CMPs from all over postwar

[Keith Webb]

That's a lot of house for 85 wee horses to move around. Jan's dad Hugh Thompson moved a lot of buildings and other things with Ford CMPs during his working life too.

[Private_collector]

Surely helps understanding exactly WHY we sometimes see damaged chassis and broken springs, doesn't it! Poor old thing, dragging that house along, up and down all sorts of roads and gradients. Hope they kept the brakes in good shape.

Unfortunately, the driver and business owner, now has dementia, and can't even speak a word. Just lays there in a soft, pressure relieving, reclining chair. A glimpse of the aging process that awaits us all.

I want to photograph some of his other CMP moments of the past, when I get the chance. He also used a Chevrolet or dodge six wheeler for house removal. The chaps Wife did offer to try to get copies of the applicable images, but I declined. She is also very elderly, and it would be a big job for her, so I will take photos of the originals, which are part of his 'wall of life' display on the wall of his room.

[hrpearce]

Pictures like this are fascinating, what would interest me is what has been done to support the load, there is never photos of under the house.