Spardo:
I love that roomy cabin on the rear of the trailer, Combi, big enough for the whole crew to park up and sleep in, if they had enough curtains that is.Was that original equipment on the Nicholas? Or was that a Canadian addition to an otherwise open platform?
An iconic picture, nevertheless.
More great photos Cambi and i reckon that reckon that rear dual cab assembly would be full of hydraulic equipment and dual controls so i doubt much room for all the crew David.
Dig
DIG:
Spardo:
I love that roomy cabin on the rear of the trailer, Combi, big enough for the whole crew to park up and sleep in, if they had enough curtains that is.Was that original equipment on the Nicholas? Or was that a Canadian addition to an otherwise open platform?
An iconic picture, nevertheless.
More great photos Cambi and i reckon that reckon that rear dual cab assembly would be full of hydraulic equipment and dual controls so i doubt much room for all the crew David.
Dig
Comfy though. No standing out in the rain. 
Donny bypass, all credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Oily
Proper job.
Oily
It makes you wonder why Leyland / Scammell didn’t build a 4x2 Euro-spec LHD regular unit with the Interstate cab, doesn’t it! Ro
This answers the above question:
aronline.co.uk/commercials/ … nterstate/
The Interstate came too late, and was overtaken by other events.
combi89:
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I wonder if that was destined for the Koeberg power station, which is about 25 miles outside of Cape Town.
Sunters Foden with load going through Stockton on Tees. Picture courtesy of Stockton council archives had an interesting trawl through website and there are quite a few abnormal load pictures in there due to the fact that Head Wrightson were based there.
DIG:
DEANB:
DIG:
My Mack Titan with a load of crusher parts at the Telfor gold mine in West Aus.
This truck had a 140ton rating so I suppose it would be in the same league as the Hendricksons of yester year certainly more comfortable not nearly so interesting though
Cracking pic of the Titan Dig,never knew you had one of those ! Did it have the Mack V8 500 bhp under the bonnet ■■?
Hi Deano where do you get them from ,as David said i can’t recall tri axle double deck trailers appearing until about 1980ish our way and I think Hallmark Volume crates and trailers were Buntines first so I doubt any of the Fodens or Leylands would have had any hanging on behind.
The Titan I owned DeanO had a 575hp EM9 electronic V8 it could be obtained with a 610hp model which at best could be described as fragile,my 575 was also a trouble child it dropped the front camshaft bearing on 2 occasions the second time it split the block through the casting not long after i had just spent 10thou on fuel pump issues and oil leaks so I sold it for the parts still operational and used the money to rebuild the 18speed Mack gearbox purchased a new Cat C 15 550hp engine and spent 4 weeks fitting it myself,it was a most satisfying result and proved to be a good investment.
Just had a thought the dog trailers they pulled and we pulled were single deck and had a bogie axle assy at the rear and a single axle dolly at the front and where probably what the author of DeanOs article called a tri axle unit.
Dig
Morning Dig,
Surprised to hear the Mack engine was not the most reliable chap. Did they offer the ■■■■■■■ signature as well from memory, which seems to be
the engine of choice in the roadtrains these days ?
Remember those 8 wheeler Scammell Contractors i posted about before chap. Found a bit more,look’s like they were operated by Peko Mines and
before the Contractors they operted Fodens.
1968 Click on pages twice.
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anorak:
This answers the above question:aronline.co.uk/commercials/ … nterstate/
The Interstate came too late, and was overtaken by other events.
Thanks for that anorak! Ro
DEANB:
DIG:
DEANB:
DIG:
My Mack Titan with a load of crusher parts at the Telfor gold mine in West Aus.
This truck had a 140ton rating so I suppose it would be in the same league as the Hendricksons of yester year certainly more comfortable not nearly so interesting thoughCracking pic of the Titan D
Morning Dig,Surprised to hear the Mack engine was not the most reliable chap. Did they offer the ■■■■■■■ signature as well from memory, which seems to be
the engine of choice in the roadtrains these days ?Remember those 8 wheeler Scammell Contractors i posted about before chap. Found a bit more,look’s like they were operated by Peko Mines and
before the Contractors they operted Fodens.
I wasn’t the only one DeanO I was told not to buy one but I did and regrettably not Macks finest .They then went to supplying Cat or ■■■■■■■ power until their high horse power straight 6 was developed but I think there new parent company Volvo may have had something to do with it.
The unit i did a trip in as second driver last year was powered by a Volvo lump 600hp a nice engine to drive very smooth not sure of the model but it had the timing gears at the rear of engine you blokes over there probably know which one it is.
I remember the Scammells at Peko mines in the NT.
What do you men think of the cab over model not as impressive as the Contractors but good finds Oily up to your usual standard.
Dig
I wasn’t the only one DeanO I was told not to buy one but I did and regrettably not Macks finest .They then went to supplying Cat or ■■■■■■■ power until their high horse power straight 6 was developed but I think there new parent company Volvo may have had something to do with it.
The unit i did a trip in as second driver last year was powered by a Volvo lump 600hp a nice engine to drive very smooth not sure of the model but it had the timing gears at the rear of engine you blokes over there probably know which one it is.
That sounds like the Volvo 16L engine DIG, but I stand to be corrected…
Some great pic’s mate, cheers
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anorak:combi89:
0The following week, a patent was filed for an extending telescopic trailer.
newmercman:
So you may have noticed I’m back, here’s a few shots of my recent endeavors.Took me some time to play catch up, some fantastic pics and posts on here.
Great pic’s NMM! Good to see you did the sensible thing too and stocked up on bogg rolls…
LR Man:
Hi All, not been on for a while, there has been some excellent stuff put on here!!!Here is a couple of photos from me.
When I worked at Electrolux, Spennymoor, one Saturday morning this Scammell S26 of Leicester Heavy Haulage was on site moving some machine shop equipment. It must have been about '92/93 as that’s my Land Rover in the background.
Cheers LR Man! Those S26 models surely looked the part eh.
