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TAR is much better for our roads.

Is Global warming's Daisy's fault,
Grazing by the hot asphalt?
A thousand years of god's methane,
Or fifty years of concrete lanes.

This aint no technological breakdown. This is the road to hell.

I'm intrigued by what appears to be an elevated platform supporting the drum and donkey engine on the truck pictured discharging at the feed hopper .
It can also be seen on item 28926 .
These two shots would appear to have been taken at more or less the same spot , and furthermore it seems , within an hour or so of each other .
I've never actually seen a mixer with an elevating drum , although these photos prove that they evidently did exist .
No doubt there would have been some kind of logic to this arrangement , although I'll admit to being at a loss when it comes to understanding what that logic may have been .
My best guess would be a more rapid discharge possibly ?.....that's the best that I can come up with anyway , even though it seems a bit pointless , as it's possible to discharge 8 metres , ( or 9 yards if you prefer ) of 50 slump in a matter of minutes without the necessity of elevating the drum .

Perhaps Barrie could provide the answer .

Regards. Ozy .