tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80546241347869470372024-03-19T03:05:06.484-07:00SEB VehiclesSEB Vehicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577018430325806167noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054624134786947037.post-84489434601603536892016-10-18T09:10:00.003-07:002016-10-18T09:10:39.785-07:00Cherrypicker conversionsSEB were clearly interested in having the right tool for the job, and as work at height was a regular aspect of their work, cherrypicker conversions were often seen. This consisted of a work platform or "bucket" mounted initially on an extending latticework assembly (usually known as a tower wagon) but later vehicles used arms similar to a backhoe to lift the bucket. This design was much more flexible as it could incorporate side-slewing and had greater reach than the older designs.<br />
Both types were normally mounted on a lorry or van, and for off road use vehicles such as Land-Rovers or the RB44 could be used.<br />
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The earliest known SEB conversion I have discovered was a 1960 109" Land-Rover series II, fitted with a Simon l.25 cherrypicker. This design was also seen on other vehicles and was popular with Post Office Telephones as well as electricity companies. The Simon design was the only 'picker with approved conversion status from Land-Rover until the very late 1960s.<br />
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In service it would have looked like this vehicle. This type of platform body was always used with stabiliser legs.<br />
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When used with the standard body tub, the legs were usually absent and the vehicle used axle locks which worked between the axle and chassis to restrict movement of the suspension. This can be seen on this Land-Rover demonstrator which was being shown to NEEB (North Eastern Electricity Board) when the photo was taken.</div>
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East Midlands Electricity Board made use of the same design.</div>
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The same Simon design in use on a later SEB 109" showing the post-1966 colour scheme.</div>
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At least two vehicle of this type still survive.</div>
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The Simon 'picker on a platform body continued in use for some years. This IIA 1-Ton dates from the early 1970s.</div>
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This appears to be a standard 3/4 Ton 109" Land-Rover with an unusually long platform body.</div>
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During the 1960s Simon also offered a much larger system which needed a bigger vehicle, SEB made use of these fitted to Forward-Control Land-Rovers.</div>
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Some of these larger units were also insulated for live-line working.</div>
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By 1969, a rival to the Simon design had appeared in the form of the Spencer cherryicker. Various models existed although the most common fitment on a Land-Rover was the HM28. This seems to have offered a slightly increased working height compared to the Simon.</div>
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Both types seem to have been used side-by-side at SEB.</div>
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By the 1980s vans fitted with cherrypickers were increasingly common for street lighting work. This one appears to be by Econ and is based on a Dodge van.</div>
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For overhead line work, bigger 'pickers from Spencer were being fitted onto RB44s.</div>
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...and also onto specialist 6x6 conversions of the Land-Rover.</div>
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Later versions used the coil-sprung 110 chassis.</div>
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By the later 1990s the Land-Rover was no longer the primary base for a cherrypicker conversion (although this would eventually change) and the Mercedes-Benz Unimog was the most common base vehicle during the privatisation era.</div>
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The Unimog, being so much larger and heavier than a Land-Rover, allowed much bigger cherryickers to be fitted, allowing ever-greater reach. These Unimogs used Cherrypickers by the American company Versalift.</div>
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Eventually the Land-Rover came back into favour as the base for a Cherrypicker, with Powered access and Versalift offering conversions, as well as several other firms.</div>
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With the end of Defender production it remains to be seen what the new base vehicle will be, however within the industry vehicles from Isuzu and Toyota have been used already.</div>
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<br />SEB Vehicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577018430325806167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054624134786947037.post-8749590168051511142015-05-29T09:05:00.000-07:002015-05-30T00:41:00.489-07:00Land Rover 90, 110 & 127.With the end of production of the 1-Ton 109" Land Rover in 1977, SEB had to work hard to find a suitable replacement vehicle. They used the UAZ vans as detailed in an earlier post, as well 4x4 versions of popular Bedford vans. By the early 1980s Land Rover was undergoing significant change as a business, and had sought to improve an upgrade its products. The arrival in the late 1970s of Land Rovers with V8 petrol engines was the first big upgrade, a few years later came coil spring suspension, which improved ride comfort. The "new" 90 (swb) and 110 (lwb) utility vehicles otherwise did not offer much more than the old 88" and 109" had, and SEB were still struggling with the lower payloads on offer even from these new vehicles. Not long after the 110 had been launched in 1983, work began on a new purpose-built Land Rover for utility use, and the vehicle eventually was named the 127 after its 127" wheelbase. The 127 was essentially an extended 110, offering a crew-cab body to seat five (or six if the centre front seat was fitted) with a load carrying compartment at the back. The vehicle was apparently designed with input from SEB, and when production began some of the first examples were sold to SEB. Many of the 110 and 127 vehicles appear to have at least initially been V8 engined, although later vehicles were diesel-powered. By the mid-late 1980s, SEB was experimenting with fitting the Range Rover type three-speed automatic gearbox into 110s, however this was not very successful when mated to the only moderately powered 2.5TD engine.<br />
