Scammell (Leyland) Contractors in Australian Service?

[Stuart Kirkham]

Originally Posted by Dianaa

The fourth image shows the Steco trailer, this trailer that dropped the front off the fifth wheel, the gooseneck then lowered down flat and loaded from the front. When the load had been transferred on or off, the gooseneck rose under it's own hydraulics and then was winched back onto the fifth wheel. The SME museum has one of the Scammells, currently not operational, but it does have the Steco trailer. John Belfield also has one of the Steco trailers, but the gooseneck has been welded in the up position, he had it at Corowa last year. The good thing about these trailers is that they can load vehicles with a low ramp-over angle that would have difficulty loading onto a regular float.

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