Hello Bewick, Alec got his new D 1000 16 ton gross wagon MRM 239F on 29/08/69 and RW got his artic SAO 51G on 22/01/69.
Dista ken this fella ? I bet he has threatened to skelp thi lug a few times in the past ? and the laal lad is weel known these days piloting this bus chassis transporter
currently.
Cheers Leyland 600.
I bet that ERF handles like a pig empty with that big crane on the back end.
jmc jnr:
Ref. The oil consumption. If you drain the engine oil on any engine and refill with the manufacturers stated ammount, you will find that the oil level on the stick is not on the full mark. To “top up to full” invites the sump pressure blowing the excess out of the breather. Jim
Yes, but also, if you reduce the level, you get less oil thrown up around the pistons to get up past the oil rings, so you’ll burn less. I’ve seen no end of motors that have been overfilled with oil they smoke and burn it like nobody’s business until the level gets down a bit, then they’re usually OK. That was the principle behind Perkins lowering the level on the V8. So a shorter dipstick might well have improved your consumption Mr ■■■■. If only you’d known! 
Bernard
tractordriver:
oiltreader:
Thanks to Stanfield and tractordriver for the photosfine lot of the old stuff, specially the black and white, I’m old enough to have seen the traction engine and threshing mill working on local farms where I grew up, they were double manned and consisted of the engine, the mill and living quarters trailer, by the early 1940s they were fazed out in favour of the tractor, and single manned, the bothy(living quarters) was also consigned to history as the tractor driver could unbelt and get himself home for the night, at this time farms were also installing the static mill within the steading and driven by Petter or Lister engines and in some cases a mill wheel supplied from a dam by mill race.
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Nice one, with the bigger rear wheels I’d be guessing that’s a Ransome (Ransome,Sims and Jeffries), the make that sticks in my mind as a youngster was Garvie.
Oily
A step back to the 1950`s , with this Ford 4D dropsider. A fairly tidy motor , and similar to one my father once owned.
I spotted this one for sale in Preston , Lancashire , about 15 years ago.
Does anyone know of its current whereabouts , please ?
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
A step back to the 1950`s , with this Ford 4D dropsider. A fairly tidy motor , and similar to one my father once owned.
I spotted this one for sale in Preston , Lancashire , about 15 years ago.
Does anyone know of its current whereabouts , please ?Cheers , cattle wagon man.
1959, I managed to “ventilate” the engine block on one of those 4D’s. Oil, water, temp, all OK, and a con rod made a bid for freedom. It succeeded, hole in both sides of the block. 
cattle wagon man:
A step back to the 1950`s , with this Ford 4D dropsider. A fairly tidy motor , and similar to one my father once owned.
I spotted this one for sale in Preston , Lancashire , about 15 years ago.
Does anyone know of its current whereabouts , please ?Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Thanks for the photo cwm the reg, originally Kincardineshire, another picture here
flickr.com/photos/homer----s … 508557114/
Oily
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Nice one, with the bigger rear wheels I’d be guessing that’s a Ransome (Ransome,Sims and Jeffries), the make that sticks in my mind as a youngster was Garvie.
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It is am 1892 Marshall traction engine box - want to buy it ?
oiltreader:
From outer London area, thanks to kenjonbro.
Oily
I know they like to have the front of the trailer close to the back of the cab but on the Lockwood artic it looks REALLY close, about a 2 inch gap i think. 
Charles
remy:
oiltreader:
From outer London area, thanks to kenjonbro.
OilyI know they like to have the front of the trailer close to the back of the cab but on the Lockwood artic it looks REALLY close, about a 2 inch gap i think.
Charles
That Lockwood unit runs on supersingles air pressure electronically controlled,on the drive axle.
Hi Oily took this snap from the drivers seat of me horses while out and about today, local OD skipper but a tidy thing for 20 years old cheers Buzzer.
tractordriver:
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Nice one, with the bigger rear wheels I’d be guessing that’s a Ransome (Ransome,Sims and Jeffries), the make that sticks in my mind as a youngster was Garvie.
Oily
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It is am 1892 Marshall traction engine box - want to buy it ?
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“want to buy it ?” have to give it a miss tractordriver, one of these mebbe, my fondest memory of farm machinery my first driving lesson, aged ten and halfish, putting out swedes/turnips to the stock in the fields, the tractor driver setting me off with instructions to head for a focus point while he dragged the feed off the cart, empty he would jump back on the tractor and take over, boy oh boy I was hooked .
Oily
“want to buy it ?” have to give it a miss tractordriver, one of these mebbe, my fondest memory of farm machinery my first driving lesson, aged ten and halfish, putting out swedes/turnips to the stock in the fields, the tractor driver setting me off with instructions to head for a focus point while he dragged the feed off the cart, empty he would jump back on the tractor and take over, boy oh boy I was hooked .
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Try this one then.
1935 Standard Fordson I have only had this since 1971. still runs well
Hell I can smell the paraffin from here. Eddie.