Here’s a fine shot of Co-ord’s AEC Mammoth Major Mk.111, based at Alice Springs.
Froggy55:
gazzer:
Here’s my accumulation of 8 wheelers.Up to now, I had always thought that, in Spain, the Renaul KB cab had been fitted only on Barreiros trucks. Obviously, this one is a true Renault!
That is a Barreiros chassis, isn’t it? You can tell by the height of the cab.
That one is for sale. I can’t afford it. 
gingerfold:
Here’s a fine shot of Co-ord’s AEC Mammoth Major Mk.111, based at Alice Springs.
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^ Could just as easily have been anywhere UK given a government worthy of the name. 
oiltreader:
A Foden this time.
Philip Schubert
“Loading Cattle into a Road Train at Louisa Downs in 1967
While sorting through one of the last remaining old shoeboxes of photos I have I came upon this gem. It was taken in 1967 at Louisa Downs Station when a herd of 600 bullocks were loaded into a number of road trains for transport to the Derby Meatworks. It was one of a series of about 6 photos I took at the time.”
Really good find Oily there is some West Australian history in these photos.
I was there when the Hayes had trouble on the crossing at Fitzroy on another occasion they ran out of fuel on the exit ramp because one of the drivers{it was double manned at the time] had forgotten to switch fuel tanks so there was a fair amount of swearing at that time,it was the lead truck so 4 or 5 of us following ground to a halt and had to wait for a couple of hours while they got sorted.
Dig
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Hope he didn’t take that out on the road like that without levelling it first the greedy boards are bad enough. 
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anorak:Froggy55:
gazzer:
Here’s my accumulation of 8 wheelers.Up to now, I had always thought that, in Spain, the Renaul KB cab had been fitted only on Barreiros trucks. Obviously, this one is a true Renault!
That is a Barreiros chassis, isn’t it? You can tell by the height of the cab.
That one is for sale. I can’t afford it.
You must be right! Barreiros-Renaults were named DR instead or R for the Renault models, and it seems this one bears the DR 340 mark on the passenger door. The KB cab replaced the Dodge cab on the last models.
Heres a Barreiros-Renault DR 340-38 8x2 (above), and on a on a video:
youtube.com/watch?v=xkS_3MG … e=emb_logo
And the earlier Barreiros-Dodge 300 (above), and video:
youtube.com/watch?v=sy8tSTSsqIA
On the left, the genuine Barreiros-Dodge; right, when Barreiros was taken over by Renault and befor they fitted the KB cab
The Greeks, oddly, went for LHD Seddon-Atkinson 400s. Ro
A Stevens haulage from North Yorkshire did a lot of long loads out of British Steel on Teesside so they used a few eight wheelers as tractor units.
Taken at South Mimms
Scammell.
Greek 8 wheeler Volvo FB 89.
Lovely old Octopus nmp
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Whats wrong with the greedy boards then 
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Whats wrong with the greedy boards then
Not a lot Larry, and I don’t think that load will be shifting in transit either? Not much was sheeted in those days, infact at our quarry before it became mandatory we only sheeted dry stone because it was in the Peak District Park and they had to keep them sweet for when they applied for extensions! 
Pete.
windrush:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Whats wrong with the greedy boards then
Not a lot Larry, and I don’t think that load will be shifting in transit either? Not much was sheeted in those days, infact at our quarry before it became mandatory we only sheeted dry stone because it was in the Peak District Park and they had to keep them sweet for when they applied for extensions!
Pete.
Hi Pete, The load was Coke for a dog food factory at Melton Mowbray, 14 Ton payload, And dont recall anyone getting stopped by the Police for any lumps dropping off, Of course the C/F knowledge of this type of haulage would be be nil, 
, Stay safe, Regards Larry.
windrush:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Whats wrong with the greedy boards thenNot a lot Larry, and I don’t think that load will be shifting in transit either? Not much was sheeted in those days, infact at our quarry before it became mandatory we only sheeted dry stone because it was in the Peak District Park and they had to keep them sweet for when they applied for extensions!
It reminded me of when I was loading a bulk refuse body with earth because I couldn’t be bothered to change it for the proper lower one.The guvnor came charging out in a panic telling me to change it for the right lower body for the job because he thought I was stupid enough to fill the refuse bulker to the top.
While in that case even the boards can obviously allow stuff through the slatted sides and they obviously haven’t got the design strength of the body itself and that load is going to get a bucket blade dragged across it to level it regardless or it’s going no where if I’m driving it.That’s what bulker bodies are for to ‘contain’ the load and if it was designed to take that lot that’s how high it would have been no need for the boards.That’s possibly an overload, or insecure load and/or rollover accident liability waiting to happen.
