Classic Trucks, Wagons

[Richard A Thackeray]

Btw is it allowed - a private HGV on the drive?!

In a covenant in our deeds, you cannot have a commercial vehicle, a caravan, a hedge more than 12 inches, an off license, a hotel, a brothel & a couple more I can't remember on our land.

But as the HGV would be registered as a PLG Private Light Goods it should be okay, we used to have our Ford D series horsebox on the drive.

I have heard of some collectors/restorers, who keep them at home (& aren't haulage contractors, where the driver has the relevant licence) removing the 5th wheel coupling on tractor-units, so they can drive on a car-licence............... weight/date of passing test dependant (ie; 7.5 ton class)

 

[DRM]

My understanding is that a tractor unit alone complete with 5th wheel can be driven on a rigid HGV licence, ie the old class 2/3, it’s changed for buses, iirc you could drive one on a car licence but no passengers, you now have to pass the PSV test

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I read about this in the present issue of Truck & Driver magazine, in a feature about a conference on the future of road-haulage
Just like Trolleybuses!
https://news.siemens.co.uk/news/green-light-for-path-to-uks-first-electric-motorway
https://trans.info/en/uk-government...d-system-trial-on-m180-near-scunthorpe-248190

The presently running German trial


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3P_S7pL7Yg

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Anyone??
The youngsters may not understand the cultural significance of this; https://pipinow.com/products/rdho

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Would seem logical, presumably they would be hybrids so that once they get to the end of the motorway section they revert to diesel, my only concern is where all this electricity is going to come from, unless the make them run at night.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Would seem logical, presumably they would be hybrids so that once they get to the end of the motorway section they revert to diesel, my only concern is where all this electricity is going to come from, unless the make them run at night.

I'm not sure what the majot source of 'grid' power is in Germany??
if this was France, it'd be supplied from Nuclear, I'd guess?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm not sure what the majot source of 'grid' power is in Germany??
if this was France, it'd be supplied from Nuclear, I'd guess?

I was thinking more about the Luddites in the UK

 

[BrumJim]

Would seem logical, presumably they would be hybrids so that once they get to the end of the motorway section they revert to diesel, my only concern is where all this electricity is going to come from, unless the make them run at night.

Sensibly, they would work on battery power. Saves problems with recharging if the battery is used for last mile operation only.

 

[tyred]

Trucks are not my thing, but I saw this on a recent bike ride and remembered a time when rectangular headlights were sooo modern.

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My uncle had an 8 wheel tipper version of that and it earned it's keep into the 1990s. Gardner 180. Produced more smoke that a steam locomotive.

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

My uncle had an 8 wheel tipper version of that and it earned it's keep into the 1990s. Gardner 180. Produced more smoke that a steam locomotive.

They were indeed smoky, especially on cold start. We had an 8-cylinder version (240hp ), which used to start initially on about 4/5 cylinders, then the others decided to join in. In the workshop the toilet was just beside where the side exit exhaust pointed. Regular fumigation

 

[tyred]

They were indeed smoky, especially on cold start. We had an 8-cylinder version (240hp ), which used to start initially on about 4/5 cylinders, then the others decided to join in. In the workshop the toilet was just beside where the side exit exhaust pointed. Regular fumigation

Most diesels of that era were extremely smokey when started from cold. Even the Volvos of the '70s and early '80s that my Dad had were a disaster when cold.

I have a 1963 Fordson Super Dexta which I restored and it is the same. Start it and run out of shed until the smoke clears (and the engine and fuel system were rebuilt so it's got nothing to do with wear). Dextas all seem to have been like that. International tractors were probably even worse.

 

[All uphill]

This is one reason why my interest in old vehicles has diminished to almost zero.

The noise and smell just reminds me how much better current vehicles are.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04XuhPca7so

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04XuhPca7so

That was painful to watch and listen to. So many errors in linking the images to the narrative

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That was painful to watch and listen to. So many errors in linking the images to the narrative

I know, but it was worth it for the old metal