Volvo also did them, Peter Bennie from Northants had them on quarry work.
MaggieD:
timmyticket:
Does anybody remember 36DON Don Bushs Scammell Multidrive that used to work out of the quarries of Somerset , It was all airbrushed to,Tim
Hi Tim,& Altitude,
Here’s a pic of 36 DON
Tim do you remember Ian Price on Amesbury Transport ?
Regards
Richard
Richard ,
Yeah, i still See Ian quite a bit as he plays pool for the Dunkirk social club, Infact istill se quite a few of em, Just organising the tenth year anniversay since we got took ove by Gregs
Cheers for pic of Don Bushs, I do Remember the Bennie one using a FL, im sure i have an AWD Brochure somewhere
tim
From Truckfest early 90’s
Steve
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timmyticket:
Richard,Heres a picture of Ian South of Reims July 2000 on our way to Switzerland
Tim
Hi Tim,
Yes that’s “The Amesbury Yuppie” thanks for that he drove for me doing continental back in the 80’s,tell him Angela & Richard were asking after him when you see him.
Regards
Richard
Wheel Nut:
Notice the lack of landing legs on the latest picture in my post!They were not designed for quick trailer swaps but would stay together like a Shawnee Pool or a Moxy. In fact looking at them I can see where his idea came from now. The SP trailer put the drawbar weight through the tractor wheels and the early Moxy had hydraulic drive on the trailer wheels.
Malc, I remember the Shawnee pools, Ford tractors and single axle trailers, were they designed by David Brown?
I remember a company from Cardiff off Newport Rd and Rover Way called Steel-Fab. They were the main supplier of front end loader and backhoe attachments for Ford Tractors.
They also had a system called the Power X which was a trailer/ skip system pulled around factories by tractors. The early Telehoist skip system was a modification of the Power X system.
I only saw one Multi- Drive and that was a TM, it looked impressive, but probably needed the right drivers behind the steering wheel!
Paul
MaggieD:
timmyticket:
Richard,Heres a picture of Ian South of Reims July 2000 on our way to Switzerland
Tim
Hopefully i will see him tonight, He still does a bit a driving for J.Mackenzie but he got his own contract cleaning business now
Tim
Hi Tim,
Yes that’s “The Amesbury Yuppie” thanks for that he drove for me doing continental back in the 80’s,tell him Angela & Richard were asking after him when you see him.
Regards
Richard
Paul John:
Wheel Nut:
Notice the lack of landing legs on the latest picture in my post!They were not designed for quick trailer swaps but would stay together like a Shawnee Pool or a Moxy. In fact looking at them I can see where his idea came from now. The SP trailer put the drawbar weight through the tractor wheels and the early Moxy had hydraulic drive on the trailer wheels.
Malc, I remember the Shawnee pools, Ford tractors and single axle trailers, were they designed by David Brown?
I remember a company from Cardiff off Newport Rd and Rover Way called Steel-Fab. They were the main supplier of front end loader and backhoe attachments for Ford Tractors.
They also had a system called the Power X which was a trailer/ skip system pulled around factories by tractors. The early Telehoist skip system was a modification of the Power X system.
I only saw one Multi- Drive and that was a TM, it looked impressive, but probably needed the right drivers behind the steering wheel!
Paul
I think the Shawnee Pool was designed by someone called Pool, not Shawnee though, the idea with that goose neck was it put all the weight onto the tractor drawbar. They went anywhere even with only one drive axle, when they put a County or a Roadless at the front, the sky was the limit.
But I think your comment
probably needed the right drivers behind the steering wheel!
is correct. I can imagine you could soon bend a propshaft or pull off a centre bearing
Paul John:
Wheel Nut:
Notice the lack of landing legs on the latest picture in my post!They were not designed for quick trailer swaps but would stay together like a Shawnee Pool or a Moxy. In fact looking at them I can see where his idea came from now. The SP trailer put the drawbar weight through the tractor wheels and the early Moxy had hydraulic drive on the trailer wheels.
Malc, I remember the Shawnee pools, Ford tractors and single axle trailers, were they designed by David Brown?
I remember a company from Cardiff off Newport Rd and Rover Way called Steel-Fab. They were the main supplier of front end loader and backhoe attachments for Ford Tractors.
They also had a system called the Power X which was a trailer/ skip system pulled around factories by tractors. The early Telehoist skip system was a modification of the Power X system.
I only saw one Multi- Drive and that was a TM, it looked impressive, but probably needed the right drivers behind the steering wheel!
Paul
Hi Paul,
Found this on wilkipedia
SteelfabSteel Fabricators Limited was founded in Birmingham in 1935 to manufacture Pressed and Sheet Metal work. During the 1939 to 1945 period the company was solely engaged on Government Contracts, and the factory occupied an area of 5,000 square feet (460 m2), and there were some 50 employees.
In 1946, to meet expansion plans, the company relocated to Pengam Road, Cardiff and won large contracts, including supplying the frames for the BISF house project and Rigid Form beams for the then Ministry of Works.
[edit] HistoryIn the early ‘fifties’ it was decided to go into the Backhoe market, which resulted in the introduction of the “Scout” Digger, manufactured under licence to the Shawnee Manufacturing Company of the USA. Many hundreds of “Scout” Diggers were sold, but the unit did have its limitations and the “Shawnee Warrior” Digger was designed to supersede the Scout.
In 1952 a subsidiary Company was formed in Australia and this Company had a modern plant on the Moorabbin Industrial Estate near Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1954 a licence was finalized with the Shawnee Company, U.S.A., to manufacture and market “Shawnee” industrial loaders and diggers and those products formed a major part of the Company’s range.
In 1958 a licence agreement was made with H.G. Poole Limited to manufacture and market Shawnee Poole Rear Dump Haulers, which enjoyed considerable success throughout the world and were leaders in the articulated dumper field.
Hi Malc and Dave, thanks for the replies. Dave I thought there was a connection between Steel Fab and Shawnee pool. Great info there. Pengam road is right, couldn’t remember the exact address but it used to be behind TGI Fridays and the main London /Swansea railway line.
Regards Paul