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Just to let you know that I have, safe and sound, the Scammell Mountaineer emergency winder towing truck 344 GNU. Tony Goff
Other drivers included Harry Meakin, Mick Donnelly, Paul Straw and Noel Webster. The Winder was garaged at Hucknall No1 Pit and at Babington. It had to be checked out once a week. Charlie did not really appreciate driving the tractor unit. It had a crash gear box and even with the blue light flashing it could only do 8mph; reversing was very difficult and there was no heater in the cab so driving it in winter was very unpleasant. When it got a flat tyre on the motor way it churned up the road surface when the railway line wheels, on the inside of the main wheels, came into contact with the road surface then dug into the road.
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