Saturday 7 April 2012

EMEB 1-Tons

EMEB only bought small batches of 1-Ton, I think they had six or possibly eight overall. They were apparently inspired by SEB who bought lots and lots of them! The EMEB vehicles were a mix of IIAs and Series IIIs. Unlike SEB, EMEB specified mechanical winches. IIA vehicles also had a compartment behind the cab door for a gas cylinder.

I love the 70s style colour scheme they wore.






ONV232M has survived into the present day. Other registration numbers were BRP104K, BRP105K, BNV745K, BNV746K and ONV231M.
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  1. Mike.9 April 2012 at 05:12

    I'm loving the colour scheme of 'the fleet'. That is a nice blue.
    Are these 109"'s still about and accounted for?

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  2. 1-Ton Landrover9 April 2012 at 05:39

    I think BNV745K is on SORN, ONV232M is undergoing rebuild, none of them are on the road so far as I know.

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  4. Unknown14 September 2016 at 21:50

    Lovely to see these vehicles. My Dad was an overhead linesman throughout my childhood and there well over 25 years as was rewarded for long service. He worked from Derby and ever since he was on 'stand by' when I was a nipper he would have the LR or van at home and end up leaving his motorbike in the yard at Derby depot. I recall a LR and also a forward control LR then he had Baja converted Transits. They were LWB very high ones JJU 707V and OBC ---W. I loved them all but wasn't allowed in them (apart from an occasional trip when he needed pipe backy and he would let me sit on the crew bench but I had to hide. He could have lost his job.) I remember the automatic transit JJU 707V being VERY underpowered. My dads van was extremely heavy as he had climbing gear and all the tools and if he got a wheel in a little dip where a grate was outside our bungalow, he would have to roll back to pull off up the hill because the van just couldn't pull off from the dip. I loved that van and tho both transits were 4wd's and looked as tho were on steroids, he hated JJU. Missed his land rovers I think and we all know nothing is comparable to a landie in rural Derby or Staffordshire which he also covered . He was happier when JJU went after a year and he got OBC which was more use. The Landies were what I called EMEB blue whereas the transits were more of the turquoise colour. I recall him being on stand by over Christmas and being called out, he had a 'beeper' but it never worked, they'd have to ring our home and then he would go out to his van to use the radio to be given his job. Always bad weather, snow, storms etc...He used to carry cards which were advance warnings to households that their power would be off the next day, always remember the red print on white cards and he used to give me them for drawing on. We lived in Kimberley, Notts and on our cul de sac of just 18 bungalows there were 3 EMEB vans used by employees. I remember asking my dad what they did as the other two had their transits every day whereas dad only on stand by, he said 'they put electricity to houses but I put it to towns' I was so proud of him. Apparently at one point he was meant to be going out to Zambia to install power lines but he didn't and that was maybe because I came along. He would've been a very rich man if he had done. He always got a good wage as it was 'danger money' but I'm certain the live lines contributed to his cancer near the end of his life. He had tumours in his right cheek which would match with him being right handed while working at arms length. They say people living below pylons etc are open to cancer caused by the electricity so it must've got to my dear dad. He had terrible headaches for years. Lots of his workmates died before him as he used to still get the Electricity news and the union mag. I'd love to know how many had similar cancers. Love love love these photos! #happymemories

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