Classic Trucks, Wagons

[Drago]

The tech doesnt scale up very well at the moment.

 

[gbb]

Funny how winter tree and hedge dieback allows you to see stuff you didnt before. On a meander on the bike, passed the Nene Valley RW station at Ferry Meadows Peterborough, noticed these in their yard...
A Karrier (id forgotten about that makes, I assumed it was perhaps a Commer..

And I think perhaps (i could well be wrong) what looks like a Bedford chassis

Nice to see they've covered it at least. This station is too small to have them in display, I assume theyre just in storage there..

 

[Jameshow]

Waiting for the great train robbery coming soon...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 19th

This came through the post today
It’s not something I subscribe to, & there’s no ‘covering letter’ with it

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm on day-off, on that Saturday, so will probably attend this show at The Motorist
The cafe/garage/workshop is along the B1222, between Sherburn-in-Elmet & Cawood

It's along the same access lane as; https://www.sherburnaeroclub.com/ (which is where I took for my best ever flight, 2,000 feet over the Yorkshire Dales, in a 4-seater!)
The legendary Squires Cafe isn't too far away either, at the western side of Sherburn-in-Elmet

https://www.themotorist.com/events/vans-trucks-11-04-26/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's still true that not many women drive trucks, but numbers are increasing
Some 'You Tube-rs' like Jemma Warren & Becky Giles help to encourage other women into the business

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2re61410ro

I thought about the BBC article again, after seeing a woman driving an 8x4 on 'muck-shifting' earlier this morning

Both picked at random

View: https://youtu.be/ny1n-hDk9Q8?si=OXR_n7R9rNfPWKra


Not so much a 'lost wheel', but an inner rim that failed, due to stress from tight manoeuvering (about 18:00)

View: https://youtu.be/lRyzTWnHzEc?si=pgZQclmg5dabOlv8

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This makes a change from the usual garden railway, from about 1.16
(1/3rd scale)


View: https://youtu.be/zlgp2olfKaQ?si=D0SLvJXSCQuK3oTK

 

[tyred]

I grew up in a lorry driving family, always had an interest in lorries, often thought I'd like to follow in my dad's footsteps and get my HGV licence, but I don't think I'd want to be a lorry driver anymore. So many rules and regulations and the roads are so busy compared to what they used to be.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I grew up in a lorry driving family, always had an interest in lorries, often thought I'd like to follow in my dad's footsteps and get my HGV licence, but I don't think I'd want to be a lorry driver anymore. So many rules and regulations and the roads are so busy compared to what they used to be.

Some of the trade-press (namely Truck & Driver magazine) stated that it was generally easier to get a (standard) Private Pilots Licence, than attain a C+E (the old 'Class 1')

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 19th

This came through the post today
It’s not something I subscribe to, & there’s no ‘covering letter’ with it

View attachment 800581

The present edition came through the post today

 

[DRM]

Funny how winter tree and hedge dieback allows you to see stuff you didnt before. On a meander on the bike, passed the Nene Valley RW station at Ferry Meadows Peterborough, noticed these in their yard...
A Karrier (id forgotten about that makes, I assumed it was perhaps a Commer..
View attachment 799982
And I think perhaps (i could well be wrong) what looks like a Bedford chassis
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Nice to see they've covered it at least. This station is too small to have them in display, I assume theyre just in storage there..

iirc both Karrier & Commer were part of the Rootes Group, which later was bought out by Dodge

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm on day-off, on that Saturday, so will probably attend this show at The Motorist
The cafe/garage/workshop is along the B1222, between Sherburn-in-Elmet & Cawood

It's along the same access lane as; https://www.sherburnaeroclub.com/ (which is where I took for my best ever flight, 2,000 feet over the Yorkshire Dales, in a 4-seater!)
The legendary Squires Cafe isn't too far away either, at the western side of Sherburn-in-Elmet

View attachment 801985

https://www.themotorist.com/events/vans-trucks-11-04-26/

Daughter & myself went at dinnertime
There was possibly 70-80 trucks, 20+ vans, there

Will add photographs later

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 11th

See post immediately above


The Motorist
(next to the Aero Club)
Sherburn-in-Elmet

https://www.themotorist.com/

"(5th Wheel) Grease Is The Word!"

The same operator has owned this T-Cab for over 20 years
On speaking to him, as I know where it's based, he knows daughters boyfriend as he keeps stock at the same farm as Scania owner keeps trailets

A '770'

An odd way of reducing carrying capacity

It's sprayed on a Scania 'S series', not a Mack RS700L

From Selby(?), & a former 'feature truck in 'Truck & Driver magazine

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 11th

See post above


The Motorist
(next to the Aero Club)
Sherburn-in-Elmet

https://www.themotorist.com/

I can't remember the last time I saw a Bedford TM

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 11th

The Motorist
(next to the Aero Club)
Sherburn-in-Elmet

https://www.themotorist.com/

CNG
Unless they have their own vessels for filling, the nearest CNG station is at Whitwood (jct 31.M62) by 'Pelican Engineering'

As we left, this Peterbilt was just arriving