Bus company undertaking unusual task?

[AndrewE]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-47693195 says

Cape Wrath Challenge Marathon goes off-road due to potholes

Image caption Potholes on the road used for the marathon

A road marathon held for more than 15 years has been reclassified as a "multi-terrain" event because the course has so many potholes...
Highland Council said the single track was among 4,000 miles (6,437km) of road across its area that it was responsible for.

A spokeswoman said: "Agreement was reached a few years back with the local bus operator and the MoD that if the council supplied materials that the bus operator would transport materials to Cape Wrath and the MoD would carry out repairs.

"Materials have been supplied by the council as requested."

I have seen bus/pantechnicon hybrids moving parcels in northern Norway, but to offer to shift this much tarmac by bus must be unprecedented!

 

[randyrippley]

maybe the bus company still has a few charabancs with exchangeable demountable bodies allowing a switch between carrying passengers and carrying freight

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

maybe the bus company still has a few charabancs with exchangeable demountable bodies allowing a switch between carrying passengers and carrying freight

Rather like B949YHS - there’s shots on Flickr but I think it was a Dodge chassis with a Marshall body at the front for 8 passengers but a demountable rear half - two halves actually of which one was a box van and one was a passenger compartment for another 8?