Classic Trucks, Wagons

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 1st

Atkinson Silver Knght

(outside) Pinderfields General Hospital
Aberford Road
Wakefield

Taken by Amelia, as l drove her home from work

 

[Gunk]

I love that, range change, no power steering big Perkins or Gardiner 6 pot engine

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

That is exceptionally tidy and looks to be very period. From the lower badge on the grill it is a Gardner, probably a David Brown 6-speed gearbox. It looks to have the correct period steering wheel (maroon with flat blades, used to vibrate and split). Also has the correct mirrors on the very simple stalks, later ones had a much larger bracket which had 3 pints of attachment.
I used to work on 70's Atkinson Borderers when I was working with my Dad as my weekend/holiday job.

 

[tyred]

Me with my Dad's 1981 Hino HE and Leyland Bison in adjacent shed which was being prepared for a re-spray from what I remember. Would have been around '85 or '86. Both lorries long gone to the great haulage yard in the sky, I've just got older and fatter! Sooty the black Labrador long gone too.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I’m not sure where to put this, so this thread will have to have it…
Seen on Wednesday 30th June
’Road-Train’
Duncombe Place
York
It looks, by the alloy-wheels to be based on a Defender (the iconic style) or a Discovery 1?

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[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 7th

As there’s no separate agricultural thread, l’ll include a few images in here
(it'll be when l get back home)
We went to the ’Northumberland County Zoo’ this morning, & it has a tractor museum….
However, all the shots are on my camera, therefore l’ll upload after we get home
(Saturday dinner time)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 4th

GK Jackson Recovery
PriestBridge
A1
Morpeth
Northumberland
http://jacksonsgarage.com/vehiclesales.asp
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4150560

I saw this yard, on our last 2 visits up there (Oct 2019, & June 2020), but traffic precluded visits both time
Foden 6x6 Recovery

Early 60's Humber FV1600

'21 Window'

Reynolds-Boughton RB44
There were several of these

And from the 'ox-bow' layby, created when the 'GNR' was straightened

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 4th

Bedford K-Series(?)
(yard to the rear of) Barter Books
Alnwick
Northumberland

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 7th

Northumberland Country Zoo
Eshottheugh Farm,
Felton,
Morpeth,
Northumberland,

https://www.northumberlandzoo.co.uk/

Fordson E27N (?)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 7th

Northumberland Country Zoo
Eshottheugh Farm,
Felton,
Morpeth,
Northumberland,

https://www.northumberlandzoo.co.uk/

Home-brewed Perkins V8 Super Major

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 7th

Northumberland Country Zoo
Eshottheugh Farm,
Felton,
Morpeth,
Northumberland,

https://www.northumberlandzoo.co.uk/

County Super-Six

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 7th

Northumberland Country Zoo
Eshottheugh Farm,
Felton,
Morpeth,
Northumberland,

https://www.northumberlandzoo.co.uk/

Triple-D

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 7th

Fishermans Tractors, stored by The Rocket Shed (RNLI base)

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Northumberland

 

[Gunk]

Thanks @Richard A Thackeray great posts!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

From my archives

Scammell S26

Scammell Gathering
The Showground (essentially, a sloping field, adjacent to the water-tower)
Ackworth
West Yorkshire

8th May 2005

As the rear states, this was the last built at the factory

And, from the web, it's working hard in 1992