Loaded up and trucking!!
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Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
How much
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- North East
A local to me quarry used to run bonneted mack in the 80,s on a tipper Im pretty sure they actually had two or if not a mack and a pete im sure i remember seeing a pair us rigs running togeter but the mack was seen more much more often
Click link below should show a photo of it
Click link below should show a photo of it
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- Location
- mid wales
I think the ausi trucks have an edge on the u.s trucks for looks with the bull bar and twin snorkel, finishes them off some how.
- Location
- mid wales
David 52
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- Location
- Echuca, Australia
These 2 were working in the Kimberly area a couple of years ago.
The tipper was carting iron ore (I think) into the port at Wyndham and the stock truck was carting cattle into Kunnanurra.
It seems that stock numbers are referred to as "so many decks" in this part of the world.
I have just realized they have the same colours so probably owned by the same company.
Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
A man could spend half a day just checking tyre pressures on that lot.
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- mid wales
If I worked it out right, 86 tyres on that last pic, that's a lot of valve caps to forget to put on.
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
They always do look that bit more imposing than the US trucks, that's for sure.
I wonder how long it takes them to do their walk round checks!!
David 52
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- Location
- Echuca, Australia
A couple more Australian trucks.
The roadtrain is one of 8 owned by the Zell family in NW NSW. In 2009 they cropped 50,000 acres of mostly wheat.
The roadtrains were used to cart grain from the field to the storage sheds in the background, some silos and ground bunkers. They also cart grain to buyers of the grain ranging from feedlots to flour millers.
During harvest of the winter crops, it would be in full swing now, the Zells used 4 of these 120 tonne Mother Bins. They use chaser bins to cart from the combines to the Mother Bins in the field and the roadtrains then load from these bins. This allows the trucks to load quickly and get back onto the road.
The Mother Bins are not designed to be moved with grain in them, they provide short term storage in the field and moved when empty.
This old fuel tanker is used as a water bowser for crop spraying.
The roadtrain is one of 8 owned by the Zell family in NW NSW. In 2009 they cropped 50,000 acres of mostly wheat.
The roadtrains were used to cart grain from the field to the storage sheds in the background, some silos and ground bunkers. They also cart grain to buyers of the grain ranging from feedlots to flour millers.
During harvest of the winter crops, it would be in full swing now, the Zells used 4 of these 120 tonne Mother Bins. They use chaser bins to cart from the combines to the Mother Bins in the field and the roadtrains then load from these bins. This allows the trucks to load quickly and get back onto the road.
The Mother Bins are not designed to be moved with grain in them, they provide short term storage in the field and moved when empty.
This old fuel tanker is used as a water bowser for crop spraying.
In the pic behind the roadtrain I presume is a grain store do you use buildings for grain storage instead of bins
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
David 52
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- Location
- Echuca, Australia
This is not my property, I wish!!
They store grain in silos, sheds and ground bunkers. All the grain is stored on the property at harvest and then sold throughout the year with their roadtrains delivering to their customers.
David 52
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- Echuca, Australia
A couple more grain trucks from Australia.
The winter crop harvest is underway at present, we are just about to enter summer here.
This is an Atkinson 3800 with tipping trailer. Atkinson trucks were sold through International Harvester dealers in the 1970 and 80s.
This one has a Cummins 400 engine in it.
This is an Australian made IH truck, an ACCO 3070 with a Cummins 903 engine.
Both trucks were being loaded in the field by the MF 860 combines and the wheat carted directly to the buyers receiving point about 20 miles from the farm.
The winter crop harvest is underway at present, we are just about to enter summer here.
This is an Atkinson 3800 with tipping trailer. Atkinson trucks were sold through International Harvester dealers in the 1970 and 80s.
This one has a Cummins 400 engine in it.
This is an Australian made IH truck, an ACCO 3070 with a Cummins 903 engine.
Both trucks were being loaded in the field by the MF 860 combines and the wheat carted directly to the buyers receiving point about 20 miles from the farm.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Check em with a hammer, it would only take a couple of minutes, soon hear a soft one.
CrevisbigX
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- Location
- Cheshire
NMP.
Shovelhands
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- Sunny Essex
Now that is a proper rare beast!