That first one, Steve - I've never seen a 6 x 4 Highwayman-type before! A rare truck.
Can you tell from the original who the operator was?
In fact if you have a better resolution image, any chance of getting a copy?
Tony
Edit: No problem - managed to enlarge it. Looks like a tag axle?
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Re: Classic pictures Update 19/09/2017
A couple of Jones KL44 cranes on the Volvo low-loader in the second photo
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Osgood wrote:That first one, Steve - I've never seen a 6 x 4 Highwayman-type before! A rare truck.
Can you tell from the original who the operator was?
In fact if you have a better resolution image, any chance of getting a copy?
Tony
Edit: No problem - managed to enlarge it. Looks like a tag axle?
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Neversweat wrote:image.jpegOsgood wrote:That first one, Steve - I've never seen a 6 x 4 Highwayman-type before! A rare truck.
Can you tell from the original who the operator was?
In fact if you have a better resolution image, any chance of getting a copy?
Tony
Edit: No problem - managed to enlarge it. Looks like a tag axle?
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Very interesting indeed! Does look like a tag axle, must have been a in-house conversion then..? Can't make out the name on the door though, does anyone have a clue about who owned it?
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Here you go.
This Scammell was local to me and was double drive.
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This Scammell was local to me and was double drive.
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Fred, that's a Constructor or Junior Constructor you have there.
I didn't know about this Ryan example, but Siddle C Cook of Consett ran one of these with a demountable ballast body which was also sometimes used as a 5th wheel tractor unit.
The tractor in the recovery pic appears to be the much smaller Highwayman tractor with a tag axle added.
Harrison's of Sheffield ran a few with mid-mounted tag axles, but this is the first evidence I've seen of a rear axle added.
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I didn't know about this Ryan example, but Siddle C Cook of Consett ran one of these with a demountable ballast body which was also sometimes used as a 5th wheel tractor unit.
The tractor in the recovery pic appears to be the much smaller Highwayman tractor with a tag axle added.
Harrison's of Sheffield ran a few with mid-mounted tag axles, but this is the first evidence I've seen of a rear axle added.
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Yes Pete, I think Ryan's Scammell was a Junior Constructor
Here are a few Ryan Scammell Highwaymen.
Here are a few Ryan Scammell Highwaymen.
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In the bottom photo Fred I gather thats a trailed scraper on the float, what controls the front wheels from wondering all over the road when loaded like that ??
Do they spin the drawbar around and hook it on the rear of the float ?
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Do they spin the drawbar around and hook it on the rear of the float ?
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Neversweat wrote:image.jpegOsgood wrote:That first one, Steve - I've never seen a 6 x 4 Highwayman-type before! A rare truck.
Can you tell from the original who the operator was?
In fact if you have a better resolution image, any chance of getting a copy?
Tony
Edit: No problem - managed to enlarge it. Looks like a tag axle?
Could be they used a additional axle..?
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