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Originally Posted by Howard
According to my (rough) maths skills and (rougher) knowledge of weights, I estimate the old Blitz to be carrying about 15 1/4 ton! 
Now THAT'S a LOAD!
Newspaper Clipping, Port Lincoln Times (South Australia), Thursday 11 December 1947
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Hi Howard,
Nowadays, if that story had made the papers it would be because the driver and operator had been taken to Court for overloading. How times change!
In the 1930's, Bedford used to actually advertise "good for 50% overload"
cheers Richard
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