- Location
- Darlington
My mate has just bought this for his toy shed
Your old lorry photos
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Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Blimey!! I had one just like that!
76masseyman
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- Location
- Lincolncestershire
I remember one as a very young lad, but different colours.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
It’s brought back a vivid memory of buying it with pocket money because it was the only toy I saw with the cab like Dads milk tanker.
I put an empty jar of some sort in the tipper body and pretended it was a bulk tank.
The tailboard was plastic and flexible enough to take off so the jar could overhang a bit.
Happy days!!!
I put an empty jar of some sort in the tipper body and pretended it was a bulk tank.
The tailboard was plastic and flexible enough to take off so the jar could overhang a bit.
Happy days!!!
76masseyman
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- Location
- Lincolncestershire
I spotted this one for sale, I’d completely forgot about ever having one, but the memories from much simpler times came flowing back.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Yep, simple pleasures. Carpet farming and roads for trucking that went round and round the house.
Enry
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- Location
- Shropshire
I used to modify my Britains tractors, back tyres off a 135 fitted over the front wheels of a 590 = 590 4wd, a broken 6600 had wheels removed to fit as duals glued onto the 590
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Yes, we did many “ improvements “ like that!
A standard one was putting the wide tyres off trailers onto the front of tractors and gluing duals or even triples on the back somehow.
Talking of triples, we made an attempt at a Triple D once but I don’t remember how that turned out. Most likely, not very well!
A standard one was putting the wide tyres off trailers onto the front of tractors and gluing duals or even triples on the back somehow.
Talking of triples, we made an attempt at a Triple D once but I don’t remember how that turned out. Most likely, not very well!
- Location
- Yorkshire North bit
Think we all did some re modelling. Bostic was your friend
or for doing some repairs before got ass kicked for breaking them.
- Location
- Yorkshire North bit
Mmmmm forgot about that bit
My ride back in the day 325 perking on 38 ton would get 25 ton with low fuel in tank and the famous Eaton twin splitter that one on a j plate
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
They were a good wagon, and thousands of them around.
My brother has a nice one, Cummins engine, sounds lovely and goes very well.
My brother has a nice one, Cummins engine, sounds lovely and goes very well.
Sheep
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
I have a fuel filter and an air filter for one if anyone needs it
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
Yep, front tyres from a 4wd tractor fitted nicely over the alpha laval tanker, lifted it that high at the back it wouldn’t have completely emptied, but that’s not important….I used to modify my Britains tractors, back tyres off a 135 fitted over the front wheels of a 590 = 590 4wd, a broken 6600 had wheels removed to fit as duals glued onto the 590
then there was the fiat tractor, they put out a Massey with duals, but that wasn’t good enough for our wet ground…the old wire coat hangers made perfect rear axles, pair of pliers was all you needed, the mother never knew where they all went.
so the fiat ended up with 7 rear wheels each side, and just left standard at the front, my father said it would be hard on gateposts, and wouldn’t be able to steer…but that’s not important..