What do we have up ahead
Thank you Rob ,yes that was “the hoff” went up to Carnforth on Tuesday and back on Wednesday ,where was the photo ? 
JAKEY:
Thank you Rob ,yes that was “the hoff” went up to Carnforth on Tuesday and back on Wednesday ,where was the photo ?
Hi Jakey he was nearly home was on the M40 around Banbury
Truck looks real smart in the flesh with the chrome bits on the body and the lights etc
Harrison European 1977.
Thank you Rob , I tell The Hoff , he was washing her down again yesterday as he and my brother both have Edinburgh on Monday .
Abels removals DAF. 1984.
Thank you Dean , that was a nice set up .
JAKEY:
Thank you Dean , that was a nice set up .
Sidney Bates Bedford 1969.
robthedog:
Couple of old bedfords
Nice pics. Sureways, looks like Chalkers of Weymouth
Suedehead:
“robthedog” Couple of old bedfords
Nice pics. Sureways, looks like Chalkers of Weymouth
Thats an ex Pickfords Bedford.
“Suedehead” Yes it does look like Chalkers had it before Sureways.
A.Woodford from Calne,Wiltshire’s Seddon from 1969.
CFAT
robthedog:
CFAT
The problems of using the Bedford VAL chassis for pantechnicons was considerable.
As a coach with the use of twin wheels on front enabled the use of smaller wheel size to keep the floor height lower making it easier for passengers to board and the blurb put out by Bedford at the time was that it was a safety feature in the event of a tyre blowout at high speed on a motorway, the coach could carry on in relative safety with a flat tyre, until a convenient place to stop was found with no risk for skidding. However I have known two operators in our area who experienced a wheel coming loose with drivers continuing without knowing and when they made their next stop finding they had a missing wheel.
The problem on commercial use was whereas on a usual van that size would be fitted with 900x20 tyres with 4 on the rear axel the VAL had smaller tyres which meant Gross Vehicle weight when Plated was less than 10 ton and because of the extra front axle and being 36 foot long the unladen weight was slightly over 5 ton, so unless they were used to carry feathers they were often overloaded with a full load.
