Truck Shite

[CreepingJesus]

Yep, nail on the head. The stories about Daf's relationship with Tesco are legion, but they all end in 'yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir.' Not a happy marriage, but as long as one keeps mobile and the other makes a profit, it persists.

I've never mixed up AdBlue and diesel, but I have 'accidentally' mixed up white and cherry once or twice. Oops, what a shame...

[busmansholiday]

13 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

And when I think about it, have you shown pictures of this one before and I checked it out?

Yes, a B&W view. 

[catsinthewelder]

Our local agricultural merchant often keeps shite for years (they had a 305 van in use till about 10 years ago).

I've not seen this before this week though.

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

Rare beast on ebay.

Scammell Super Constructor

 

 

 

[MKT]

Not sure if this has been posted before but found this up in Scotland.

[somewhatfoolish]

On 12/10/2021 at 7:48 PM, bigstraight6 said:

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!

How the fuck do you do that? Mixing up pez and dizzle is one thing, adblue looks nothing like either and smells different too.

[sutty2006]

1 minute ago, somewhatfoolish said:

How the fuck do you do that? Mixing up pez and dizzle is one thing, adblue looks nothing like either and smells different too.

Some drivers take the word “ad” too seriously. 
 

i heard a story of 1 driver at a hgv fuel station putting both nozzles in the diesel tank and pulling both triggers at the same time. Over impressed with himself that he’s saving time at the pump……….. I bet he didn’t get very far. 

[martc]

12 hours ago, MKT said:

Not sure if this has been posted before but found this up in Scotland.

That'll be a ZIL 131. Can't quite make out the writing, it's in English and appears to be some sort of mad rambling.  The faded badge on the cab door suggests former military use.

[MKT]

4 hours ago, martc said:

That'll be a ZIL 131. Can't quite make out the writing, it's in English and appears to be some sort of mad rambling.  The faded badge on the cab door suggests former military use.

It's a bible passage, fella who owns it lives in the caravan in the background.

[Crackers]

Spent all day yesterday with these nice old motors. Great to see some older wagons still out daily earning their keep. 

ERF isn't upside down, just the forum software having a fit. 

The ECX's sister went into retirement just a couple of days ago, apparently. 

[jon.k]

Vic Haines is just down the road from me, I love having a look at his yard when I go past. He also has some classic trucks that I've seen out and about occasionally. 

... I just looked them up, there are some good photos of his fleet on Flickr. 

[808 Estate]

On 12/23/2021 at 4:39 PM, MKT said:

It's a bible passage

Definitely not Ezekiel 25:17.

[busmansholiday]

Right, some pics from the YORK Trailers archive.

I remember reading about this Commercial Motor when it was new.  Caused quite a stir when YORK bought a Steyr for their own use.

More Guy Big J4 pics.

Sunblest Atkinson proudly displaying its Gardner 180 (hp) badge.

Cummings engined ERF,

and that could be a RR badge on this one.

Narrow cab Bedford TM,

and a TK showing off an extra tag axle and different body styles (obviously built for a show)

 

[quicksilver]

I have a new furthest-travelled spot. E Lorry, not from Yorkshire but Yekaterinburg, Russia, a mere 3000 miles from here!

[worldofceri]

That’s impressive, and reminds me I saw a trailer with the international code KZ (Kazakhstan) a week or so ago. Sadly, it was being hauled by an eastern European unit (I think Lithuanian but couldn’t see the plate properly).

I’ve seen two or three Moroccan outfits in the last couple of weeks as well. I wonder if the container shortage has made longer overland journeys relatively more viable of late? 

[MKT]

Saw an Iranian Actros in traffic on the M25 a few months ago!

[bigstraight6]

I saw a couple of Turkish registered artics down at a shellfish company in Redruth only last week, wish I’d taken some pics now! Hats off to these real distance drivers..

[puddlethumper]

My mechanic, a bit of a loon, bought this rather lovely machine, without seeing it, from the South East got it transported to the West Mids. He was going to use it for getting engines and stuff until somebody came to the garage that afternoon and offered him 2500 squids more than he paid for it. Owned it for 20 hours. Immediately went and bought an ex military radio truck with trailer. Haven't seen it yet.

[puddlethumper]

32 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

My mechanic, a bit of a loon, bought this rather lovely machine, without seeing it, from the South East got it transported to the West Mids. He was going to use it for getting engines and stuff until somebody came to the garage that afternoon and offered him 2500 squids more than he paid for it. Owned it for 20 hours. Immediately went and bought an ex military radio truck with trailer. Haven't seen it yet.

^^^The accelerator was  the middle pedal I believe.

[somewhatfoolish]

2 hours ago, puddlethumper said:

My mechanic, a bit of a loon, bought this rather lovely machine, without seeing it, from the South East got it transported to the West Mids. He was going to use it for getting engines and stuff until somebody came to the garage that afternoon and offered him 2500 squids more than he paid for it. Owned it for 20 hours. Immediately went and bought an ex military radio truck with trailer. Haven't seen it yet.

1930s Fordson BBE, maybe with a flathead V8.

[808 Estate]

[sutty2006]

This has been parked down the road from work for a week or two now. Not entirely sure what it is, I think it’s a Bedford. But not 100%. All I know is it looks ropey and has a Vfeckin12 sat in it!!!! 

[willswitchengage]

Looks like a slightly cambered straight 6 to me!

Other than GM 2 stroke things and massive old Japanese NA diesels I can't think of any V12 truck engines.

[twosmoke300]

Is that a merc 6 ?

[sutty2006]

You’re right. The bit at the back looked like another bank of cylinders. I feel I need to leave a note in the iveco “this would be sooo cool with a v12 in it!”

[rml2345]

Not sure if it's a Merc lump in that TK but it doesn't look like a Bedford one. 

[MJK 24]

It’s an OM603 3.0 diesel from a W124?

Big oil filter housing back left and auto gearbox dipstick back right.

[sutty2006]

That’s a decent engine for a Bedford! I bet with a jump it’ll kick straight in.. 

[MJK 24]