Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor
Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor, 1957.
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During the 1950s Rotinoff Motors made approximately 36 heavy-duty tractors known as Rotinoff Atlantics and Super Atlantics. Almost all were exported; used by the Swiss Army or in Australian cattle trains, except this one. It was bought by Sunter Bros Ltd, a heavy haulage company, in 1957 to deliver the UK’s first nuclear reactor to the Bradwell Power Station, Essex. The Rotinoff had to carried 12 heat exchangers; each weighed 300 tons and carried separately the load was the heaviest to be hauled by a vehicle in the UK. After the Bradwell job Sunter Bros continued to use the Atlantic until 1974. This Rotinoff also achieved another first by being the heaviest vehicle to take part in the London to Brighton run.
- Measurements:
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overall: 2740 x 2970 x 8560 mm (approximate)
- Materials:
- glass , metal (unknown) and rubber (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1980-708 Pt1
- type:
- trucks