Hi all,looking for pictures of the fold flat tipper trailers or tipper bodies.
What stopped the sides getting badly dented when used as a flat trailer ?
Big Bear:
Hi all,looking for pictures of the fold flat tipper trailers or tipper bodies.
What stopped the sides getting badly dented when used as a flat trailer ?
Nothing,they did get bent and dented,you some times had a job putting them back up.
You’ve just jogged my brain cell “Truckfing” IIRC R.G.Tait (Taits Volvo) of Haydon Bridge ran some tippers like you describe in the late 60’s early 70’s but they had coil wells in them as well,I don’t know how they fared in service !! Cheers Dennis.
I was presented with a 15 year old D-series with a fold flat, immediately after passing my Class 3. She was ex West Midland Farmers so the sides had been up and down a few times but they were virtually as good as new. The alloy plank construction was very strong and I remember lots of bearers running at right angles to the planks to help support the load when running as a flat. It also helped if the floor was flat and true…
I had her for two years doing allsorts - flat and bulk - and it was a bloody good body…shame the chassis didn’t match up! 
North Linc Transport ran quite a few fo them, They used to load bricks from Bonnybridge (J.Steins) They had blocks of wood to place under the wheels of the trailer to level it up so the forklift could get their forks out that was in the 60s, Regards Larry.
Hiya …Malcom Harrison had a Hoyanor fold in.(can’t remember how many tines the pin was on the floor)
this trailer was on the Hulland products/charcon/who ever it is now.work / salt from Winsford and fertiliser
from Billingham. the mistake Malcom made was to have the sides painted. when loading at Hulland ward if your
load was 2ft paving flags you needed a row in the middle of the trailer. this was done by placing a lift on the
edge of the trailer and YES pushing the row inward. you can imagine what a mess the sides looked after a few
weeks. Another problem was the salt got into the lightweight boards. it was a good idea just not perfect
i would think it looked really out of place today where lorries and trailer appear to be looked after better
John
BRS at Forest of Dean depot inherited three or four of these from BRS Stowmarket where they had been used on sugar beet. We used them for coal from South Wales to London & the Eastern Counties, backloading with general freight to South Wales or the South West. They worked well enough but the sides were not high enough for coke, which formed a large part of our work.
I had a relative who worked in Norfolk,many years ago he used one on S/Beet to Cantley(still have a beer&a meal in"The ■■■■", I’m sure some of the ole Norfolk boys will know it!) grain to Tilbury or Silvertown fold it down, bagged flour back home but not robust enough to do coal or scrap but a good compromise for agricultural haulage (yeah I know it’s Norfolk, six fingers webbed feet and all that) go to Boston ,Lincs you’ll see far worse 
We found them O.K. for coal but, as you say, absolutely useless for scrap: firstly, nowhere near strong enough and secondly, nowhere near big enough. Couldn’t run around half loaded, especially with diesel costing nearly five bob a gallon! 
Bewick:
You’ve just jogged my brain cell “Truckfing” IIRC R.G.Tait (Taits Volvo) of Haydon Bridge ran some tippers like you describe in the late 60’s early 70’s but they had coil wells in them as well,I don’t know how they fared in service !! Cheers Dennis.
Hi Bewick you just rattled my solitary brain cell as well! I renember talking to one of Tait’s lads in about 1975 ,he had an N reg 240 F88 ( obviously one of the last of the ubiquitous model before the 290 TD 100B) As you said it was a 36ft Hoynor with fold flat sides and a coil well . I said to him I bet that’s heavy to which he replied "Aye lad I can only carry 19 tons but i can carry 19 tons of ANYTHING!!! Regards Noel
Laurie Dryver:
Bewick:
You’ve just jogged my brain cell “Truckfing” IIRC R.G.Tait (Taits Volvo) of Haydon Bridge ran some tippers like you describe in the late 60’s early 70’s but they had coil wells in them as well,I don’t know how they fared in service !! Cheers Dennis.Hi Bewick you just rattled my solitary brain cell as well! I renember talking to one of Tait’s lads in about 1975 ,he had an N reg 240 F88 ( obviously one of the last of the ubiquitous model before the 290 TD 100B) As you said it was a 36ft Hoynor with fold flat sides and a coil well . I said to him I bet that’s heavy to which he replied "Aye lad I can only carry 19 tons but i can carry 19 tons of ANYTHING!!! Regards Noel
Bewick:
Laurie Dryver:
Bewick:
You’ve just jogged my brain cell “Truckfing” IIRC R.G.Tait (Taits Volvo) of Haydon Bridge ran some tippers like you describe in the late 60’s early 70’s but they had coil wells in them as well,I don’t know how they fared in service !! Cheers Dennis.Hi Bewick you just rattled my solitary brain cell as well! I renember talking to one of Tait’s lads in about 1975 ,he had an N reg 240 F88 ( obviously one of the last of the ubiquitous model before the 290 TD 100B) As you said it was a 36ft Hoynor with fold flat sides and a coil well . I said to him I bet that’s heavy to which he replied "Aye lad I can only carry 19 tons but i can carry 19 tons of ANYTHING!!! Regards Noel
Hiya Dennis the three we had at Stillers also had coil wells,he may of got them thro Bob Tait as they were quite close 
Would have been OK if he hadn’t got the n/s wheels of his unit in a hole.
(Know-all retired driver again!)
