ramone:
kevmac47:
This is me in 1972, the Mercury had a great gearbox, unfortunately the gaffa loaded it the same as the Mandators he owned
it struggled a bit at 32T.
Ha ha, i remember a company my dad worked for borrowing a mercury unit when his mandator was off the road ,his gaffer did exactly the same thing loading it to 32 tons , it struggled going over the M62 to Ramsbottom on that particular saturday afternoon when there were no ministry men working ,but it flew back it was a bit nimble to say the least, they were rumoured to do 75 mph ,i don`t know how true this is
Oh yes it would do 75mph and the brakes were pretty good also, I don’t think I would like to test them at that speed now!!! But then again we braked at that time we also were very mindful to use the gearbox also. Regards Kev.