Stanfield:
Machine and Bedford tipper from the 70s
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The digger looks like a JCB 7, JCBs first 360 excavator.
Lawrence Dunbar:
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how did you find the handling with that unit larry . my regular lorry was a fleetmaster , 290 ■■■■■■■ . when i drove one like yours with the 240 gardner i always had the feeling that it oversteered on the corners , i suppose it might have been the weight of the 240 that caused it . good old motor though , it went like a goodun with the 12 speed box to play with , cheers , dave
rigsby:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0how did you find the handling with that unit larry . my regular lorry was a fleetmaster , 290 ■■■■■■■ . when i drove one like yours with the 240 gardner i always had the feeling that it oversteered on the corners , i suppose it might have been the weight of the 240 that caused it . good old motor though , it went like a goodun with the 12 speed box to play with , cheers , dave
Well I only ran it for 6 months, I didn’t like it at all, The 220 ■■■■■■■ was a disaster, It was heavy on fuel & even with the 12 speed box it didn’t pull good at all, It got the hot spanner treatment in the end & I sold the bits off, The cab & the stearing box went to a pal of mine from Perth, Brian Patterson he fitted it onto a S36 8 wheeler G reg, Of course it had a Gardner 180 engine, He ran it after the conversion for a long time on long distance work, The S 36 that I had before this with a Leyland 680 PP, Was a far better motor I wish I had never parted with it, Regards Larry.
