Dirty Dan:
Wow! That must be some kind of sliding kingpin? Read that we had some here but they were then forbidden.
Danne
No idea how that works mate, can’t imagine it just turns like that…
Another pic of pushing things to the limit…
i remember this one from years ago in CM, think there’s a fifth wheel underneath at the front and something like a sliding fifth wheel or a slide out drawbar on the trailer , so the motor turns as a drawbar but the body is rigid . heck of a swing out at the front though I would have thought
Greetings,All.
Ref the photo of the odd coupling. IIRC,Redland had some F86’s delivering bricks and it had a fifth wheel but the trailer was also coupled to the unit with a long drawbar arrangement so there must have been a sort of fifth wheel on the rear of the trailer as they steered as well.Perhaps some of the Redland brick lorry drivers might know more about it than I. Regards,900x20.
Thanks to pv83, Ray Smyth and Lawrence Dunbar for the pics trying to place the MacAulay Foden can only think on the south side of the causeway linking North Uist to Berneray, where there are two berths, one each end of the causeway.
A few more “Little Motors” Cruzcampo beer lorry in Spain,
and my last Ford Transit in the yard at the Wigan depot of
McMullan Transport of Ballymoney, Country Antrim.
This is a KM Bedford 6 Wheeler that I bought in 1979 for
Rank Hovis flour deliveries. It is seen here parked at a
corn merchant near Milnthorpe. I cannot remember the
name of the corn merchant, but I imagine Mr Bewick
will know the location. The little Ford D Series at the
rear belonged to the corn merchant. Regards, Ray Smyth.
Hello Sir Oily, Have a look at the green Transit on your last post,
and also my 6 wheeler Bedford on my last post on here.
Both are DBA +++L, Salford Registrations. My Bedford was
new to Hadfields of Ashton Under Lyne. Regards, Ray Smyth.
Hi Oily the Fordson Farm Services van is identical to the first set of wheels I managed to buy for £55 back in 1958 an ex Carlisle bakery van which served me well for two or three years.
Cheers,
Leyland 600.
Ray Smyth:
Hello Sir Oily, Have a look at the green Transit on your last post,
and also my 6 wheeler Bedford on my last post on here.
Both are DBA +++L, Salford Registrations. My Bedford was
new to Hadfields of Ashton Under Lyne. Regards, Ray Smyth.
Hi Ray there’s me on the hush hush with regard to the knighthood and you’ve gone and blown it ,
talking Salford, we used to deliver fairly regular to a Renault dealer in Salford, then it was across to Hooton Station yard pound for a load of Vauxhall Vivas going south, Happy Days
Oily
Leyland600:
Hi Oily the Fordson Farm Services van is identical to the first set of wheels I managed to buy for £55 back in 1958 an ex Carlisle bakery van which served me well for two or three years.
Cheers,
Leyland 600.
I bought one of these when I did my National Service in 1959 as a Tractor Operator Mechanic with Airfield Constuction. I did my mechanic’s course at Weeton and she took me home and back every weekend.It jumped out of 2nd which was usual and it stayed like that.Then back to Wellesbourne for my tractor operators course on Cat.Tractors and graders etc.Then down to Lynham putting new concrete hard standings down and she brought me home over the Cotswolds every week end with a big right foot,plus weekend celebrations.New battery,decoke,and king pins and bushes.
When I did the first trip to Weeton the lights were awful but Lucas did a sealed beam conversion which was alot in fact much much better.
Lucky I thought to get that job,much better than medic etc.
Had to buy a calendar for this year the first time ever.Malcolm Root’s Times Gone By which is absobloodytutely and wish I could paint like that but on this picture there seems to be a bit of a problem with the garage.
