Harveys of Bristol used occasionally to run one of the later Scammell Townsman 3 wheeled artics between Bristol and London back in the '60’s, used to see it going through Reading on the old A4. It got replaced with a Foden TwinLoad stroker which must have been a better bet for that task! C & G Ayres of Reading had loads of the three wheelers, the old chap drove one for a while but only on railway work, no nights out!!!
Pete.
Saviem:
Evening all, Larry, Dave, loads of pictures, but lack of ability, and equipment to get them on here!! I will try to become less “ludite” soon, and get the right equipment!! Frankly I love driving the Scarab. Loads of fun at 25mph. That sweet little gate change box, the radiator in the cab, (warm in winter, vindaloo in summer)! manual worm steering, its a little devil to try to catch that little 16ft trailer if you try to go backwards quickly! And its the only lorry Ive had that the general public universally smile when they see it coming along, the only downside is if you come up behind a "fit" cyclist, takes ages to pass them, and on the uphill they may be quicker! The Mechanical Horse,Yet another really clever idea, that we failed to develop. Dave, I think that it may be the same engine as in the Fergie, but Im no expert sorry. Cheerio for now.
hiya,
I remember Fearing’s of Burnley had a Scarab used as an off road shunter in the Hygrade corrugated factory at Nelson it had a special adaptation a special overlay which made it into a 5th wheel or 4th wheel on this occasion it did look comical coupled to a tandem axle trailer and "the adaptation"could be left hanging on the trailer if your next job was shunting a Scammell coupling trailer very versatile and because the traffic was capacity well up to the job, the most it would travel is about two hundred yards. it was in use for a lot of years.
thanks harry long retired.
Yes Harry I remember Steenburghs having one of these ,very handy for shunting trailers on the Quayside,they only ran short distances, but well over their carrying capacity I would say, but got the job done with no probs Eh, Happy good old days long may they last, im just sitting having a few you know whats, listening to Jim Reeves very relaxing, Regards Larry
Engine sounds ? I think apart from wagon & car engines, the best sound for me is the sound of the old steamers ticking over, in fact if the flywheel wasnt moving one would have difficulty hearing them ? I just luv it. Regards Larry
Evening Gentlemen, my Scarab is ex Hodgson Chemicals, Beverley, C209KAX, registered 1965, then to Nigel Rice, and after that I dont know. I bought her from a nice chap who owned Titley Junction Station, nr Prestigne, (Dave will no doubt know about him). Had about a mile of track,a diesel shunter, and some trucks. Ive had her about 12/15 years, used her a lot internally on the farm, (and lots of abuse)! Put her on the road about a year ago, but keep her as a working lorry, not a show piece. Round our lanes she is great, about the same road speed as a tractor, and is a good advert, but a lot more fun! I do keep well away from major roads, even with a flashing beacon on the trailer axle you feel vulnerable!! Anyway, best sounding engine, how about the "thud,thud", of a Bolinder single cylinder, on a working canal boat?? And if its got to be on a lorry, well the Krupp two stroke had a howling mellowness that no screaming Detroit could ever match!! Cheerio for now.
hiya,
The rear of my house overlooks the East Coast Mainline and a few years ago those big diesel loco’s when having had to slow down prior to Chester le Street station and starting to pick up speed again what a sound when that turbo cut in could listen to them all day long.
thanks harry long retired.
Saviem:
Evening Gentlemen, my Scarab is ex Hodgson Chemicals, Beverley, C209KAX, registered 1965, then to Nigel Rice, and after that I dont know. I bought her from a nice chap who owned Titley Junction Station, nr Prestigne, (Dave will no doubt know about him). Had about a mile of track,a diesel shunter, and some trucks. Ive had her about 12/15 years, used her a lot internally on the farm, (and lots of abuse)! Put her on the road about a year ago, but keep her as a working lorry, not a show piece. Round our lanes she is great, about the same road speed as a tractor, and is a good advert, but a lot more fun! I do keep well away from major roads, even with a flashing beacon on the trailer axle you feel vulnerable!! Anyway, best sounding engine, how about the "thud,thud", of a Bolinder single cylinder, on a working canal boat?? And if its got to be on a lorry, well the Krupp two stroke had a howling mellowness that no screaming Detroit could ever match!! Cheerio for now.
Hi Saviem,
I don’t actually know the chap that owns Titley Junction Station.A couple of my mates have worked for him at different times relaying track.I think he has over a mile of track back in use,possibly more.
Will have to have a ride over there,its only a few miles from here and he has a few lorries about the place.
Cheers Dave.
This is pretty good for bus noise
youtube.com/watch?v=unRnHUSgxmY
And when it comes to cars I am a little biased! My old Range Rover
youtube.com/watch?v=xnmkyS9m-5g
With aircraft only one thing can beat the sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin
youtube.com/watch?v=lzaEmkgfK58
Four Merlins.
