bigstraight6 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 52 minutes ago, sutty2006 said: Does the Stralis still struggle in the rain? i started my apprenticeship in 2004 at an Iveco/Ford dealer. Every time it rained the breakdown guy slid down his fireman’s pole straight into his van and off out he went to the rescue of a dead stralis. I had a mission impossible job, I started as a salesman at an Iveco dealer when these hopeless heaps were introduced. After barely a year of selling mostly Daily vans and pickups (that are also total shite) I left. If I’d been doing the same job 20 years previous I’d have been selling bucket loads of Ford D series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/10/2019 at 1:28 PM, sutty2006 said: A14 west bound. USAF fire engine. Coooooooooooooool A14 west bound. Exactly 2 years to the day spotted this dodge pick up. Funnily enough from the USAF fire department on government plates. Still had yank red flashers on the back. LightBulbFun and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 A GAZ 51A in the 1950's - 'Children's perfume is a good gift for children' - sounds a bit decadent to me. NAMI-0127. Dyslexic Viking and warch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 From the big to the ridiculous - BELAZ-75710 the largest mining dumper on the planet; it has a 450 tonne load capacity. An M62 'Mashka' diesel electric locomotive mounted on a MAZ-547 chassis. Why? it's not clear - it has been suggested it could have been used as a mobile generation station. https://www.thedrive.com/news/39244/the-legend-of-russias-lost-diesel-electric-12x12-overlanding-train rml2345, CreepingJesus, puddlethumper and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Looks like it had steering issues! Leyland Worldmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 59 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Looks like it had steering issues! There is some speculation that it could have been an experiment for all wheel steering + all wheel drive. But why put a loco on top of the chassis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 7:30 AM, Split_Pin said: Hey have we had the fact that the DAF Cabtech cab has finally been replaced after 34 years? My Brother in Law works for DAF and was at the launch of the new XF and XG/XG+ models. They look very similar to current Scanias. That cab design has certainly earned a well-deserved rest! Just to run down how many manufacturers have or are using that base design I have the following: DAF, ERF, Seddon Atki, Pegaso, Foden, Western Star and then using even more badge engineering, GINAF and Tatra. Any others? In the early days in particular, say up to 2000 when there was a seemingly bigger choice out there, what would the main differences be between each manufacturer? Chassis types, engine types? I know there was a fair amount of loyalty amongst smaller operators to the smaller suppliers, but I'm not overly knowledgeable on trucks beyond that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 7:08 PM, martc said: There is some speculation that it could have been an experiment for all wheel steering + all wheel drive. But why put a loco on top of the chassis? For the same reasons a Leyland National body ended up on a freight wagon chassis: the bits were there, and known to work, so it was easier to smash them together than start from scratch. I would assume! As for the Cabtec cab, there was very little commonality beyond the cab. One of the more expensive bits to develop, and one of the bits that can really damn the rest of the truck, so plenty of makers saw it as a no-brainer. As above, it's a fixed price, it works and it's there, smash it on. Besides, engines tended to have a longer development life, gearboxes/axles/steering gear etc., most were buying from Eaton/ZF/Rockwell et al., anyway, and chassis are usually quite locally specific, surprisingly. In terms of how the local market favours them to be made: welded vs bolted vs riveted and so on. From a supplier's point of view, an 'old' cab is far more marketable than an 'old' engine. One can be gussied up, the other's a boat anchor if it isn't even fit for use in Africa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 UAZ T-469 street cleaner, Moscow, 1964. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, martc said: UAZ T-469 street cleaner, Moscow, 1964. The front blade looks more like a snow plow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 28 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: The front blade looks more like a snow plow? I’m guessing it can be used for trash too 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Check these fuckers out! 🤩🤩🤩 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/the-gigantic-180-meter-long-us-army-land-trains-of-the-1950s.html CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, sutty2006 said: I’m guessing it can be used for trash too 🤣 Yes this is possibly good to remove sitdown protesters and it is ulez compliant so perfect vehicle for today's London? sutty2006 and busmansholiday 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Came across this special Hanomag in old Norwegian pictures according to what I can see from the advertisement on the trailer this was furniture transport. worldofceri, CreepingJesus, willswitchengage and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Does the front of the trailer have windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, worldofceri said: Does the front of the trailer have windows? Yes it looks like that why I do not know. Maybe it made work inside the trailer easier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/15/2021 at 4:59 PM, Slappy said: That cab design has certainly earned a well-deserved rest! Looks like the CF is now being passed the longevity baton at 30 years. Definitely showing its age though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, worldofceri said: Does the front of the trailer have windows? Maybe a bunk for long distance work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 8 hours ago, High Jetter said: Maybe a bunk for long distance work? Possible but there are no doors on the sides so doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Just got to the customer and this was in a yard next door but pissed I couldn’t get a better pic as I think it might be an Octopus CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Did find one of the show Stralises the other day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Fridays are all about the easy start. Driver brimmed his tank with adblue (about 30/40L) and conveniently broke down. Drained and cleared the fuel system. She lives again! cobblers, CreepingJesus, Coprolalia and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Did he run it? Adblue in the fuel system genuinely does end up shafting injectors etc etc. It's fuckin horrible stuff. If he ran the truck at all I'd be taking it to the auctions and running far far away CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Just now, cobblers said: Did he run it? Adblue in the fuel system genuinely does end up shafting injectors etc etc. It's fuckin horrible stuff Ran it till it stopped. These injectors took some clearing but it runs perfect now. 