duncan bladen:
wonder what the payload on the fh is , looks a fine motor , but also looks heavy
suppose it was designed for its agility more than its payload !!
curnock:
duncan bladen:
wonder what the payload on the fh is , looks a fine motor , but also looks heavysuppose it was designed for its agility more than its payload !!
I think it pulls a drag on concrete blocks,hence the FH.
Cheers Dave.
These three ERFs were owned by my late great Uncle Isaac Smiles, Unique in there day I would say . They had walking floors operated by hand, Sadley there were taken from Smiles Transport for the 1939 War effort & never returned to England They were 1938s, & my Grandad told me when I was a lad that they served Smiles very well & quite often ran down to London, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0These three ERFs were owned by my late great Uncle Isaac Smiles, Unique in there day I would say . They had walking floors operated by hand, Sadley there were taken from Smiles Transport for the 1939 War effort & never returned to England They were 1938s, & my Grandad told me when I was a lad that they served Smiles very well & quite often ran down to London, Regards Larry.
They would have built the biceps up Larry cranking a load off one of those.
Cheers Dave.
A Scania with a beaver tail,seen about three years ago.
Well it was long before my time in the haulage game, But I do know that the floor was wound to the back when a load of gravel was to be off loaded, But then it had to be wound back to the front again ready for the next loose load, I recall my Grandad telling me that one of the drivers forgot & had to shovel his next load off, I bet he didn’t make the same mistake twice Eh. Also he said that they used to take some sort of steel structure to London & allways loaded back, Regards Larry.
Burgoynes of Lyonshall still run these older motors through the summer months on marquee work.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Loaded for West Thurrock, Regards Larry.
It looks like that front bumper has been borrowed off a ford d series 
A regular at the shows,seen here at Oswestry.
Carmarthen 2011.
One of Trucknet member Merfyn AKA jomea friends owns this one seen at Carmarthen.
Heres Crowbars Dennis featured in th
I still prefer this to all of Mansel Davies Volvo’s.
Always a nice selection of old motors at Carmarthen.
One from the local area.
Dave the Renegade:
Always a nice selection of old motors at Carmarthen.
You must mean proper motors Eh, They are all mems from the long gone past, But I enjoyed being about and driving them in the old days, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Dave the Renegade:
Always a nice selection of old motors at Carmarthen.You must mean proper motors Eh, They are all mems from the long gone past, But I enjoyed being about and driving them in the old days, Regards Larry.
Certainly do Larry,when you had to have muscles to drive them and load/unload them.
Cheers Dave.
The real earley ridgids , Belonging to my late great Uncle Isaac Smiles, Photos with the courtesy of Diane Smiles, My cousin, Regards Larry.
Some examples from my flour milling files
