oiltreader:
Hi 240 Gardner, Iwelcome correction from yourself, your superior knowledge is the educating of myself and no doubt some others as well, thanks. I will edit accordingly.
Oily
it was just what was written on a little note in my anorak pocket
Leyland600:
Hi Oily and 240 Gardner, here are some photos taken by myself in the Bill Richardson Museum at Dunedin, South Island in 2007 when I was fortunate enough to be able visit this fantastic museum of NZ trucks and assorted ancilliary equipment. Being particularly interested in the heavier British wagons here is the classic UK corner of the museum. The two Atkis, one with traditional Walton le Dale built cab and the other with NZ built Taylor Hull cab. According to Ian Ridd the museum curator the Preston built cabs could not stand up to the NZ roads particularly the unmade (unsealed) gravel side roads causing much cracking of the fibreglass and frame. The Taylor Hull version was much heavier but still used fibreglass and apparently successful.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Thanks for your photos - I believe that’s the only Taylor-Hull cab to have survived. Ugly aren’t they? 
They weren’t entirely successful either, and there were some examples of Atkis which started their NZ life with an English cab, then had a Taylor-Hull one, and then were re-cabbed AGAIN with an RP cab. The steel-framed version of the Preston cab had a greater chance of survival than a timber-framed one
Here are some photos taken in Orkney while visiting over the past few years.
Hi Leyland 600, Lived up on Orkney for seven years seeing your photos brings back some memories, they used to pile up some weird loads to go out to the islands it was a balancing act loading some of them, wished I had taken some photos, I worked for D S Nicolson, Groundworks Contractor, driving and on the spanners, some good times and some very cold ones.
Les
hi oilreader, few more ice road photos, like the recovery of the tanker, um h&s would have something to say about that method of lifting 
bumper
Hi Lespullen, Aye the motto of the North Isle hauliers appears to be “never mind the height see the length.” They try to get their trailer etc no longer the 5 or 5.5 metres long to attract special cheap ferry rates inevitably the go upwards to get as much on a possible sometimes just squeezing under the bridge on the ferries back home. Things are getting a little more sophisticated now but back 10 years or so ago when I took some of these photos H&S etc and other rules were unheard off. I will post more in due course. Thanks for your comments.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Cheers to bumper for the ice road truckers photos 
a few more from the Coastal Recoveries yard at Mablethorpe, kindly granted by the owner.
Oily
hi oilreader, beefeater asked me to post these photos that he took at Lairgs gimmer sale,also afew from me, bumper
bumper:
hi oilreader, beefeater asked me to post these photos that he took at Lairgs gimmer sale,also afew from me, bumper
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Thanks bumper and to beefeater for sharing his photos . In 2001 Lairg felt the impact of the foot and mouth outbreak further south with sales being suspended because of restricted livestock movement, doubts at the time if it would survive, thankfully it has, though in the North it now has competition from Quoybrae, Caithness.
Oily
oiltreader:
Two from Switzerland, thanks to ponte1112.
Oily
While you are on the Swiss theme Oily here is a third. Very unusual to see one over here in
my experience but maybe it is just where I live.
I have added copyright to my shots, unfortunately someone is selling my images elsewhere without my permission. Regards Kev.
Kev- Hope you dont mind a bit of advise,add the writing to somewhere on the vehicle if poss, because where you have put it whoevers nicking them will just trim it off and still use the picture.Hope you dont mind but I did this one for you has an example and has you can see it dosent spoil the picture
John.
Further to Stanfield’s comment I would say put it as big as you can as well as touching the vehicle.
I have no problem with people taking my pictures but I do not like them being sold.
Found these in an magazine in my garage,dont know how it got in their(must have been the missus clearing out) 
Oiltreader:
A few from contact express000 in Oz came through the other day which included these Brits.
Oily
ALBION LORRY AND DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN AUSTRALIA.
ALBION VENTURER SPCX19W/COMMONWEALTH ENGINEERING H33/26D 59-SEAT DOUBLE DECKER OMNIBUS,Chassis No.60031A,originally registered MO 1981.1948.
New to the New South Wales Department of Road Transport & Tramways,Sydney,Australia,fleet No. 981 - 1981.In 1969 it sold to Hunter Valley Motorcoaches ,Maitland,re-registered ADF 288,then re-registered MO 5203,fleet No.17.
Parked alongside this Albion Venturer is another Albion:Possiably a Chieftain FT38? bonneted-normal control 6.5 Ton 4x2 Lorry,export model dating 1948-1950:-
Albion Venturer SPCX19W Double Decker Buses of Hunter Valley Motorcoaches in 1968,60031A,MO 1981,ADF 288,MO 5203,No.17 ; 60032F,MO 1971,AKC 204,MO 5389,No.13 ; 60041B,MO 2200,MO 4842,re-registered again to UIO 292,No.19:-
VALKYRIE
