Dave the Renegade:
Hi Marc,
Just shows how times have changed.The Foden eight legger of Tilcon could carry 20.5 ton at 30 ton gross.Nowadays they are struggling to get 20 ton on a 32 ton eight legger.
Cheers Dave.
The old one’s didn’t have a ton of bling on them Dave so they could carry more.
You’d think one of the manufacturers would realise by now if they could make lightweight tipper chassis, they’d have full order books. A lot of firms buy steel bodies because the loss in payload is offset by being able to backload muck and rubble. I’ve had work changed because a subbie wont carry rubble or topsoil in wet weather (sticks in alloy bodies).
Lawrence Dunbar:
0This Foden was brand new to Corbets from Weardale who were taken over by Golightleys, It was 24T, grossmbut was actually plated to run at 26T, But it was to short a wheelbase when this extra weight was introduced, So it had the chassis lengthened so as it could run at 28T, which gave it a 19T payload wich was good & cheaper to tax than a 30Tonner with a payload of 19 to 20 T., regards Larry.
Tidy looking motor you had there Larry ! Did it have a 150 or a180 engine? Cheers Dennis.
Golightly Group rings a bell Larry,did they run in a blue livery,tippers? If so I once got a lift in one of their Atki Borderers,maybe on a “L” plate,it had the 240 in it and the driver was well pleased.
Aye they did have blue livery. They were quite a big conceren at one time they took a few smaller cos over & also had a Limestone Quarry at Bishopmiddleham Nr, Coxhoe, Regards Larry.
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Marc,
Just shows how times have changed.The Foden eight legger of Tilcon could carry 20.5 ton at 30 ton gross.Nowadays they are struggling to get 20 ton on a 32 ton eight legger.
Cheers Dave.
The old one’s didn’t have a ton of bling on them Dave so they could carry more.
You’d think one of the manufacturers would realise by now if they could make lightweight tipper chassis, they’d have full order books. A lot of firms buy steel bodies because the loss in payload is offset by being able to backload muck and rubble. I’ve had work changed because a subbie wont carry rubble or topsoil in wet weather (sticks in alloy bodies).
Have your motors at Smiths got insulated bodies Nathan.I would think not ?
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Marc,
Just shows how times have changed.The Foden eight legger of Tilcon could carry 20.5 ton at 30 ton gross.Nowadays they are struggling to get 20 ton on a 32 ton eight legger.
Cheers Dave.
The old one’s didn’t have a ton of bling on them Dave so they could carry more.
You’d think one of the manufacturers would realise by now if they could make lightweight tipper chassis, they’d have full order books. A lot of firms buy steel bodies because the loss in payload is offset by being able to backload muck and rubble. I’ve had work changed because a subbie wont carry rubble or topsoil in wet weather (sticks in alloy bodies).
Have your motors at Smiths got insulated bodies Nathan.I would think not ?
Cheers Dave.
No, just Charlton Steelite aggregate bodies (deeper than muckshifter ones).
Hello again,great pics from Retriever,period stuff …well done mate,now how the bloody hell do I follow that!!! ,anyway heres todays rather drab offering ,Cheers Bubbs,
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.
Somewhere, Harry, I will have a note of just how long it served. It obviously had an “incident” at some time, because its bow-front cab was replaced with a Mk.1
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.
Somewhere, Harry, I will have a note of just how long it served. It obviously had an “incident” at some time, because its bow-front cab was replaced with a Mk.1
hiya,
Had forgotten the re-cabbing bit but now you’ve refreshed my memory
I remember it did’nt have the top hat on like mine the ■■■■■■■ job I
drove for a while, was mine CBV 311C?, there’s several pics of her on here
now that was some motor for that era, got brought down a few pegs when
getting lumbered with a new Scania 80 pile of rubbish, I hated that so much
I left and went to Deans of Darwen where I got a brand new Borderer,Bliss.
thanks harry, long retired.
