Classic Trucks, Wagons
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Richard A Thackeray
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Sunday 25th
Apologies, no photograph
Snydale Road
Normanton
Just seen a Scania ‘S’ 6x2 (tag-lift)
Red cab, but… painted gold around door windows & windscreen surround
A’la ’IronMan’
It approached the crossroads from the south-east
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/363089
Apologies, no photograph
Snydale Road
Normanton
Just seen a Scania ‘S’ 6x2 (tag-lift)
Red cab, but… painted gold around door windows & windscreen surround
A’la ’IronMan’
It approached the crossroads from the south-east
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/363089
DRM
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- Location
- West Yorks
They were built by UVG Ambulances on the Armytage Road Industrial Estate in Brighouse, I recall seeing loads of them on site awaiting conversion, when working on site,also was interesting seeing standard civilian ambulances being built too.
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Richard A Thackeray
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Just seen on FaceBook
These are cool!!
View: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=799634465526650&set=a.465401358949964
These are cool!!
View: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=799634465526650&set=a.465401358949964
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Richard A Thackeray
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Tuesday 19th
New edition
Tesco
Bradford Road
Batley
New edition
Tesco
Bradford Road
Batley
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I forgot
Someone at work, she’s a real ‘Karen’, was on about trucks last week, spouting the usual rubbish about them being 'dirty/smelly/using lots of fuel/etc...'
"Why can't they just deliver everything in vans instead?!?"
I had a bit of a dig back, as the person stating these 'facts' is well-known for being very opinionated
I pointed out about the emissions of a modern Euro 6C engine being (probably) far better than most cars of a comparable age
Ie; imagine the emissions of a pre Euro truck being represented as a sheet of A4 paper, Euro 6C is the size of the small UK 1st class stamp
In some urban areas, they emit better air-quality than what enters the engine
(Euro 4, was the earliest standards for a large truck)
She muttered/mumbled...
"Well, they're still uneconomical, what MPG do they do?"
I suggested that 10 - 11MPG would be great, for an artic"That's ridiculous!!, my car does 30MPG" (think she has a Quoshqi, or whatever it's called??)
Okay, I suggested, let's do some maths.............. I am thinking logically here, aren't I
For simplicity, I told her to imagine that (10MPG) truck running at 40 tons
Your 30MPG car weighs (hypothetically) 2 tons
At those levels of efficiency, all things being equal, if the truck weighed the same as your car it'd be sipping diesel at 200MPG
I put it to her that are they really that dirty/thirsty?
Then the final point made to her was that phrase to remember
Someone at work, she’s a real ‘Karen’, was on about trucks last week, spouting the usual rubbish about them being 'dirty/smelly/using lots of fuel/etc...'
"Why can't they just deliver everything in vans instead?!?"
I had a bit of a dig back, as the person stating these 'facts' is well-known for being very opinionated
I pointed out about the emissions of a modern Euro 6C engine being (probably) far better than most cars of a comparable age
Ie; imagine the emissions of a pre Euro truck being represented as a sheet of A4 paper, Euro 6C is the size of the small UK 1st class stamp
In some urban areas, they emit better air-quality than what enters the engine
(Euro 4, was the earliest standards for a large truck)
She muttered/mumbled...
"Well, they're still uneconomical, what MPG do they do?"
I suggested that 10 - 11MPG would be great, for an artic"That's ridiculous!!, my car does 30MPG" (think she has a Quoshqi, or whatever it's called??)
Okay, I suggested, let's do some maths.............. I am thinking logically here, aren't I
For simplicity, I told her to imagine that (10MPG) truck running at 40 tons
Your 30MPG car weighs (hypothetically) 2 tons
At those levels of efficiency, all things being equal, if the truck weighed the same as your car it'd be sipping diesel at 200MPG
I put it to her that are they really that dirty/thirsty?
Then the final point made to her was that phrase to remember
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I was reading the new 'Truck & Driver' at work earlier, during the meal-break
In it was an article about a Londinium based demolition/site-clearance company that had a sizeable 'heritage' fleet, comprising of trucks that they'd operated
One such truck was a Magirus-Deutz 8x4 tipper, with the air-cooled V8
(photograph of the magazine page)
The text about this surprised me, apparently there's only 2 left that are road-worthy in the entire country
They, & their stablemate, the bonneted 6x4 tipper were ubiquitous in the late 70s/early 80s, they were everywhere!!
