Tipper lorries have been part and parcel of road transport since
the beginnings of the age of motor vehicles. In fact their roots
are in horse-drawn carts, which were built to tip by balance and
gravity. For many years, and probably still today, the tipper lorry
was seen as a dirty, well-worn, poorly maintained and overloaded
example of road haulage, not particularly beloved by the general
public. As they are used in all forms from lightweight
four-wheelers to maximum capacity artics, carrying almost any
commodity that could be loaded in bulk, tipper lorries could be
said to be the backbone of British industrial requirements. All
makes of lorries have been used as tippers, with no exceptions,
providing a great variety for the road transport enthusiast. Many
endure short, hard-worked lives, while others soldier on to greater
longevity, perhaps engaged in long-distance work. As time has
passed, lorries have been allowed to carry more weight and become
larger and, as a consequence, more powerful. For the transport
enthusiast this brought an even bigger variety of types, up to 44
tonnes gross weight, which Bill Reid, with nearly 200 unpublished
images, shows in this fascinating book.
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