Tight corners.
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Renault at the same game with Optifuel efficiency.
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A tight corner in Weldon near Corby 1959,with a Thor missile en route to it’s emplacement.RAF Hippo on front,steerer on back.
oiltreader:
To end todays lot here’s a couple from Australia.
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Both of these are familiar to me. The B61 Thermodyne, of course, but also the Oshkosh.
I was taxi driving in Sydney and saw one parked in a side street, trailered and freighted, driver at the wheel, ready for the off, to Melbourne nearly 900 kms away. He was an OD and was looking for a mate, 1800k up and back, was wearing him down.
I had stopped because I’d never seen such an animal before, asked him if I could climb up and have a chat. He was happy to talk but when I saw that tiny, narrow, tin cab with not an ounce of comfort inside the narrow screen and side windows, I decided to stick to cabbying, for the time being!
Strange though, I was always up for a challenge, something different. In some ways I regret it now, after all, how many have driven an Oshkosh flat out for 900 k, this wasn’t tank transporting. 
Could’ve saved yerself some mileage & taken a trip to Bulford to pilot an Osh,David…they tell me they even throw in a uniform?
oiltreader:
Sutton Bank from above.
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Early 60’s I took a loaded 8 wheel Atki UP there, (rock salt from Winsford, naughty naughty I don’t think there was a ban on HGV’s at that time) 150 Gardner, David Brown box. Half the load was to tip half way up the bank the rest of it at the top. I put it in #1 at the bottom of the bank and just let it do it’s job, no problem, it sailed up.
Thats where a lot of blokes went wrong on Mont Cenis ,they mucked up the gear changes instead of sticking to one gear up the montain & one gear down.
Pictures unverified so withdrawn
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