1968 Scammell Junior Contractor Pickfords
1968 Scammell Junior Contractor in Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands, TV Series, 2013-2016 Ep. 4.05
Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin: 
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◊ 2016-10-26 22:43 |
![[Image: 09-21scammellsjd802f.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/09-21scammellsjd802f.jpg) Building the oil refinery on Flotta, 1974 onwards. "Occidental Petroleum started construction of the island's oil terminal. This became the second largest major oil terminal serving the UK North Sea, the largest being Sullom Voe in Shetland." SJD 802F has disappeared from record, but 803F is still around Registration number: SJD 803F ✓ Taxed Tax due: 01 October 2017 MOT No details held by DVLA Vehicle make SCAMMELL Date of first registration 13 January 1988 Year of manufacture 1968 Cylinder capacity (cc) 3000cc Fuel type DIESEL Export marker No Vehicle status Tax not due Vehicle colour BLUE Wheelplan MULTI AXLE RIGID Seems to be either a Contractor or a Junior Contractor: "Hi Mark I was at Pickfords Sheffield and we had one out of the first batch of Contractors PGO 712E and one out of the first batch of Junior Contractors SJD 802F as I recall they were only in 6x4 where as the Constructor you could have 6x4 and 6x6 which we had at the time I have a picture out of the Scammell book of them" - from Link to "www.trucknetuk.com" |
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◊ 2016-10-26 22:49 |
Good find. But is it a "tractor", as in pulling a semi-trailer ? Or is it a ballast truck instead ? |
