Crane thing

[diggerjones]

 

[diggerjones]

Took this in Majorca in feb this year. Thought it may be interest to some

 

[V8Druid]

artic unit with a demountable body on the 5th wheel ? @Mogman 'd know probably ....... helluva crane on it.

 

[diggerjones]

8 wheel artic unit?

 

[V8Druid]

8 wheel artic unit?

double drive and two axles for the crane, for axle loading/weights ... IIRC Mog's is a bit of a Chinese six with his gert crane to get the axle loading/weights right

 

[diggerjones]

I wonder Why do they call them Chinese 6

 

[Adam]

I thought the legs were to help get the axle weights right when dvsa have you on the scales.

 

[V8Druid]

I wonder Why do they call them Chinese 6

good Q Dylan .... I have no idea, but always known 'em as a Chinese six .... four steering, two driving wheels. ..... The breweries used to use them on dray work a lot, to get the loading capacity

 

[pettsy]

I wonder Why do they call them Chinese 6

A couple of thoughts on trucknet

gnasty gnome wrote:
I'd guess that it originates as a vernacular way of describing anything that was "back to front" in the 1920's/30's, when that type of vehicle was first built.


“This to my knowledge is accurate. Back then the "wrong" way of doing things was the "chinese" way . They just looked wrong with 2 axles at the front and 1 at the rear? My view is that perhaps they were trying to get away from the tendancy of the conventional sixes to go in a straight line,no matter what you did with the wheel! “
Incidentally my first sighting of a chinese six was a dray out of Hunton Bridge, Ind Coope I beleive. So I know breweries used them, but cant recall them on general haulage.

 

[diggerjones]

One for the druid. Whats scow stand for, as in scow end tipper body

 

[Quattromike]

Service Control On Wagon
Slew Crane On Wheels
Safety Cab opens Well
I dunno.

 

[diggerjones]

The druid will know for sure. I think the w is for wales.

 

[Scoff]

A scow is a the shape of the body,comes from a boat shape.

 

[V8Druid]

scoff has it in one ...... the name comes from a type of boat with an 'upswept' stern (and bow usually) ... load bearing/cargo type vessels with flat bottoms and the upswept ends, for shore clearance and riding outgoing tides to best advantage. A river punt is a good example of a scow backed vessel

 

[diggerjones]

I read somewhere it stood for " " of wales. Might just my imagination

 

[diggerjones]

Maybe " company of wales!!

 

[V8Druid]

Maybe " company of wales!!

maybe 'someone's ' acronym Dylan .. but it deffo originates from scow boats .... with their up-swept sterns and bows

 

[TiltyShaun]

Again I am now kicking myself for not taking a photo. Had a truck onsite on Thursday from Foundation Piling. He had a rather monster Hiab that can reach 16m with 3ton on the end. Up close lift of 11ton. Will hopefully get some pics when he comes to pick the stuff up!!

 

[powercom]

A couple of thoughts on trucknet

gnasty gnome wrote:
I'd guess that it originates as a vernacular way of describing anything that was "back to front" in the 1920's/30's, when that type of vehicle was first built.


“This to my knowledge is accurate. Back then the "wrong" way of doing things was the "chinese" way . They just looked wrong with 2 axles at the front and 1 at the rear? My view is that perhaps they were trying to get away from the tendancy of the conventional sixes to go in a straight line,no matter what you did with the wheel! “
Incidentally my first sighting of a chinese six was a dray out of Hunton Bridge, Ind Coope I beleive. So I know breweries used them, but cant recall them on general haulage.

That's interesting I remember when i was kid a local 6 wheel tipper truck a maybe it was a dodge that had some sort of I think 2 stroke diesel in it.
Noisy as hell revving its nuts off pulling up a local hill , you didn't need to see it to know who it was.

Whatever it was it was always referred by people who "I assumed knew " as that will be "tommy" in his that Chinese 6 !! Now knowing nothing better I sort of assumed the engine was in some way connected to china , by design , manufacturer or partnership although this was 40 years ago and thinking about it now that was highly unlikely in the late 70's early 80" to have any connection like that but know know better it made some sense back then .
So googling it today comes up with little other than your explanation confirmed that i found on a Mack forum
quote : "While the Brits called them a Chinese Six because there was a time in the UK when anything the opposite of normal was termed Chinese"
However I never heard that phrase used to describe anything else than that truck

 

[V8Druid]

Iron Fairy Amethyst 15/18 ..... a rare example of a 'Chinese six' set up

never seen one in the metal ..... they'm RARE!!