David Miller:
The Saudi police would have loved those spotlights - especially if they had the ‘naughty’ bulbs in them
David
Hiya…tell us more about the spotlight David…to bright???to low■■?
John
John,
I believe i’m correct in saying that the Saudi’s had a dislike for anything halogen, whenever i fitted aux’ lighting i normally bought Hella units as they came complete with hard plastic covers, which if fitted made them ‘Saudi friendly’‘. Other drivers i believe took the bulbs out of any aux’ lights, and refitted them when they left Saudi.
Steve.
Mr. Gray,
I seem to recall that dads transcons used to come home without the 2nd headlights in. And the ford badge removed from the grille, as halogen lights and ford weren’t allowed in Saudi. I also remember the old man have a blue fit at Sean Nolan as he had had the lights smashed in Saudi and didn’t bring them home…I think mini headlights replaced them from then on…much cheaper…s
Someone knows this once seen in Zeebruges early '90’s.
looks like vintage,but in M/E version,but maybe did long trips.
looks like a double drive F89.
stupid to me not to have a close look at it,but Always in a hurry (but why was paid the hours)
Hey Jelliot, You must have it right,I told the begin '90 (but looked just restored),and here it has worked already a lot.
But something else the driveaxles looks not Original,looks more as the model which came with the second generation F12 in '79. But can’t see it very clear so■■?
And a second fueltank as catwalk common in those days.
Wondering if it is still alive or scraped,exported■■? (have never seen it back)
It smoked a bit Some Belgian trailer/container owners said, we clean them on the sub’s bill.
Someone knows this once seen in Zeebruges early '90’s.
looks like vintage,but in M/E version,but maybe did long trips.
looks like a double drive F89.
stupid to me not to have a close look at it,but Always in a hurry (but why was paid the hours)
robert1952:
Looks like a LWB 4x2 with a tag-axle to me - very common about that time… Robert
You can see that both rear axles are drive axles by the hubs, I believe this lorry is an ex Sunter Bros heavy hauler and in the picture it’s as it was when it left the factory, except for the spoiler and fuel tanks etc
Hey, nice to identify with the numberplates,but if you buy secondhand import■■? and without papers for an oldie■■?
and yes it are the NR2 hub reductions Original F89 but very heavy duty.
Harry with just a loaded tilt on it would be like running solo as a ballast tractor as I am not sure if it was rated at 120 tons or 150 tons gross train weight but I do know that they would pull around 200 tons or more on their own.
cheers Johnnie
robert1952:
Looks like a LWB 4x2 with a tag-axle to me - very common about that time… Robert
You can see that both rear axles are drive axles by the hubs, I believe this lorry is an ex Sunter Bros heavy hauler and in the picture it’s as it was when it left the factory, except for the spoiler and fuel tanks etc
Woops! Never thought to look at the rear hub! Robert
robert1952:
Looks like a LWB 4x2 with a tag-axle to me - very common about that time… Robert
You can see that both rear axles are drive axles by the hubs, I believe this lorry is an ex Sunter Bros heavy hauler and in the picture it’s as it was when it left the factory, except for the spoiler and fuel tanks etc
Woops! Never thought to look at the rear hub! Robert
Yes, I wonder if they were fixed with cross-head screws! To make admends, I’ll post some pics I took of Iranian trucks when I visited (not with a lorry) in 2008 or 9. Robert
Here are some Chinese-built artics in Iran. The drivers I talked to all agreed that the Macks were indestructible, the European trucks were reliable but the comfortable Chinese trucks were useless because they fell to bits every few kilometres. Robert
There’s a trick where you can lock up the reduction gears, then they run out of road before they get into top gear, unless anyone knows a road that’s 1200 miles long
Some Belgian trailer/container owners said, we clean them on the sub’s bill.
