DIG:
I have no idea what the gross weight here is but I don’t think it would matter much where they were working
at the time.
One of Spardos favourite units.
Dig
Is it an Oshkosh, Dig, the forward sloping single screen appears to ID it? Yes, my first interstate job, Sydney-Melbourne, which I declined.
Not counting NT-WA of course as NT isn’t a state.
I would guess an Oshkosh too David, looks up to the job though… no idea about the gross weight, but could have been around the 60t mark DIG…?
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, nice bit of film with the 2 steamers working together although it did look at the start the second one was doing all the work judging by the black smoke he was putting out.
The first one was newly greened running on electricity.
But yes, a lovely bit of film, were they really going as fast as they appeared to me to be?
Nice clip Johnny, hard to imagine that that was the way to transport things back in the day eh…
Nah, they were keeping things under the 60 mph limit David!
DIG:
I have no idea what the gross weight here is but I don’t think it would matter much where they were working
at the time.
One of Spardos favourite units.
Dig
Is it an Oshkosh, Dig, the forward sloping single screen appears to ID it? Yes, my first interstate job, Sydney-Melbourne, which I declined.
Not counting NT-WA of course as NT isn’t a state.
I would guess an Oshkosh too David, looks up to the job though… no idea about the gross weight, but could have been around the 60t mark DIG…?
Definitely an Oshkosh Patrick and David I doubt if it would go 60ton gross maybe 55tons ,as I said previously not many restrictions to worry about in those days in the north of WA.
Dig
pv83:
Some nostalgic stuff, from the archives of Ifor Roberts
Thanks for the John Young pic, my first employer in 1972. Looks like this wagon was registered in late 1939 but I think the pic is post war given the “don’t nationalise” display on the side of the tank.
pv83:
Some nostalgic stuff, from the archives of Ifor Roberts
Thanks for the John Young pic, my first employer in 1972. Looks like this wagon was registered in late 1939 but I think the pic is post war given the “don’t nationalise” display on the side of the tank.
Well, I did hope that some of the pictures would stir some memories Dennis
Got any footage perhaps of that period?
Nice little motor that, and for once doesn’t look like it belongs to a fun fair…
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Well, I know that I like the look of your trailers better than the things you use to pull them, but each to their own.
I’ve only worked for firms for the past 20 years that have a tidy and smart fleet, meaning no flash or bling motors, it just doesn’t appeal to me, but again, each to their own.
pv83:
Some nostalgic stuff, from the archives of Ifor Roberts
Thanks for the John Young pic, my first employer in 1972. Looks like this wagon was registered in late 1939 but I think the pic is post war given the “don’t nationalise” display on the side of the tank.
Well, I did hope that some of the pictures would stir some memories Dennis
Got any footage perhaps of that period?
Unfortunately not other than this pic that I’ve posted previously. Lots of memories in my head though so if someone can invent a machine that can transcribe memories into visual images I’ll fill this forum
