A few more from the north.
Oily
Oxford City reg. number pre dating this tidy Commer, thanks to Sir Hectimere.
Oily
windrush:
Retired Old ■■■■:
I knew I’d heard the Terrier name somewhere.
Interesting braking concept, Pete. How did it work and where did the nitrogen come from?Well the early BMC Terrier had a large plastic tank at the rear of the cab, similar to a cooling system header tank, and this contained the brake fluid. This was pumped around the braking system by an engine driven pump, like a power steering pump, and mounted below the cab behind the front bumper were two cylinders filled with Nitrogen which provided the assistance. We had a large cylinder of Nitrogen in the workshop to recharge them when needed. I believe that one cylinder worked one side brakes and vice-versa, the problem was that they could easily go out of balance if one cylinder had less pressure than the other! I didn’t do much work on them so cannot recall the actual means of operation (it was 40+ years ago!) and I was actually booked into Cowley for a training course on them but jacked in the job and went to work for Bedford dealer instead. The later ‘square fronted’ Terrier’s had a conventional vacuum/hydraulic system so there must have been problems, I did wonder about the safety aspect of the cylinder’s in a front end crash?
Pete.
Many thanks, Pete. A bit weird and I’m not sure if I would have been first in the queue to drive it.
oiltreader:
Memories of Browns Lane for you Gardner120all thanks to CovLtwt.
Oily
Indeed Oily although this is a bit after my time - I was 1980 to 1991 and in my days, the engines would come over from Radford to Browns Lane by Leyland tractor units (Buffalos I think) and the bodies from Castle Brom in big high, double decker tautliners - Leyland again Clydesdale artic
Yesterday on the Kessock Bridge, where resurfacing work on the southbound carriageway started Mon 10th, they take it right down to the plate and work goes on until June.
Oily
Dutch I know, but anything different is great in my eyes because todays wagons are just so chuffing boring 
Old Scania, I like this one 
Thanks to adr and Gardner120 for the photos
machine transport various, thanks to kenjonbro and starting with an air conditioned Scania, cool or what 
Oily
A line-up of a few golden oldies , at the B.C.V.M., Transport Show, Leyland.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Thanks to cattle wagon man for the oldies
a few more recent from the north, A9 Cromarty Firth area.
Oily
Hello Oiltreader. The idea of people contributing their photos , and of course your own is pure magic, and creating history. Wish this had happened years ago. At last a moving and contemporary library of lorries at work, the companies, and the people involved. Jim
jmc jnr:
Hello Oiltreader. The idea of people contributing their photos , and of course your own is pure magic, and creating history. Wish this had happened years ago. At last a moving and contemporary library of lorries at work, the companies, and the people involved. Jim
I thank you for that Jim (jmc.jnr). Yes there are a lot of selfless, generous people out there who sign up to Creative Commons photo sharing under the terms as shown here creativecommons.org/licenses/
All Rights Reserved category photos cannot be used without the owners permission, in this instance I would write to them and ask, all my requests have had a positive result, as long as attribute is given. Photographers, professional or hobbyist who take photos of lorries/trucks want lorry/truck driving people to see them.
I just wish I’d carried a camera years ago, anyway having enjoyed others efforts, I decided a couple of years ago to contribute as well, now it’s become a bit of an obsession which I need to rein in. Last Monday I went out and took 90+ snaps, chatting to one driver, he said ye must be ■■■■■■ mad, but hey hopefully he will be pleased to see his wagon on flickr or here for that matter. I have gone a bit armchair with a Trip Recorder video camera, which is the easy part as all photos need editing before uploading, so a couple of hours take can mean three/ four hours sorting.
I am always in appreciation of fellow members who share their photos, knowing that they are selflessly giving their time, not just on this thread but all threads on here.
Cheers
Oily
Some from the High Street in Sanquhar we have an old council house sticks out and makes the road one lane so it can be quite handy to get a photo or two. Eddie.
How did you get such a big car into the Co-op in the first place?
OCH NAE PROBLEM. Eddie.
Surely with a Rolls you could have shopped at Waitrose?