Cop a Load of This

The rear overhang wouldn't be legal today.

It amazes me what was considered acceptable back in the day.

Pity it all changed.

The Front overhang wouldn't pass Today Either, I would Think..

Swishy wrote:
Seed
m80
RE: WTF are those big looong Doodads
me thinks they B wot u call popet heads??
placed upright over a mine shaft with F B pulleys ontop to lower the men down n profit up
this project appeared on the front page of the Bendigo newspaper
when they carted the loads from Bendigo to Radium Hill mine in S.A.

The load is supported on 44 gallon drums
guess n the front drums full of petrol and rear drums full of water
the heavy duty super petrol drums
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cya

Thanks mate..

https://scontent.fmel7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16730584_1875869522689644_5018422637956911824_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent.fmel7-1.fna&oh=1c6f4c20d380b9a3fba78a6abe65b97c&oe=5CD20D8E
circa 1958


https://scontent.fmel7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17760154_1777220239273586_5842090716294461913_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent.fmel7-1.fna&oh=562b574b2cbf35a9d6aa6a16b39207a0&oe=5CD15FBB










cya

Seen getting around Townsville a few weeks back
Ian

Also a long load also in Townsville
www.facebook.com/nathaniel.congoo/videos/10215196044228652/

Lil bit of front overhang from yesteryear







no big deel
quite common back then

cya

Swishy,

On a bonneted truck does the overhang at the front have to stop at the steering wheel like a CEO or is it the front bumper?

Here are the current standard dimensions.

www.nhvr.gov.au/files/201602-0113-genera...ion-requirements.pdf

Here are the standard overhang dimensions. I presume long overhangs both back and front are subject to a permit. Sorry diagrams did not copy. Front overhang is 2.5m from front bumper. Does not matter if it is forward control or conventional. Car carriers get extra. Utes and light trucks under 4.5 tonne only get 1.2m in front of the headlights

Overhanging loads
You may carry loads that are longer or wider than the vehicle itself as long as they are within certain limits.

The rear overhang is measured from the centre of the rear axle or axle group to the extreme rear of the vehicle, including any load on the vehicle.

Overhang dimensions

(i) Rear overhang is measured from the centre of the rear axle or axle group to the extreme rear of the vehicle including any load on the vehicle.
(ii) Rear overhang must not exceed the lesser of 60% of the wheelbase or 3.7m. Rear overhang on loaded car carrier trailers, carrying vehicles on more than one deck, may be up to 4.9m, and is measured from the rear overhang line to the rear of the rearmost vehicle carried on the trailer.
(iii)
Projecting load to the rear - if a load projects more than 1.2m from the rear of a vehicle, it must carry a warning signal attached to the rear of the load.

In daylight, a warning signal is a brightly coloured flag with sides at least 300mm long.

At night, a warning signal is a red light that can be seen from a distance of at least 200m.
A load must not overhang in a way that is dangerous to people or property even if all dimension and warning requirements have been met - safety is still the main concern.

Any overhang must be contained within the maximum width limit of 2.5m.

Hi,

I came across this picture after getting side tracked looking for a local railway timetable.



Taken in 1969 the description says it is being unloaded, but it was actually being loaded for the short trip from the railway line to the Edwardes Lake Park in Reservoir, Victoria where the engine still is. Found on this site, www.merndarail.com.au/historical_photos.htm

And the cab of the truck looks like it be a contender for how short can you go.

Terry

gr8 pic Terry

Me thinx wat back wen

Mayne Nickless had sum tie up/in with Atkinson0 / Diesel Service & Gardiner Motors
BIDSTBC

cya