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?
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.
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.
@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.
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.
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
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.
I can see that going down well on the US forum, drivers who can’t speak English are a favourite subject.