moomooland:
Thanks again for the Riding picture Pete.D880 SHG seen heading South a mile past Junction 15 on the M6 near Stoke on Trent.
1Seddon Atkinson 401 Series 4x2 tractor unit Reg No D880 SHG Fleet No 90 ‘■■■■ o’The North’ was registered new
to Riding’s on the 1st of September 1986 at a cost of £30,023 plus vat.Tom Riding continues below…
“I seem to remember this was the first Gardner 6LXDT we operated and it covered a massive amount of mileage with no problems.
This engine had been built at Patricroft before they decided to have them built by London Transport workshops an act of folly which
caused many problems with subsequent engines until production reverted back to Patricroft.
This particular tractor unit spent years on the Bainbridge contract running to Enfield and back on nights and Birmingham and back on days.
Paul Spearriett drove it from new on nights and Neil Jackson was it’s day man.
Another very interesting fact is that the Bridgestone M711 pattern tyres fitted when new on the drive axle did a massive 262.000 miles with just a regroove.”0
Is the 6LXDT the 320 version ,if so i had one that was was in a D registered Foden and was trouble free and pulled like a train . It makes sense that they were both probably built in Patricroft and trouble free.