plantfit 7,577 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Took that picture at the Woodhall Spa 1940's weekend a couple of years ago Ian Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Especially with those large tread tyres, remember the Bedford 3 tonners and Land Rovers with similar tread tyres, always got that heavy rumbling sound Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Think this ones an AEC Matador fuel bowser, got them heavy tread tyres on as well Rog sorry about the picture quality 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 NCT had a wrecker based on a Matador a few years ago. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Mechanical Horse Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 5 hours ago, plantfit said: Gardner oil engine truck Rog That, I think, is a Unipower Hannibal. More about them here; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Power_Drives 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Thanks Scriv, would they later become Unimog by any chance or am I on the wrong track as it were? Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 There's a name from the past Rog 2 hours ago, IAN123. said: ..last year a Euclid passed my door. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 I remember giant Euclids carving out the ground years ago when on a bike ride to Strelley, late '50s the M1 motorway being built nearby. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 And a D9 CAT towing a Onions box,used them as well for ground levelling when Ratcliffe power station was being built Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Another RMC truck,this time a recovery vehicle,probably used for the recovery of dump trucks,wheeled loaders etc Again took from the RMC website Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 The Albion looks OK but they were horrible to drive. The wrecker looks like a Diamond T usually ex military. The only reason I can think of for cooling concrete is to slow the cure time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 8 hours ago, plantfit said: not sure of the idea of using liquid nitrogen They use liquid nitrogen in bulky concrete pours to give a more consistent batch, as the chemical reaction of cement creates heat, the LN will effectively let the concrete cure more evenly ( simplified). One example where it would have been useful would have been in the construction of the Hoover dam. But I don't think the idea was around then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Good point Waddo, I don't think it;s used today with more modern additives,must have looked really wierd though when it was used Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 It's still used but it is costly, alternatives are ice flakes but it's harder to control the water ratio with that. So really there are for s and against both methods. Suppose it boils down to cost, specification and purpose!. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Judging by the reg, it was probably before the Japanese got good at making things. Remember the first motorbikes?, Pretty much rubbish, but now great, along with the cars and pretty much anything else they make!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I once came back from london on the m1 in the 1980s to suddenly find cars and wagons going everywhere when the mayhem subsided theres a mechanical horse doing all of 20 mph near newport pagnall meeowed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Here you are meeowed, Mechanical horse Rog 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 The mechanical horse must have been a restoration as they were long gone by the 80s There were loads in the 60s down wilford road I think they also did a later model with a rounded front When i was a kid they were like bees running about and even railway horse and carts meeowed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 They would be Scammal Scarabs, railways used loads of them,there was quite a discussion about them on here some time back Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted May 1, 2019 Report Share Posted May 1, 2019 Nice to see old truck and bus photo's on here again Ian,keep em coming Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Art Deco or concept vehicle Ian? Rog 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 7 hours ago, IAN123. said: This really a Commer Catfan?Blimey! Still 100% junk youth.! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Collars Ltd of Wembley owned AUU 602, a Commer two-ton chassis with an "art deco" streamlined van body by Holland Coachcraft of Govan in Glasgow. This van was displayed at the 1933 Commercial Vehicle Show 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Here is a (poor quality) image of a Home Brewery truck (photo from brewery history.com a wiki site) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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