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)
Jimmy Hacking died when he fell off a shed roof on his farm, there is a separate thread on Trucknet about him, with pictures of the old 89 in a shed. He was a lovely bloke and a fantastic running mate.
Richardjw1:
on the scanias in the doha film whats the dog-leg lever up to the r.h. of the steering wheel?
On the 110’s the handbrake was on the dash top , about 8" high with a pear shaped Bakelite handle on top. Could be a bit awkward in a non sleeper cab, as you could kick it off if you were having a doze with your feet up. I saw it happen to another bloke in Dover, having a kip over by the Sea wall, kicked it off and ran across the park only to come to rest when he bashed into the wagon opposite.
harry:
The lever in question is attached to the steering column and is flat, black and plastic. Handy for starting on a hill.
They still had 'em in early 2-series Scania. If you tied it back it was quite handy for stopping the trailer from sliding down the camber if you were stuck all night in the ice and snow! Robert
Well Well Long time since I laid eyes on the trailer at the top of this page this was my old Merriworth tamden axle 10-501
I used on Astran seen a lot of sand that one,sold this trailer .too fund buy my triaxle stepframe,nice to see someone has done a conversion to triaxle and kept the old girl running,but the pic might be old,
Helo to old friends just over from sweden for a few weeks,Sorry to hear of your loss of your Son Archie Im sure we will meet up again sometime,ok take care all.
Roger Haywood
Loose-wire:
Well Well Long time since I laid eyes on the trailer at the top of this page this was my old Merriworth tamden axle 10-501
I used on Astran seen a lot of sand that one,sold this trailer .too fund buy my triaxle stepframe,nice to see someone has done a conversion to triaxle and kept the old girl running,but the pic might be old,
Helo to old friends just over from sweden for a few weeks,Sorry to hear of your loss of your Son Archie Im sure we will meet up again sometime,ok take care all.
Roger Haywood
Hullo Roger
Good to see you on here again. Thanks for your condolences mate, it is very much appreciated. I hope the move to Sweden has turned out well for you, although I’m sure you will miss the lush greenness of the Kentish countryside. Anyway best of luck for the future, as you say we may meet up again later.
Cheers, Archie.
Richardjw1:
on the scanias in the doha film whats the dog-leg lever up to the r.h. of the steering wheel?
As has been said the dog leg lever to the right of the steering wheel was a trailer brake, on the early Scanias this was quite a long lever where as on the later 141’s and 111’s it was quite short and closer the steering column!
These trailer brakes were so useful to us subbies as we used them most of the time to save our tractor unit brakes!
Richardjw1:
on the scanias in the doha film whats the dog-leg lever up to the r.h. of the steering wheel?
As has been said the dog leg lever to the right of the steering wheel was a trailer brake, on the early Scanias this was quite a long lever where as on the later 141’s and 111’s it was quite short and closer the steering column!
These trailer brakes were so useful to us subbies as we used them most of the time to save our tractor unit brakes!
Regards Pat
hey, that’s the truth saving your brakes, here we had the short handbrakehandle on the 1 serie,but some countries had the longer. On the o serie we had to built it up by our self they were still without an automatic return position,So on the o serie some used them as a handbrake,don’t think if a brakehorse would have been broken they came as lorry chassis,so everything must done here.
Was very common with the rattle handbrakes too,was easy as a handbrake but…
It would be rude of me not to mention that the ERF NGC ‘European’ was fitted with these dashboard-mounted trailer brake levers as standard in the '70s. I for one, have always lamented their passing: judicious use of them in slippery conditions could save you from potential jack-knife situations. In skilful hands they were a real tool. But the temptation to abuse them when pulling borrowed or hired trailers was far too great, alas! Another case of the tail wagging the dog - or should I say, the trailer wagging the unit… Robert
David Miller:
You’re right Steve. It was one of those short lived frenzies that the Saudi authorities indulged themselves in from time to time - this around 75 or 76.
I can’t say for sure but the rumor at the time was that one of the Royal sons had died in a car accident and it was found that the cause of the accident was that he was dazzled by a car coming the other way that was fitted with Halogen light bulbs. So the edict went out that additional lighting and the use of Halogen bulbs was forbidden in the Kingdom. I first encountered the problem when I was stopped by a group of Saudi ‘Policemen’ on the way to Riyhad (little Herberts that wore uniforms made out of horse blankets) who, having pulled me over disappeared from view below the windscreen. Unable to think what they wanted I got down and found them all clustered round the Mercedes headlights trying to peer inside and all getting very excited. I asked what was wrong and the boss cop gripped his left hand little finger with his right hand and began shouting ‘No good, no good’. I made it clear that I did not understand so the boss cop drew his revolver and used the handgrip to break the glass of both headlights and, reaching in extracted a halogen bulb and triumphantly said ‘no good’! With that they all jumped into their American police cruisers (with cushions on the seats so they could see out of the windscreen) and roared off.
That was how it was - you were at the mercy of people with the mental ability of children who carried loaded guns. And all this in a Country where nobody had a drivers license, all made up their own traffic rules as they went along and where the colour and positioning of side and rear lights or indicators was at the whim of the owner. It certainly kept you on your toes though.
melandmel:
Hi all
Have been with Gilbert Harding’s son Stuart today,he has sent me some pictures of Carmans Transport and Chapman & Ball for me to post. The picture below was the first ever run that Carmans did to the Middle East, Gilbert Harding drove the Scania and Ron Snape drove the Volvo.
Note the double headlight conversion on the scania.
I met Gilbert Harding’s son at the reunion we had a couple of years ago.
I never thought that Snapey did any middle east.
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)
Hi Archie,
Don’t believe we’ve met but my thoughts are with you and your family. Each day will get a little easier, although today it will seem impossible.
Be strong.
Mick B.
PanX:
Hi Archie,
Don’t believe we’ve met but my thoughts are with you and your family. Each day will get a little easier, although today it will seem impossible.
Be strong.
Mick B.
Hullo Mick,
I don’t think we have met before mate, the only blokes I can think of on Pan Ex at the moment, was Big Rod, Nick the Greek and Lennie. The old mind’ s fading fast I 'm afraid.
Thank you very much for your kind thoughts Mick, they are very much appreciated.
Cheers, Archie.
they came as lorry chassis,so everything must done here.