Guy: I have always liked the SpecCast models like the White and the lowboys. I have had many but like the 6x2 versions of the White the best. And those rear loading lowboys are great. The models are built well and command a higher price than one might think. They made another brand of tractor that i cannot recall right now. And there are many colors and logos. Dang good model. CAW

I just remembered the other truck was the International KB-8. Great trucks and the engine covers flip up on the sides and the doors open.

In Germany these days, haulage of a forestry equipment:





MAN TGX 33580 BL SA 6x4/2 tractor and Goldhofer Stepstar L3 3-axle lowboy (Conrad models) carrying a 16.88 tonnes John Deere 843L-ii 4x4/2 feller buncher, equipped with a John Deere F55-DSFH cutting head (Ertl model),





Regards.
Guy

2 other 1/50 models from the German toys producer:





- left: Nissan Navara 4x4/2 2.5 dCi 190 double cab pick-up car (Siku model)
- right: Volkswagen T6.1 Transporter 2.0TDI 4x2/2 California camping-car (Siku model).

To be continued.
Guy

The Volkswagen California camping-car vehicle:







Regards.
Guy

in West Germany, beginning of the 70s:



Mercedes-Benz LP 329 4x2/2 fitted with a Buschbaum dropside body (modified Tekno modiel, to be completad) loaded with 5.03 tonnes of oak planks (homemade), towing a Buschbaum 1+1-axle dropside body trailer (modified Tekno model, to be completed) carrying a 6.5 tonnes Kramer 411 4x4/2 wheeled loader and cab (NZG model),







Regards.
Guy

Guy: I love the DAF and Carrimore one axle with the Massey Ferguson. I had a MF like that, but I don't think it had a tilting blade. It's a great little dozer. What's the max weight for the trailer? Craig

Craig,

A picture of the Carrimore lowbed in 1952 with a hand winch (to be later installed on the gooseneck), both being shipped for export:



Picture issued from the British website NA3T.
Guy

Regards.
Guy

Craig,

Specs are shown below:

- Scania/Läxä 143M-500 8x4/4 tractor: 500hp, GVW: 32/-- tonnes, GCW: 44/150 tonnes,
- Goldhofer STVAH10/SKPH modular semi-trailer with a 6-axle low bed, ultra-low beams and 4-axle dolly: GCW: 145 tonnes, payload:-- tonnes.

Läxä was the Scandinavian manufacturer at that time modifying 6x4 into 8x4 (mainly Scanias), as 4 axles tractors were not widely represented in Europe.
At low speed in Europe, Goldhofer trailer payload should be approx 120 tonnes, but this needs to be confirmed: the SKPH range was issued in West-Germany during the 1960s and was the light end (4 wheels per axle instead of 8 wheels/line) of the German manufacturer THP range.

I hope it helps.
Guy

Two Renault T tractors of the CoGeBat company (Monaco) with their tipping semi-trailers, built by Jean-Jacques from Tekno kits:









Regards.
Guy