the F89 were just operated off the clutch no torque converters or anything all manual, yet they never had to replace any clutches on them during his time at Magnaload. FTF in next photo’s holding the rear.
Always nice to see the mighty F89’s ! 
Posted this before but its an intresting read. F89’s at 250 tons doing 25 mph !
Click on pages twice.
Taskers trailer’s 1976.
Click on page once to read.
A nice picture of a Scammell Constructor (?) found this morning on a French forum. F registration would be 1966 or 67; was this model still produced then? The equivalent of French Berliet GBO/TBO 6x4 and 6x6.
forum-auto.caradisiac.com/topic … /#comments
pv83:
DIG:
Couple I may have posted before apologies if so.
From my infield rig move days.
DigNo worries mate, it’s always a pleasure to look at your pic’s
Seems quite the length actually?
That Derrick was 140feet long Patrick shifting it like that saved the rig crew 3 days of dismantling and then reassembly.
We did that on infield shifts where possible but did take it down the highway a couple of times.
The block hangs in side the derrick and was still rigged with the drill line, the other end which was wrapped on the draw works when working was wrapped on the cable drum sitting on the top.
Dig
Froggy55:
A nice picture of a Scammell Constructor (?) found this morning on a French forum. F registration would be 1966 or 67; was this model still produced then? The equivalent of French Berliet GBO/TBO 6x4 and 6x6.
forum-auto.caradisiac.com/topic … /#comments
I reckon that must have been a new chassis that was hanging around for a while,and would have been sold off at a discount as
the Contractor prototype was built in 1963. So i assume the Contractor which replaced the Constructor would have been on sale by 1964.
DIG:
pv83:
DIG:
Couple I may have posted before apologies if so.
From my infield rig move days.
DigNo worries mate, it’s always a pleasure to look at your pic’s
Seems quite the length actually?That Derrick was 140feet long Patrick shifting it like that saved the rig crew 3 days of dismantling and then reassembly.
We did that on infield shifts where possible but did take it down the highway a couple of times.
The block hangs in side the derrick and was still rigged with the drill line, the other end which was wrapped on the draw works when working was wrapped on the cable drum sitting on the top.Dig
Heres a couple of photos that explains the workings of onshore drilling rigs of 30 years ago.
the first is the derrick being raised the block is attached to 2 heavy lines called Bridals ,when the draw works pulls on the drill line it shortens the pull and the derrick raises until it rests back into the A legs and the anchor pins are driven home.
The second photo is the Derrick fully raised and this rig was a jack up type so the working floor including the Derrick is raised to its working position about 20feet above the ground.
Not many of this type apround to day now all automated and the block is now attached to a top drive mechanism ,much more efficient.
Dig
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Froggy55:
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A nice picture of a Scammell Constructor (?) found this morning on a French forum. F registration would be 1966 or 67; was this model still produced then? The equivalent of French Berliet GBO/TBO 6x4 and 6x6.
forum-auto.caradisiac.com/topic … /#commentsI reckon that must have been a new chassis that was hanging around for a while,and would have been sold off at a discount as
the Contractor prototype was built in 1963. So i assume the Contractor which replaced the Constructor would have been on sale by 1964.0
Must have been one of the last ones indeed?!
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Is that in your shed Robroy■■?