i agree with you to an extent harry.
a case in point,was when i worked for lawsons out of immingham i got a 9 car artic.flat decks,easy to load and tip,whilst other lads got the eurolohr,a very electircally and hydrauliclly complicated piece of kit which broke down often.now while they had the higher capacity trucks,i moved more cars a week,because mine only took half the time to tip and load.
however,car weights and shapes have changed so much,and in the car transport game,load optimization is paramount for companys to make a profit,and also the fact we now have people carriers,4x4"s,and vans to move,maximizing designs and modern transporter bodies need to have the edge.
trying to load modern day cars on a 60"s or 70"s design truck body(which are still in use now),is an absolute nightmare.
hiya,
Buck Rogers I did say i was a novice at the car transporter game and it was so long ago Marina’s were what i carried on the odd occasion i did the job, it’s good to be enlightened by people who know what they are talking about, it just looks so difficult, load a car fiddle with the hydraulics another car same again just looks to take for ever, of course i’ve only ever used the olde worlde type of stuff so tell me to shut up.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Buck Rogers I did say i was a novice at the car transporter game and it was so long ago Marina’s were what i carried on the odd occasion i did the job, it’s good to be enlightened by people who know what they are talking about, it just looks so difficult, load a car fiddle with the hydraulics another car same again just looks to take for ever, of course i’ve only ever used the olde worlde type of stuff so tell me to shut up.
thanks harry long retired.
what■■?,and me,a mere slip of a lad tell an old wise hand to shut up??..never,i wouldnt dare.
i do agree harry,personally i think straight forward 9 car carriers or less with minimal hydraulics are a lot quicker than the current body types.yes the newer ones can carry an array of sizes in one go,but you have to question that the extra time spent loading and tipping could cost up to 2-3 loads less a week.i suppose its called evolution,but in effect we are maybe going backwards?
regards buck.
ps,i dont fancy that “a” frame drawbar much.
hiya,
Buck was an old wag and drag driver (a frame) starting in 1957 aged 21 the four wheeled Leyland with that trailer would have held no challenges i don’t think, the problem now would be getting in the cab and as for running about the top deck when i’ve got the car in position would scare the living daylight’s out of me i’ts good to be retired sometimes, retired but i could do without the being old bit.
thanks harry long retired.
what ever happened to aberdeen trailers are they still going?
harry gill 
sorry bout the old bit,meant wise. 
gazzad,aberdeen trailers i think are finished now.scottie 0111 on here used to work for them i think.
and if you keep watching the current crop,you may see 1 or 2 dissappear as well 
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wonder who they mite be?
It says ERF not RAF:
meggala:
whats your height limit in the UK over here its 4.6 meters? our width is 2.5 metersNo height limit in UK (different in Euro mainland depending on country ,norm is 4.0m, that is why a lot of Euro trucks are ‘low ride’ ). Width 2.5m and 2.55m for fridge (I think).
Most UK trucks are 4.0m-4.2m-4.6m.
There is a height limit of 16 foot thats 4.9 metres in the uk as all motorway bridges are measured to 16ft 6 inch that being 5 metres 
PKT:
It says ERF not RAF:
meggala:
whats your height limit in the UK over here its 4.6 meters? our width is 2.5 metersNo height limit in UK (different in Euro mainland depending on country ,norm is 4.0m, that is why a lot of Euro trucks are ‘low ride’ ). Width 2.5m and 2.55m for fridge (I think).
Most UK trucks are 4.0m-4.2m-4.6m.There is a height limit of 16 foot thats 4.9 metres in the uk as all motorway bridges are measured to 16ft 6 inch that being 5 metres
I was led to believe that there was no height limit in the UK but unmarked bridges are a minimum of 16’6’'.
Dad used to run at 16’2 on Tolemans. Iirc most car transporter depots had a gantry/post with a ball tied to a rope/cable set to this height, to enable the driver to check the height by driving underneath. If the ball swung you were over height. 
i can remember my Dad letting the car tyres down on the top deck car just to get under some bridges
Aberdeen Trailers was taken over by the bloke that bought Finham Car delivery off Bob Robertson, can’t remember his name but it’s now called ARL. My brother worked there for a while.
Dieseldogsix:
Aberdeen Trailers was taken over by the bloke that bought Finham Car delivery off Bob Robertson, can’t remember his name but it’s now called ARL. My brother worked there for a while.
Andy Livingstons his name, the office is in Ellon and the garage is in Fyvie, think Hitch does a bit for him out of Coventry.
Thats the one, Andy Livingstone
As a newbie to the site, thought I’d bore you or otherwise with pics of some of my trucks in 26 years of car transport.
Thought for the day. The guy who never makes a mistake never makes anything !!
bloody hell what on earth happened to the post van?
I’d say its fell off a transporter and landed on its arse, or maybe pat couldn’t find his glasses and backed in to a wall.
dlote2009:
I’d say its fell off a transporter and landed on its arse, or maybe pat couldn’t find his glasses and backed in to a wall.
Or another car from above fell on it?
It’s had a deck dropped on it.
Thought that`s how all p/o vans came delivered.