Bewick:
By my calculation “GF” it only makes that fine Dodge circa 16 ton gvw. I recall that single drive Albion Reivers with the same engine had a gvw of 18 tons. What might be the difference between the two ? Cheers Dennis.
You could be correct at 18 tons gvw Dennis, I should have asked Mr Howard. My reasoning for 16 tons was its 8 stud wheels on all axles. As a four-wheeler it would have been 12 tons gvw (4 tons front axle, 8 tons rear axle). remember seeing Reivers at 18 tons gvw that had 10 stud front axles and 8 stud back axles, which I thought at the time wasn’t ideal as you needed two spare wheels in the days when we carried such things and changed wheels ourselves. Anyway, this Dodge would have been a very useful work horse in its day and a profitable lorry to run.