robinswh:
I grew up in an 8 wheeler like the two in the photographs but my dads was plated Maudsley . Licence plate HAY492 tipper version new in 1951 scrapped in 1964 amazing vehicle but obsolete in the motorway age max speed 35 mpg .The owner was the whitwick granite company whitwick leicestershire which closed a couple of years ago
Blimey, that was frugal Robin
Only joking, I know what you meant, made my old Highwayman on Ilkeston haulage fairly speedy by comparison. 38 mph flat out in 6th.
Mind you, did a lot more than that in Super 7th.
Those big 8-wheel (half) vans were very common in those days, I think mainly from Yorkshire. Was the open part of the roof for carrying bales or something?
20 mph speed limit was in effect when it was built…indicators fitted about 1957…no heater my dad used to shove a leicester mercury in front of the radiator. Really good motor I dont remember it ever broke down.delivered tarmac to the M1 when it was being built also to the ross spur I think that was the M5 . It was getting really rough towards the end…it was one of five all were scapped not sold onto a new owner. There was a cpmpany called Parkin and Jones from coalville who ran into whitwick quarry they had a 1949 AEC mammoth major mk 3 NRA814 it was similiar to my dads but had a steel body it was still running in 1968 . Quite the motor.
I well remember that trick, but in my case a piece of cardboard, definitely needed with Gardner engines, only thing was with some bosses, it was advisable to remove before re-entering the yard.
Hino trucks were common at that time in Normandie (France), where a truck dealer sold and serviced them, I think in Cherbourg. Probably Michel will know more.
Never knew they were popular in France “Froggy55”. Found this old advert from 1974.
robinswh:
I grew up in an 8 wheeler like the two in the photographs but my dads was plated Maudsley . Licence plate HAY492 tipper version new in 1951 scrapped in 1964 amazing vehicle but obsolete in the motorway age max speed 35 mpg .The owner was the whitwick granite company whitwick leicestershire which closed a couple of years ago
Blimey, that was frugal Robin
Only joking, I know what you meant, made my old Highwayman on Ilkeston haulage fairly speedy by comparison. 38 mph flat out in 6th.
Mind you, did a lot more than that in Super 7th.
Those big 8-wheel (half) vans were very common in those days, I think mainly from Yorkshire. Was the open part of the roof for carrying bales or something?
Open top ■■ they were the van version of ‘greedy boards’…“Load it up, pile it high, c’mon lad, you can get a bit more on there”
Strewth, when I was just starting as a van lad at Harrisons a few of us used to go out to Ackworth regularly…top layer all over the road and a tattered sheet.
Spardo:
I well remember that trick, but in my case a piece of cardboard, definitely needed with Gardner engines, only thing was with some bosses, it was advisable to remove before re-entering the yard.
It was surprising what a sheet of newspaper could do in front of the radiator grill. Start the engine, get a sheet of newspaper and offer it up to the grille, warm and cozy in no time
Spardo:
I well remember that trick, but in my case a piece of cardboard, definitely needed with Gardner engines, only thing was with some bosses, it was advisable to remove before re-entering the yard.
It was surprising what a sheet of newspaper could do in front of the radiator grill. Start the engine, get a sheet of newspaper and offer it up to the grille, warm and cozy in no time
There was still the gale blowing up round the pedals and the steering column , but rufty tufts old lorry drivers coped with that . Probably why we all suffer with arthritis now .
rigsby:
There was still the gale blowing up round the pedals and the steering column , but rufty tufts old lorry drivers coped with that . Probably why we all suffer with arthritis now .
A bit late for us to start a class action and sue them, I suppose?
