What vehicles were used to deliver bombs to the Type D open stores?

If built per the drawing, the lorry road would only be 12 feet wide. The standard US 6 x 6 was about 22 feet long. That would make it difficult to back up to the retaining wall. Would they pull the sides off or were there British flatbed trucks that worked better?

Karl wrote:

If built per the drawing, the lorry road would only be 12 feet wide. The standard US 6 x 6 was about 22 feet long. That would make it difficult to back up to the retaining wall. Would they pull the sides off or were there British flatbed trucks that worked better?

I had thought that the stores were served by a one way road system eliminating the need to reverse?

A few months ago I stumbled on some "home movie" taken by a US airman at a USAAF base in England, a very short clip showed a constant stream of trucks entering a side entrance. The trucks all belonged to the LONDON BRICK COMPANY . I expect such deliveries would involved the Ministry of War Transport allocating licenses and contracts to companies during lull periods.
TED

Right, but what I am asking how the bombs came off of the trucks. The US 6 x 6 usually backed up to an unloading dock. With the narrow width of the road and then the blast wall on the other side, this wouldn't work. I don't know much about the 6 x 6, maybe there is a version without the high sides we usually see, perhaps a flatbed. I would think you would need a truck where you could unload off the side. I am probably not expressing this as well as I should.

Ted, that makes sense. I was just curious as to what trucks were used? Sounds like a variety. Was there one type more common than the others in WW II?

Karl, got it now, I am sure we have some pictures on here of US vehicles unloading at a rail head near Holme, will have a rummage

Cranes when possible:





An improved slinging system was introduced to safely hoist multiple bombs at once:



Or there's the manual method...

I have seen some photos where they are loading bombs onto trucks from railcars using a crane. Once they got to the bomb dump, I think they were unloaded by trammeling. I have seen a small crane used in the bomb dumps for moving bombs around, usually loading them onto the bomb trailers. I am probably over-thinking this. The standard GMC truck we see hauling troops and cargo does not appear to have easily removable sides, but I would think there was a version that did. I also seem to remember seeing that clip Ted mentioned. Would be interesting to know what kind of trucks they were using. Not important in the overall scheme of things, just got my curiosity stirred up.

And Paul comes through! Neat photos. I see the only one where they are trammeling bombs off the 6 x 6, they are coming off the tailgate and that area does not have the transverse in front of the trucks. Those bottom two photos do not appear to be in a standard bomb dump. And all of the trucks appear to be standard 6 x 6's. Looks like I had it all wrong. Oh well, live and learn. Thanks guys.

Don't know about USAAF vehicles, but I always assumed the RAF dropped the side of their lorries.

From AP 2852A, Bomb Dump Procedure: