Leyland Lorry with Brimec body
Photograph is courtesy of Jim Christie, Crook of Devon, a former senior mechanical engineer in the Forestry Commission.
Perhaps someone will name the Leyland model type of KYU766P and driver?
The Brimec adaption to the body allowed it to tip and slide back until the rear tailgate edge hit the ground. Machines such as tractors could then run up the sloping platform but usually assisted by a pull up with a winch cable from the winch mounted next to the platform headboard. This system enabled vehicle and machine without the need for a loading bank. Ploughs etc were also loaded or tractor and plough combined such as mounted tines.
All a little unstable if heavy machines were in the high position up at the headboard end but to counteract this, the platform was usually progressively lowered in the loading process.
This type of lorry was used extensively in the North Scotland conservancy when the ploughing programmes were large and widely scattered over an extensive range of forests.
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