Stanfield:
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Hi Stanfield , Thank you for the pic of John Summers works at Shotton certainly woke up my memories of BRS Oxford from 1951, it was a regular load back for us to Pressed Steel at Cowley Oxford after delivering cased cars to Birkenhead docks . BRS had an office in the works and we could get loaded at any time ,even on a Sunday . Summers had their own fleet of Leyland Octopus ( Octopii ? ) on that run as well and returned with baled scrap overnights.—toshboy
Evening gentlemen my first new truck a F12 Globetrotter was painted by Brian Rolls in Andover (B.P.Rolls), he nearly dismantled it to do the job but what a job it was when done.
If my memory serves me well I think either Marley but may have been Redland always had there trucks repainted every 3 years done by Rolls which I might add was not cheap but was always a superb job. Can anyone remember if this was correct and what firm, Buzzer.
Thanks to Leyland600 for the oldie pics 
From Western Cape Province, South Africa, a Chinese Dongfeng, probably ■■■■■■■ powered as thay have ties, also Volvo own a 45 per cent stake in Dongfeng.
Oily
A Leopard chasing a Deere 
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Oily
oiltreader:
A Leopard chasing a Deere
Oily
Like your sense of humour Oily, cheers Buzzer.
oiltreader:
A Leopard chasing a Deere
Oily
lurpak:
A303 nr Amesbury
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730 horses and you still need a wrecker
0Ade
Cheers for the pics Ade, Oshkosh the Big Daddy of tank transporters.
The 1070F uses the Caterpillar C-18 engine, which is an 18.1l six-cylinder in-line turbocharged and after-cooled diesel power unit that can produce 700hp and 2,576Nm torque at 1,300rpm. The vehicle provides the necessary power to move its 118,050kg GCW (72t Challenger II tank) at a speed of 80km/h on tarmac surfaces and 38km/h on a 2.5% gradient. The transmission used in the 1070F is the Allison HD 4076P, seven-speed automatic with TC-561 torque converter and second-gear start.
Thanks to Buzzer for the pic no doubt there’s a chap up ■■■■■■■ way giving that load the critical eye 
Watched and chatted to this driver on Friday last, as he rolled up the operators arrived with their machines, jumped off and headed back to site, without any head scratching and from a tray at the front of the trailer, anchors and chains were taken and placed where needed, no indecision on what machine went where, no shunting, all straightforward off the road onto the trailer, anchors hooked, chains ratchet tightened, he was off within less than 45 mins*, comfortably, which included the craic we shared. impressive.
Oily
Edit * Just had another look at the dashcam time,( I had my motor running for the heater).
oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer for the picWatched and chatted to this driver on Friday last, as he rolled up the operators arrived with their machines, jumped off and headed back to site, without any head scratching and from a tray at the front of the trailer, anchors and chains were taken and placed where needed, no indecision on what machine went where, no shunting, all straightforward off the road onto the trailer, anchors hooked, chains ratchet tightened, he was off within less than 45 mins*, comfortably, which included the craic we shared. impressive.
Oily
Edit * Just had another look at the dashcam time,( I had my motor running for the heater).
I bet he used to second man his dad !!
Tony
Those lads moving surfacing machinery do it day in day out moving it from job to job so know exactly what goes where, sometimes we would be on site with tarmac before the tackle arrived but when they eventually turned up it wasn’t long before everything was unloaded and up and running. Same at the finish, as soon as the paver was cleaned out it was on the trailer while the roller was still rolling the mat!
Pete.
C,mon Oily I would have thought that you would know the difference between a Leopard and a Bedford ■■
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
C,mon Oily I would have thought that you would know the difference between a Leopard and a Bedford ■■
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Knew you’d be the man G to spot 
it wasn’t a Leopard, but a Bedford chasing a Deere didna hae the same ring to it hence the question mark… A Leopard chasing a Deere
anyway, the 1984 Bedford Duple Dominant in all it’s glory, Having spent its working life with Tantivy Motors on the Channel Island of Jersey, this Bedford NJM with Duple Dominant coachwork is now preserved on the mainland, but has had to forego its Jersey registration…
Oily
windrush:
Those lads moving surfacing machinery do it day in day out moving it from job to job so know exactly what goes where, sometimes we would be on site with tarmac before the tackle arrived but when they eventually turned up it wasn’t long before everything was unloaded and up and running. Same at the finish, as soon as the paver was cleaned out it was on the trailer while the roller was still rolling the mat!Pete.
Yes Pete the Pat Munro driver has been at it thirty years and in his words he absolutely loves the job.
Oily
Thanks to servo88 for the pics
These with thanks to lurpak.
Oily
This one to cheer a grumpy old man
youtube.com/watch?v=U0vmA4NYoTM
Oily
Just watched the u tube,won’t spoil it for g.o.m.!! There was some good ones on side bar as well?
Could any of you log men help me,how do you know when you have your weight? OK prob on bord weigher?
The green Atkinson looks the job,compare that to some of to days lorry’s,?
Many thanks to all who post pictures, nice to see old and new. T.08.
