Lorries with 13-speed Fuller Roadranger 'boxes

ERF-NGC-European:
^^^I totally agree with you there, CF :sunglasses: .

However, regarding the driving style – and this is a subjective and personal view :wink: – I still maintain that if your week is spent traversing the Alps with a Fuller ‘box, that frenetic, manic, boy-racer approach will knacker you out much sooner than the kind of well-planned, measured method of gear-changing we were taught forty years ago. I’ve tried it both ways – Alps, Pyrenees, Toros, High Atlas, Carpathians, Sierra Navada, Massif Centrale – and I know which approach I’ll stick to! Robert :smiley:

As myself and nmm were alluding to I’d guess that engine characteristics play a large part in forcing whatever driving style by default.As for negotiating awkward mountain roads it generally doesn’t get much more demanding than Italy ( or Sardinia :wink: ).On that note I’d also guess that instinctively grabbing gears up or down anywhere at any time from nothing is an asset not a liability and again probably something they do by necessity not just for fun.

While I’m not sure how you’d view this style ?.But it’s more or less how I ‘usually’ drove the old Clydesdale,loaded to within an inch of its life with a Drott or Muir Hill or bulk refuse,everywhere from the Surrey Hills to Reigate or Epsom town centre.The key point then being that in neither case was it a Fiat or Detroit motor bolted on the front of the Fuller or Turner box. :bulb: :wink:

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