Dennis Javelin:
DIG:
Lawrence Dunbar:
:lol:
Great photography LD 4 trucks and identical loads snapped at the same place one after the other.
DigThere’s me thinking it was a “spot the difference” competition. Should have known when there was no prize being offered
At first I thought I had too much to drink… 
oiltreader:
At Plymouth a while back, credit to Graham Richardson for the photo.
Oily
That’s one of the Leyland DAF’s that was upgraded by Ginaf with hydraulic suspension Oily, still earning it’s keep apparently at Allelys.
oiltreader:
Credit to SCP for the photo at Michael Wood Services M5.
Oily
Mar-Train wagons always look the part IMHO, the man who started it all passed away recently.
They do a lot together with v.d. Vlist, Mar-Train loads Powerscreens and the likes at the factory and brings them to the ferry where v.d. Vlist picks them up again at their end of the RoRo terminal. However, on one occasion I was sent to Germany to take over a Powerscreen from a Mar-Train driver, reason why the German coppers stopped him was because he was 8cm too high according to his permit… so instead of 4m they measured him at 4.08m… lowering the suspension would have probably done the job, but the coppers weren’t having any of that. So after a brew, we got to work (after having shown my permit to the old Bill) and we parted our ways.
oiltreader:
Finland, why has the unit second axle got less lock on?, credit to Sami Nordlund for the photos.
Oily
That’s the normal lock you get on a second steering axle Oily, I’ll try to find some technical details for you.
DIG:
Froggy55:
pv83:
Nostalgic pic of the week…I wouldn’t walk or drive too close to that load, especially on a cobble-paved street…
I,d have to agree Froggy but surely it is blocked under the machine sub structure plus I reckon its jacked up to load it as I reckon the best of operators would be hard pushed to drive onto the trailer with just an inch of track each side to play with.The trailer out riggers dont look like they are in use.
Dig
Steady as she goes Paul 
Can’t see any outriggers at all DIG, did they already had that on trailers back then?
pv83:
Dispatcher might know more about this, pic courtesy of Dave Lee.
Hi Dean
Did alot of these ex Portsmouth to Plymouth or return, were usually quite high if I remember, sometimes had use high load route.
pv83:
Swedish AEC
Interesting! What model is it? I guess the cab is locally made or adapted, and is very well balanced. Would any of you tell more about it? Thanks!
Froggy55:
pv83:
Swedish AECInteresting! What model is it? I guess the cab is locally made or adapted, and is very well balanced. Would any of you tell more about it? Thanks!
What year would that be,1950’s ■■
AEC had several tie up with manufacturers in Europe like Bollekens in Belgium,Verheul in Holland,Willeme in France and Vanajan in Finland.
There were probably others as well but thas the ones i can think of. I dont know if they did have a tie up with a Swedish company so possibly
somehing to do with Vanajan as they were the closest ? I am sure Graham would know ?
Froggy55:
pv83:
Swedish AECInteresting! What model is it? I guess the cab is locally made or adapted, and is very well balanced. Would any of you tell more about it? Thanks!
Indeed, and I wonder what year it was that somebody thought that it was better to import a foreigner and make a cab for it in the face of local Scania-Vabis & Volvo.
DISPATCHER:
pv83:
Dispatcher might know more about this, pic courtesy of Dave Lee.Hi Dean
Did alot of these ex Portsmouth to Plymouth or return, were usually quite high if I remember, sometimes had use high load route.
Cheers Chris, King’s did a lot of those loads too if I remember correctly?
jsutherland:
A Walter Wright Atkinson - going back a year or two…0
Didn’t the “foreign” Atki’s look better than the “domestic” ones…?
pv83:
jsutherland:
A Walter Wright Atkinson - going back a year or two…0
Didn’t the “foreign” Atki’s look better than the “domestic” ones…?
They looked more American, Patrick, not sure that is the same as ‘better’, though I was impressed with the Shell ones, sleeper cab versions, that I saw in Oz.
However, from a safety point of view, I really did appreciate the wrap around screens of the Mk. 1s and 2s, also the Invincibles etc.
