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Title: 5th wheel on a 3 wheel forum
Post by: woody on October 30, 2009, 20:50:10: i was browsing through a three wheel forum today and spoted this picture
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Post by: woody on October 30, 2009, 20:56:35: heres another pic
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Post by: Saffy on October 30, 2009, 20:58:36: ICE CREAM :^o
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Post by: robert francis on October 31, 2009, 01:34:01: foundary 4x4 has nearly finished building his its looking good
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Post by: mobi on October 31, 2009, 06:36:46: running air brakes and can tow 4250kg (instead for 3500kg) and i would have thought it was a ex race course, ready for tray backing :lol:
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Post by: V8MoneyPit on October 31, 2009, 09:47:49: Is Jiffyman still around? He'd like that second picture.
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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on October 31, 2009, 20:52:16: Quote from: woody on October 30, 2009, 20:50:10
i was browsing through a three wheel forum today and spoted this picture

I'm pretty sure that Brymor Ice-Cream used to operate that 90

http://www.abmoore.co.uk/
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Post by: Reaper on November 02, 2009, 09:44:33: Reminds me of a photo I found on the net a while back.
Title: Re: 5th wheel on a 3 wheel forum
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 02, 2009, 19:09:13: Quote from: Reaper on November 02, 2009, 09:44:33
Reminds me of a photo I found on the net a while back.

That belongs to 'RaceTech' who provide the starting gates/results for Horse racing around the country.

http://www.racetech.co.uk/

I sometimes see them at Pontefract Racecourse, where my piccies were taken

Click to open/enlarge (3 images)
(http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/55/555/4/43/0/2305443000047309372MvaaaS_th.jpg) (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2305443000047309372MvaaaS)

They're converted by Dixon-Bate at Chester (who make tow-bars/tow-balls), with the new 90 receiving the 5th-wheel, & the 'tub' being placed on the '5th-wheel donor'.

They are, as you can see, air-brake equipped. I seem to recall that the gates only weigh a couple of tons (nowhere near close to the 3.5 ton limit for 'over-run brakes'), but air-brakes were simply seen as being a safer system.