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Andy
Andy is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Thornycroft Antar transporter.
Enormous, careful, proud.
“Big loads, slow roads.”
Character card
- Best at
- Carries the very biggest things
- Quirk
- Blocks the lane
- Usually causes
- Traffic jams
- Read-aloud voice
- Slow, rumbling
In the books
Drawn as a ballast tractor, with a heavy ballast box behind his cab, towing a 32-wheel drawbar trailer. Harry meets him on the wide road and they have a lovely long chat all the way home.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Andy based on?
- Real vehicle
- Thornycroft Antar transporter
- Era
- 1950s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- One of the biggest lorries Britain ever built, with a top speed under 50 km/h; he pulls whole tanks on a trailer with thirty-two wheels.
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