Waiting on the quay at North Shields for the Colorline ferry. The load is a jet engine for powering an oil rig.
It had to be accompanied on air suspension for the trip.
Spardo:
tyneside:
TynesideWhat does the wheel do that the Bainbridge driver is holding on to? If it winds the door shut that would leave the handbrake outside. In any case the handbrake makes entry difficult
I was also wondering what that wheel was for, could it be a parking brake and what’s that stick for that’s going from the drivers left foot at about 45% to the floor. It’s a very interesting photo whatever it is.
I wonder if this driver has parked up for the night and gone home on a Dodgy. 
I’m not sure what the wheel on the side of the delivery van is for, some continental road sweepers and dustcarts had external controls on the kerbside so the crew could control it while walking along but surely not in this case?
NMP
However I reckon that the ‘stick’ hanging down is a sprag to prevent it rolling back on hills.
Pete.
Could it be something to do with whatever is mounted on the roof. It looks like something that needs wound up. Maybe the roof could open to allow for oversized items to be carried?
Dennis Javelin:
Could it be something to do with whatever is mounted on the roof. It looks like something that needs wound up. Maybe the roof could open to allow for oversized items to be carried?
Sunshine roof control!
David
Buzzer
Thanks to Buzzer, Tyneside, Ray Smyth, Lawrence Dunbar, kevmac47, mushroomman and windrush for the photos. 
Oily.
Credit to adze45 for the photo.
Dennis Javelin:
Could it be something to do with whatever is mounted on the roof. It looks like something that needs wound up. Maybe the roof could open to allow for oversized items to be carried?
The ‘thing’ on the roof is a walkway to get furniture out of an upstairs window. H&S did away with them but on the continent most removal firms have a 3.5 tonner with a conveyor on for the same reason-old stairways being notoriously awkward.
Beau Nydel:
Dennis Javelin:
Could it be something to do with whatever is mounted on the roof. It looks like something that needs wound up. Maybe the roof could open to allow for oversized items to be carried?The ‘thing’ on the roof is a walkway to get furniture out of an upstairs window. H&S did away with them but on the continent most removal firms have a 3.5 tonner with a conveyor on for the same reason-old stairways being notoriously awkward.
Brilliant mate, a great post, so is the wheel connected to it to extend it then ? And how do they get round such awkward exits nowadays.
Many years ago there was driver on here who got a job on removals in Eastern France, I met him once at a long ago diappeared routier south of Perigueux and he mentioned the extreme awkwardness of the job, but did not mention such a piece of kit.
Spardo:
Beau Nydel:
Dennis Javelin:
Could it be something to do with whatever is mounted on the roof. It looks like something that needs wound up. Maybe the roof could open to allow for oversized items to be carried?The ‘thing’ on the roof is a walkway to get furniture out of an upstairs window. H&S did away with them but on the continent most removal firms have a 3.5 tonner with a conveyor on for the same reason-old stairways being notoriously awkward.
Brilliant mate, a great post, so is the wheel connected to it to extend it then ? And how do they get round such awkward exits nowadays.
Many years ago there was driver on here who got a job on removals in Eastern France, I met him once at a long ago diappeared routier south of Perigueux and he mentioned the extreme awkwardness of the job, but did not mention such a piece of kit.
I worked for Williams furniture from the Balham shop, also Brixton, Putney and Upton Park when needed. One of the things was someone coming in and ordering a corner suite. I used to ask where they lived and then explained that there was no way a corner suite would go upstairs in those houses. More than one insisted so round we went to prove it. Embarrassing for them. We had to take a double robe apart and hoist it up through a window for one at Sheperd’s Bush. We put it back together for them and ended up being given a huge tip of 50P. Won’t tell you what we said, but our manager stood by us, saying it was a ■■■■ take. Bloody hard work most of the time.
