AndyFowler Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 A chap on this site says she was used up to 1995 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 yes i read that too . i remember the council use to have its original hand book too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Here are the photos of the Bishop D.T i promised a while ago, as can be see i had a limited access due to it being backed up a ramp in the yard the last photo if they come out in order shows her in the days of towing the mobile crushing plant cheers Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 AHH HAAAA I know members of the Bishop family!!! Never new they had a T I'll ask about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Mixed bag this time 969 at Beltring last year 2007, a ex french army 972 tipper and looks like a Rojers 40 ton engineering trailer and heavy haulage Aus style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Couple of pics taken in "Cuthbertsons Yard" Biggar in 1990 and kindly lent to this forum by Ken Reid ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 What's the wagon on the left in the first pic? Twin front wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 It is a AWD Runway Snow Blower. The extra front axle takes the weight of a big auger which moves snow sideways to a blower. The whole thing is driven by a Dorman 6 cyl diesel mounted in the body, driving forward under the cab on either side through a ridiculously huge drop box with 2 output shafts and 2 propshafts, one for auger, one for blower. The axle/blower assembly demounts from the base truck with 2 pins. The circular thingy in the windscreen is a spinning blade (like on a ship's bridge) to keep the snow clear for visibility. The truck is AWD, with Commer Superpoise cab and axles that look very much like Bedford, but are not quite.... the transfer box is not Bedford :confused: How do I know all this? I obtained one a few years ago (without front axle/blower)just for the P6 engine in the truck. The Dorman will make a brilliant pen knife sharpener once I have mounted 2 x 12" grindstones (1 x coarse, 1 x fine) on the outputs from the drop box :-D If anyone is in need of a complete chassis/drivetrain or transmission parts for one of these, let me know as it will have to be broken before long :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Ah, a snow blower. That's why I won't have seen one on the road! Looks quite impressive with the twin wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Douglas also built snow blowers?? Was there a connection between Douglas and the pre-Brown AWD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Sorry this doesn't make much sense, I deleted a post I thought was irrelevant and found someone had quoted it! No , The Douglas who built SnowBlowers were at Arle, Cheltenham, and the company chaged names several times. Douglas started producing trucks until 1947/8. They were called F.W. Douglas. Douglas All wheel Drive. Douglas Equipment. At various times. They were a self contained company who did not collaborate with anyone else. They never used AWD as a name,or part name, it was always All Wheel Drive (spelled out in full) as part of a longer company name. Douglas Airfield Snow Blower Edited December 23, 2008 by antarmike photo added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Prosser's Garage of Sutton, Ontario, Canada. (claimed to be 1943 981) Edited December 23, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Here is the snow blower from a better angle, pretty poor photo but, the only one I've got. Cuthbertsons was a good place for a rummage about a few years ago, but I think it has been tidied up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I thought the snow blowing Equipment on the AWD was by Rolba / Bombi, thats why I posted the post, that now no longer is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I thought the snow blowing Equipment on the AWD was by Rolba / Bombi, thats why I posted the post, that now no longer is! You could well be correct! All I have to go on is the I.D. of the base truck. When I put "pre-Brown AWD" I did mean "All Wheel Drive". I think it was only when DJ Brown resurrected the dormant company that it became known by its initials "AWD". So from what you say Mike the complete snowblower vehicle could possibly be a Douglas build....?? I cannot find any other info on this machine. It came from Oxfordshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 You could well be correct! All I have to go on is the I.D. of the base truck. When I put "pre-Brown AWD" I did mean "All Wheel Drive". I think it was only when DJ Brown resurrected the dormant company that it became known by its initials "AWD". So from what you say Mike the complete snowblower vehicle could possibly be a Douglas build....?? I cannot find any other info on this machine. It came from Oxfordshire. Tony, The one you have was designed and built by All Wheel Drive Ltd between 1958-63, using a BLSP cab as used on Commer ( Superpoise ? ) and Dodge over the time, to carry the Rolba equipment. The forward control snow blower that Mike posted up, was a Douglas, fitted with Bros equipment, truck engine was a Rolls B80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I cannot find any other info on this machine. It came from Oxfordshire. Some years ago there was one on the forecourt of a recovery garage, near Ardley/ Middleton Stoney Area. I presumed it came of RAF Croughton or out of Bicester. I didn't have my camera with me. It was on the B430 from memory, I wonder if this is the same one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 The forward control snow blower that Mike posted up, was a Douglas, fitted with Bros equipment, truck engine was a Rolls B80. And the Blower was powered by a pair of (I believe) Meadows Diesels in the rear, sat side by side over the back axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 And the Blower was powered by a pair of (I believe) Meadows Diesels in the rear, sat side by side over the back axle. Nearly right.........apparantely two Meadows 6PJ630 6-cyl. petrol engines of 180 bhp each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 i have a picture of lifting one out of the back somewhere, I'll see if iI can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 On wikpedia site found this of a pair of Diamond T's moving a tank http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tortoise_Tank_On_Tow_BAOR_1948.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Found this clip under British trucks labeled WO2 but I m sure its a Diamond T 981, sounds good , wonder what happened to the drivers door ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Found this clip under British trucks labeled WO2 but I m sure its a Diamond T 981, sounds good , wonder what happened to the drivers door ? At least the driver kept cool! They can get a bit hot with those small cabs. Accelerates well, wonder what's stashed under the bonnet. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 i have a picture of lifting one out of the back somewhere, I'll see if iI can find it. Douglas snowblower engines were I believe Meadows. well actually lifting out the pair, and their subframe. Yes thats heavy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 photos taken by my grandad in egypt some time after the war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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