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truck or tractor ?

Post #1 by pdw » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:35 am

hi all , been a while ,not sure if posting in the right section ,remember these strange beasts from county ? .

also to save another post , has anyone got any pics of george coles of dorset scania transporters ? .

steve (neversweat) could i use a few of your pics (sibley material movements,swtd) for tn ? .
many thanks :)

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Post #2 by Neversweat » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:59 am

First time i've seen those - bit unusual :thumbup: (sent you a pm about the pics :D )

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Post #3 by d4c24a » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:33 am

the picture of the one with the tanker on ,was new to culham farms ,on the outskirts of Reading
that appeared recently in classic tractor i think ,one of my friends worked there later but it had long gone by then
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Re: truck or tractor ?

Post #4 by IBH » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:01 pm

That looks like a County 'Tractruk' based on a Ford D Series lorry, from circa 1981.
There is an image of one on page 106 of Ford Tractor Conversions by Stuart Gibbard


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