ANDERTON and ROWLANDS Atkinson 8 Wheeler Waltzer Load Hill Climb 

The wee white erf pulling the waltzer truck and the guys changing drivers still moving brilliant

My husband Andy Lewis, was driving this, told me about this years ago, Was amazed when I came across it. Brian, and Steve Basset were there with him.Colin Devay Pulled them out of it. Exellent.

Take me back to those fabulous days

Used to love watching the vehicles pulling on at our local fair in the 50s.My favourites were a couple of ex WD AEC Matadors.Both of these were owned by the same family.Both had large boards on the cab roof "CAUTION PULLING THREE TRAILERS"Great vehicles and great days.Many thanks.

nice to see the old atki in action along with two other british marques no longer either making Lorries trucks and vans and come to that buses as foden and leyland did, poss a tiger or leopard, love the sound of that gardner- real throaty and sadly missed,

That’s the way to do it 👍(old school) can’t beat it

I don't know whether you still get on uchoob as this footage is 10 years old!!!. BUT I LOVE IT!! If you have any more PLEASE PLEASE get it uploaded, anyhow thanks andy. Liverpool UK

Waltzer boys last to get pulled down last to pull on great footage!!!

Good action.112 hp is not much today!

A beautiful truck and rig 👍

Lovely to see this lorry in action as I've seen it over the years

That truck has got some power.

When i was a kid in the early 60's i used to love looking at all the old English show wagons Guy Scammel ect most have gone now sadly and been replaced with Volvo's and such like as we have no British wagons anymore.

Fair enough i understand, but to guard against stalling and give the old girl enough power to crest the steep hill, i still have that cut down 6x4 ERF LV Genny Wagon coupled on the front with a solid bar for extra power and traction. I live at Forest Green Nailsworth at the top of a very steep hill used by heavy lorries, and steeper than the one the Atkii stalled on,. Several years ago a 6x4 ERF B Series Artic owned by a traveling fair like yours stalled on the steepest narrowest part of Spring Hill. and a danger spot, 350 of Clessie Cummins Best Ponies and the Fuller Roadranger in Grandma(Crawler) failed to move her coupled to a tri- axle trailer loaded with some sort of ride . Luckily another Lorry, a C Series ERF 8x4 Genny Wagon owned by the same travelling fair had gone up earlier towing a large living van. She was uncoupled from the van then carefully reversed down the narrow road, a bar coupled on and with the combined power of an L10-250 and NTE-350 Cummins the B Series Crested the hill with no further problem .

Looked like the Benny hill show

That is fairground at its best proper fairground lorry and centre

The trusty erf there to save the day

My friends and family the Rowlands good as gold lovely people always in life

Good old ERF to the rescue…she ll pull it ❤

That model of Atkinson with the wider radiator like this one , would have had a Gardner 6LX 150 or an AEC 11,3 150BHP if he had this in bottom gear it should still climb that hill.

Question,,, please, did they have a crawler box onem,, ?

old girl probably only got 120 bhp. And designed to gross at 24 tons lol. Must be well over 30 with that lot its pulling 😂 no wounder she couldn't set back off

He's not deadly heavy, only lack of power and too high a first gear failed him. It will be a 6lw 8.4 litre Gardner about 112 BHP and only 350 lbs ft of torque, not a lot for 25 or 30 tons gross. 1968 saw the 6LW make 20bhp per cylinder at1700rpm and 381 lbs ft of torque, still not a lot. Gardner would not move and develop a turbo engine and got left behind.

I agree with Billalbion, that poor L Series Atki 8 wheeler had her work cut out dragging the three axle trailer up that steep hill on a straight five speed David Brown box , there is only so much abuse a 6LW Gardner will take before one hundred twelve overworked Patricroft Ponies scream out enough is enough!!! . First gear is too tall, so iid guessed when new to her original owner the wagon was put on semi fast trunk work with a flat bed body, and specified with taller gearing. it is all down to bad planning , by Anderson&Rowland staff, they shouted have known this part of the route taken by the Atki, would be difficult and challenging. Me i would have collared that nice 6x4ERF A series Genny Wagon with the short stroke 250 iron lung Cummins, hitched her to the Atki with a solid bar, not a bit of your mother,s washing line, then attempt to climb that steep hill.

Brilliant to see these old vehicles still working for a living ;) How long ago was this filmed?

what was it like to work on the waltzer?

rather tired this old vintage truck !

For some reason he brakes on the incline ? Why it was climbing OK until that !then cant get away

What a huge fucking embarrassment old british trucks are

Usual fairground shit.