{"id":73,"date":"2026-09-30T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:21:56","slug":"haulage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/haulage\/","title":{"rendered":"Haulage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Heritage Heavy Haulage &amp; Trucks<\/h2>\n<p>If you appreciate proper engineering, raw horsepower, and classic British muscle, you\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage heavy haulage is all about the giants of the road\u2014the magnificent steam wagons, vintage Scammells, Fodens, Atkinsons, and heavy tractors that built our modern world.<\/p>\n<p>Long before motorways and articulated lorries dominated the landscape, moving massive, awkward loads required serious ingenuity and sheer determination.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine navigating narrow country lanes and steep hills at five miles an hour with a steam engine, or an early diesel truck pulling dozens of tons behind it. The drivers and mechanics who operated these machines were a special breed, working in all weather without power steering or synchronised gearboxes!<\/p>\n<p>Posts written in this section is dedicated to the heavyweights of road transport. We look at the history, the incredible restorations, and the living history you can still see and hear at steam rallies across the country. Fire up the kettle, settle into a comfortable spot, and let&#8217;s talk heavy haulage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/category\/haulage\/\" style=\"background-color:#013602\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage Heavy Haulage &amp; Trucks If you appreciate proper engineering, raw horsepower, and classic British muscle, you\u2019re in the right place. Heritage heavy haulage is all about the giants of the road\u2014the magnificent steam wagons, vintage Scammells, Fodens, Atkinsons, and heavy tractors that built our modern world. Long before motorways and articulated lorries dominated the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bthg.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}