Truck Shite

[CreepingJesus]

Yes and no; in essence yes, but the idea, and therefore the no, was (as it was with ERF) that they'd use their knowledge of the home market to build trucks operators here wanted, and Europe didn't necessarily. Tippers were a particular case in point, and more in the way they were built. So they'd have access to the entire parent company's parts catalogues, keep third party suppliers (Cummins, Caterpillar etc.,) sweet, and be on hand to build overspill, specialist/military projects etc. 

It was spun as a good fit, but the brevity of the projects says otherwise.

[bigstraight6]

2 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

Towards the end though were they not just a CF with a slightly different engine and gearbox combo? How the yanks did it with PYO engine, never really caught on over here.

They still had Cat or Cummins engines, there’s a recovery operator in Cornwall who still run a Cummins powered Alpha which is always a pleasure to see, and certainly hear with the glorious noise from the eminox stack….

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

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[The Old Bloke Next Door]

From the Facebook post, Foden Haulmaster pictured at the Mellish Road island approaching Walsall in 1992.  The church in the background has since been demolished due to lime stone mining subsidense . Just out of view to the left is The Hatherton Arms pub which was my local when I was living in the area from 2004 until 2010. The pub is no longer a licensed premises having closed about ten years ago and converted into Flats.

 

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[quicksilver]

5 hours ago, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

From the Facebook post, Foden Haulmaster pictured at the Mellish Road island approaching Walsall in 1992.  The church in the background has since been demolished due to lime stone mining subsidense . Just out of view to the left is The Hatherton Arms pub which was my local when I was living in the area from 2004 until 2010. The pub is no longer a licensed premises having closed about ten years ago and converted into Flats.

 

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B R Whorton are best known for running these, thought to be the only two Quest 80 trucks ever made. The tipper was so crap it didn't even last a year on the road!