The World's Largest Lorry (1932)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 เม.ย. 2014
- Full title reads: "Darlington to Southampton. The World's largest lorry - carrying 'Berengaria's' giant 53-ton rudder, now repaired - makes strange spectacle on the Great North Road.
Pan along large articulated lorry, a Scammell 100-ton Tractor (Marston Road Services) which is carrying a large metal ship's rudder. It is parked in the street and people are looking at the cargo.
High angle shot of lorry towing rudder.
Back view of lorry. A man is standing on a running board at the back. A sign on the lorry reads: "You are behind the World's Largest Lorry - Please Drive Carefully."
The lorry turns a corner, the man on the back appears to be steering the rear wheels. The vehicle carries on its journey, a few children are walking alongside as the lorry is moving fairly slowly.
(It is not clear where on its long journey the footage was shot).
* Beta copy may not contain whole film - check.
FILM ID:669.05
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What a lovely bit of footage! Great stuff!
Solid tyres. 70(?) tonnes gross on 3 axles. Good job the UK had and has strong bridges.
In his autobiography "Slide Rule", Nevil Shute tells the story of how, having set up the aircraft firm Airspeed in a disused York bus garage, they built their first powered aircraft, the Airspeed Ferry, and towed the wingless aircraft under police escort to Sherburn-in-Elmet for flight trials. In this condition it was still sixteen feet wide, hence they set out at dead of night. What did they meet in the middle of Tadcaster -Berengaria's rudder!
Who thought rear steer was new ?
No litter, no pot holes, empty roads, bliss!
After this went through the Potholes Started .
No pot holes back then!
Oh… tiller man… only ever seen this on the big American fire ladder trucks…
Old school thinking. All done remote now, or as my son will tell me... "There's an App for that!".
Oh, the wonders that exist.
If only one looks beyond one's own backyard.
@@trueaussie9230 excuse me? You implying I live under a rock? Or that not having a wider range of experience on tillers is a sign of the uncultured? 🤨
@@Cypher791
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BTW - 'excuse me' is a statement, not a question.
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Big wheel nuts.
No power steering I'll bet,and a clutch so heavy it'd break your leg.
@Colin Miller. You would probably have thigh and calf muscles in you left leg like Arnold Schwarzenegger because of the double de-clutching through the crash gearbox!
I was told that back in those days, the guy who did the rear wheel steering was called a banksman. He was alleged to be more skilled than the driver as he had to react to the road conditions that bit later than the man up front in the cab. Stay safe and well.
What's the name of the lorry called
that's a rudder off a ship, whynnes used the same trucks.
Don't they mean largest load of its time being transported?
Nope . Biggest Truck of the Time . That Rudder would have been Silly Heavy .
Was the vehicle a Thorneycroft?
It has the look of a Scammell but I'm not 100% sure
This or one like it are still alive.
Tiny by todays standards,