bubbleman:
Hey,I knew 240 would know all about that lot,well done mate
I’ve never heard about any mortal remains of any Atkinson Omega but, since they were originally said to have been built for service in Libya and only 7 were built, over 50 years ago, then this must be pretty rare:
Unless someone knows of one lying in the desert in Africa!
Hi All
Hills of Botley & Denmead used the Smiths recorders until the 90’s at least.
240 Gardner:
bubbleman:
Hey,I knew 240 would know all about that lot,well done mateI’ve never heard about any mortal remains of any Atkinson Omega but, since they were originally said to have been built for service in Libya and only 7 were built, over 50 years ago, then this must be pretty rare:
Unless someone knows of one lying in the desert in Africa!
is that a keyboard amp?
and what’s a “bassilator”?
Hello then,good stuff with the Servis recorder…well done lads and 240 what a superb piece of lorry memorbelia you have there…priceless mate,thanks for sharing that with us. 
Ok a few wagons.
I bet this old TK would struggle if this trailer was loaded.
Cheers Bubbs. 
fryske:
240 Gardner:
bubbleman:
Hey,I knew 240 would know all about that lot,well done mateI’ve never heard about any mortal remains of any Atkinson Omega but, since they were originally said to have been built for service in Libya and only 7 were built, over 50 years ago, then this must be pretty rare:
Unless someone knows of one lying in the desert in Africa!
is that a keyboard amp?
and what’s a “bassilator”?
It’s actually a bass amp - I have one of my synths routed through it for playing bass. The “bassilator”, according to the web page, “enhances the bass frequencies to give added depth to the overall sound”. All I know is that I have a partition wall in the house which flexes when the Vox is cranked up!
240 Gardner:
The “bassilator”, “enhances the bass frequencies to give added depth to the overall sound”.
You mean sort of better Rangeability then?
snaylay leyland !!!,couple o bits o rope and we gone
Limey:
240 Gardner:
The “bassilator”, “enhances the bass frequencies to give added depth to the overall sound”.You mean sort of better Rangeability then?
Exactly!
Hello again,heres a few more clippings lads.
The first ones for Rob(Rapidgem)
This old Bakers E.R.F has popped up several times on the scrapbook,but I put it on again to show they actually made trailers as well.
Cheers Bubbs.
bubbleman:
Hello again,heres a few more clippings lads.The first ones for Rob(Rapidgem)
Great stuff again Bubbs, and thanks for the Canton and WHC&C clippings in your previous post I used to see them daily as a kid on the way to school
bubbleman:
This old Bakers E.R.F has popped up several times on the scrapbook,but I put it on again to show they actually made trailers as well.
Cheers Bubbs.
Those legs could do with winding up a bit before you move off Drive!.
TIR boards on the Commer and little Bedford 
curnock:
snaylay leyland !!!,couple o bits o rope and we gone
I used to work for snaylams and carry them bodies,they were lethal.We were told we could only rope them as chaining them would cause damage.They were only sat on 4 wood blocks on each corner,so we had some angle plates made roped them till we got out the factory then put angle plates over edge of bodies and chained them. down,never had any complaints.
regards dave
what is known about the six wheeler Bedford TK AAY333B (leicestershire plates)?
Carl:
does any know how many of the high roof version of these motors were made i think they look the part
Hi Carl I think that they were a conversion ‘Jennings’ perhaps, here’s one of a local Southampton Haulier Ken Lane’s AEC pictured brand new out side Princes the AEC agent before they changed to Volvo’s.
Back in 77 I made my own sleeper cab on an AEC Mercury.
Regards Pat
cheers for that pat i relly like them lorries
Carl:
cheers for that pat i relly like them lorries
You are welcome Carl.
Here are 3 more pics from Rob Rymer of Bakers Transport Southampton hauling a boat through Twyford near Southampton. 17’ wide and 18’3" high
Regards Pat
Hello there,Big thanks to Pat for posting these smashing photos on here…heres one for you mate.
Right then thats todays offering,now who remembers these things…Palm couplings
I can remember my old chap using these,I know they still use them on the continent,Dad had them on all the units he drove in the 60s and I remember a pole behind the cab with a rusty spring holding the air pipes up,these weren’t the curly whirley ones like today…and who can remember everyone had their own winding handle to raise the landing legs cos none of the trailers were fitted with them,these were kept on the floor on the passenger side,and also who ,like me has had the misfortune of picking up a trailer dropped too high and using the afore mentioned winding handle to select the lowered gear option that stuck out of the leg…no air suspension those days but plenty of swearing
Cheers Bubbs.
bubbleman:
Hello there,Big thanks to Pat for posting these smashing photos on here…heres one for you mate.Right then thats todays offering,now who remembers these things…Palm couplings
I can remember my old chap using these,I know they still use them on the continent,Dad had them on all the units he drove in the 60s and I remember a pole behind the cab with a rusty spring holding the air pipes up,these weren’t the curly whirley ones like today…and who can remember everyone had their own winding handle to raise the landing legs cos none of the trailers were fitted with them,these were kept on the floor on the passenger side,and also who ,like me has had the misfortune of picking up a trailer dropped too high and using the afore mentioned winding handle to select the lowered gear option that stuck out of the leg…no air suspension those days but plenty of swearing
Cheers Bubbs.
Oh yes - palm couplings! All of Bowker’s trailers run on palms, continental style. And, as the Technical Director pointed out, when the self-sealing couplings came in around 1989, they were fail-safe, whereas you could have a situation on the yellow line (still 3 lines then, of course!) where the male coupling was missing the pin to operate the plunger on the trailer, so you could couple up, release the brakes on the red line but have no trailer brakes. Nu such problems with the palm.
And Pandoro curiously used a palm coupling on the blue line instead of the larger C-type coupling. I remember, too, from my Pandoro days, that every driver had his own winding handle as you say, Marc. But they were so jealously guarded that they drivers took them home overnight and at weekend! Normal routine Friday night/Saturday morning was to see drivers wallking to their cars clutching kit bag and winding handle
