DIG:
pv83:
Autocar, bit of the “great unknown” up here, but they seem to be tough little buggers… Maybe DIG knows a bit more about them?I found this old pair canoodling keeping the British Yank relationship warm.
Autocar or Matador,Mat for meDig
Nice one DIG.
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Johnny
Hi boys! Great pics on here,as usual. Im parked up with a CAT D10 just were Swedens biggest skiresort are. They are building a new AirPort. But the big CAT is going 250km north to help with one of the big bushfires. Im waiting for my 3pilot cars.
Danne.
Dirty Dan:
Hi boys! Great pics on here,as usual. Im parked up with a CAT D10 just were Swedens biggest skiresort are. They are building a new AirPort. But the big CAT is going 250km north to help with one of the big bushfires. Im waiting for my 3pilot cars.Danne.
Hey Dan, good to hear from you again. Nice photos.
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Johnny
DIG:
pv83:
.I will do my best to to satisfy your thirst for Auto Car knowledge Patrick. I drove an Autocar pulling 3 single deck trailers on cattle for a short period one season in the late 70s,it was a similar model to the yellow with red stripes model 350 ■■■■■■■ 15speed R/R bogie drive 6 rod spring suspension Rockwell diffs butterfly bonnet chequer plate mud guards all round.
A quite rugged truck heavily built with little comfort but pretty unbreakable it used the same cab as the Diamond Reo of the day and like them the wiring was a bit flimsy prone to failure which I think was due to the load generated by multiple trailers.I hot wired the spot lights through a seperate switch after I had a total shut down of lights one night, apart from that it did the job.This one must be 30plus years old and used to run into Darwin may still be doing it its a credit to the owner and has been upgraded quite a bit and has an Ice Pack remote A/c unit and a Ad Blue tank so may have entered the electronic age of Engines.
Double click for closer look.Cheers Dig
Cheers for the info DIG, for some reason I already thought they were not all that comfy… but unbreakable indeed 
jsutherland:
Smiths Heavy Haulage - http://www.smithsheavyhaulage.co.uk/
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Cheers Johnny, Westdijk has invested in some proper material last few years, they even got a UK depot if I’m not mistaken.
Dirty Dan:
Hi boys! Great pics on here,as usual. Im parked up with a CAT D10 just were Swedens biggest skiresort are. They are building a new AirPort. But the big CAT is going 250km north to help with one of the big bushfires. Im waiting for my 3pilot cars.Danne.
Finally a proper load Danne
Cheers for posting the pic’s mate! Hope all is well?
pv83:
jsutherland:
Smiths Heavy Haulage - http://www.smithsheavyhaulage.co.uk/
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0Cheers Johnny, Westdijk has invested in some proper material last few years, they even got a UK depot if I’m not mistaken.
Westdijk also got and depo in gothenburg Sweden. I think aboud 7-10 trucks.
We have do some for them to Norway,our equipment are more suiteble for Norway weight rules.
Danne
So finaly got my pilotcars and left Sälen at midnight. First 1/3of the road is narrow and hilly but with 5 wide more or less al roads are narrow. My weigth was 107000kg and the 750 had to al of them hp. So the 250km to me 5h25m to drive… I tipped in the middle of the fires so it was intens to say the least.
But the machine was has done a great job up there and rescuepeople is werry impresed of how fast it done the job.
Danne
Dirty Dan:
pv83:
jsutherland:
Smiths Heavy Haulage - http://www.smithsheavyhaulage.co.uk/
1Westdijk - Westdijk - Home
0Cheers Johnny, Westdijk has invested in some proper material last few years, they even got a UK depot if I’m not mistaken.
Westdijk also got and depo in gothenburg Sweden. I think aboud 7-10 trucks.
We have do some for them to Norway,our equipment are more suiteble for Norway weight rules.Danne
Forgot about that Swedish depot they’ve got, cheers Danne Haven’t they got some Volvo’s with an extended cab in their fleet?
They’ve got a depot in France as well, they’re are becoming quite a large player.
DIG:
pv83:
Autocar, bit of the “great unknown” up here, but they seem to be tough little buggers… Maybe DIG knows a bit more about them?I found this old pair canoodling keeping the British Yank relationship warm.
Autocar or Matador,Mat for meDig
I’ll take that Autocar then DIG, looks more easy to drive… I’ll get me coat…
Dirty Dan:
So finaly got my pilotcars and left Sälen at midnight. First 1/3of the road is narrow and hilly but with 5 wide more or less al roads are narrow. My weigth was 107000kg and the 750 had to al of them hp. So the 250km to me 5h25m to drive… I tipped in the middle of the fires so it was intens to say the least.
But the machine was has done a great job up there and rescuepeople is werry impresed of how fast it done the job.Danne
Cheers for posting Danne, wasn’t a easy job I can imagine… how many acres are lost due to the fires you reckon?
Dirty Dan:
So finaly got my pilotcars and left Sälen at midnight. First 1/3of the road is narrow and hilly but with 5 wide more or less al roads are narrow. My weigth was 107000kg and the 750 had to al of them hp. So the 250km to me 5h25m to drive… I tipped in the middle of the fires so it was intens to say the least.
But the machine was has done a great job up there and rescuepeople is werry impresed of how fast it done the job.Danne
Great pictures Dan. Quite a job for you. 107 tonnes!
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Johnny
pv83:
Dirty Dan:
So finaly got my pilotcars and left Sälen at midnight. First 1/3of the road is narrow and hilly but with 5 wide more or less al roads are narrow. My weigth was 107000kg and the 750 had to al of them hp. So the 250km to me 5h25m to drive… I tipped in the middle of the fires so it was intens to say the least.
But the machine was has done a great job up there and rescuepeople is werry impresed of how fast it done the job.Danne
Cheers for posting Danne, wasn’t a easy job I can imagine… how many acres are lost due to the fires you reckon?
Nah it wasnt. But feelt good to help. Well they think its about 25000 acres if they count al of the fires. It has been burning on alot of places. Firefigthers from al over europe have come to help.
Danne
This side of La Manche, thanks to Richard Says.
Oily
Dirty Dan:
pv83:
Dirty Dan:
So finaly got my pilotcars and left Sälen at midnight. First 1/3of the road is narrow and hilly but with 5 wide more or less al roads are narrow. My weigth was 107000kg and the 750 had to al of them hp. So the 250km to me 5h25m to drive… I tipped in the middle of the fires so it was intens to say the least.
But the machine was has done a great job up there and rescuepeople is werry impresed of how fast it done the job.Danne
Cheers for posting Danne, wasn’t a easy job I can imagine… how many acres are lost due to the fires you reckon?
Nah it wasnt. But feelt good to help. Well they think its about 25000 acres if they count al of the fires. It has been burning on alot of places. Firefigthers from al over europe have come to help.
Danne
By gum mate, that much?!
Know what you mean about being able to help, even if it’s behind the scenes like…
DEANB:
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Cheers Dean, wasn’t…erm… expecting that… 
I’ll get me coat…
