Howard if you want to see and read about overloaded trucks get a copy of
Trucks
Politics
and the High Court.
By Jeffrey Ffrost.
one photo shows a Bedford truck with a single axle trailer carting 54 bales of wool in 1935. The truck had cable and rod brakes the trailer none.
Some loads in hilly country had a "load jockey" who had to jump off and open gates then catch the truck after shutting the gate so a stop wasn't needed.
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Robert Pearce.
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