stevie dug:
My old girl, 12 year old and still chompin.
very tidy that mate 
this was 10yrs-ish old when i got it, the most comfortable best pulling motor ive had. just under a million clicks on it, Even the blokes in H.C. Wilsons workshop said it drove like a new truck, ex Charles Russell. i cant get into imagecave for an older pre-paintjob picture.
Co-operative at Birtley still running plenty of old heaps of crap.03/53 plate Fodens that have been to the moon and back.
I remember driving an old Chieftan at Royal Mail with its crash box and furry mustard coloured seats. The driving school I attended taught double declutching as standard. I dunno what they teach in these days of automatics? 
If I recall, the chieftans were replaced by roadtrains, then seddons, then ivecos(?) and finally DAFS by the time I left in 2010. During Christmas Pressure periods, the vehicles hired out were usually mercs & volvos.
I never got to drive a scania until after I left RM.
I found them uncomfortable seats, draughty, and dashboard indicators for things I don’t give a hoot about.
I guess I found out pretty quick why some people like to throw bricks at them! 
I originally passed my test in a renault like the one Clarkson painted black in that Top Gear episode where they set the Ex-RM trailer alight! Can’t remember the model number off the top of my head…
8wheels:
We’ve still got an R reg LDV tipper that is the biggest pile of crap going, I’m sure if we sent it to Africa they’d send it back. It is an absolute nail, rusted through and couldn’t pull a greasy man out of a bath. It gets thrashed and abused by whoever is unfortunate enough to drive it, in the 5 years I’ve been there it’s never had an oil change and still the thing won’t die.
I play in a rock cover band when I need a bit of recuperation from my normal boring life, and for the last 6 years we had a 1997 LDV Convoy high-top with the 2.5 litre normally aspirated puegeot engine as our band van. It’s gone round the clock at least twice that we know of, never had an oil change in our ownership, was usually at least a ton overweight by my estimation and was mainly held together by rust and body filler. I drove (abused) it all over the country, and despite trying my hardest at times I could not get it to die.
It was also the best winter vehicle I’ve ever known. I once sailed passed a 6x4 Amey Roads gritter/snowplough which was stuck on a steep hill on the A76 in the middle of a snowstorm, the combination of a ridiculous amount of weight over the twin rear wheels, relatively gutless engine and low gearing proving hard to beat in the snow.
We’ve just replaced it with a newer 51-plate model, it remains to be seen how durable that one proves to be though.
8wheels:
This fella is a bit of a character with his DAF 1900 delivers Malt to breweries, all rope and sheet and hard work. Our other driver at work is tenously related to him and reckons he gets some fantastic mpg out of it.
He was on TV not long ago. That place he is at in the picture, he handballs the goods to them through the little hatch in the roof above him
Gogan:
8wheels:
We’ve still got an R reg LDV tipper that is the biggest pile of crap going, I’m sure if we sent it to Africa they’d send it back. It is an absolute nail, rusted through and couldn’t pull a greasy man out of a bath. It gets thrashed and abused by whoever is unfortunate enough to drive it, in the 5 years I’ve been there it’s never had an oil change and still the thing won’t die.I play in a rock cover band when I need a bit of recuperation from my normal boring life, and for the last 6 years we had a 1997 LDV Convoy high-top with the 2.5 litre normally aspirated puegeot engine as our band van. It’s gone round the clock at least twice that we know of, never had an oil change in our ownership, was usually at least a ton overweight by my estimation and was mainly held together by rust and body filler. I drove (abused) it all over the country, and despite trying my hardest at times I could not get it to die.
It was also the best winter vehicle I’ve ever known. I once sailed passed a 6x4 Amey Roads gritter/snowplough which was stuck on a steep hill on the A76 in the middle of a snowstorm, the combination of a ridiculous amount of weight over the twin rear wheels, relatively gutless engine and low gearing proving hard to beat in the snow.
We’ve just replaced it with a newer 51-plate model, it remains to be seen how durable that one proves to be though.
post a pic of the band bus
These aren’t the best pics as she was wedged in the (not so wide) driveway at the time:
And yes, it does say “24-hour Nationwide Mental Services” on the side. She used to say Enviromental services, but someone got creative with a tin of paint one day.
This is her replacement:
We just need to get some space in the workshop, and then get the rear windows plated up and the bulkhead welded in.
You should play at the trucknet ale party coming up.
top bus
My uncle’s truck is either an R/S Plate Leyland DAF 75 6x4 hook loader, still works everyday.
My works van is a T-Plate Transit 2.5D, Twin wheeled luton, absolutely knackered but they keep putting the ■■■■ thing back together!
not my photo, and maybe not this particular motor, but Mornflake still run cracking Scanias.
Conor:
Hands up how many people can remember aspiring to driving a new A, H or L reg motor?
I can remember wanting an old A reg f10 in 83
my old fh16 is still a pleasure to drive on a daily basis to spain,italy,greece hungary etc,no bother at all unlike most of this
fantastic plastic you see today.
Does a 1988 ERF E6 and a 1987 Merc 1114 count as old motors?
Merc used most weeks, ERF need a bit of TLC…
Will post some pictures when I get home.
Cheers
Paul
17 years old and counting
We have this 1989 ol scania, we just keep it for locals now, she was down in qatar last year, not sure if that counts…
mickyblue:
8wheels:
This fella is a bit of a character with his DAF 1900 delivers Malt to breweries, all rope and sheet and hard work. Our other driver at work is tenously related to him and reckons he gets some fantastic mpg out of it.
He was on TV not long ago. That place he is at in the picture, he handballs the goods to them
I used to deliver for the local brewery and this guy used to come in once a month ( Brian wood ) really nice bloke and a very nice daf he really does look after it think he had it from new he said he gets a lot of people wanting to buy it but he won’t sell it
As for old lorries my last job was carting timber frames and roof truses for a local timber importer I had a Volvo fl6 on a F plate 4 wheeler extended to a 6 wheeler with a 32ft bed and was slow when empty so a good load on just killed it had a week or so running timber frames up to Carlisle from wisbech good runs until I got to some of them hills on the 66 think it use to drop down to 25 mph on some of them was always nice though when the other driver was on holiday because i used to get his FM but never minded going back on the old FL grew quite fond of it