Dennis Child has sent me these pictures of his five new 950hp Tractomas 8x8 heavy-hitters which have finally arrived in South Africa after a boat trip from Antwerp. Dennis says: "Home sweet home--here we come!" And we look foward to seeing them in action too soon Dennis!
And with a kerbweight of over 40-tonnes they obviously needed some tying down!
Now crossing the linkspan...
Almost across..
And here comes another one---loading straps stil attached to the front bumper!
And another one....you can clearly see the massive hydraulic/cooling pack behind the cab and the crew quarters too...
Safely on terra firma..now Dennis just has to worry about the other four! And click through here to see the ultimate line-up.
That's some truck order Dennis!
And some ship to carry them in too!
And off to work they go. Great stuff Dennis---you can sleep easy now--enjoy your new toys!!
Fantastic photos! Fantastic trucks! Congratulations Dennis and we will try to get down and see you again one day!
You occasionally come across photos in life that just dont need a caption. If you have even the vaguest interest in big trucks or the most basic appreciation of engineering excellence, then these, gentle reader, are some of them.
Brian, just to let you know I am available at any time to do a test drive on these fully freighted, just send the plane tickets, expenses and a large tub of suncream to my address and I will be on my way..
Great pictures of very nice machinery
As resident heavy haulage nutter at T&D I must pull rank and demand I be sent to South Africa first to get this story. And before I get to my dotage. Although I'm that old I don't know if I've already passed it.