From Inverness.
Oily
erfguy:
Hello Ade Jenson did make trucks for a time they were all aluminium construction to get them under the 3ton unladen weight so they could run at 30mph.
This is a model of one that used to run out of Kilmarnock. Eddie.
Cheers Eddie thanks for that, nice model
Ade
cattle wagon man:
This odd-looking articulated contraption might be useful to âOiltreaderâ if there`s a lot of snow in winter .
It
s a basic ( :unamused: :question: :question: ) Land Rover ,..........but without standard steering or wheels. Oh !.......the rear shell portion has been removed too. :unamused: :laughing: The coupledtrailer` has a propshaft drive from the front unit, thus enabling âOiltreaderâ to travel over
the mountains to collect his shopping and peat for his fire grate.photographed at the recent Carlisle Vintage Rally & Truck Show.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Evening all, âŚ
CWM, OilyâŚoh what a barsteward of a contraptionâŚactually it looks like the chassis of a BV202E Volvo Snowcat, fitted with the panel work of that grossly overated product of some Birmingham suberbâŚthe Volvo original was far betterâŚand amphibiousâŚand reliableâŚand a hoot to drive or swim with!!!
I bought and sold loads of themâŚone went to an absentee farmer north of Kirby StevenâŚa Merchant Banker from Hong KongâŚleft the wife to run the farmâŚhad great fun delivering itâŚwell stuck on some impossible hillside hairpin with a 40ft York stepframe, and my trusty ex Blue Circle Roadtrain.
Superb vehicles those BV202Es, âŚif anyone needs them Ive Handbooks, drive sprockets, track tensiners and all sorts of bitsâŚ
Cheerio for nowâŚmust go back to the Bollinger, who in their right mind would put anything from Solihull on such a pedigree chassis??
Cheerio for now.
Buzzer:
In the event of a breakdown call on us, cheers Buzzer.
North worcâs garages[F J Barnes] vauxhall/bedford agents right up to late TK days,nice pic Buzzer,ta,Pete
Thanks to Buzzer for the pic
⌠hereâs one from when getting from A to B, Log jusâ Sticks were important and coal and water 
Oily
cattle wagon man:
This odd-looking articulated contraption might be useful to âOiltreaderâ if there`s a lot of snow in winter .It
s a basic ( :unamused: :question: :question: ) Land Rover ,..........but without standard steering or wheels. Oh !.......the rear shell portion has been removed too. :unamused: :laughing: The coupledtrailer` has a propshaft drive from the front unit, thus enabling âOiltreaderâ to travel over
the mountains to collect his shopping and peat for his fire grate.photographed at the recent Carlisle Vintage Rally & Truck Show.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
RAF EOD teams trialed a series 2 with tracks.
Although they were front and rear so it steared normally.
Thanks to Buzzer and Soldier z for the pics . The tracked Land Rover is a J A Cuthbertson of Biggar, Lanarkshire conversion, see here jamescuthbertson.co.uk/about ⌠istory.php.
The BV202 in action here
youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhHFR7Zk18
Oily
I have only been in the odd Land Rover but I think the ones on these track thingys will be just as comfy as the ones on wheels!!!. Eddie.
erfguy:
I have only been in the odd Land Rover but I think the ones on these track thingys will be just as comfy as the ones on wheels!!!. Eddie.
Bit awkward to get into thou
Lawrence Dunbar:
Anyone know where this place is â â ?, Regards Larry.0
Clue no. 1 The ship is the Arklow Wave, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Anyone know where this place is â â ?, Regards Larry.0Clue no. 1 The ship is the Arklow Wave, Regards Larry.
Is it Blyth Larry,ta,Pete
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Anyone know where this place is â â ?, Regards Larry.0Clue no. 1 The ship is the Arklow Wave, Regards Larry.
Is it Blyth Larry,ta,Pete
, Spot on Pete, I was tipping there to-day & took the picture, But the river is dead now to what it was a few years ago when the paper used to come in from Finland, Work was plentiful, But then it all went â â â â up & the paper was shipped into Tilbury & Hull, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Anyone know where this place is â â ?, Regards Larry.0Clue no. 1 The ship is the Arklow Wave, Regards Larry.
Is it Blyth Larry,ta,Pete
, Spot on Pete, I was tipping there to-day & took the picture, But the river is dead now to what it was a few years ago when the paper used to come in from Finland, Work was plentiful, But then it all went â â â â up & the paper was shipped into Tilbury & Hull, Regards Larry.[
Hi Larry , Wee aye man its Blyth photographed just rather further up from the Seven Stars pub. I spent all my holidays as a boy at J.W. Colpitts ship repair yard where Eddie Ferguson House now stands in the days when the all the staithes were in operation and the river was really busy full of colliers either loading or waiting to load coal for the London, Shoreham and Poole power stations. Plenty of coal dust blowing about then but happy days. Take a look at the 2nds link posted below. The staithes shown to the right of the collier Spray are on the site of the present day bauxite silos with the South Staithes and Low Quay to the left of of the ship.
Regards, Leyland 600.
peterloud.co.uk/photos/OthersUK/Blyth_1.html
portofblyth.co.uk/images/zoo ⌠w_Quay.jpg
Today we have a look at Preston, Buzzer.
Oh hell that shovelling coal photo will have having a nightmare tonight I worked for a coalman at Fauldhead colliery at Kirkconnel for 6mths and as well as the bags wee had sections in the body held shut by a pin in the middle of each one to take out the miners concessionary coal you usually had 4 tons on and it was fine as long as the next pin hadâny jumped out as then you had 2 ton lying and had to shovel one back on. We also did the schools coal Wanlockhead school was 6ton shovelled on tip it and shovel it down the hole into the cellar and now and again you had to go down and shovel it back in 2 goes to get it all in the cellar so by the time you had finshed you had shovelled 24tons, Eddie.
erfguy:
Oh hell that shovelling coal photo will have having a nightmare tonight I worked for a coalman at Fauldhead colliery at Kirkconnel for 6mths and as well as the bags wee had sections in the body held shut by a pin in the middle of each one to take out the miners concessionary coal you usually had 4 tons on and it was fine as long as the next pin hadâny jumped out as then you had 2 ton lying and had to shovel one back on. We also did the schools coal Wanlockhead school was 6ton shovelled on tip it and shovel it down the hole into the cellar and now and again you had to go down and shovel it back in 2 goes to get it all in the cellar so by the time you had finshed you had shovelled 24tons, Eddie.
And thatâs why the unions got their teeth, so that chaps wouldnât have to shovel 24 tons through othersâ stupid inefficiency. By the way, you may have noticed that Derek Walsh who fought for workers in the famous Grunswick dispute of the early '70s died this week. Robert