I recognise them as car carrier specialists, but no, it wasn’t them. They still use them in the States as I have seen them on the forum there but their search engine isn’t easy to get along with and I haven’t found a picture so far. ;-(
Schmitz Cargobull ??
Nope, full marks for trying though. 
But I have found a picture, over in the States where they call them Frameless End Dumps. There is a whole thread stretching back to 2012 and running to 340 pages, mainly of advice to a Newbie. 
And here is the creature:
Do they still make/use them in England and what are they called now?
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Hoynor tippers I think they were called
Not sure where this belongs, so…impressive bit of driving.
If someone shows it is a fake? OK. But I am happy to believe that it is real.
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Neville Charrold trailers?
Built in Mansfield in the 80s I think.
I used one once early 80s when my mate was getting a standard supercube type tipper built there,.and they loaned him one of them, he had tipping gear fitted but this thing was ran by a donkey engine I think, maybe my mind playing tricks…(yeah ok and a donkey driver..)
Absolute abortion of a thing it was.
These are examples off net, not the motor I was driving btw.
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@Frangers No trick photography. When B doubles were new for general access, I saw a bloke do a similar reverse at high speed. I was in awe, I’ve never had enought confidence/stupidity to reverse at much over an idle.
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Hoyner certainly made tippers but not sure that was the maker I was thinking of.
Anyway, as I was saying they do look a bit teetery when fully tipped but you have to remember that there isn’t the weight of a chassis up there in the air to make it more dodgy, and with a normal artic tipper, to empty it the whole thing has to move forward, trailer and tractor, so 4 more wheels than the frameless to move while there is still product inside.
One more advantage which I hadn’t thought of before, the ram stays vertical for most of the time, so less bending strain on it.
But you still have to be aware of lumpy ground and sidewinds. 
I like the Crusader sleeper with the powder tank, when I was on those it was a bottom silo discharger, sounds rude, but safer.
A truck from the 70s was the Tesla Semi forerunner!
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Jeez just a bit.
I once took a same cabbed Leyland to the NORTH East one day, in the 80s, hated the ***** thing,
that was enough, never mind the MIDDLE East.
No air con in that heat 
, no bunk by the look of it, …deffo no sat nav 
This is why I laugh at guys today who moan about the quality of their motors…ok yeah, including me moaning about my old Actros
The days when men were men and trucks were crap.
I think he was an owner driver and did a few trips with it. They were built for UK nothing else really but he proved it could be done. Top marks but sooner him than me
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One last comment on the above, a coincidence and confirmation of what I was on about. This appeared yesterday on the US forum. Not exactly the same scenario, but you get the picture.
No lie, I got trapped this morning at a regular customer, 1 the place is entirely too small on a good day, 2 the customers kept flooding in, and 3 some poor fella locked his keys in the truck right on the edge of the driveway. I had to pull my trailer to me, leave it half way up just to inch out of the place by no less than 6 inches from hitting their fence. I’m getting too old for adventures like that.
Unbelievable! No checking of the turntable or king pln, basic safety procedure after a rollover. No checking of oil or other fluids which can easily have been lost or transfered to the wrong areas.
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I can see that going down well on the US forum, drivers who can’t speak English are a favourite subject. 