pv83:
The Italian job…
Most of these Italian units look a tad tiny for the work they do Patrick definitely following the mini theme . 
coat ?
Dig
Dirty Dan:
Great job keeping this thread going!
Some of my last loads.
Danne
Great pictures Danne. Quite a variety of loads for you. How is your Volvo performing these days?
Cheers
Johnny
Happy Birthday for yesterday Patrick !
Heres a bit about your favourite shed !! 
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Just as a matter of interest, were Crusaders sold to Arab countries, and, if so, did they change the name? Bit of a red rag to a bull, I would have thought. 
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DEANB:
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Just as a matter of interest, were Crusaders sold to Arab countries, and, if so, did they change the name? Bit of a red rag to a bull, I would have thought.
“Red Crusa” would have been an alternative name Spardo,!!!
David
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Ale Heavylift
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They still seem new to me, but very impressive. How did they get so successful when so many others have merged or been taken over?
DEANB:
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Most interesting to read the comments concerning the GM V8! I had the 6V 53 on a Berliet coach (rated at some 170 bhp), and it had a reputation of unreliablility among the maintenance staff, though its performances were brilliant.
DEANB:
Happy Birthday for yesterday Patrick !Heres a bit about your favourite shed !!
Like wise birthday boy hope you got home in time for the party.
Thanks DeanO excellent article about the Crusader and I would like to add my 2 bobs worth from the australian side of its operation.
I have said before we had 2 here in West Oz with bird scarers Detroits set at 318hhp also 15 speed overdrive R.R not a good match for road train operation but what was in the early 70s remembering their were no trucks manufactured to do what we asked of them,3 empty single deck cattle trailers was 30 plus tons of trailers and the weight of the truck and 2 dollys put it up there on its designed maximum operating weight then add 20 tons of live cattle per trailer your grossing well in excess of 100tons so its not unusual to say we had heaps of trouble with the g/boxs when they had done a season or so jumping out of top gear not that we saw it to often loaded my truck was changed to 13 speed later in its life and was a different truck after that we also had trouble with the Maudsley diffs with a top speed of 60mph so the second truck was supplied with the big Leyland hub reduction axles as fitted to the Super Hippo chassis with a top speed of 53 mph this also was a big improvement the truck developed a reputation in its ability to traverse sandy country or steep gravel jump ups that before had meant unhooking trailers at the bottom and pulling them up one at a time quite time consuming so to be able to do it was a bonus for the drivers.
I would have liked to have seen it supplied here with the Rolls engines we had a Super Hippo with one fitted at 305 hp and that would eat a 335 ■■■■■■■ with triple trailers but it failed as it only did that on a cold night the radiator Leylands supplied was designed for a 680 power plus and had no chance of cooling the RR but maybe in the Crusader Chassis they would have had a winner.Dig
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Good find Johnny certainly been around a while
Dig
Another couple of ALE Heavylift photos. I, like Spardo, was also wondering how did they get so successful when so many others have merged or been taken over or gone bankrupt. It has certainly been an impressive 35 years.
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Spardo:
DEANB:
Happy Birthday for yesterday Patrick !Heres a bit about your favourite shed !!
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Just as a matter of interest, were Crusaders sold to Arab countries, and, if so, did they change the name? Bit of a red rag to a bull, I would have thought.
“Red Crusa” would have been an alternative name Spardo,!!!
David
Cheers Dean, proper birthday present that was mate
Weren’t they rebadged as Leylands in mentioned countries?
jsutherland:
Holleman, a Romanian company started over 20 years ago. holleman.net/heavy-transports/0
Not entirely true mate, the Romanian operation might have started 20 years ago, but the roots go way back further in time, they started in Holland in the 1930s, one of the pioneers of heavy haulage back in the day. I’ll post some of it when I get back.
Cheers for posting the link though mate
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They just picked up the pace after the disappearance of the “usual suspects” didn’t they…?
Ever seen there in-house build tractor units? Proper beasts those are.
Froggy55:
DEANB:
Happy Birthday for yesterday Patrick !Heres a bit about your favourite shed !!
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Most interesting to read the comments concerning the GM V8! I had the 6V 53 on a Berliet coach (rated at some 170 bhp), and it had a reputation of unreliablility among the maintenance staff, though its performances were brilliant.
Never knew those engines were fitted in coaches as well, cheers for the info Froggy
Brilliant performances, but a wee bit thirsty I believe they were…
DIG:
DEANB:
Happy Birthday for yesterday Patrick !Heres a bit about your favourite shed !!
Like wise birthday boy hope you got home in time for the party.
Thanks DeanO excellent article about the Crusader and I would like to add my 2 bobs worth from the australian side of its operation.
I have said before we had 2 here in West Oz with bird scarers Detroits set at 318hhp also 15 speed overdrive R.R not a good match for road train operation but what was in the early 70s remembering their were no trucks manufactured to do what we asked of them,3 empty single deck cattle trailers was 30 plus tons of trailers and the weight of the truck and 2 dollys put it up there on its designed maximum operating weight then add 20 tons of live cattle per trailer your grossing well in excess of 100tons so its not unusual to say we had heaps of trouble with the g/boxs when they had done a season or so jumping out of top gear not that we saw it to often loaded my truck was changed to 13 speed later in its life and was a different truck after that we also had trouble with the Maudsley diffs with a top speed of 60mph so the second truck was supplied with the big Leyland hub reduction axles as fitted to the Super Hippo chassis with a top speed of 53 mph this also was a big improvement the truck developed a reputation in its ability to traverse sandy country or steep gravel jump ups that before had meant unhooking trailers at the bottom and pulling them up one at a time quite time consuming so to be able to do it was a bonus for the drivers.
I would have liked to have seen it supplied here with the Rolls engines we had a Super Hippo with one fitted at 305 hp and that would eat a 335 ■■■■■■■ with triple trailers but it failed as it only did that on a cold night the radiator Leylands supplied was designed for a 680 power plus and had no chance of cooling the RR but maybe in the Crusader Chassis they would have had a winner.Dig
Cheers for the info DIG, never driven one obviously, but I always reckoned they were better suited with a ■■■■■■■ or RR engine instead of that 2 stroke unit… having said that, those engines were a perfect match in the Dutch built FTF’s, can’t picture them with any other engine.
pv83:
jsutherland:
Holleman, a Romanian company started over 20 years ago. holleman.net/heavy-transports/0
Not entirely true mate, the Romanian operation might have started 20 years ago, but the roots go way back further in time, they started in Holland in the 1930s, one of the pioneers of heavy haulage back in the day. I’ll post some of it when I get back.
Cheers for posting the link though mate
Thanks Patrick. I did think it was an unusual name for a Romanian company. Established in 1930, very impressive.
Cheers
Johnny
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A couple of Fodens from 1969.Click on page twice.
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Does that actually say Foden on the grill of the 2nd picture? It looks like it does, but I was told that foden was a dirty word in Portuguese and they all had to be renamed to something very similar, but different. Poden?
PS. Just had a look and foder is definitely a word that wouldn’t be tolerated here. Similar to knackered, but worse.