Rootes75 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Just a random question, we are just planning ahead to the painting of our Commer Q2 and wondered if there was anywhere that we could get formation sign stencils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67burwood Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjDmYaUufnwAhUxBmMBHVulAaAQFjAAegQIBhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axholmesigns.co.uk%2F&usg=AOvVaw2pbfXpvz0KJMTUTgskBkaK I've used this company before and was impressed with the service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) Its a very comprehensive website, thats the sort of things I am after. Anyone used magnetic markings that they list? Edited June 2, 2021 by Rootes75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abbott Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I would second that recommendation. I have used Tony's services at Axholme on countless occasions. The Stencils are excellent and very easy to use. They will also create bespoke items including those based on images provided. The service is excellent. Best out there in my view 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abbott Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Meant to add that the magnetic versions are equally as good. And they stay on !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 I notice they do Bridge plates too. I was reading the WW2 vehicle markings on Wikipedia and under bridge plates it says the '30cwt GS has a plate of 5' but then under 6 it says 'most 30cwt's'. I wonder why it would be a 5 or 6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 It would depend on the unladen weight of the vehicle, for instance most 30cwt trucks would be 4x2, but there were CMP 30cwt trucks that were 4x4, so the added weight of a front driven axle, transfer box and heavier wheels and tyres would probably tip them over to the next overall weight group. The War Office pamphlet on Bridge Classification, lists each individual make and model of vehicle so it was not a generalisation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 The COMMER Q2 30 cwt is listed with the number four 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 I wonder where the 5 and 6 came from on Wikepedia, although my experience of it there are many anomolies. I do have a few photos of wartime Commer 30cwts but they just have the yellow plate without a number on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel7 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 21 minutes ago, Rootes75 said: I do have a few photos of wartime Commer 30cwts but they just have the yellow plate without a number on it. These are probably post-war photographs. After WW2 vehicles based overseas continued to carry numbers on their bridge plates but UK based vehicles carried yellow bridge plates without numbers, as their weights didn't matter in the UK. I don't know the date the instruction was issued; out of curiosity, can anyone tell me, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 I also think some of the photos are when the trucks are brand new as they also dont have division markings etc and look more like factory publicity shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) The question of bridge carrying weights was first raised in 1887 after ww1 with the increased use of automobiles improvements were called for on bridge classification in 1928 . These were further improved in 1938 with what was used in ww2 and postwar all of this was started by the BOARD OF ENGINEERS Edited June 5, 2021 by wally dugan missing date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Hi Wally, would that be all Commer 30cwts have a classification on 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I will post the relevant page later today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 THIS is the page 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Brilliant, thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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