Truck Shite

[sutty2006]

Ahh no mither. We had loads of M&L ec11/ecs/ecx erfs near us. Went bump a fair few years ago now but we’re still running them right up to the end. 

[808 Estate]

[5speedracer]

19 hours ago, scruff said:

Picked this up today for a good friend of mine. Runs well, has been stood since covid began so could do with a once over and a good run with some weight on to scrub the brakes up.

Doesn't look that wide

[scruff]

Not much chat on trailer shite, so here's a little something I've been up to since I was last on 

We had bought a old 1981 King folding neck low loader a few years ago, mainly for moving the vintage kit for ourselves and others, but it became increasingly useful for it's low ride height for some of the machinery we build at work. It was RAF originally and a pretty good bit of kit for it's age, but was getting tired and frankly I found the folding neck and the electric power pack for it a pain in the arse. 

A good friend of ours had this 1995 King for about ten years, purely for moving his steam engines. I had long coveted it - air suspension, ABS, a proper break-neck with donkey engine and a few years ago got the full shotblast/paint treatment and LED lights all round. 

The covid situation and an unrelated bout of ill health meant it wasn't getting used, so we did a deal on the understanding I'd move his engines if he decided to go out again. 

 

As a bonus, the workshop who look after the maintenance on my wagon had MoT'd it every year and pronounced it extremely good. There was a couple of holes on a crossmember to sort and the floor needed reboarding. I sold the '81 to another steam fella and fetched this one home. 

Immediately it was noticable how much more manouverable it was - strange as the bed length was identical to the old one. I put it down to the kingpin position and the axle spread for the air suspension. Whatever, I was well chuffed as the old one was a total bitch in tight places (Uttoxeter town centre a highlight) 

The floor was partly up to sort the welding so that was the first job. Fortunately at work we have some first class fabricators so I didn't have to subject such a throughbred piece of equipment to my dismal metal sticking.

I did clean and paint the rest before covering it up, honest 😅

The donkey engine is a Kubota which was originally in a fridge trailer I believe. I gave it a service, it starts and runs perfectly. 

When you split the trailer to load, a hydraulic jack called the stinger suspends the neck on the tractor unit. Traditionally, the stinger pushes down onto a hefty steel plate between the chassis rails. 

Since I last posted I've also started doing bulk work (long story) so we were reluctant to add a big old steel plate and add to the unit's unladen weight. The solution was to replace the Jack's simple "leg" with this bad boy. 

As you can see it rests on the trailer run up ramps, works a treat. 

The final addition to the neck was this King name plate which came off our very first trailer bought new in 1994. 

 

I had a job lined up for it so we needed a test on it quickly, so patched up the wooden floor and got it in. Happily it was a straight pass. We do have all the timber for a new floor waiting to go on when we get a chance. Bought it from Kings themselves who got the build sheet for it from 1995 out and cut the boards to fit! 

I've used it quite a bit over the last two years and it's a brilliant bit of kit. They are virtually worthless now as everyone wants rear steer/extending beds/more axles, but for us it's ideal. I took it to Southampton on Monday with a new machine: 

 

And here it is in action with a steamer.

 

[worldofceri]

What’s the payload on it @scruff  out of interest?

And can you run at 40t what with having 5 axles?

[scruff]

Yes 40t, you can get 21620kg on it so more than enough for us.

[martc]

Euston, the 1920's.

[quicksilver]

A few interesting things seen today.

RHD and still lettered for its UK operator but now run by a Romanian. The trailer had the Romanian reg AB09 FNW on a UK-style plate so it looked like a UK reg.

The Merkins are still coming to Croughton every week. The regular one was followed a few minutes later by this bigger LHD Scania on US plates.

Pink leopard spots wouldn't be my first choice of livery but it's certainly eye-catching!

Last Truck to Transcentral

Always an elderly horsebox or two around thanks to the equestrian centre nearby. Today's was a 1994 MAN.

I've seen this several times before but it's still going strong after its 20th birthday. Check out the operator's website for a blast from the past - not updated since 2003 and has a photo of this and its sister when they were new!

[puddlethumper]

I saw an F88 logging truck about a year ago and yesterday it came past where I am. Couldn't get a pic unfortunately but a rummage on t'net and I may have found it. This pic was from a year ago, as far as I can tell, with the  words 'still working'. What a wonderful machine and still doing its job.

[quicksilver]

13 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

I saw an F88 logging truck about a year ago and yesterday it came past where I am. Couldn't get a pic unfortunately but a rummage on t'net and I may have found it. This pic was from a year ago, as far as I can tell, with the  words 'still working'. What a wonderful machine and still doing its job.

