In those far-off days before H&S it was very rare that we had to knock the wheels out of the low loader on “normal” construction plant jobs. Three or four sleepers and an expert on the machine’s controls would load or unload most plant. Except rollers!!!
Retired Old ■■■■:
In those far-off days before H&S it was very rare that we had to knock the wheels out of the low loader on “normal” construction plant jobs. Three or four sleepers and an expert on the machine’s controls would load or unload most plant. Except rollers!!!
Retired Old ■■■■:
In those far-off days before H&S it was very rare that we had to knock the wheels out of the low loader on “normal” construction plant jobs. Three or four sleepers and an expert on the machine’s controls would load or unload most plant. Except rollers!!!
tonyj105:
pv83:
tonyj105:
pete smith:
Someone has spent some money restoring this lot, Nooteboom trailer with the “hinged” wheel sets, a friend of mine had one of those Scania’s to pull his steam engine about, he sold it in the early 2000’s, green cab and I’m sure it was an F reg, Ray Preece from Hednesford, anyone got a pic of it please?I had a trailer similar to that ( single axle , hinge out wheels, dutch , out of the ark etc) rock up here to load a backhoe last week, driver had just come back from holiday and told to take x trl number and load at Coventry, only thing was they hadn’t shown him how to use it.
he’d been here about 4 hours and eventually got the rear wheels separated only to find there were no ramps with it and the step up onto the deck was to high for the wheels to go up . eventually left here around 3 to go back to Immingham empty, they sent HC Wilson in the next day with a 7 axle job for an 8 tonne backhoe.Er…it’s not that difficult to load a backhoe, is it? Even without ramps, just use some chunks of wood and that normally gets the job done…?
But on the bright side, you did get a look on that nice trailer Wilson’s goton a site , yes , here ,no, new backhoe, small front wheels, large step and H+S all over. no ramps = no load , we let an irish lad load himself last week with a mini dumper , big mistake, he put one of his ramps on the wrong way round as he couldn’t get them near enough together for the wheels , hit the throttle hard as he came off the step of the other ramp(it was about 3inches proud of the trailer bed) and ended up doing a wheelie on a mini dumper till it came to rest on the back of the excavator he also had on, not exactly funny that one.
Retired Old ■■■■:
In those far-off days before H&S it was very rare that we had to knock the wheels out of the low loader on “normal” construction plant jobs. Three or four sleepers and an expert on the machine’s controls would load or unload most plant. Except rollers!!!
Gave it another thought, but I can see your point. But I must admit with all that H&S ■■■■■ the job didn’t became easier…
pete smith:
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Nice ones again Pete! You will find that the lorrie in the second pic is a Kromhout…not much of those about these days…
robert1952:
Nice angle for an unusual peep into the cab. Robert0
Clever lads back in the day, having that little “see through” glass fitted in the door panel, to minimise the blind spots.
Makes you wonder why they don’t have that on modern day lorries any more…?
Ramps…what are they for 
youtube.com/watch?v=2SodgUKkpBQ
and if you have a spare ½hour this is ingenuity at its best, recovery of one that has tripped over on a busy highway, minimal traffic hold up, no cops, no hard hats, no hi viz and no steelies only flipflops
youtube.com/watch?v=ICOPK–lg-8
Oily
Back on the French theme.
Oily
pete smith:
The only photo I received with any text and the last one also,
Could it be a Dutch-cabbed Mammoth Major 8 Mk II?
Froggy55:
pete smith:
The only photo I received with any text and the last one also,Could it be a Dutch-cabbed Mammoth Major 8 Mk II?
My thoughts exactly. This site is well-stocked with AEC experts- I daresay we will have confirmation by tea time.
Poem…by Fergie
"If you’re gonna be abandoned and left out to decay ,
at least have a view as you slowly rust away "
I’ll get me coat… 
Fergie47:
One of Saviems favourite companies V.I.T.Click on pic for full view,
Davidoff posted some pics of a preserved one like this, recently:
I cannot find them, but was going to ask, “Is the preserved lorry from the same fleet?”
My efforts to find the pics using Google yielded this diamond:
Does anyone have any information on it?
Edit: the tall SM260 pic was here: camionclubdefrance.a.free.fr/rep … inpar.html
Fergie47:
An old low loader…
It looks we were at the same place on the same day! I didn’t know Borel Frères had Leyland trucks among theit fleet; I only remember their Berliet, which usually had a bucket tied to their front bumper. Thanks for the usual interesting batch of pictures!
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anorak:
My efforts to find the pics using Google yielded this diamond:
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Does anyone have any information on it?Edit: the tall SM260 pic was here: camionclubdefrance.a.free.fr/rep … inpar.html
At first glance, I would have said it was a Photoshop trick, but it bears the Sinpar logo. Sinpar were specialised int converting normal trucks into 4x4 or othe off-road uses, as well as into low-loaders with front-axle drive. This one has a standard front-axle and a standard 2-axle drive rear bogie. The only difference seems to lie in the surelevated cab; what for? That’s the question!