gb1:
Found this one on the net.
Don’t even want to think about trying to reverse that about on a building site, what with cars and vans parked all over the place.
You know most of the London brick wagons had a box thing behind the cab (front of the body), what is it used for, it also has some bars running down the side of the truck connected ot this box thing.
SELFSTAK it said on it
James
truckerjames123:
You know most of the London brick wagons had a box thing behind the cab (front of the body), what is it used for, it also has some bars running down the side of the truck connected ot this box thing.SELFSTAK it said on it
James
Hiya James. The ‘box’ was in fact, The London Brick Company’s own design of lorry-loader. It operated along rails on either side of the body, and by using forks similar to
found on a Hiab, picked up packs of bricks and deposited them at the side of the truck by sliding out on a jib. The whole system moved along the rails for the full length of the body. The system had limited abilities compared with the likes of Hiabs etc, insomuch as they could only put the bricks directly to the side of the truck. Probably not the best explanation, but hope you get the idea!
gb1:
truckerjames123:
You know most of the London brick wagons had a box thing behind the cab (front of the body), what is it used for, it also has some bars running down the side of the truck connected ot this box thing.SELFSTAK it said on it
James
Hiya James. The ‘box’ was in fact, The London Brick Company’s own design of lorry-loader. It operated along rails on either side of the body, and by using forks similar to
found on a Hiab, picked up packs of bricks and deposited them at the side of the truck by sliding out on a jib. The whole system moved along the rails for the full length of the body. The system had limited abilities compared with the likes of Hiabs etc, insomuch as they could only put the bricks directly to the side of the truck. Probably not the best explanation, but hope you get the idea!
GB1 , Cheers for that prefect explination.
I figured it was something along those lines.
James
Few more older ones, all from the London Brick Company.
