Strange Manoeuvre On Sutton Bank

I’m with Conor on this one, I’m afraid. I started in 320-380 44-tonners when only “intermodal” work could go 44t. 420 for a 32-tonner is WAY over the 10 hp/tonne “ideal world” most of us only dreamt about then! (I’m talking around 2000ish, by the way)

I know that area well, but it was coming out of a chicken factory/slaughterhouse in the village of Cullingworth in the Calder Valley that nearly did for me. The fact it was a 4 Series 360 Scania dragging a fully loaded reefer wasn’t the problem, when faced with a similar hill, it was the snow and ice that did it. Tag axle up, high-ish gear/low revs and it went up on the second attempt. As said above, bugger all to do with horsepower, and everything to do with torque and traction - it was a 12-litre lump.