ANDERTON and ROWLANDS Atkinson 8 Wheeler Waltzer Load Hill Climb

A&R Waltzer load pulled by the Attkinson 8 Wheeler "The Lion" had to stop on the hill on route to paignton regatta pull on due to traffic and could not pull away again. A quick tow from another unit and all is well again. Look carefully at one point is anyone driving the lorry yet it is still moving. Well Done BRIAN!

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• barlow
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• ark
• dodgems
• fairground
• atkinson
• anderton
• rowlands
• funfair
• fair
• gaff
• pullon
• drive
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• hill
• climb
• stuck

[rbtlv]

Im pretty sure I have the DVD to this.

I bet the driver's heart stopped hoping the

breaks would hold out.

[dodgemgreaser]

@rbtlv

Yes pretty scary moment I suspect. The center truck was always far too heavy for the 8 Wheerler which only had a Gardner 120 engine! Shame though as these where real fairground loads which seem to have all but dissapeared now with Artics and tri axle trailers!!

[britdemo]

what weight is on this..when he stops it rolling the front lifts up off the ground

[dodgemgreaser]

@britdemo - there is a lot of weight on this lorry and the heavy 6 wheel centre truck does not help. I dont think today you would get this passed on a weighbridge!!

[NitroNoriFan]

Brilliant to see these old vehicles still working for a living ;)

How long ago was this filmed?

[dodgemgreaser]

@NitroNoriFan I think this was 1997 or 98

[frontflipper101]

what was it like to work on the waltzer?

[discocreator76]

@dodgemgreaser Must have been later than that. there is an early Vauxhall Corsa in the film, which was launched in '93

[dodgemgreaser]

@Dexter130394 - Video is from about 1990

[210482fmj]

do you have any more old videos or photos of torbay in the 90s. I would love to see torbay before they built the two way road at dartmough road by the bus station when it was 1 way. I'd also love to see any old video clips of torbay road from early 90s.

[rbtlv]

Yes the 1960's & 70s were a great time to watch the fair arriving.

I try to collect travelling fairground model transport based on that era,

I have a short clip of them on youtube, but my video has made them look

a bit stumpy.