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1939 Maudslay Militant 6-Ton GS (ex-Army)

1939 Maudslay Militant in Mr Jones Takes The Air, Short Movie, 1946

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1939 Maudslay Militant 6-Ton GS (ex-Army)

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2017-05-21 16:00
nzcarnerd ◊ 2017-05-21 23:25	We had one of these on the site a few weeks ago but can't remember what it was.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-05-22 10:07	as this thing is annoying me beyond measure, and also wasting a great deal of my time, I'm going to suggest that it may be a Vulcan 5 tonner from the middle 1930s, based on little more than the shape of the cab and what the wheels seem to look like.
dsl ◊ 2017-05-22 13:21	Can't get a sharper capture or read the plate - this was sharpest frame Also puzzled what is happening - seems to have a big forklift behind it loading tools/machinery of some sort, but seems a country lane; also unclear if the Bedford-Scammell is involved or random
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-05-22 15:25	I wondered if it was a Post Office Telephones set up for raising telephone poles, in which case Vulcan speculation would be wrong. Other possibilities might be Dennis, a Maudslay or maybe Leyland if we have a Post Office engineering home built cab, but the position of the radiator filler cap looks wrong. There is also the fact that the PO used an odd design of carrier for carting overlong poles about the place. -- Last edit: 2017-05-22 15:36:18
dsl ◊ 2017-05-23 01:07	Might be water mains or drains work or maybe electricity cabling. Both have cropped in other late 40s docs in home counties.
rattle on ◊ 2017-05-23 17:27	Ex army Maudslay Militant
Sunbar ◊ 2017-06-11 15:11	dsl wrote .... Also puzzled what is happening - seems to have a big forklift behind it loading tools/machinery of some sort, but seems a country lane; also unclear if the Bedford-Scammell is involved or random .... Agreed dsl. My guess is machinery being loaded as ex-WD scrap perhaps located on the outskirts of the town or village or maybe connected with the railway-line behind. The load appears to be an odd collection of a drum, parallel frame-work, a small platform and a housing of some sort, all randomly arranged. The sides of the truck have temporary extensions to contain odd loads perhaps. The Bedford-Scammell looks to be involved in the same work. The large fork-lift suggests it was necessary to get it in place for multiple loads. A picture of a Maudslay Militant 6-ton Army truck, to date I cannot find an introduction date other than early WWII.

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