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Seeing this old Pickfords heavy haulge unit reminds me of something i’ve wondered about. When there was another unit pushing a heavy load did the two drivers communicate so both were not changeing gears at the same time or did’nt that matter so much but surely stopping would have to be coordinated ?
Charls
I often see these loads on the M6, are they something to do with the Airbus project? Merry Christmas everyone. Regards Kev.
kevmac47:
This was Killington Lake friday, the turbines will be visible from there shortly. I was talking one of Colletts drivers, (an Irishman named Billy) he told me those blades were 45m long. regards Kevmac47.210
these Colletts lads are based in Goole , they have these turbine parts all lined up in the yard, the place is full of them!
remy:
pete 359:
[album][/Seeing this old Pickfords heavy haulge unit reminds me of something i’ve wondered about. When there was another unit pushing a heavy load did the two drivers communicate so both were not changeing gears at the same time or did’nt that matter so much but surely stopping would have to be coordinated ?
Charls
Hi remy in the 60s the outfits which were used regularly together either had a radio system or a buzzer type system but if you were just an occasional tractor pushing you would watch the lead tractors exhaust and always keep giving him all the help you could especially up hill but it was not unknown for the front driver to miss a gear and if you were pushing giving him all the power you had you would end up with the front of your tractor in the air and the lead driver would have stopped then and the pushing tractor driver would be looking at the sky so you applied the handbrake ( ratchet type ) and slowly released it otherwise you came down with a great bump I can vouch for this from personal experience. When the contractors came into use they usually had radio communication and semi auto box I learnt on an old Scammell gate change where your training could be very painful if you did not follow instructions. 
cheers Johnnie
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remy:
pete 359:
[album][/Seeing this old Pickfords heavy haulge unit reminds me of something i’ve wondered about. When there was another unit pushing a heavy load did the two drivers communicate so both were not changeing gears at the same time or did’nt that matter so much but surely stopping would have to be coordinated ?
Charls
Hi remy in the 60s the outfits which were used regularly together either had a radio system or a buzzer type system but if you were just an occasional tractor pushing you would watch the lead tractors exhaust and always keep giving him all the help you could especially up hill but it was not unknown for the front driver to miss a gear and if you were pushing giving him all the power you had you would end up with the front of your tractor in the air and the lead driver would have stopped then and the pushing tractor driver would be looking at the sky so you applied the handbrake ( ratchet type ) and slowly released it otherwise you came down with a great bump I can vouch for this from personal experience. When the contractors came into use they usually had radio communication and semi auto box I learnt on an old Scammell gate change where your training could be very painful if you did not follow instructions.
cheers Johnnie
Thanks for info Johnnie, sounds like the pusher driver had to have skills all his own.
Charles
Great pics again from Cavlad, pete359 and kevmac47.
Here’s a few wreckers thanks to Len Rogers.
Oily
Havn’t got any info on this, I will have a dig, I think it is quite remarkable, when you consider it’s spot on original size, would probably have had a support jig to work on and the man hours involved. Maybe someone else has seen it and knows more.
Oily
Lachlan Hardy is from OZ and the picture location is a beach near Hobart, Australia.
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I haven’t seen that blue one strutting around before Oily
*Sorry, I’ll get my coat.
