les freathy Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 About time we started a thread on this subject to cover all types used since 1945, 3 shots of the Haulmatic to kick off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 About time we started a thread on this subject to cover all types used since 1945, 3 shots of the Haulmatic to kick off Les, An awful thing :shake:.......my favourite was the Aveling Barford, which was actually built by Thornycroft, and the last ones, Scammell.......afraid no photos, but guess you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Here is a S26 dumptruck, at Arromanches. The Sappers were erecting the staging for the Queen, 1994. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swill1952xs Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Oooooh............... this is too much......... I want one of these too. Having a tipping body is good......... having a crane better still......... having a plant trailer with a Muir Hill loading shovel on it........ the icing on the cake. Tell ya what else I want............... a bloo*y great win on the lottery too, to finance my wild dreams. Perhaps I should go halves with Andy Fowler on the winning lottery ticket if he ever gets it. If he wins I'll gladly give him 50p towards the winning ticket, and he can give me half the winnings. :-D WHAAT NOW......... I don't see a problem with that; it's a reasonable offer.... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Les, An awful thing :shake:.......my favourite was the Aveling Barford, which was actually built by Thornycroft, and the last ones, Scammell.......afraid no photos, but guess you have I thought these started out as AEC LD55 15 Yd Dumper, and the other brandings followed. Edited April 24, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Two AEC's and a Leyland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I thought these started out as AEC LD55 15 Yd Dumper, and the other brandings followed. Mike, The model number LD55 did not come along until everything was rebranded with the Leyland badge. It was originally the AEC 690 Dumptruk, with AV690 engine. The first army ones appeared in early 1970's, cab and chassis built by Thornycroft, but carrying the Aveling Barford badge, this also had the 690 engine and I am sure it was still refered to as a 690 Dumptruk ( on its data plate ). A second contract came along and they were refered to as 760 Dumptruk, still carrying the Aveling badge, but built by Scammell, with the 760 engine. The 1977 Leyland Scammell Military Specials sales brochure showed in-service army Dumptruks clearly altered to show Leyland badges. These were a favourite of mine and a pleasure to work on.....and drive, with the gearlever straight into the top of the box. Had to rebuild several engines where rods had come through the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) I thought the 690 was a 10 yard dumper, and the LD55 was a 15 yard dumper. Edited April 25, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 AEC dump truck with painted out bridge plate. Could this be an ex Army AEC dumper? Comments welcomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 All seen working at Iver Heath, all carrying (apparently) painted out bridge plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 AEC dump truck with painted out bridge plate. Could this be an ex Army AEC dumper? Comments welcomed Mike, Rather unlikely to have been an ex-army one as they were never badged as AEC. This vehicle does not have the towing hook on the front bumper and also a different air cleaner, the army models had a large Cyclopac filter (on the nearside) that had compressed air blasting at intervals through it. To answer your previous post, the last model designation, LD55, was also 10 yard dumptruck, if fitted with the quarry body ( as army ones), if a coal body was fitted, capacity was 20 yard. These were struck capacities, if heaped, they were 12 and 24 respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 The Aveling Version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 and the Scammell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Some photos of the armys Aveling Barford version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 The army also had a crack at this to the 10 ton Aveling Barford shuttle dump truck, and another of the Haulmatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 In that third shot in post 15 , seems they have a very strict no parking zone enforcement policy !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Cant tell who badged this one, taken at a military display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 A couple more Haulmatics i think i took thse at Beltring 2 or 3 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alan turner (RIP) Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 thought Iwould see what I can show From RAWHS Collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Excellent photos Alan you can keep this type of photo runnig for as long as you like, all of these awnsers my request in the pig thread any Leyland Martians amongst them cheers Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor mark 4B Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I drove one of those Bedford RLs while at FVRDE, lovely little truck. l also had cause to drive a Commer (with a long nose), ghastly thing, when there were no Chieftains to career around in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) There is an RL Dumper in the John Mould collection near Reading. It's not painted up as Military, but it still has it's Military plates on the body. Saw it last year when I went with an organised visit. Sorry it's a bit fuzzy, the camera was playing up. Edited July 16, 2010 by woa2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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