May have been seeing things early on Thursday morning, but there was what looked like a 6 or 8 wheeler going north on the A1(m) north of the M1 link, pulling a semi trailer, it looked like it could have been one of them suction tankers.
It wasn’t a rigid with an a frame drag, it looked like a rigid artic!
Any one else seen anything like it, in my defence it was still dark, and hadn’t been up long.
Could it have been a fair truck? They’re the only ones in the UK I’ve seen that (at least appear to) exceed maximum length (other than escorted stuff).
I have a feeling it’s a BIG road sweeper. I have seen pics of it somewhere, but can’t remember exactly where.
One of these? Tate and Lyle had some sugar tankers too IIRC
I think you’re describing the dromedary configuration which is nothing new.But doubt if it would conform to UK length limits with a standard length 45 ft semi. 
Carryfast:
I think you’re describing the dromedary configuration which is nothing new.But doubt if it would conform to UK length limits with a standard length 45 ft semi.
It looked the same set up as this foden, but the trailer was about 30ft and the body on the trailer was the same as what was on the rigid.
Would that set up still be legal here if the overall length complied with uk regs?
Apologies to cav551 for quoting on the wrong post.
Used to drive a rig like you describe in Aussie, it was an 8 wheel Foden tipper chassis with a bulk milk tank on the chassis and fith wheel fitted behind the tank, this was then coupled to a 40ft milk tanker.
Used to run from Perth down to Albany.
weeto:
Carryfast:
I think you’re describing the dromedary configuration which is nothing new.But doubt if it would conform to UK length limits with a standard length 45 ft semi.It looked the same, but the trailer was about 30ft and what was on the trailer was the same as what was on the rigid.
Would that set up be legal here if the overall length complied with uk regs?
I’d guess there would be nothing stopping that configuration here so long as the trailer length was short enough to keep it all legal on the overall length limit.The same applies in the case of using a conventional/bonneted unit so long as the trailer is short enough that it doesn’t go over on the overall length.In some cases that can allow a bonneted unit with a 20ft maybe even 40ft skele for example.
This, of course, is why the regulation prescribe an overall length rather than specifying each individual part.
IIRC, the sweeper unit was on an FH 8 wheel chassis and the trl was for water/waste storage. Think it was/ is used on airport runways and big road jobs.
prob what the Aust yanks an Africans call an A or a B -train bit like a W+D but W is a long ridged with the box cut to allow a 5th wheel attachment cant find a decent pic though just multi trailers 
nick2008:
prob what the Aust yanks an Africans call an A or a B -train bit like a W+D but W is a long ridged with the box cut to allow a 5th wheel attachment cant find a decent pic though just multi trailers
A train is artic pulling A frame drawbar trailer/s or composite trailer/s using a dolly/ies.
B train is an artic made up of the usual tractor unit and a semi trailer pulling another/more semi trailer/s using a fifth wheel coupling/s on the back of each semi trailer.
The configuration being described here is a dromedary.IE effectively an artic type combination but with a load carrying tractor unit that is effectively a rigid with a fifth wheel pulling a semi trailer.Which is different to either of the above or the wagon and drag type configurations of rigid pulling close coupled or A frame/composite type drawbar trailer/s.
weeto:
May have been seeing things early on Thursday morning, but there was what looked like a 6 or 8 wheeler going north on the A1(m) north of the M1 link, pulling a semi trailer, it looked like it could have been one of them suction tankers.
It wasn’t a rigid with an a frame drag, it looked like a rigid artic!
Any one else seen anything like it, in my defence it was still dark, and hadn’t been up long.
Was it these? fostercontracting.co.uk
Was it a set-up like this 5 axle crane pulling a tri-axle 48 foot flat? Quite handy for self-unloading.
grahamA:
weeto:
May have been seeing things early on Thursday morning, but there was what looked like a 6 or 8 wheeler going north on the A1(m) north of the M1 link, pulling a semi trailer, it looked like it could have been one of them suction tankers.
It wasn’t a rigid with an a frame drag, it looked like a rigid artic!
Any one else seen anything like it, in my defence it was still dark, and hadn’t been up long.Was it these? fostercontracting.co.uk
That’s the one, that’s doing the rubber removal on the runway, cheers, thought I was going madder than I already am, don’t think I’ve seen a truck trailer set up like that before.
if its the same on I saw it has a big hose running along top of the unit and passed the front of the cab like its a gully tanker. the one I seen what white with green arches etc
Hi guys, here is an old photo I have, Foden S24 8 wheel rigid tanker with a single axle tank behind, 1966 vintage, they were made to run at 32 tons but could still be used as just a rigid if needed, they didn’t make many, the idea didn’t catch on.
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