Likes been said,owt that fired up at 0200 on a winter’s morning sounded ok to me. 
harry_gill:
hiya,
The rear of my house overlooks the East Coast Mainline and a few years ago those big diesel loco’s when having had to slow down prior to Chester le Street station and starting to pick up speed again what a sound when that turbo cut in could listen to them all day long.
thanks harry long retired.
These sounded well Harry and will have flown up and down the ECML,BR Class 55 Deltics. 
Chris Webb:
Likes been said,owt that fired up at 0200 on a winter’s morning sounded ok to me.
Last winter it was the sound of the night heater kickin chris
revman:
Chris Webb:
Likes been said,owt that fired up at 0200 on a winter’s morning sounded ok to me.Last winter it was the sound of the night heater kickin chris
What’s a night heater? Are we back to Ripley Lil again? 
Chris Webb:
revman:
Chris Webb:
Likes been said,owt that fired up at 0200 on a winter’s morning sounded ok to me.Last winter it was the sound of the night heater kickin chris
What’s a night heater? Are we back to Ripley Lil again?
I expect they had a Primus stove Chris .
M&C steve:
The best sounding engine ■■It has GOT to be when after being stuck in the middle of nowhere with wax blocked fuel lines and filters, dead of night, 10" of snow on the ground and falling heavilly still, frozen to the bone and soaked to the skin, in the days before mobile phones and you are already late for delivery, and just before the batteries finally die the engine bursts into life.
That has got to be the "best sounding engine of all !!
Regardless of the make / model of truck…
Steve.
Yes…I can identify with the pain,anguish,cursing,wishing,hoping and elation of the above!..the good old days…eh
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
The rear of my house overlooks the East Coast Mainline and a few years ago those big diesel loco’s when having had to slow down prior to Chester le Street station and starting to pick up speed again what a sound when that turbo cut in could listen to them all day long.
thanks harry long retired.These sounded well Harry and will have flown up and down the ECML,BR Class 55 Deltics.
hiya,
That’s them Chris, long gone now but a fantastic sound, the “leccy’s” do nothing for me can hardly hear the things.
thanks harry long retired.
I think the sound of a diesel marine engine on a fishing boat sounds great.Heard one in Looe in Cornwall last year and asked the bloke what the engine was,he said it was Daewoo,it sounded great.
Cheers Dave.
Not quite in the same HP bracket as that one on your motor Larry ! this was one of 3 IIRC that we loaed straight out of 747 freighters on the tarmac at Heathrow during the 3 day week in 73/74.they were for the K Shoe factories in Kendal,Millom,Shap and Lancaster.the idea being that on the days the power was cut the CAT generators would power the plants.However the state run( at the time ) Norweb wouldn’t allow it in case it damaged the network so I never heard the beasts running !! They wouldn’t even allow them to be run “on test”!!! An American “wide boy” came across and checked into the Heathrow Hotel and started flogging these Gen sets,but the cash had to be in his “off shore” account before the sets were loaded so our motors had to stand for a few hours on the tarmac awaiting the “thumbs up” but it was a good earner for us as we were the only local firm that K’s trusted to do the job,I had to get transit insurance of £250k per load which was quite hefty at the time!!! Apparently K’s then transport manager ( ■■■■■■■ said he would be able to collect them in their TK box vans,the blokes on the ramp at Heathrow fell all over laughing when the first one turned up to load!!!. I’ve often wondered what happened to these CAT gen sets,they were very nice pieces of kit in their day. Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Not quite in the same HP bracket as that one on your motor Larry ! this was one of 3 IIRC that we loaed straight out of 747 freighters on the tarmac at Heathrow during the 3 day week in 73/74.they were for the K Shoe factories in Kendal,Millom,Shap and Lancaster.the idea being that on the days the power was cut the CAT generators would power the plants.However the state run( at the time ) Norweb wouldn’t allow it in case it damaged the network so I never heard the beasts running !! They wouldn’t even allow them to be run “on test”!!! An American “wide boy” came across and checked into the Heathrow Hotel and started flogging these Gen sets,but the cash had to be in his “off shore” account before the sets were loaded so our motors had to stand for a few hours on the tarmac awaiting the “thumbs up” but it was a good earner for us as we were the only local firm that K’s trusted to do the job,I had to get transit insurance of £250k per load which was quite hefty at the time!!! Apparently K’s then transport manager ( [zb]) said he would be able to collect them in their TK box vans,the blokes on the ramp at Heathrow fell all over laughing when the first one turned up to load!!!. I’ve often wondered what happened to these CAT gen sets,they were very nice pieces of kit in their day. Cheers Dennis.
at this time I worked for frederick sage they were a large shopfiitters in harringey I worked as a timber porter in the mill I was 20 so no hgv then but they had 2 scania v8 engines generating electricity in the 3 day weeks so we got a full weeks pay then, unlike some poor sods who had to manage on 3 days pay each week till the strike was over , can`t recal what they sounded like though except they were very noisy in the shed which housed them, I still love the sound of 290 ■■■■■■■ 1980s era or early bedford 6 pot petrol in O and A types only because they bring back so many memories of my old man god bless him, fred m
