Bewick:
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AND THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO IT!!!
You must have paid them well to get them to drive stuff like that!
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Bewick:
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AND THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO IT!!!
You must have paid them well to get them to drive stuff like that!
Hey “ROF” you wouldn’t know a decent motor if it reversed over you! That little Atki ran as sweet as a nut ,as smooth as a sewing machine, and it was a pleasure to drive ( Not that I drove it very far of course 
) Cheers Bewick.
It could have been worse ROF, you could have been the mechanic, stuck with the Vauxhall ‘Service Van’!
John
Bewick:
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Bewick:
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AND THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO IT!!!
You must have paid them well to get them to drive stuff like that!
Hey “ROF” you wouldn’t know a decent motor if it reversed over you! That little Atki ran as sweet as a nut ,as smooth as a sewing machine, and it was a pleasure to drive ( Not that I drove it very far of course
Dennis did this have the 150 Gardner in ?, Regards Larry.
John West:
It could have been worse ROF, you could have been the mechanic, stuck with the Vauxhall ‘Service Van’!John
Couldn’t manage it, John- too much vertigo! I never fancied driving a block of flats, anyway.
A 150! Jesus H Christ on a bicycle that would have made it a flying machine. KKJ had five pot. Did it have a blow your wig off air two speed?
Our 4 wheeler Atki had the 6LW engine,DB 6:600 box and an Eaton single speed axle. Suttons had only ran it solo but their trailer models had the 150LX and they didn’t half get under the feet of the Octopus on the A5 and the M 1 southbound ! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Our 4 wheeler Atki had the 6LW engine,DB 6:600 box and an Eaton single speed axle. Suttons had only ran it solo but their trailer models had the 150LX and they didn’t half get under the feet of the Octopus on the A5 and the M 1 southbound !
Hi Dennis this LW Would be a 120, , IIRC The early 6 LW,s were 112 BHP, & Gardner uprated them , Regards Larry.
Bewick:
Our 4 wheeler Atki had the 6LW engine,DB 6:600 box and an Eaton single speed axle. Suttons had only ran it solo but their trailer models had the 150LX and they didn’t half get under the feet of the Octopus on the A5 and the M 1 southbound !
Surely it would have had an 8xlb in it - just like the Big J4 on the last page. Look closely, it clearly says 2-4-0 on the badge. 
Lawrence Dunbar:
Bewick:
Our 4 wheeler Atki had the 6LW engine,DB 6:600 box and an Eaton single speed axle. Suttons had only ran it solo but their trailer models had the 150LX and they didn’t half get under the feet of the Octopus on the A5 and the M 1 southbound !Hi Dennis this LW Would be a 120, , IIRC The early 6 LW,s were 112 BHP, & Gardner uprated them , Regards Larry.
I know what you are saying Larry but our Atki definitely only had the 112bhp engine and was a bit later that Gardners up-rated the 5 &6 LW’s and re branded them the 100 and the 120 . Cheers Dennis.
IIRC Gardners had uprated the LW engines previous to the LW 20 upgrade, in about 1953/4 ? when the K type injectors were introduced along with some other mods. Before then the 6LW had been 102 bhp and the 5LW 85?
Bewick:
Iveco night to-night,but do not worry I havent run out of shots of good motors,yet,This is a Sunday mid-day shot of another,later,Iveco we had on long term demo ready to head south with 24 ton of Libby Orange “C”.The driver is one of the younger “star” men at Bewick Transport at that time,went by the nick name of “Skippy” and he would end up driving a near new R 450 6x2 Scania prior to joining WRM.
Hi Dennis as a second generation ex John Raymond who grew up before tautliners ever existed I am very impressed with this blog .
Ianto full pelt:
Bewick:
Iveco night to-night,but do not worry I havent run out of shots of good motors,yet,Hi Dennis as a second generation ex John Raymond who grew up before tautliners ever existed I am very impressed with this blog .
Thank you for the kind comment “lanto” I am pleased you have enjoyed reading the Bewick thread. Cheers Dennis.
Those Ivecos were a very under-rated unit, in my opinion, with the twin splitter gearbox and the high cab. The engines, in my own experience were just about unburstable and if it hadn’t been for the traditional Italian tin worm they would have had even more success than they did in this country. How did you rate them as a fleet operator, Dennis?
P.S. Mark this date on your calendar- it’s me being serious for once!
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Those Ivecos were a very under-rated unit, in my opinion, with the twin splitter gearbox and the high cab. The engines, in my own experience were just about unburstable and if it hadn’t been for the traditional Italian tin worm they would have had even more success than they did in this country. How did you rate them as a fleet operator, Dennis?
P.S. Mark this date on your calendar- it’s me being serious for once!
Well that’s a first for you “ROF”, duly recorded in triplicate and filed under “suspicious statements” We had a number of demo motors for 6 months at a time over the years and we always gave them a fair shake of the dice but without fail the Drivers invariably preferred to go back onto their, usually, Scania which at times was 7/8/9 and even 10 years older than the Demo and none of them could compare to the Scania in those far off years ( Renault, Merc, DAF, Iveco, MAN) The one exception I recall was when we got the first Magnum on demo and we sent it down to Munich and back with a “dyed in the wool” Scania Driver. His first words on his return to the depot was " When are we getting some of these motors" !! Oops ! Cheers Dennis.
Must be a first- a post and a reply between us two without taking the p*ss!!!
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Must be a first- a post and a reply between us two without taking the p*ss!!!
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Those Ivecos were a very under-rated unit, in my opinion, with the twin splitter gearbox and the high cab. The engines, in my own experience were just about unburstable and if it hadn’t been for the traditional Italian tin worm they would have had even more success than they did in this country. How did you rate them as a fleet operator, Dennis?
P.S. Mark this date on your calendar- it’s me being serious for once!
I agree with every word of that, ROF! I did Middle-East and North Africa with a Eurostar with the 14-litre 420 and Eaton Twin-splitter; and ended up operating it myself on European work. The build quality of the cab let it down badly though. I’d drive one tomorrow if there were any left! Robert
We could be in business if we can find out how to convert rust into steel, Robert!
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We could be in business if we can find out how to convert rust into steel, Robert!