Cop a Load of This

Yes it's funny isn't it? The very thing that we look back at with nostalgia, ie "get er dun" using your brains and not just following the rule book, is the very thing we scoff at now.
In Thailand a while ago, what they did and what they loaded, was simply amazing. not a drama, just stick it on. Same in Vietnam. I guess life is cheaper there? But gee it was a bit refreshing to see people having a crack.. And no drama. The things I saw would simply be front page headlines here, were just commonplace, normal going about your business.
Not being critical, just sayin'...

I thought the truck with the foliage was great... Not only a tad wide high and long, but old mate riding along on the top too...
Just imagine seeing that in Melbourne....
Cheers
Rich

Yes, you could polish the tram wires while you went along. :woohoo: :S

Vietnam- I started trying to take pics of all the amazing things that could be carried on mopeds.. Of course there were lots that I just coudn't get a pic of. Best on was a massive mirror, andother was a double bed....


Get her dun!

I saw a pic on telly recently with a a small semi trailer towed by a motorbike.

WW1 Latil TAR artillery tractor in 1919






Custom cab on a Diamond T



Thorneycroft Amazon + 5 ton Coles Mk VII crane






A few Pacific and Diamond T trucks still schlepping on French roads in the 50's and 60's

















WotSezU?

cya

Swish man I sez the Diamond T i s positively futuristic compared to the Pacific dargon wagon

Still some gear with out much shift loads that would 5 trucks with 3 times the power each

Paul

Swishy wrote:

WW1 Latil TAR artillery tractor in 1919

Had a look-see for a bit more back ground to that Latil TAR. Seems it were 4x4 with chain drive to the front steerable wheels. Caint find no piccys of what would be an interesting set-up.

The 1919 tracked version looks like something seen pulling plows nowadays...
tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1-france-latil-...llery-tractor-lorry/



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