Wonder how many of these they sold?
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Wonder how many of these they sold?
A few, and then the goalposts moved regarding artics and they became obsolete really. Harveys Sherry at Bristol had a couple, a tanker that travelled to Europe and a box van that I used to see on the old A4 (pre M4 days) travelling through Reading and presumably heading for London. A good idea, Fodens were never afraid of experimenting! 
Pete.
coomsey:
Still looks wrong!
I agree “coomsey” never liked the look of those trailers. That one is very short.
Foden dump truck.
A bit of reading here for you “coomsey” me olde mucker. 
Foden brochure.
Click on pages twice to read.
coomsey:
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Still looks wrong!
I agree, it looks wrong, but I had one, longer than that though, and once I had got over my initial fear was quite happy with it. As happy as I could be with an artic tipper, that is. The same cautions applied, keep it straight, keep it level, and be ready to run for your life.
I worked for Bulkliner at Beeston, Nottingham and almost the whole fleet were 20 foot tipper twistlock chassis. No problems. Then they introduced 30 foots and the trouble started. One by one they started going over. I always had my heart in my mouth with them but fortunately never lost one. Turned out to be a weakness in the brackets supporting the ram, so they fixed it, but I was never happy with them.
Back to the ones in your picture. They had one quirk which could be useful. With judicious use of releasing, locking and releasing the brakes on both unit and trailer, you could ‘walk’ your way of of sticky ground. 
Spardo:
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Still looks wrong!I agree, it looks wrong, but I had one, longer than that though, and once I had got over my initial fear was quite happy with it. As happy as I could be with an artic tipper, that is. The same cautions applied, keep it straight, keep it level, and be ready to run for your life.
I worked for Bulkliner at Beeston, Nottingham and almost the whole fleet were 20 foot tipper twistlock chassis. No problems. Then they introduced 30 foots and the trouble started. One by one they started going over. I always had my heart in my mouth with them but fortunately never lost one. Turned out to be a weakness in the brackets supporting the ram, so they fixed it, but I was never happy with them.
Back to the ones in your picture. They had one quirk which could be useful. With judicious use of releasing, locking and releasing the brakes on both unit and trailer, you could ‘walk’ your way of of sticky ground.
Sounds interesting Spardo but you’ve not sold me one! It’s “the ready to run for your life” thing that put me off a tad !! Cheers Coomsey
A bit of reading here for you “coomsey” me olde mucker.
Glad you didn’t post a lot of reading Dean 
cheers Coomsey
coomsey:
Sounds interesting Spardo but you’ve not sold me one! Cheers Coomsey
I have been trying, without success, to remember the name of the company who specialised in them. I think they made car transporters also.
Back to walking out of muck. Raise the body halfway. Lock brakes on trailer, Release brakes on unit. As body descends and can’t shove trailer wheels backwards, it shoves the unit forward instead. Repeat until free.
Spardo:
coomsey:
Sounds interesting Spardo but you’ve not sold me one! Cheers Coomsey
Back to walking out of muck. Raise the body halfway. Lock brakes on trailer, Release brakes on unit. As body descends and can’t shove trailer wheels backwards, it shoves the unit forward instead. Repeat until free.
Still don’t want one!!
coomsey:
Spardo:
coomsey:
Sounds interesting Spardo but you’ve not sold me one! Cheers Coomsey
Back to walking out of muck. Raise the body halfway. Lock brakes on trailer, Release brakes on unit. As body descends and can’t shove trailer wheels backwards, it shoves the unit forward instead. Repeat until free.
Still don’t want one!!
Back to digging then.
Spardo:
coomsey:
Spardo:
coomsey:
Sounds interesting Spardo but you’ve not sold me one! Cheers Coomsey
Back to walking out of muck. Raise the body halfway. Lock brakes on trailer, Release brakes on unit. As body descends and can’t shove trailer wheels backwards, it shoves the unit forward instead. Repeat until free.
Still don’t want one!!
Back to digging then.
Through luck I only got stuck once, delivering a load of bricks to a farm. It was snowing n lost front end into ditch up his drive,he soon pulled me out. Having said that I used to pick sand up at a place near Leighton buzzard n was forever getting stranded empty in the sand hole. I’d got a 8 whlr erf n put it down to the back springs hopping. Didn’t matter what gear or revs once she started hopping the only way to get moving was the loading shovel. The driver of said it was only ERFs that had that problem. Cheers Coomsey
coomsey:
Through luck I only got stuck once, delivering a load of bricks to a farm. It was snowing n lost front end into ditch up his drive,he soon pulled me out. Having said that I used to pick sand up at a place near Leighton buzzard n was forever getting stranded empty in the sand hole. I’d got a 8 whlr erf n put it down to the back springs hopping. Didn’t matter what gear or revs once she started hopping the only way to get moving was the loading shovel. The driver of said it was only ERFs that had that problem. Cheers Coomsey
Should have had a Foden then. Got stuck on the hill out of Ashbourne with an artic powder tanker, empty. Came to a stop in the snow. I chose several gears one by one, letting in the clutch very carefully when, at last, I found the right one and away she went. Always swore there must be at least one in 12 right for any occasion.
Spardo:
coomsey:
Through luck I only got stuck once, delivering a load of bricks to a farm. It was snowing n lost front end into ditch up his drive,he soon pulled me out. Having said that I used to pick sand up at a place near Leighton buzzard n was forever getting stranded empty in the sand hole. I’d got a 8 whlr erf n put it down to the back springs hopping. Didn’t matter what gear or revs once she started hopping the only way to get moving was the loading shovel. The driver of said it was only ERFs that had that problem. Cheers CoomseyShould have had a Foden then. Got stuck on the hill out of Ashbourne with an artic powder tanker, empty. Came to a stop in the snow. I chose several gears one by one, letting in the clutch very carefully when, at last, I found the right one and away she went. Always swore there must be at least one in 12 right for any occasion.
I only had 6 to pick from
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Hoyner Spardo
Thanks, I new it began with ‘H’, are they still going?
I think, though they look a bit teetery, they were in fact more stable because the chassis remains with the body all the way up and down which may have resisted the tendency to twist. Still relying on the rams though, but just a thought.
However, the rams remaining vertical might have helped too.
Only 6? I feel your pain. 
Spardo:
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Hoyner SpardoThanks, I new it began with ‘H’, are they still going?
I think, though they look a bit teetery, they were in fact more stable because the chassis remains with the body all the way up and down which may have resisted the tendency to twist. Still relying on the rams though, but just a thought.
However, the rams remaining vertical might have helped too.
Only 6? I feel your pain.
I had a Hoyner for a while ,great once you got used to it , chassis cracked behind the legs eventually , got it. repaired at Hoyner and 6 months later wrote it off in a shunt on Symonds Yat . Good trailer while it lasted .
rigsby:
Spardo:
coomsey:
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Hoyner SpardoThanks, I new it began with ‘H’, are they still going?
I think, though they look a bit teetery, they were in fact more stable because the chassis remains with the body all the way up and down which may have resisted the tendency to twist. Still relying on the rams though, but just a thought.
However, the rams remaining vertical might have helped too.
Only 6? I feel your pain.
I had a Hoyner for a while ,great once you got used to it , chassis cracked behind the legs eventually , got it. repaired at Hoyner and 6 months later wrote it off in a shunt on Symonds Yat . Good trailer while it lasted .
The company was founded 46 odd years ago and is now, since when I don’t know, defunct. I always had an idea that they were from the NE but in fact were an Essex firm.
It’s 40 odd years ago now , but I seem to recall their factory was in or near Basildon .