Schofield Gritters Poster
I print these as A4 posters on photo paper to give to customers or their kids, they print really well as A3+ posters. The original file sizes are massive, around 25 to 30 layers created from 30 to 50mb files, I keep them in layers then I can go back and make new versions quite easily. They needed a lot of processing power and memory to create, not a problem now but it was a few years ago.
The Fodens and ERFs were all converted into gritters in our own workshops, all of the vehicles except the H reg ERF I sandblasted and resprayed in my very basic sprayshop. The H reg we converted from 6x2 petrol tanker tractor unit to 4x2 rigid, it ran seven nights a week on the night patrol contract when we downgraded the M type ERF to lighter duties. There were Gardener 4LW, 5LW, 6LW, 6LXB, 6LXC, 6LXCT and a 160 version of the 6LXB in our ERF and Fodens, we used to have a 3LW in a Smith 14 crane/dragline. I ran the 6LYT in B52SUM rated at 350 bhp.
Schofield Gritters Poster
I print these as A4 posters on photo paper to give to customers or their kids, they print really well as A3+ posters. The original file sizes are massive, around 25 to 30 layers created from 30 to 50mb files, I keep them in layers then I can go back and make new versions quite easily. They needed a lot of processing power and memory to create, not a problem now but it was a few years ago.
The Fodens and ERFs were all converted into gritters in our own workshops, all of the vehicles except the H reg ERF I sandblasted and resprayed in my very basic sprayshop. The H reg we converted from 6x2 petrol tanker tractor unit to 4x2 rigid, it ran seven nights a week on the night patrol contract when we downgraded the M type ERF to lighter duties. There were Gardener 4LW, 5LW, 6LW, 6LXB, 6LXC, 6LXCT and a 160 version of the 6LXB in our ERF and Fodens, we used to have a 3LW in a Smith 14 crane/dragline. I ran the 6LYT in B52SUM rated at 350 bhp.