bubbleman:
Hello lads,not been on here for a while,to be honest the box of clippings have been put away up in the loft because there very little left of interest.Heres some pics which Shakeysteve posted down to me…well done mate,
Cheers Bubbs,
GOM found out about the front tyre scrub the same way I did!
I like the Lytag Big J but I would suggest that it would have been used to import raw materials to the plant rather than delivering the finished product. We used to carry Lytag as a return load to Bristol & South Wales and were hard pressed to get our full weight on a high-sided Mammoth bulker.
And you can get the loft ladder out again, Bubbs. There must be more to show us after all those years!
I had a 66 Warrior unit with a 5cyl Gardner when I was on for John Campbell of Irvine it pulled a York 30ft single axle the one with the axle right at the back it was a great wee motor comfortable and the Gardner just got stuck in on the hills wee had a Big J with an AEC in it and it couldn’t look at mine on the hills. Eddie.
14 ton on a Thames Trader ! jeez I bet they were quick
I remember my old man loading a trader up with scrap for Round oak steelworks about 10mls away, we never got higher than second gear and stopped halfway to refill the rad as it had boiled dry
Trev_H:
14 ton on a Thames Trader ! jeez I bet they were quick
I remember my old man loading a trader up with scrap for Round oak steelworks about 10mls away, we never got higher than second gear and stopped halfway to refill the rad as it had boiled dry
I reckon they’d need a bit more than a 5 speed box
Hello Marcus, I have come to your rescue with some pictures from the distant past. Sorry I have not posted anything for a long time but can only now just about work at the computer after chronic back pain caused by a trapped nerve.
The first picture is the A41 at Watford nearly 50 years ago with picture taken by Arthur Ingram. Is it a Ruston-Bucyrus - with a continental roofline - fitted with a skimmer on the Scammell’s trailer? Fitzpatrick still exist having gone through several ownerships since this picture was taken, they are now known as VolkerFitzpatrick.
Still on the A41, was this ERF operated by Sellers & Batty (Transport) Limited on work for Fletton Brick. Again a picture taken by Arthur.
Same location - Foden S20 of S B Atkins & Sons Ltd
No information to say who the operator of the AEC with four in trailer but its origins may have been military going by the 1955 registration. Still the A41
think this livery will soon be a thing of the past pounding the A roads & motorways of Somerset, i’ve heard from various people that Patten bros of Ilminster Somerset are closing the gates the end of this month
5thwheel:
Like the comment about “super luxury cab”,the Warrior we had at Humber McVeigh’s was an absolute rotbox,more holes than a pocket full of Polo’s!
David
David,
Where did the fibreglass cabs rot? I only briefly drove an Invincible (EVP 625D) and the only issue I had with the “super luxury cab” was the noise from the 180 ■■■■■■■ and in cab air filter which was bloody deafening.
5thwheel:
Like the comment about “super luxury cab”,the Warrior we had at Humber McVeigh’s was an absolute rotbox,more holes than a pocket full of Polo’s!
David
David,
Where did the fibreglass cabs rot? I only briefly drove an Invincible (EVP 625D) and the only issue I had with the “super luxury cab” was the noise from the 180 ■■■■■■■ and in cab air filter which was bloody deafening.
Trev, does this answer your question?
I wonder if the Ciggy lighter and the radio still work ? Cheers Dennis. NOT SO INVINCIBLE by TruckerPat, on Flickr
5thwheel:
Like the comment about “super luxury cab”,the Warrior we had at Humber McVeigh’s was an absolute rotbox,more holes than a pocket full of Polo’s!
David
David,
Where did the fibreglass cabs rot? I only briefly drove an Invincible (EVP 625D) and the only issue I had with the “super luxury cab” was the noise from the 180 ■■■■■■■ and in cab air filter which was bloody deafening.
5thwheel:
Like the comment about “super luxury cab”,the Warrior we had at Humber McVeigh’s was an absolute rotbox,more holes than a pocket full of Polo’s!
David
David,
Where did the fibreglass cabs rot? I only briefly drove an Invincible (EVP 625D) and the only issue I had with the “super luxury cab” was the noise from the 180 ■■■■■■■ and in cab air filter which was bloody deafening.
Trev,from what I can remember,the cab floor,both side was riddled with holes,some of the patches of previous holes had come off,but also some of the cab frames IIRC,as the cab used to “float” around quite a bit when moving!
Trev_H:
Yes it does thanks, looks like some of the lower cab is steel.
The whole thing was a disgrace, a textbook piece of bad design. The bit on the top, which protects the driver in a crash, was plastic. The bit at the bottom, which collects all the water that runs off the top bit, was steel. It was as if they had deliberately done it wrong. To cap it all, they put the air intake next to the driver’s ear, adding cruelty to incompetence.
5thwheel:
Like the comment about “super luxury cab”,the Warrior we had at Humber McVeigh’s was an absolute rotbox,more holes than a pocket full of Polo’s!
David
David,
Where did the fibreglass cabs rot? I only briefly drove an Invincible (EVP 625D) and the only issue I had with the “super luxury cab” was the noise from the 180 ■■■■■■■ and in cab air filter which was bloody deafening.
Trev,from what I can remember,the cab floor,both side was riddled with holes,some of the patches of previous holes had come off,but also some of the cab frames IIRC,as the cab used to “float” around quite a bit when moving!
David
Hi
We ran three Guy Otters which had a cut down, modified version of the same cab making it suitable for the four wheel seven tonner. The problem was the cab frame rotted. The cab floor was easy to replace by re sheeting but the frame was a cancer that destroyed the vehicles. Such a shame because with gardner Engine, be it only 4 cylinder and a chassis built like a battle ship with first class components they would have bee first class vehicles. In fact had they fitted a good cab the 5 cyinder engine they would have been top vehicles in their weight range.
It’s been said that they had radio’s, cigarette lighter socket etc. but I don’t remember that but knowing BRS they probably didn’t have them in, mind you the one I drove briefly I doubt you would even hear a radio at full volume !
Trev_H:
Yes it does thanks, looks like some of the lower cab is steel.
The whole thing was a disgrace, a textbook piece of bad design. The bit on the top, which protects the driver in a crash, was plastic. The bit at the bottom, which collects all the water that runs off the top bit, was steel. It was as if they had deliberately done it wrong. To cap it all, they put the air intake next to the driver’s ear, adding cruelty to incompetence.
What do you expect for £2,759! That would be serious money in 1962, in fact £2,759 is the equivalent to £49,938 by today’s value. Source > This is Money Calculator
