Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[oiltreader]

Cracking pics backsplice, thanks Spinks !!! the name’ Arbroath connections I remember the ■■■■■■■ factory in Scotland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/■■■■■■■■■■

Todays tipper with 3 axle dog trailer in NSW, a Freightliner Columbia, the photographer Richard Mohr works at the Mavin Truck Centre, Kempsey, 200+ miles north of you on the A1. This outfit works the Coffs Harbour area of NSW and was supplied by Mavin who are also agents for Mercedes, Hino and Sterling trucks.
Oily

[oiltreader]

From the north last week, bare roads, not so south of Inverness.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Bloody freezing yesterday, dash was showing -5, but hey the craic was good.
Oily

[oiltreader]

From New Zealand, the ultimate in sleeper cabs.
Oily

[erfguy]

Tidy wee motorhome but she will be a bit expensive to run. Eddie.

[backsplice]

here you go OILY … From another life and another time ■■?

[erfguy]

Backsplice. Did the Dodge belong D&D transport looks like their colour. Eddie.

[backsplice]

erfguy:
Backsplice. Did the Dodge belong D&D transport looks like their colour. Eddie.

thats right… I had it for about 2 years then got our first F86 …it had a 6 speed with 2 speed axle under a V8 perkins I loved it it could keep up with our D1000 ,s with V8 ■■■■■■■

[jfc999]

widget:
The company I drive for, Past ,Present and in between Over the last 40 years

Hi Widget, nice pics the dozer looks like a D8, am I right ?
With ripper on it must weigh around 35 T a lot for 5 axles .
Was in the days when axle weights were less , er , bothered about ?!
Have you any more of the dozer.
Thanks
Jim

[buzzer]

Border ? my eyes are not that good, Buzzer.

[old_67]

It’s the mythical unicorn,Buzzer!

Regards. John.

[oiltreader]

backsplice:
here you go OILY … From another life and another time ■■?

Cheers for the pics backsplice that looks like toil, not easy to get a grip o’ that typical Dundee product, anyway how about this lot, recognise anybody
public.fotki.com/kerso/scottish- … of-dundee/
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer for the Robson’s Border Unicorn Foden
another one, this preserved example Border Banshee.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Border Unicorn has also been preserved it would appear.
Oily

[leyland600]

Hi Oily, Here is Border Unicorn at Dumfries Transport Show in 2014. I remember the wagon when it was in its heyday.
Cheers Leyland 600.

[backsplice]

oiltreader:

backsplice:
here you go OILY … From another life and another time ■■?

Cheers for the pics backsplice that looks like toil, not easy to get a grip o’ that typical Dundee product, anyway how about this lot, recognise anybody
public.fotki.com/kerso/scottish- … of-dundee/
Oily

Thanks for that Oily …as you can see there are a couple of my pics there so I wont,t worry about adding them later … Thanks for that
here,s a shot from a few years ago taken in Northern NSW out in the scrub must have been an old diggings there was an old Beddie too but it had been flattened cheers

[buzzer]

London, Paris and New York 110 years ago in other words 1905, Buzzer

Sorry got the order wrong but hey ho !

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Leyland 600, backsplice and Buzzer for the pics

Top of the heavyweights, at Devon, Ganteng Province, South Africa. Tractomas ballast tractors, having just read a wee bit about them, the info…1st two 8x8 units D75s with Caterpillar 3412 V12 750hp, 3rd unit D100 10x10 with Caterpillar 3412 V12 900hp.
Oily

[backsplice]

How about this Oily (it has been posted somewhere else before ) I think ■■? anyway its still in constant use !!!

[buzzer]

Bowring Transport cattle float, Buzzer.