This is possibly one for Bully’s Bar, although I’ll post it here first so at least a few people get to see it before it vanishes into obscurity.
Does anyone know what the object is at the top of the pic? (The debit card is to show scale). It was found by the roadside by a scavenger from another forum I visit, and all we can assume at the moment is that is comes from a vehicle, possibly a truck.
Trucky Mc truckface:
A tilt door lock. Sprung loaded used to pull them to the right to undo the side drop doors on tilts fitted with them.
It does look like some type of door catch but I’ve pulled plenty of tilts in my time and I’ve never seen anything like this? My best guess at the moment is that it is from some specialist type of trailer such as a livestock transporter.
i think its a prototype for the firsts POGO STICK …looks too heavy for a bonnet catch…never ever seen a catch like that on a tilt, and i used to pull tilts with half doors.
peirre:
It’s the release catch from a Scotsman’s wallet, you’ll notice from the amount of rust the lack of use
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
you assume that at some point in tme its possible to open a scotsmans wallet in the 1st place.
anytime i ever have to open mine.the queen blinks at the sunlight.