Muckaway:
Dave the Renegade:
A few more from Paul Griffiths.
This one’s got an Oxfordshire registration
I think this unit is ex Wellington depot BRS, they had several with similar reg no’s. At that time Midlands BRS head office was Headington rd. Oxford , all the trucks got registered there.
Bewick:
gunnerheskey:
This is one sat in covered storage on a farm where i tip in hertford… Looks the bees…
And thats an old Leicester reg, so wonder where she started out…!
Would this 8 wheeler have had a 150LX engine rather than a 180LXB? or is this just a bit of “badge engineering” Bewick.
This Foden could well be 180 LXB. — The 180 started in 1966–1967.
—Hywel –
Price:
Bewick:
gunnerheskey:
This is one sat in covered storage on a farm where i tip in hertford… Looks the bees…
And thats an old Leicester reg, so wonder where she started out…!
Would this 8 wheeler have had a 150LX engine rather than a 180LXB? or is this just a bit of “badge engineering” Bewick.
This Foden could well be 180 LXB. — The 180 started in 1966–1967.
—Hywel –
hiya,
Ah but is it a 180■■, seems a bit soon after the 180 was introduced to be in an eight wheeler they was still putting 150s in them in that era, the owner is bound to put us right.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Price:
Bewick:
gunnerheskey:
This is one sat in covered storage on a farm where i tip in hertford… Looks the bees…
And thats an old Leicester reg, so wonder where she started out…!
Would this 8 wheeler have had a 150LX engine rather than a 180LXB? or is this just a bit of “badge engineering” Bewick.
This Foden could well be 180 LXB. — The 180 started in 1966–1967.
—Hywel –hiya,
Ah but is it a 180■■, seems a bit soon after the 180 was introduced to be in an eight wheeler they was still putting 150s in them in that era, the owner is bound to put us right.
thanks harry long retired.
I’m with you on this one “H” even if the 180 was available when this Foden was built I think all the 180 engines went into the tractor units which had started operating at 30 ton GVW.The 150 Gardner was still being produced in quantity and adequate for the 24ton GVW rigids.Then again this Foden could have had a “transplant” over the years!What do you think “H” think we might have opened “a can of worms” or what?Cheers Dennis.
harry_gill:
Price:
Bewick:
gunnerheskey:
This is one sat in covered storage on a farm where i tip in hertford… Looks the bees…
And thats an old Leicester reg, so wonder where she started out…!
Would this 8 wheeler have had a 150LX engine rather than a 180LXB? or is this just a bit of “badge engineering” Bewick.
This Foden could well be 180 LXB. — The 180 started in 1966–1967.
—Hywel –hiya,
Ah but is it a 180■■, seems a bit soon after the 180 was introduced to be in an eight wheeler they was still putting 150s in them in that era, the owner is bound to put us right.
thanks harry long retired.
I’m with you on this one “H” even if the 180 was available when this Foden was built I think all the 180 engines went into the tractor units which had started operating at 30 ton GVW.The 150 Gardner was still being produced in quantity and adequate for the 24ton GVW rigids.Then again this Foden could have had a “transplant” over the years!What do you think “H” think we might have opened “a can of worms” or what?Cheers Dennis.
Some more from C W Griffiths.
Bewick:
harry_gill:
Price:
Bewick:
gunnerheskey:
This is one sat in covered storage on a farm where i tip in hertford… Looks the bees…
And thats an old Leicester reg, so wonder where she started out…!
Would this 8 wheeler have had a 150LX engine rather than a 180LXB? or is this just a bit of “badge engineering” Bewick.
This Foden could well be 180 LXB. — The 180 started in 1966–1967.
—Hywel –hiya,
Ah but is it a 180■■, seems a bit soon after the 180 was introduced to be in an eight wheeler they was still putting 150s in them in that era, the owner is bound to put us right.
thanks harry long retired.I’m with you on this one “H” even if the 180 was available when this Foden was built I think all the 180 engines went into the tractor units which had started operating at 30 ton GVW.The 150 Gardner was still being produced in quantity and adequate for the 24ton GVW rigids.Then again this Foden could have had a “transplant” over the years!What do you think “H” think we might have opened “a can of worms” or what?Cheers Dennis.
hiya,
Dennis can of woms maybe, hornets nest i hope not, where’s the owner??, he’ll put us out of our misery, tell you what i wish the “big engine” had been available during my time, i was stuck with the 150, yuk and with the trailer loaded carrying around the 20 tons 14 on the wag 6 on the drag, but Dennis you already knew that having done your bit.
thanks harry long retired.
Not so good “H” running at 32 ton with only a 150 under the bonnet!!! At least we had a 200BHP Powers Plus in the Octopus but on the other hand the extra 50 BHP was made to work harder(well in Brady’s case it was) as we regularly had 27 ton on board 8 or so on the trailer and the rest on the waggon.As well as our regular 22ton of strapping for The Abbey at Margam we often had an extra 5 ton on for one of the many little works in S.Wales.Then we ran to London docks and British Waterways at Brentford regular with 27 ton of Cellophane.I remember we once loaded at British Cellophane in Bridgewater with 28 ton for Immingham now that was a right trip across country!!! Happy days Dennis.
Muckaway:
Must be one of the last.
Shame they stopped making fodens a 4000 series with a cat and 13 speed fuller is probbaly the ultimate tipper even now
Here’s a few more.
Paul Griffiths last Foden on an 06 plate,but with a personalized number.
A small collection
Regards
Spud1960
gunnerheskey:
This is one sat in covered storage on a farm where i tip in hertford… Looks the bees…
And thats an old Leicester reg, so wonder where she started out…!
This is the wagon that’s restored in Breedon and Cloud Hill Quarries livery.
I passed it coming back from Gaydon a few years back, it was cruising past a long line of modern Volvos, MANs, Scanias, Ivecos etc, with an ERF KV running behind - a sight that brought a lump the size of a twelve-speed gearbox into my throat, I can tell you! The looks on those modern jockey’s faces was a picture.
Fodenway.
kr79:
Muckaway:
Must be one of the last.
Shame they stopped making fodens a 4000 series with a cat and 13 speed fuller is probbaly the ultimate tipper even now
Was Smiths last 8w Foden, their last 6w Foden is 56 CMF. Fodens had just got a good product together when they were shut down. My 54 reg with Cat 345 will do 9.8mpg, so they weren’t that old fashioned! A new fibreglass cab with updated rubber suspension, choice of Cat ■■■■■■■ or Daf engines-winning wagon!
I’ve sat in a Hino (they have sleepers as standard, well a kind of sleeper) but I’d rather sleep in a day cab 4000 series-at least at lunchtime! Bloody brilliant truck, pulled well, good lock, tough, loads of room, comfortable, and the best all round visabilty I’ve ever driven.
I also doubt that the E Reg Eight Wheeler had a 180 Gardner from new, the 180 or 6LXB were fitted into the later cabbed Eight Wheelers, I have a picture of the Foden stand at the 1966 Commercial Show and in the centre of the group of Fodens is the 180 engined eight wheeler. The ‘Mickey Mouse’ S21 cab was still used there are two on show, an export six wheel tractor with a ■■■■■■■ 210 and a home market twin steer tractor with a Leyland engine and semi-auto box. Although the above Foden is 1967 reg it would still only have been rated for 28 ton GVW, 30 ton limit not appearing until 1973 so would it have had a 180? Many restored vehicles have changes to power plants and drive train so they are not always true indicators of the times. If that is the Breedon motor I think I have an article on it somewhere so it might shed some light, I’ll try and find it. Good thread but lets have some older pics, cheers Franky.
A few tankers for the thread