👌. Adblue usually does the most damage when it sits in the system for a long time. Like the brand new X class we had in with a tank full of adblue in it. Spent 12 months in our yard arguing to his insurance company who wouldn’t pay out. Ended up having a full engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 10:26 PM, CreepingJesus said: Spotted doing showman's duties recently: a pair of Iveco Stralises! I've got a soft spot for the bloody things for a few reasons, but I'm not blind to their shortcomings. Presumably the short journeys and long lay-ups work in their favour: less opportunities for them to go bang, more time to fix them when they do. And they do. I once inherited a Trakker (the tipper version) that went like snaw aff a dyke until it shat its' head gasket on the M876 one afternoon. According to the fitter, that was the second replacement. It was under three years old and had 90 thousand k's on the clock... On the other hand...imagine my delight to hear this roaring up the road...Newtyle Commercials' 'Dragon Wagon' which I've been after for ages. Think the plate on the grille says 'EC12' (but don't quote me on that) which means the Perkins (ex-Rolls) Eagle, unless it's a Cat or a Detroit DD60, which were options. It's not a Cummins anyway, but what a racket! Glorious... As I went to leave Balbeggie one evening after delivering a car to Pypers I put a foot on the clutch and bang, the release bearing went. Newtyle came out to tow me back to our yard just outside Fraserburgh. Heard him coming from about a mile away, bonneted Kenworth with I think a Cummins and straight pipes, put a smile on my face. This was back in the early 2000's but a search reveals not only it but that Newtyle don't seem to do an average wrecker. LightBulbFun, CreepingJesus and Crackers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 A few more from the York Trailers collections. We've had a few of these trucks before, but different views. Scanias on a Scania, more Scania goodness, Some Jock stuff now, plenty of chod, Ford, Guy, worldofceri, Jon, sutty2006 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 @5speedracer Very much so, i don't think they do normal or quiet, and I appreciate that! They even turned out to help me when I'd pulled up and 'called it' because the dog eared Daf CF I was driving had too many electrical issues to risk it any more, in a straight piped Sprinter with more lights than a Wembley rock gig spread round it. Fitter didn't look old enough to be driving, but give him his due, he patched it up enough to finish the run. I put the old heap in the workshop after, and I'm pretty sure it 'vanished' thereafter. It was an absolute hound. @sutty2006 When I drove for Tescos, one of their own drivers (not one of us agency scumbags, much to my delight) launched a good amount of AdBlue in the fuel tank of a delivery mileage CF. This being Tesco, they argued the toss with Daf, who fixed it under warranty and covered the breakdown costs. Every time it 'mysteriously' broke down. In the end Daf had replaced the entire injection system, one piece at a time. Way back in this thread, there's a pic I posted of a Daf badged Scania T112 wrecker: that was one of said CF's last breakdowns, and it was off to the garage in Perth docks. As an illustration, the 'breakdown costs' included sending me up to Bankfoot (north of Perth) with a replacement unit to finish the run, and getting their driver back to Livingston. I asked around to see if anyone had grassed Tesco up to Daf (which I'd have done with a smile on my miserable fizzer...) and it turned out they had. More than once. Daf stuck their fingers in their ears and sang loudly... sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 3 hours ago, busmansholiday said: This is actually Norwegian registered so checked and it was first registered in 1967 and most likely scrapped in 1988. And when I think about it, have you shown pictures of this one before and I checked it out? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 7 hours ago, sutty2006 said: Fridays are all about the easy start. Driver brimmed his tank with adblue (about 30/40L) and conveniently broke down. Drained and cleared the fuel system. She lives again! I remember some years ago an agency driver filling the adblue tank with diesel, he did wonder why the nozzle wouldn’t fit in the hole and it took an age to fill, it was a rental unit to the company at the time just to make matters worse! sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 4 hours ago, CreepingJesus said: @5speedracer Very much so, i don't think they do normal or quiet, and I appreciate that! They even turned out to help me when I'd pulled up and 'called it' because the dog eared Daf CF I was driving had too many electrical issues to risk it any more, in a straight piped Sprinter with more lights than a Wembley rock gig spread round it. Fitter didn't look old enough to be driving, but give him his due, he patched it up enough to finish the run. I put the old heap in the workshop after, and I'm pretty sure it 'vanished' thereafter. It was an absolute hound. @sutty2006 When I drove for Tescos, one of their own drivers (not one of us agency scumbags, much to my delight) launched a good amount of AdBlue in the fuel tank of a delivery mileage CF. This being Tesco, they argued the toss with Daf, who fixed it under warranty and covered the breakdown costs. Every time it 'mysteriously' broke down. In the end Daf had replaced the entire injection system, one piece at a time. Way back in this thread, there's a pic I posted of a Daf badged Scania T112 wrecker: that was one of said CF's last breakdowns, and it was off to the garage in Perth docks. As an illustration, the 'breakdown costs' included sending me up to Bankfoot (north of Perth) with a replacement unit to finish the run, and getting their driver back to Livingston. I asked around to see if anyone had grassed Tesco up to Daf (which I'd have done with a smile on my miserable fizzer...) and it turned out they had. More than once. Daf stuck their fingers in their ears and sang loudly... DAF will do that. Much like Mercedes do with Amazon vans. The whole fleet is battered to fuck. When they get returned off lease Mercedes will kick off and say they need to pay for the damage. Amazon will tell them to FRO they’ll have *input other make* next, then Mercedes leases them another fleet of shiney new vans ready for destruction. It’s all about keeping the customer happy, so they return to buy more. CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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