Truck Shite

[Joey spud]

I was working at a Paper Mill in Kemsley the other day and spied this parked up in their yard.

Looking at its Mot history shows its never been presented for a test.

[quicksilver]

10 hours ago, Joey spud said:

I was working at a Paper Mill in Kemsley the other day and spied this parked up in their yard.

Looking at its Mot history shows its never been presented for a test.

HGV/PSV MOTs use a different system that doesn't record tests on the DVSA website and is still at least partly paper-based IIRC. That looks tidy for a shunter, I've seen some that are literally falling apart. 

[martc]

The MAZ 2000 'Perestroika' from 1985; it was exhibited at the Paris Motor Show in 1988 where it won a gold medal for technical innovation.

https://weirdrussia.com/2014/07/05/ussrs-weirdest-concept-vehicles/

https://second.wiki/wiki/maz-2000

[Asimo]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63164772@N05/7419154140/in/faves-191490897@N03/

 

[Crackers]

On 09/10/2021 at 08:35, Joey spud said:

I was working at a Paper Mill in Kemsley the other day and spied this parked up in their yard.

Looking at its Mot history shows its never been presented for a test.

Looks like it's still absolutely ready for the road. I wonder what its story is.

[willswitchengage]

Reminds me of Renault's VE10 and VE20 concepts, which ultimately became the Magnum.

Electronic shifting.

[Crackers]

2 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

Reminds me of Renault's VE10 and VE20 concepts, which ultimately became the Magnum.

Electronic shifting.

That's wicked.

Ah, the French. Where did it all go wrong? 

[warch]

7 hours ago, Asimo said:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63164772@N05/7419154140/in/faves-191490897@N03/

 

That’s a very well turned out trucker (second from left). Sort of Peter Bowles-esque. I can still remember older farmer workers who’d turn out for work every morning in a shirt and trousers, one old boy even wore a tie.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

Ah, the French. Where did it all go wrong? 

[Delboy] Deux Chevaux, mon ami, Deux Chevaux.[/Delboy]

[Dyslexic Viking]

Found a little story about a 6 wheel drive MAN truck that was left behind by the Germans. This was bought and used for transport to some remote mines here in Norway. It was very good in terrain but was terrible to drive. In the winter of 49/50 while transporting timber, it went through the ice and was lost forever. The picture of it is from the winter 46/47.

[D.E]

Some traders at our local market drive rather old models, spotted this 1996 FL7 with 70s-like striping today:

Other truckshite frequenting this market include this FL6 and Canter:

[quicksilver]

The funfair is back in town after missing a year. Almost everyone has Volvos now and we're down to four ERFs, all relatively modern ones from the 1990s that are regulars here. I did find these two classics in Banbury though, and the V-reg has just had a fresh coat of paint at over 40 years old so its owner has no plans to pension it off any time soon.

[bigstraight6]

Happy holiday moment in Cyprus a couple of years ago…

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, quicksilver said:

The funfair is back in town after missing a year. Almost everyone has Volvos now and we're down to four ERFs, all relatively modern ones from the 1990s that are regulars here. I did find these two classics in Banbury though, and the V-reg has just had a fresh coat of paint at over 40 years old so its owner has no plans to pension it off any time soon.

Find a lot of travelling entertainers use old ERFs. They love them. The usual Cummins engines are pretty bullet proof. They do well to keep them on the road. Parts were getting scarce 15 years ago …….. 

[quicksilver]

ERFs and Fodens are still the favourites and Cummins and Gardner engines are spoken of with much reverence in the showman community, but even the newest ones are over 15 years old so they're dying out fast, supplies of both parts and complete trucks are drying up and they're reluctantly moving on to other makes. Volvo is definitely the new preference but there's quite a few DAFs and MANs are starting to make an impact too. Scanias apparently are great when they work but expensive to fix so they're not that popular.

This sentiment on a Volvo says it all really:

[sutty2006]

16 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

ERFs and Fodens are still the favourites and Cummins and Gardner engines are spoken of with much reverence in the showman community, but even the newest ones are over 15 years old so they're dying out fast, supplies of both parts and complete trucks are drying up and they're reluctantly moving on to other makes. Volvo is definitely the new preference but there's quite a few DAFs and MANs are starting to make an impact too. Scanias apparently are great when they work but expensive to fix so they're not that popular.

This sentiment on a Volvo says it all really:

Shame the sign writer couldn’t spell though. 

[martc]

A GAZ-59037 8x8 Amphibious Search & Rescue Vehicle. Looks like it's doing it's searching and rescuing in a typhoon, not sure where - the style of the language suggests Vietnam or perhaps Cambodia.

[martc]

An MZKT-79086 - if Scammel where still with us today I could imagine them looking like this.

[martc]

There was some commentary about old jet engines being used for de-icing but I can't remeber where, but as it involves a lorry, here is a KRAZ-255 fitted with a MIG-15 jet engine de-icing a plane.

[martc]

A Labatts Streamliner beer delivery lorry, built on a White chassis. Labatts had several streamliners over the years, here's some more -

Some more here - https://lost-toronto.blogspot.com/2011/02/labatts-streamline-beer-trucks.html

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Some pictures here from the Norwegian Bandar Abbas Express. A transport route from Oslo Norway to Bandar Abbas Iran in the 1970s.

 

[martc]

Multi wheeled Soviet madness -

MAZ-7313, used for heavy haulage - note the trailer.

MAZ-7907 24x24, yes 24x24! It has a 1250 HP gas turbine engine, a curb weight of 65 Tonnes and a load capacity of 150 Tonnes. Built in 1985.

[martc]

KRAZ-255, and a little more modern, introducing the future -

The brand new KAMAZ-6561 Hercules in the factory. It is an autonomous (ie unmanned) hybrid (diesel - electric) dumper used in mines/quarries. I suspect the unmanned function is used in the mine rather than on the road...

 

[High Jetter]

If automonous, why does it have a cab?

[worldofceri]

Lovely* MAN spotted today in Gibraltar.

[martc]

19 hours ago, High Jetter said:

If automonous, why does it have a cab?

I suspect the autonomous bit is for use 'on-site' probably for ferrying between one fixed point to another along a clear, pre-defined route. Once off that route (eg on the public roads) a mark1 human being takes charge; hence the cab.

[808 Estate]

On 10/30/2021 at 4:54 PM, martc said:

Multi wheeled Soviet madness -

MAZ-7313, used for heavy haulage - note the trailer.

MAZ-7907 24x24, yes 24x24! It has a 1250 HP gas turbine engine, a curb weight of 65 Tonnes and a load capacity of 150 Tonnes. Built in 1985.

Looks like something out of Thunderbirds.

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, 808 Estate said:

Looks like something out of Thunderbirds.

That’s what the Russians used for inspiration! 

[sierraman]

On 10/30/2021 at 10:47 PM, High Jetter said:

If automonous, why does it have a cab?

To take over when it loses the plot in autonomous mode. 

[High Jetter]

So, not truly autonomous. Meh.