240 Gardner:
cav551:
240 Gardner:
[ I’ve never driven a half-cab 'decker but I’d like to, just for the experience. .Not wishing to pollute a most enjoyable thread which is to many of us about the holy of holies but, since you mentioned it, these two may give a little bit of atmosphere regarding driving vintage 'deckers. A little volume is required to enjoy? the full experience.
In the second one from about the 8 minute mark there is some very rapid progress down the 'box as it nearly runs out of puff again. The Utube poster has some excellent videos.
Thanks very much for those links - pretty much the same view I used to have as a small boy behind the driver on Preston Corporation’s Leylands!
The chap obviously knows his way around the box very competently, although I do think he leaves some of his down changes a bit late going uphill - by the time he’s shifted down, he’s already missed the peak torque in the new gear.
I have put another of John Lidstone’s U Tube videos on the Buses Coaches Lorries Thread. This one has some distraction from people talking and is from the n/s/f passenger seat, but one can still see what the driver is doing. I had though that a KS5G was a single decker but it seems I am wrong, that adds at least another couple of tons to the gross weight and the need for timing 1st gear.