Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Made:
1957 in Colnbrook

Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor, 1957. 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.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
1980-708
Materials:
stuff
Measurements:
overall (approx): 2740 x 2970 x 8560 mm
type:
commercial vehicle
credit:
Sunter Bros. Ltd.

Parts

Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

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:
overall: 2740 x 2970 x 8560 mm (approximate)
Materials:
glass , metal (unknown) and rubber (unidentified)
Object Number:
1980-708 Pt1
type:
trucks
Fuel gauge from the Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Fuel gauge from the Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Fuel gauge from the Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor. For further object information see top record.

Object Number:
1980-708 Pt2
type:
radioactive material
Oil gauge from Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Oil gauge from Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Oil gauge from Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor, 1957. For further object information see top record.

Object Number:
1980-708 Pt3
type:
radioactive material
Bogies from Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Bogies from Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Crane 16-wheel solid-tyred bogies from Rotinoff Atlantic Tractor, 1957

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These bogies, or trailers, were used to carry twelve heat exchangers from Bradwell Quay to Bradwell Power Station in 1957. They would have originally been attached to the Rotinoff Atlantic Tractor.

Each exchanger weighed 300 tons, which was the heaviest load to be hauled by a vehicle in the UK at that time. Due to the heavy load, only one exchanger could be carried at a time.

Measurements:
overall: 820 mm x 3270 mm x 11600 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown) and rubber (unidentified)
Object Number:
1980-708 Pt4
type:
bogies
Ignition and door keys for Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Ignition and door keys for Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor

Ignition and door keys for Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic road tractor, 1957.

Object Number:
1980-708 Pt5
type:
key -hardware