DISPATCHER:
We have had it to easy, I see a lot of photos on Fb and TNUK that i am surprised people put on due to the nature of loads!!
I can remember when we used to have get a special ministry permit to use a trailer which exceeded 9ft 6in in empty state as we had several ex US army trailers in excess of 10ft
Sorry about feet+ inches old school i am afraid
Bit of a different world nowadays Chris, unfortunately…
DIG:
I bet the driver of this load had a firm grip on the seat with both hands on the wheel it being a single drive unit, a bogie drive would have been better but not foolproof.
Dig
It’s quite remarkable what they would load on single drive units back in the day DIG, it wasn’t for the faint hearted
Brilliant video Froggy steady, measured, calculated and not a hard hat in sight, a few hi viz, also nonchalant attitude to steel ropes under strain.
Oily
oiltreader:
Yesteryear in the Netherlands, bit before your time Patrick
Oily
I remember it like it was yesterday Oily
The tractor unit in the second pic is a A.S (Auto Schmidt), Dutch built fitted with a Kromhout diesel IIRC. Not many were made and as far as I know, none of them got preserved unfortunately.
The fourth pic shows a ex-military unit (REO…?) owned by Wassink, they did some big jobs shortly after the war and well into the 50s, making use of whatever they could lay their hands on. One of the sons emigrated to Australia in the 70s and started a haulage firm there, not sure if it’s still going though. Maybe DIG knows…?