windrush:
ERF-NGC-European:
Scammell couplings? Or perhaps no fifth-wheel at all! I can’t see one. RScammell I reckon, BMC ‘Prime Movers’ (as BMC called them) were only rated for 22 ton gtw and I can’t really remember working on any of that period with a fith wheel? However it was almost fifty years ago now so could well be wrong!
I know the later BMC FJ 360 unit was available with a fith wheel though as we converted the braking system on some BRS contract vehicles, although the engines never lasted long enough in service to worry about stopping the things!
Pete.
Hi Windrush, Memories of the past , Oxford BRS had their fair share of those “things” in the early days (1950 ish) although of an earlier mark , we drivers hated them ,in blue livery for Prestcold , Saurer diesel engine which would often run backwards on starting ,suicide doors, but fitted with 5th wheel so as to be standard with rest of trailer fleet , every hill resulted in trail of black smoke behind ,
