Classic Trucks, Wagons

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 6th
1.

Scammell Junior Constructor?

Foxfield (near the railway station)
(on A595)
Cumbria

I was in traffic when l saw this, & had to go another mile or so to turn round

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 6th
2.

AEC Militant?

Foxfield (near the railway station)
(on A595)
Cumbria

I was in traffic when l saw this, & had to go another mile or so to turn round

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 14th

Micra Truck Bodies
Calder Vale Industrial Estate
Wakefield
MAN TGS (l think that’s the model?)

Possibly a ‘true’ 4x4, ie; not a hydrostatically driven front axle?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 30th

CNG pumps! (10 of them, I think)
Altofts Lane/Whitwood Lane
Whitwood

The location is at the other side of the railway, from the jct32 truckstop/etc....
I didn't know it was there, as it's a long-time since I've been down that road, it's built approximately where the 'dog-track' was (Whitwood Greyhound Stadium), there are also 2 closed pubs there (adjacent to each other (The Bridge Inn & The New Wheatsheaf)
The building in the background, with the blue panel is part of Pelican Engineering; the truck dealers (who used to be a Foden dealer, just south of Leeds
https://www.pelican-eng.co.uk/
It's their Yutong section of the dealership

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https://www.cngfuels.com/vehicle-and-stations/
https://www.commercialmotor.com/news/dealer-news/cng-fuels-opens-astleford-refuelling-station

The Yutong building can be seen in the background; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3990855

Saturday 18th

I actually saw a truck in there this morning!
(I’m sure some of ASDAs fleet are also on CNG?)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 18th

Nipped over to Castleford to get the new edition

‘Gulf’ filling station
Saville Road

 

[Sallar55]

No quite a classic truck but a classic example of the African way of loading up a truck.

 

[presta]

AEC Matador gun tractor

I saw one of these rotting away in a clearing whilst walking in the forest near Clun once, it had been converted into a mobile crane, but I recognised it immediately from the Airfix kit I had as a kid. It was in a sorry state, but it looked as if it might just have still worked.

Not sure what section this fits in but an old fire tender. It has an engine but is clearly horse drawn with no drive to the axle. Also has. Fiat engine which isn't what I expected.

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This was employers fire engine, a 1923 Gwynne Invincible now in a museum. Only two were ever made, and the other was lost in the blitz during the war. It has a conical leather clutch, which has two settings: on and off, and even the most careful attempt at slipping it resulted in the vehicle bucking as the clutch snatched.

Friday 17th

2 x Bedford RL's
Just off B6133/Commonside Lane
Featherstone
(between Wakefield & Pontefract)


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There used to be one, at a caravan storage site, along the A639 'Barnsdale Road', the road from Pontefract - Barnsdale Bar (jct 39/A1), I don't know if it's still there

I remember those Green Goddesses operating out of Chelmsford TAVR during the fire strike in 1977. They were driven by the regular army, and had police escorts.

I presume you're referring to 'Hartleys Bridge' at FerryBridge?
Taken after the 'new' A1 opened

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I used to love the double bend over that old bridge by the power station, it was a 'nearly there' landmark when we went to stay with the family in Leeds.

 

[dan_bo]

Our kid's putting this back together with his mate
View: https://youtu.be/tt19LUmGrag

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 20th

MAN 8.163

Clifton Moor Trading Estate
York

Still in daily use, by the look of it?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 14th

Just picked up the present issue of Truck & Driver
‘Gulf’ petrol station
Saville Road
Castleford
Something to read on meal-breaks, at work, over the weekend

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Scania released an April Fool, this year

https://www.scania.com/uk/en/home/about-scania/newsroom/press/sauna-series.html

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Hells Bells
That was a huge impact, to (& I know they're designed to take a lot of the impact) separate the cab from the chassis, & the engine from its mounts & the gearbox
Sunday 17th
M6, near Stafford

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-65296696

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lorry-cab...UohQ89u7sOeTEoc5vjGg-uHWYWyFp9B1A8CnDwrG1eT_e

 

[Jameshow]

Hells Bells
That was a huge impact, to (& I know they're designed to take a lot of the impact) separate the cab from the chassis, & the engine from its mounts & the gearbox
Sunday 17th
M6, near Stafford

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-65296696

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lorry-cab...UohQ89u7sOeTEoc5vjGg-uHWYWyFp9B1A8CnDwrG1eT_e

Ouch hope he survived...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Ouch hope he survived...

‘Truck & Driver’ magazine podcast states he walked to Ambulance!!

Amazingly, the driver (& passenger) survived in this one, on the M62 a couple of years ago
They were heading west, from jct31, towards jct 30
That’s the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal!!

The trailer was later recovered from further up the Canal

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 29th

Pelican Engineering
The local DAF, & MAN, dealer, is opening a new showroom/workshop
Lumley Hill
Whitwood
Castleford

Just to the north of jct31/M62

When it was at the top of Bell Hill (southern outskirts of Leeds), it was, for a long-time, a Foden dealer