Friends grandfather was a manager at Dorking milk marketing board depot and has a lovely collection of photos, here are a few
The Thames trader churn wagon is B reg so 1964. The tanker looks fair bit older than that. I reckon mid '50s.That tanker is a beaut. And at mid sixties at the latest, must have been one of the first ever I should think.
At first I thought that said ‘if you’re going through Hull keep going’
It does look like that, and I’d totally agree if it did.At first I thought that said ‘if you’re going through Hull keep going’
I thought it said hull, should probably still keep goingAt first I thought that said ‘if you’re going through Hull keep going’
Some more milk related photosFriends grandfather was a manager at Dorking milk marketing board depot and has a lovely collection of photos, here are a few
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They need to send them over here, chuck a fert sower on the back and a trailer behind it.
Volvo lose out to the likes of Scania and Merc here because they don't do a 4x4
What is the total payload of that sort of rig likely to be Roy? If all those axles are braked they must be able to stop sharpish? I'd love a go in one of those for a season, but there would have to be no reversing though...
When did ratchet and straps first come out