In it was an article about a Londinium based demolition/site-clearance company that had a sizeable 'heritage' fleet, comprising of trucks that they'd operated
One such truck was a Magirus-Deutz 8x4 tipper, with the air-cooled V8
(photograph of the magazine page)
The text about this surprised me, apparently there's only 2 left that are road-worthy in the entire country
They, & their stablemate, the bonneted 6x4 tipper were ubiquitous in the late 70s/early 80s, they were everywhere!!
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Sorry, only just seen this story
It's a national disgrace, not just a problem of one county
One driver speaks the truth, saying that; people wouldn't work in an office, if it didn't have toilets, welfare facilities & a kitchen
Yet drivers are expected to stop in laybys/roadside in industrial estates, with only the facilities they have in the cab
I'm not sure about any of you, but I've passed/seen drivers in a layby, on consecutive days, making drinks/cooking on a gas stove
Some drivers, quoted elsewhere, state that they'd sooner stay dirty than use the showers/etc.... in motorway services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65406847
EDIT @ 19:10
A bit of a rant, but with good reason!
https://www.truckanddriver.co.uk/la...hould-there-be-official-guidance-for-drivers/
It's a national disgrace, not just a problem of one county
One driver speaks the truth, saying that; people wouldn't work in an office, if it didn't have toilets, welfare facilities & a kitchen
Yet drivers are expected to stop in laybys/roadside in industrial estates, with only the facilities they have in the cab
I'm not sure about any of you, but I've passed/seen drivers in a layby, on consecutive days, making drinks/cooking on a gas stove
Some drivers, quoted elsewhere, state that they'd sooner stay dirty than use the showers/etc.... in motorway services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65406847
EDIT @ 19:10
A bit of a rant, but with good reason!
https://www.truckanddriver.co.uk/la...hould-there-be-official-guidance-for-drivers/
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I was listening earlier, to the latest podcast from; https://www.truckanddriver.co.uk/
One of their regular (printed edition) contributors had been in Chile recently
He talked about a Mercedes truck that's not available in the UK
Heck!, it looks good!
(a Scania T-Cab rival?)
The Atron
It seems that the 4x2 tractor unit reigns supreme, with very few tag-axles, or mid-lifts
Random image
One of their regular (printed edition) contributors had been in Chile recently
He talked about a Mercedes truck that's not available in the UK
Heck!, it looks good!
(a Scania T-Cab rival?)
The Atron
It seems that the 4x2 tractor unit reigns supreme, with very few tag-axles, or mid-lifts
Random image
Scottish Scrutineer
Veteran
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
It is disgraceful, especially when you consider that not only are there less truck stops and transport cafes than there used to be, but also that many councils have removed/closed public conveniences.
Reading the article, I did have a chuckle at a thought that passed about having in-cab loos like the Thetford Porta-Potti that caravanners use. Just imagine what would happen if someone forgot to check before they tilted the cab 🤢🤮
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Richard A Thackeray
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@Scottish Scrutineer
There is one company, that is involved in temporary roadways (the metal panels that clip together to provide a 'solid' access), that have 'welfare pods' on their trucks
That is, they have what look like an American style sleeper box, that has a shower, & caravan style toilet!!
I'll find the relevent issue of 'Truck & Driver' magazine, & photograph the page(s)
There is one company, that is involved in temporary roadways (the metal panels that clip together to provide a 'solid' access), that have 'welfare pods' on their trucks
That is, they have what look like an American style sleeper box, that has a shower, & caravan style toilet!!
I'll find the relevent issue of 'Truck & Driver' magazine, & photograph the page(s)
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@Scottish Scrutineer
Just looked for these online
This is the company
‘Davis Track Hire’
https://davistrackhire.com/
Shower/changing room at the other side of the pod
Just looked for these online
This is the company
‘Davis Track Hire’
https://davistrackhire.com/
Shower/changing room at the other side of the pod
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Friday 12th
New edition
Gulf petrol station
Saville Road
Castleford
Picked up after taking sister-in-law home
New edition
Gulf petrol station
Saville Road
Castleford
Picked up after taking sister-in-law home
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