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SEB took on all coil-sprung models of Land Rover, 90s apparently as chargehand or engineers vehicles, with the 110 and 127 as overhead line crew vehicles.<br />
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The 90 and 110 did not change too much in the early years, but the 127 did get a change to the rear doors after about 12 months production, from square bottomed rear doors to using the same doors as on a 110 station wagon. The 110 was also updated at the same time to the one-piece doors with winding windows. The 90 was never sold with split doors, as the 110 and 127 were on sale for about a year before the 90 was introduced.<br />
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An early 90 hard top.</div>
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A 90 hard top with the 2.5 Turbo diesel engine.</div>
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Few photos exist of SEB 110s, however this ex-SEB vehicle gives some idea of the in-service appearance.</div>
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This 110 is seen in the post-1989 colour scheme. It was originally a green vehicle.</div>
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The following is a reproduction of an article in the SEB staff magazine about the 127 and other new Land Rovers.</div>
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An early 127 in use on storm repair work.</div>
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An early 127" based at Oxford, showing the square-bottomed rear door.</div>
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Compare with this photo showing a slightly later vehicle, which also has the later door handles.</div>
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This photo of vehicles on the ferry to the Isle of Wight also shows the early and later types.</div>
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However there was an intermediate type with the cut off doors but lift-up door handles.</div>
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This special-bodied 127 was an IT fitters vehicle.</div>
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This photo taken on a multi-board storm repair job shows several early 110 and 127s in use with SEB. Notice the slight variations in colour scheme.</div>
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This mid-80s example of a 127 has survived with few changes into the present day...</div>
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The 127 was renamed the 130 as part of the "Defender" re-brand in 1990/1, but the vehicle itself was little changed, This was one of the last to go to Southern Electricity before they became SSE, and was powered by the Tdi engine. Similar vehicles are still in use today.</div>
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The 1-Ton offered a 150KG payload increase over the standard long-wheelbase Land Rover, as well as improved off road performance due to larger 900-16 size tyres and lower gearing. The axles and suspension were also uprated, providing an ideal basis for an overhead lines vehicle. SEB regularly took examples of the 1-Ton right until production ended in 1977, indeed the last examples were all SEB vehicles. All examples were powered by the 2.6 litre in-line six cylinder petrol engine, which gave single-figure miles per gallon figures when at work with SEB, averaging just 9mpg.<br />
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MRX283L operated from Melksham depot and is still on the road today.</div>
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Very late examples were factory fitted with 7.50x16 tyres which took the gearing even lower than the versions fitted with 900x16s. The vehicles were otherwise identical.<br />
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LJH416P operated from Melksham depot.</div>
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LCF585P Operated from Oxford depot.</div>
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SEB seem to have employed three basic versions of the 1-Ton. The majority were fitted with hardtop bodies, a ladder rack and drum winch. Initially these were the hydraulic version, but very late examples had the shaft-driven fairey drum winch. Late versions also gained gas bottle storage in the back body.<br />
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Secondly, SEB employed two types of cherrypicker. Some were based on the standard pick up body, with holes cut in the floor and tub to accommodate the lifting equipment.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The British-designed and built 500kg RB.44 cross-country vehicle incorporates as standard a Boughton-manufactured twospeed transfer box with permanent four-wheel drive through a POWR-LOK differential.</span></i></div>
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The eventual replacement was the Russian built UAZ 452, sold in the UK as the "Trekmaster". These were purchased in 1979, although I have not yet been able to establish who imported them, or if they were built with right hand drive or converted in the UK. The vehicles SEB purchased were all van bodied and fitted with a winch. I have not as yet been able to identify the type of winch fitted however it is not apparently the same as the mayflower drum winch fitted to Land Rovers. It could even be an electric design. The only similar type I have seen is fitted to a Land Rover fire engine.<br />
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SEB bought 19 of these vehicles, however they only lasted in service until the early 1980s. There were apparently problems with the vehicles overheating in summer, and difficulties in obtaining spare parts.<br />
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<br />SEB Vehicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577018430325806167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054624134786947037.post-51848711798402922852014-01-09T05:29:00.000-08:002014-01-09T05:29:24.421-08:00Bedford LorryThis Bedford Lorry was registered in Portsmouth and so presumably worked in that area also. The tarpaulin on the front probably covers a winch, and the load bed could transport a drum of cable.<br />
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<br />SEB Vehicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577018430325806167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054624134786947037.post-15489509761594004302014-01-09T04:58:00.001-08:002014-01-09T05:24:31.328-08:00Austin Mini VanSEB, like most of the National Boards, made extensive use of British made small vans. Minor 1000 vans were common as were Austin Mini vans. In later years vans like the Austin Metro, Ford Escort and Morris Marina were used.<br />
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