essexpete wrote:The S type is one similar to alloy bodied one my father had in the late 50s. I have one photo somewhere. Apparently the gearbox always wanted to fall off.
That is a very early skip truck Tim, any idea when the idea was first used and from where?
Great stuff! Peter
Hi Peter I have always been led to believe that the first skip loader was built by Bennes Marrel in France in the mid to late 50's.Reynolds Boughton of Amersham took on an agency and sold them in the UK under the Boughton-Marrel name.On the history page of the Boughton website www.reynoldsboughton.com there is a pic of a BMC with a Marrel skiploader which looks a lot like the loader on the Bedford.Also the German company Meiller made skiploaders in the early days and they were sold in the UK under the Sheppard Meiller name
Tim
