TRUCKING HISTORY LOOKING BACK AT WORKING TIPPER LORRIES AND FLEETS VOL 5
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2023
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In the early 1960s work started on the Victoria Line tube tunnels and stations, this would create millions of tons of London blue clay, that would require transporting away from sites across London. Hall & Co bid for a lot of this work from the contractors, they bought a new fleet of Guy Warrior six wheelers with 11-yard aluminum bodies. The clay was transport to the dredged gravel beds around Waltham Abbey. The central London site had it taken to Croydon in London. Halls had made a smart move and bought a disused brickwork. The clay went directly to the works or to the now empty clay pit for later use.
I used to load these trucks at the Tottenham Hale site, with a Matbro Mastiff pivot steer loader, powered by a Ford 6-cylinder turbo engined machine. It took 3 mins to load each truck from a stockpile, the truck drivers were on trip bonus, and so Halls would give me half a crown for every truck I loaded before 7am. I would get in early just to get some extra beer money. My boss was happy as the yard was kept clear.
I'm I'm 59 years old and only av a car licence, but watching the videos of all the old wagons and listening to the music puts me in to a reflective state of mind that takes me back to beening a young lad, I would stop my push bike to watch a big old wagon go by and the noise as it drops a gear or two to make it up the steep hills around my area of Yorkshire. Thanks you for up loading the videos mate.
Hello there. I was born in the 50s and so the
Development of most of these trucks over the years. And all the fantastic transport companies. What can I
Say. Just Marvelous.
I remember driving a Leyland Boxer lorry years ago with a 5 speed gearbox and no power steering...it came under Class 3 HGV in those days...Bob..Paignton...
That Dodge FG 8 wheeler is a rare one
You d have to go some to beat a Constructor 8 with a 265 or an L250 good on the road and good on the Tip even by todays standards
They used to be a two stroke Foden witch great when you pull up a traffic light sound good when they set off
Brilliant (shame no thursby Carnforth or goodiers of preston in there tho) 👍🏻👍🏻
hi, great video, but no AECs. we built loads of them,for Wimpey and other companies like scottish land development
AEC made some great trucks.
Poor Englishes,you too, you had Saviem (2nd lorry)on the road. I saw à other one with a frigo trailer of Thomasson in an other vidéo. It was better ti drive a Berliet