here is a 4 wheeler renault dodge i drove in 1994.It was located at salters gate quarry tow law county durham operated by caird environmental a barrow in furness based landfill company.
I drove a Dodge artic unit Reg JTN 222 D, From new in 1966, It was a great motor, I used to run to London quite a lot in those days loaded both ways, It had the Perkins 6354 Engine with the ENV 5 speed box & a Eaton 2 speed back end, The only problems I had with it was the hand brake it used to snap the cable on occasions, The Dodge dealers in Newcastle was North Ea, stern Motors who were great to sort the problem out, They gave me a spare one to carry just in case it happened when I was away , It was a pig of a job to change mind you, But of course they changed to the Lock Actuater type on the F regs, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
I drove a Dodge artic unit Reg JTN 222 D, From new in 1966, It was a great motor, I used to run to London quite a lot in those days loaded both ways, It had the Perkins 6354 Engine with the ENV 5 speed box & a Eaton 2 speed back end, The only problems I had with it was the hand brake it used to snap the cable on occasions, The Dodge dealers in Newcastle was North Ea, stern Motors who were great to sort the problem out, They gave me a spare one to carry just in case it happened when I was away , It was a pig of a job to change mind you, But of course they changed to the Lock Actuater type on the F regs, Regards Larry.
As a matter of interest Larry what was your GTW with this motor , and did it perform well .
shugg:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I drove a Dodge artic unit Reg JTN 222 D, From new in 1966, It was a great motor, I used to run to London quite a lot in those days loaded both ways, It had the Perkins 6354 Engine with the ENV 5 speed box & a Eaton 2 speed back end, The only problems I had with it was the hand brake it used to snap the cable on occasions, The Dodge dealers in Newcastle was North Ea, stern Motors who were great to sort the problem out, They gave me a spare one to carry just in case it happened when I was away , It was a pig of a job to change mind you, But of course they changed to the Lock Actuater type on the F regs, Regards Larry.As a matter of interest Larry what was your GTW with this motor , and did it perform well .
It was 22 ton on three axles as it had the three line braking system, It could carry 15 Ton and it did perform very well, The firm I worked for had 2 of them, But then they moved onto the larger artics running at 24 tons, Then of course 32 tons, I liked the old Dodge, I did in fact have one of my own but just a 4 wheeler tipper which was a good motor also, Regards Larry.
This one belonged to TIPITS dad when he was an owner driver running from the quarries in the Peak District.
I drove this one until I finished with Brisbane,10 speed direct drive. Perkins 6354 engine.
This was Maurice Cox,s Tipper an owner driver working out of Tilcons Quarry at Blaydon, Regards Larry.
i think its a dodge…have not got glasses on…
dibbs:
i think its a dodge…have not got glasses on…
Hi Dibbs, Its defo a Dodge, Most likely to have a V 8 Engine too, Regards Larry.
Kempston:
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Sorry don’t ask me how the last picture appeared 
I took some pictures of a tatty old K series Dodge today
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It appears to be a Lock Actuator parking brake as opposed to a spring brake system so it would ideally need to be visible to the driver so that he was aware of its lever position. A lot of trucks used this system until spring parking brakes made them obsolete. We had a few owner/drivers at our quarry with those Dodges but I had no dealings with them, others on the forum will be better informed.
Pete.
Yeh that’s the parking brake design they used on the updated version, probably around '69 ish. The position it’s shown in the photo is when the brake is off. By pushing it straight forward it gave you braking like a footbrake but without brake lights, then it would spring back into that position when you released it. But flicking it into the slot to the right locked the brake on, that forward slot was really just to allow the brake to blow it’s self off completely as you released it against a strong spring. It was put that high up just for easy access and to aid crossing the cab, as the design they used before this was a big chrome 3ft lever. Which fell alongside your left boot, and stayed about 6 inches from the cab floor (whether it was on or off.) To put it on you just pulled the lever up which lit a panel light on the dash, but then it flopped back loosly to the ground, just waiting to be tripped over. Taking the brake off you pulled it up untill tension was felt on the lever (about a foot of movement) then you squose the trigger beneath and let the leaver fall again causing the dash light to go out again.( It was okay so long as that dash bulb hadn’t blown.) So unless the ignition was switched on you had no way of knowing if the brake was on or off, the lever still flopped about loosly. I passed my test on one of these and they were great for reversing with all that glass at the back.