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anorak:
The ladder on the CH spoils the whole thing, unless ladders were considered by the Swiss to be in the same class as mirrors. There is a Swiss LB111 on here somewhere. The door handles were recessed into the door. I cannot find a similar LB110, suggesting that the 2.3m rule came in some time during the mid 1970s. Is this correct?
This particular unit had a fridge fitted to it when it was new hence the ladder.
I don’t know when the 2.30 rule was introduced, or indeed whether it applied everywhere in the Country or only on certain smaller mountain roads.
To this day some roads still have this 2.30m width restriction which essentially limits deliveries up those few roads to smaller Iveco Daily-type vehicles.
Some nice photo’s and great information gentleman, from all our " international correspondence"… 
John (Saviem) would have been proud that so many are contributing to this thread…
I am posting this video on behalf of Dave Millar. Heavy transport gone wrong… https://youtu.be/51gbyI7fjug.
pv83:
Don’t reckon there were much tippers about fitted with this cab…
Back on Earth after a 2-week break, and so many interesting stuff to go through! Barreiros (Dodge-Spain) fitted the Renault/Berliet KB 2400 cab on a 8-wheeler in the 1980s, but these trucks were immediately recognisable by their wheels, and very close front axles.
I suppose your picture features a Renault specially built for the British market; indeed, this cab was never offered on French 8-wheelers. Most interesting…
Sorry, but I hadn’t realised it was Dutch-registered!
Fergie47:
pv83:
Another proper example of Fergie’s Ltd…saving tyre wear on the trailer…
NO NO NO NO, will you never learn ? with a silly little load like that I’d have taken the tyres off and run on the inner tubes, that’s how you save tyre wear…kids know nothing these days… 
It’s raining…Mrs F is watching Pride and Prejudice, and I’ve stolen the computer password…picture time.
A mixed bunch of old B&W
7th pic shows a Berliet GDRAG, running on charcoal gas. Rated at 85 bhp with the diesel engine, and probably only 70 with the gaz, it certainly was unable to climb the slightest hill with such a load! Or maybe in 1st gear…
pv83:
Found some stuff from South America…
Any idea what’s that weird and obviously “rail and road” outfit? It reminds me the 1934 AEC 8x8 roadtrain built for Australia, but is definitely fitted with retractable railway axles. In Argentina & Brazil, various railway gauges are used; standard European (1,435 m), “Irish” (1,60 m) and metric being the most usual.
Rain has halted working outside this afternoon, so I’ve escaped to the bureau …
Start with a couple of nostalgic B/W as haven’t posted one in a while…
Suppose I’ve always been a Volvo man …here’s a batch of various Volvo’s from Europe…
Specials and advertising camionetts and where they made them…
We had the Scarab, the French had this …
Fergie47:
We had the Scarab, the French had this …
It’s a blatent rip off the Scarab, nick owt the French!
pete smith:
Fergie47:
We had the Scarab, the French had this …
It’s a blatent rip off the Scarab, nick owt the French!
They did a bigger version as well, I remember John doing a piece on it, it did about 60 mph…if you were either brave or silly enough…
A few more modified lorries, this time for farm machinery
Never knew Giraud operated Bussings…
Fergie47:
pete smith:
Fergie47:
We had the Scarab, the French had this …
It’s a blatent rip off the Scarab, nick owt the French!
They did a bigger version as well, I remember John doing a piece on it, it did about 60 mph…if you were either brave or silly enough…
Hi Fergie,
I think John’s was a 3 ton version, when John was doing building work on his barns he used it to fetch 2 packs of bricks and a pack of timber, probably a round trip of 15/20 miles down some narrow lanes!
Fergie47:
Never knew Giraud operated Bussings…
Thanks for your pictures Fergie. Really interesting models.
Johnny
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Hi Fergie,
Those black and white photos are so evocative,I keep expecting to see René peering out from behind one of the trucks!!Great stuff,keep 'em coming!
David
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