Any ideas on what this might be

Post by **frank** » Tue 20 Aug 2019, 4:12 pm

A friend shared this photo with me thinks this might be aviation related - the vehicle reg is 1928. The vehicle looks as if it is stuck in a hedge or something. I just cant work it out - ideas anyone

Odd device by Fairford Fairford, on Flickr

Post by **capercaillie** » Tue 20 Aug 2019, 4:19 pm

I think they are scrumping apples.

Post by **Brevet Cable** » Tue 20 Aug 2019, 4:22 pm

Another pointless supposedly amusing post, I see.... :tumbleweed:

A serious reply would be that it's an early fresnel optical landing light.

Post by **psquiddy** » Tue 20 Aug 2019, 5:27 pm

It looks rather heavy duty for anything that might leave the ground.

How about naval or agricultural?

What is the number plate ? YU339? YJ339? Where do you get 1928 from? Do you know where it was taken?

Post by **toom317** » Tue 20 Aug 2019, 7:38 pm

It looks like part of a boiler.

Post by **frank** » Tue 20 Aug 2019, 9:04 pm

Got 1928 from the vehicle reg YU339 from another photo.

Post by **Jetnoise** » Wed 21 Aug 2019, 5:27 am

I agree with Toom317 - looks like part of a steam locomotive boiler.

Cheers,
Ralph

Post by **svas_volunteer** » Wed 21 Aug 2019, 6:06 am

Looks to be a large boiler, certainly not for a locomotive, could be industrial or maybe for a naval ship judging by the cap on the guy standing next to it

Post by **Brevet Cable** » Wed 21 Aug 2019, 6:19 am

Never seen a boiler ( steam or oil ) with mixed perimeter bolt/nut sizes.

Post by **starbuck** » Wed 21 Aug 2019, 6:51 am

It doesn’t look like a boiler to me. It looks like the lorry has jack knifed into a ditch off the side of the road and in doing so it has dislodged some of the timber bracing that is coming out at an angle into the trees above the guys head on the right hand side of the photo so I’m guessing it’s a flat rather than cylindrical object like a boiler

Post by **toom317** » Wed 21 Aug 2019, 10:03 am

Could be part of a large industrial type washing machine or tumble dryer. I've seen similar in some of the factories I've worked in.

Post by **Stagger2** » Wed 21 Aug 2019, 11:10 am

I was thinking that 'large industrial type washing machines' didn't exist around 1930 in the UK. A quick check only shows more domestic applications. Main thing for me is that I see 'tubes', not perforated mesh? The fixings (bolts) are way too numerous & big for an assembly that isn't associated with a pressure vessel. If the picture is inverted I see a locomotive cross-section profile?
Where are those mixed interest Planes & Trains guys when you need them? :smile:

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