The absolute legend that is Bob Carmichael. He's had that since the early eighties and wouldn't trade it for anything as he doesn't like modern trucks. He has enough spare parts to build another one so it just keeps getting rebuilt when anything goes wrong and is a real Trigger's broom that has gone through several cabs, engines and gearboxes.

[worldofceri]

There’s a layby not far from me where I often see his trailer parked up. Seems an odd thing to do but I’ve spotted it a few times lately but never with the unit in attendance. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

We had little about Magirus Deutz here a while ago and now one has come for sale in Norway. This is a 1976 M 320 M33 6x6 and new to me this one has a V10 engine! I thought all of these were V8 and of course it is diesel and air cooled. Attaches some pictures.

https://www.finn.no/b2b/truck/ad.html?finnkode=253831968

 

It's for sale for 9,500 pounds. And there is something special about these and air-cooled engine and the possibility of all-wheel drive contributes a lot to that.

[scruff]

On 4/5/2022 at 8:39 PM, quicksilver said:

The absolute legend that is Bob Carmichael. He's had that since the early eighties and wouldn't trade it for anything as he doesn't like modern trucks. He has enough spare parts to build another one so it just keeps getting rebuilt when anything goes wrong and is a real Trigger's broom that has gone through several cabs, engines and gearboxes.

Quite by chance I came across Bob's "yard"/parking space a week or so ago, quite a few F88 bits and cabs lying about. Cool as fuck. Think it's got an F12 engine in it at the moment.

[catsinthewelder]

Somewhere near the start of this thread there's a video I took of that F88 after I saw him waiting to pull onto the main road so could get parked up and ready.  

Great to see her still on the road as I've not seen or heard anything for a while.

[quicksilver]

A pic of Bob and the F88 hard at work this morning has just popped up in my Facebook feed so it's still going strong. Long may it continue!

[MKT]

Virginia plates.

[sutty2006]

5 hours ago, MKT said:

Virginia plates.

I’m more interested in what “friction testing” and “leaves water trails” is all in aid of! 

[martc]

The L60 was to be the replacement of the well known W50. Introduced in 1987, only 3000 ish were made before that pesky reunification thing brought production to a halt.

[Crackers]

That just looks like someone photocopied a Series 2B Land Rover at 150%.

[Vantman]

On 14/04/2022 at 21:41, sutty2006 said:

I’m more interested in what “friction testing” and “leaves water trails” is all in aid of! 

@sutty2006 It's a larger version of this Saab friction tester for airport runways---https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/runway-model

[warch]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

That just looks like someone photocopied a Series 2B Land Rover at 150%.

Of course there was also this…

[Supernaut]

13 hours ago, warch said:

Of course there was also this…

That looks like Land Rover's attempt to copy a ZIL 130. I love it.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Another Magirus Deutz has come for sale here in Norway now and this is a smaller version and only 4x2. 1974 Magirus Deutz 160D12K and these have a straight 6 engine so there I learned something new again. Is little information to be found about these but these seems to have engines from straight 6 to V8 and V10 so a good selection of engines.

https://www.finn.no/b2b/truck/ad.html?finnkode=254945619

[quicksilver]

Spotted this oldie today, still going strong after 24 years. Doesn't actually look too dated as they carried on using this cab style until about 2013.

 

[OM646]

14 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Spotted this oldie today, still going strong after 24 years. Doesn't actually look too dated as they carried on using this cab style until about 2013.

 

Actually, the cab in 2013 only got a deep facelift, so we can say they used that cab until 2021!

[busmansholiday]

About time we had some more from the YORK Trailers archive, starting off with some old DAF action.

 

How about a massive* 240HP to play with ?

or how about something Swedish ?

FORD were still popular in the small truck league,

whilst across the channel, you could buy FIATs, with 340HP V8s,

and another shot of it being chased by a MERC (and a DAF car for good measures).

Finally, for today, another GUY Big J4, complete with background chod.

 

Anybody any idea where this was taken ?

[sutty2006]

Sandbach transport show in the town centre today. Nice day out. 
 

Body obviously newer than the chassis cab.

[quicksilver]

Must have been some horsey thing on today as a motley collection of elderly horseboxes were milling around. WOO is the noise I made on seeing this: how many Dodge Commandos are still on the road?

And Friday afternoon saw a very rare sighting of a Moroccan. Non-Europeans are exceptionally unusual over here and I hadn't seen one for over a year.

[Asimo]

This is a new one on me - a "threepenny bit" with a long bonnet?

https://www.brightwells.com/timed-sale/5240/lot/573179

[quicksilver]

That's a six-cylinder version. The ad is wrong in claiming the later models had the snout because a. that's quite an early one and b. the much more common four-cylinder versions never had the snout as it was only needed for the bigger engines.