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    Great Dorset Steam Fair (Diesel Heavy Haulage) 2011 Diamond T 70th Birthday bash

    in Future events and meetings

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    I feel like I am banging my head against a wall. I contacted Martin Oliver early and he was enthusiastic about this idea. I am now trying to get entry forms from him for this event, and despite e-mails, and phone calls to the show office and Martin, I am no nearer getting entry forms to send out.

     

    I realise that Martin is very busy at this time of the year, but at the moment nothing is happening from the show office.

     

    Whilst I hope to have entry forms coming (on the basis of Martin's early communications with me) as yet there is no sign that they will happen.

     

    I hope this event will be possible but I am warning everyone that despite my best efforts it is not falling into place as I had been led to believe it would.

     

    After last years fiasco of offered help from the GDSF and lack of delivered help on the day I am not far short of breaking point with trying to organise the Diesel Heavy Haulage section. I hope that the next few days will see some positive response from GDSF, because if they don't start talking to me soon, it will be too late.

     

    I feel like I am failing in the task, but I am doing what I can. I hope to give you some hope that this will happen in the next few days. At the moment, based on current interest from GDSF I do not feel very confident.

     

    If any Diamond T owners think they can get an answer from Martin, when I can't, it might be the time for you guys to start pestering the show office.

     

    enquiries@gdsf.co.uk 01258 860361

     

    Mike

    Unipower trailer

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

    Posted · Edited by antarmike

    Unipower (or more accurately Universal Power Drives Ltd,) did sell Pole Trailers.

     

    I had always thought they were badge engineered, though others claim Unipowers product range to include Front wheel drive, rear engined cars, Aircraft Refuelling bowsers , Aircraft tucks, four wheel steer dock shunters, pen cast mining shovels, Gun tractors, Logging arches, Timber drugs, third axl;

    e convertions and oilfield tractors.

     

    Unipower are famous for extra axle conversions to trucks, so would have a ready supply of Unipower badged hub caps.

     

     

    The Woods Brothers at Rayleigh, have one they tow behind one of their Unipowers, as far as I know.

     

    Wynn's ran three Unipower Timber tractors at least. The Caps could therefore have come off one of these, if they scrapped any of them.....

    Road sfatey with attitude.

    in Other Chatter

    Posted · Edited by antarmike

    The white marks in the roads are generally used for VASCAR speed enforcement since this requires two sets of marks which can be any distance apart. To use them from the air the exact distance between the sets of marks would have to be known (which is of course entirely possible but is likely to be more problematic).

     

    In the early days of VASCAR operation (and it has been in use since the mid-1960's) any object could be used as a marker, but the trend now is to paint markings specifically for this purpose on the road surface.

    Where I used to live in Aston Clinton, the Vascar marks were painted onto the kerb stones. When the locals realised this and painted yellow stripes on just about every kerbstone, the Police put in two posts like the Motorway distance markers....But these where onto set into the grass and were moved with great regularity by the local population..... I think the Police gave up with Vascar in that location, because so many people where prepared to interfere with their distance markers.

     

    Some Police Helicopters are Vascar equipped.

    http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/police201.htm

    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23545518-police-use-1000-an-hour-helicopter-to-trap-speeding-drivers.do

    http://driverstechnologyassociation.co.uk/what-the-papers-say/spy-in-the-sky.htm

    Road sfatey with attitude.

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    I believe that the white squares (about 1 foot square) painted at intervals in the carriageway, are the distance markers used when Police Helicopters are being used for speed trapping.

     

    They are fairly common in the UK. I can't see why there is reference to "ridiculous" in the clip. It is a widespread enforcement method.

     

    It is no more ridiculous that the "speed camera" signs we are more used to.

    Andy's New Toy - FV433

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted · Edited by antarmike

    If he had been SAS he would not having been sitting on it, it would have been perched on his shoulder as they are all hard nuts mate;)

    Depends whether that can of beer is empty or full.......

    Matador Gallery

    in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)

    Posted

    Unbelievable anyone would fit a driven front axle but leave transfer box out so only 4X2 what a strange old world we live in

    Quite a number were built to this spec from parts allocated to a cancelled Ministry contract. Two at least were in Rush Green Motors.

     

    Post war, rationing, make do and mend, needs must, mentality........

    (all the forward winching, winch rollers are also fitted even though there is no winch!)

    Recovery and Towing

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by antarmike

    Found it - pic from other side in World Trucks No.8 SCAMMELL by Pat Kennett (remember TRUCK magazine?).

     

    AEC tractor, same as dumptruck chassis but twin rear wheels.

    Sold under the Name AEC Bush tractor?

     

    Some where built as fifth wheel tractors, so this may well not be a conversion from a dump truck, but built from new as Artic Bush tractor.

    The practice of naming tanks etc.

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    As for naming humour -one battalion named their tanks for heavenly bodies (constelations not good looking women) -one wit petitioned the CO to have the names Castor and Policks included in the naming scheme - working on the idea that Policks would lead to some ammusement on the radio net.

     

    Surely the Gemini twins were Castor and Pollux?

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