Stanfield:
Remember it lads? This is how it is today,still the same albeit the pubs in ruins now.
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I remember it John,pushing an old Albion super six over there,what a good photo .regards Vic.
Front And Rear Steer Scania Tractive Units.
VALKYRIE wrote:-
History repeated itself in 1983 when the Construction and Use Regulations allowed artics to run at 38 tonnes GTW on five axles using 3 + 2 or 2 + 3 articulated lorry combinations,but operaters had a greater choice of three axle tractive unit axle configurations:6x2 front and pusher steer (twin steer),6x2 pusher axle,6x2 trailing (tag) axle and 6x4 double drive. And Scania later came out with the 6x2 twin steer with lift up second steering axle,and also the 6x2 front and rear steer tractive unit in that the rearmost axle steered.
Twin steer tractive units and twin steer rigid lorries are the best road holders!
VALKYRIE
240 Gardner:
Frankydobo:
The true Twin Steer layout was attempted by Volvo to conform to the new 1983 rules, this was their initial answer and at least Shell tried the concept, however the Twin Rear Steer and Rear Lift Axle tractors found more favour as the traction and weight distribution was better than on these old type twin steers (Chinese Six) last used in the late Sixties and Volvo soon changed their tack to produce the two other types. Other variations were tried too such as an add on rear axle to convert a 4x2 tractor to a 6x2, again this wasn’t very successful as the added weight and engineering involved proved too costly. The Volvo is shown below from a 1982 issue Truck mag.As I recall, these F7s were nothing to do with the 1983 rules and, as far as I’m aware, operated at 32 tons.
The problem was that Shell had some very expensive tanks which had been built to go behind Scammell Trunkers, and the high pin loading meant that 4x2 units were not suitable. As the tanks had plenty of life (and capital!) left in them, a light 6x2 unit was required to replace the Trunkers. They pre-dated the 1983 regs by 2 or 3 years.
Scania Front And Rear Steer Tractive Units.
As I said earlier on in this thread,Scania have built a number of 6x2 front and rear steer tractive units,i.e.
this configuration has a normal front steering axle,the second axle is the drive axle and the rearmost axle
-the third axle - is the second steering axle. And,as can been seen in this photograph of :-
Scania R620 Topline 6x2 Front and Rear Steer Tractive Unit,R70 TAJ,T Alun Jones,Welshpool:-
flickr.com/photos/gezzasgallery/6854688781/
- it has asymmetrical steering.
I’ve also discovered a TRUCKNETUK thread on Scania front and rear steer tractive units
:-
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=42425
VALKYRIE
Stanfield:
Remember it lads? This is how it is today,still the same albeit the pubs in ruins now.
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John can you remember the old clock on the left headng up towards The Floating Light I think it was Tyresoles Remoulds Advert, ■■?, There was also a shop on the left, an old stone building, Regards Larry.
In the flickr pictures that 20,000 Hanson 8 wheeler is beautiful 
Photos found on the net (winter on Standedge Rd A62)
Still having the same problem these days.
A shovel was a necessity in those winters, no night heaters humming away in those days while waiting for the thaw, it was all the lads out with their shovel and get stuck in. God I’ve spent some hours on that bloody hill in the winter, wrap the radiator up and leave the Gardner burbling away while you dug the front man out and then hope YOU could get a bit of traction. None of this business of brand new 6 wheel snowploughs cruising the motorway at 40mph. If one got stuck across the road in those days the job was stopped, no ploughs could get through, we had to fend for ourselves.