would like to see some pictures of rigids, any make , any body configuration, any age… PLEASE
Hows this for a start,I did many '000’s of trouble free miles in this D1000,shot here in early '69 stood loaded for London with 10tons of Libby evap milk,probably for Sainsbury’s Stamford St.
One of Gerry Jones.
A former motor of Trucknet member Ianto.
A smart rigid here.
One from Safford.
Taken in Ireland
About 11years on from the D1000 photo this is a shot of two of the three sister Scania ridgids,( Tunnadal,Munksund and Holmsund) we ran in the early '80’s they are parked in the rank that backed onto the West Coast mainline,Whooooosh ! it is the longest and fastest straight on the whole line between Euston and Glasgow Central.
Hullo all,
Some lovely pictures of Rigids there, but somehow I just don’t get excited about them. The D1000 of Bewick’s and that one of Larry’s are probably the best though.
This time home (Too early I’m bloody freezing), I have got a job driving a rigid, it pays well but it is very different from what I was used to and very hard work. For a start I keep putting the wrong hand down when reversing, and the cab is so confining, it’s tiny. The worst thing though is, every morning I have to insert my plastic card (this is a first for me). Then when I get going,? Going, I can’t go faster than 56 mph and I’ve got a pain in my right leg trying to keep the thing moving at a decent pace. This digital thing really has me befuddled, four and a half hours and I must stop, press a button to prove I’ve stopped, and take a rest of forty five minutes, traffic jams mean you have just lost yourself a quarter of an hour of precious time. It’ s just a so very different world, I just can 't believe it. Still it will, if I can stick it out, pay me enough to travel Around the World again next Winter. Thank Goodness I was in the business when it was Fun to do the job. I’m Shook Rigid.
Cheers, Archie.
10 ton of animal feed on this 1960 Leyland Comet.Probably loaded at Avonmouth Docks and bound for Kington,Herefordshire.
A Mercedes from the same owner Derek Layton from Kington.
I took this as the driver was just making a delivery to a small private brewery
This one of a AEC Mercury tipper I took at a local vintage rally.
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