Complete contrast and a beautiful pastoral scene in Hampshire with the bread wagon (steam) advertising the quality of its vitamin B content bread. The lambs are Hampshire Down, goes without saying I suppose for that area.
Oily
Quite a lot of this type trailer in use in this area, mostly Balcas Biomass Plant at Invergordon, also for refuse recycled stuff from local tips/dumps.
A Kraker demo here youtube.com/watch?v=oarT_wgai8o cute idea for driver access to load area.
Oily
well what about a few Dodge wagons great and small.
This was in the local paper. Can only see 3 vehicles and a Bobby on point duty 
This one from a programme on TV. Wonder if Chris Webb ever had a lift in one of these.
Ray
I wouldnât have fancied flogging the BMC along at 24 tons!
come on rof , man up . piece of cake driving that so long as you werenât in a hurry . i bet the two speed button wold be up and down like a brideâs nighty .
rigsby:
come on rof , man up . piece of cake driving that so long as you werenât in a hurry . i bet the two speed button wold be up and down like a brideâs nighty .
You tell him Dave, those BMCâs were a lot better than a TK or some of the other cheaper motors of their day. ROF had top class motors driving for Gouldings and the Readâs. He was spoilt. 
Cheers Dave.
My first âtop classâ motor at Gouldings was a BMC FFK, but it was only a four-wheeler. I was just thinking that I wouldnât have fancied going far pulling almost twice the weight!
âTop classâ at GMRâs usually consisted of Atkis and ERFs that someone else had had the best years out of.
ROF down South:
My first âtop classâ motor at Gouldings was a BMC FFK, but it was only a four-wheeler. I was just thinking that I wouldnât have fancied going far pulling almost twice the weight!
âTop classâ at GMRâs usually consisted of Atkis and ERFs that someone else had had the best years out of.
Hi ROF, a bit like this maybe youtube.com/watch?v=5KCpskTG38A
Oily
Hi Oily and Dave my first wagon as an owner driver back in 1964 was a 1963 BMC Morris FHK 140 the horizontal engined model. A good wagon that regularly pulled 10 ton payloads was fairly economical and reliable. The cab as roomy with a double passenger seat making it a good cab to kip in despite the gap between the drivers seat gear lever etc. It was also reasonably warm in winter.
Happy New Year, Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Hi Oily and ROF, my first wagon as an owner driver back in 1964 was a 1963 BMC Morris FHK 140 the horizontal engined model. A good wagon that regularly pulled 10 ton payloads was fairly economical and reliable. The cab as roomy with a double passenger seat making it a good cab to kip in despite the gap between the drivers seat gear lever etc. It was also reasonably warm in winter.
I drove a FHK 140 for six months in 1969/70 for S W Brisbane from Knighton, no Bedord TK or Thames Trader could touch it for power. It had a five speed gearbox and a two speed axle, with power steering, and a good heater, and was very reliable, even though it was six years old. Also my little Cairn Terrier like the bar in front of the passenger seat to hook his paws over.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave, Yes I have to agree with you on the virtues of the BMC plus they were a good looking wagon in their class. Sorry about the poor photo upload in my previous posting, I will try and find a higher resolution photo.
Happy New Year, Leyland 600.
Happy New Year, Leyland 600.
Good morning to all on this first day of a new year, itâs a balmy 8Ă° and raining here in the north, so unpredictable the seasonal weather as the years go on.
To things more serious 
thanks to robert1952 and Leyland 600 for the pics 
The MorrisFK series were in abundance with all contractors connected with the car industry at Cowley and the Austin at Longbridge, it I would say was the match of any wagon in its class, reliable, hence minimal downtime.
Hereâs another Austin truck of sorts hardly a lorry, the Jiffy by Mechanical Services of Bolton, story here jiffyregister.co.uk/so-what-is-it.html
and pics.
Oily
There was a sand and gravel company in N Wales (60âs?) had a good few of these BMCs -4 wheel tippers.They had a little vent hatch thing in the roof that a few enterprising drivers had stuck a mirror into.It was known as a âspeedcop spotterâ because it was possible to see the roof decorations of a cop car that was trying to hide in the invisible triangle.In those days,they had to clock you speeding over a certain distance.They should have filmed Hell Drivers round here when the nuclear stations were being built.
Leyland600:
0Hi Dave, Yes I have to agree with you on the virtues of the BMC plus they were a good looking wagon in their class. Sorry about the poor photo upload in my previous posting, I will try and find a higher resolution photo.
Happy New Year, Leyland 600.
Now come on Gerald this shot, with accompanied history, should be on the âMarrasâ thread !! I bet there used to be some heated arguments with the ADB lads about the disadvantages of running a BMC compared to the superior merits of the Trader!! What was the exact spec of your BMC? What was your regular traffic with this motor as it looks a fair bit technical that load,were you tipping or loading ? Cheers Dennis.
Many thanks for stirring the memory banks again, chaps. I was a devoted fan of the BMC- mine had 5-speed 'box & 2-speed Eaton axle- but it was the oddball in the fleet and had to go. Itâs replacement, a Bedford S-type, was a decent lorry but I personally preferred the FFK.