dads big j 250 ■■■■■■■ & fuller gearbox 150 ton train wt-alan
Bewick:
fryske:
Trev_H:
3300John:
3300John:
Wheel Nut:
Looks like a lot of rubbish in the cab and laid around the chassis!
Hiya …I would say that GUY was a flying machine in its day… you can see the turbo at the end of the manifold
which says 290 rolls. I think some ■■■■■■■ turbo,s was on the back of the engine but not as far back as the rolls
Any how its not a 8 lxb or a 8lxb/d sorry to say.IICR that guy was a motor show vehical when new.
just been a root round the net and it is a ■■■■■■■ engine and the truck was a 44 ton chassis
JohnDefinitely a 14ltr ■■■■■■■■ on a Rolls (280 in a Guy) the exhaust exits the turbo on the l/hand side.
The ■■■■■■■ has the exhaust stack as this one is, on the r/hand side. You tell them apart a mile away !HI - thanks to whoever linked to my pic!
THis is the 44 ton prototype Guy Big J - latterly used as a recovery lorry.
It has the 9 speed Fuller and the ■■■■■■■ is rated at 252HP - although it has the same block as the 290 and could be uprated to that value.There is a new cab waiting for it so fingers crossed it may reappear!
Did it have power steering?
Dennis, all the guys we had with the big ■■■■■■■ in had power assisted steering, they were noticably nose heavy with that lump more so than the gardner and were lethal if driven solo on wet roads !
Hiya Trev only one of our 6 Big Js had P/S,it was an Rreg '76.It was Ram assited same as the Mastiff’s,all our other tractors over the years had the integral steering box ZF on them.Oh and My D1000 had ram power as well.Cheers Dennis.
Trev_H:
Bewick:
fryske:
Trev_H:
3300John:
3300John:
Wheel Nut:
Looks like a lot of rubbish in the cab and laid around the chassis!
Hiya …I would say that GUY was a flying machine in its day… you can see the turbo at the end of the manifold
which says 290 rolls. I think some ■■■■■■■ turbo,s was on the back of the engine but not as far back as the rolls
Any how its not a 8 lxb or a 8lxb/d sorry to say.IICR that guy was a motor show vehical when new.
just been a root round the net and it is a ■■■■■■■ engine and the truck was a 44 ton chassis
JohnDefinitely a 14ltr ■■■■■■■■ on a Rolls (280 in a Guy) the exhaust exits the turbo on the l/hand side.
The ■■■■■■■ has the exhaust stack as this one is, on the r/hand side. You tell them apart a mile away !HI - thanks to whoever linked to my pic!
THis is the 44 ton prototype Guy Big J - latterly used as a recovery lorry.
It has the 9 speed Fuller and the ■■■■■■■ is rated at 252HP - although it has the same block as the 290 and could be uprated to that value.There is a new cab waiting for it so fingers crossed it may reappear!
Did it have power steering?
Dennis, all the guys we had with the big ■■■■■■■ in had power assisted steering, they were noticably nose heavy with that lump more so than the gardner and were lethal if driven solo on wet roads !
It does have power steering.
Not very active at the moment though!
terrible things to have a nap in if a day cab could never get comfortable for the odd hours kip, fred m
ubym344:
terrible things to have a nap in if a day cab could never get comfortable for the odd hours kip, fred m
This is the BIg J you needed!
Guy Big J4 showing sleeper extension by fryske, on Flickr
Guy Big J sleeper cab by fryske, on Flickr
This was the Big J we had with power steering,and it had neither a ■■■■■■■ nor a RR engine so blow me it must have had an 8LXB in it! You couldn’t see the back of the engine for the cowl–but it stuck out a bit!!! Cheers Dennis.
I had many a night out in a big J day cab, you could manage with 2 half boards and a mattress if it had the high bonnet.
The best ones for kipping in were fitted with the V8 perkins, with no passenger seat and completely flat floor there was loads of room.
Trev_H:
I had many a night out in a big J day cab, you could manage with 2 half boards and a mattress if it had the high bonnet.
The best ones for kipping in were fitted with the V8 perkins, with no passenger seat and completely flat floor there was loads of room.
■■■■■■■ V6?
I had an R reg just like that with a 180 gardner, fuller 9 speed, that too had power steering, no picture but it was painted in Unipart colours the reg was AWL 858R.
Trev_H:
I had an R reg just like that with a 180 gardner, fuller 9 speed, that too had power steering, no picture but it was painted in Unipart colours the reg was AWL 858R.
Thats interesting Trev,I wish ours had had the Fuller instead of the 6spd O/D it would have improved them no end.We did have an ERF with a 609 Fuller behind the 180 and it could (zb) all over the Guy’s.Dennis.
fryske:
Trev_H:
I had many a night out in a big J day cab, you could manage with 2 half boards and a mattress if it had the high bonnet.
The best ones for kipping in were fitted with the V8 perkins, with no passenger seat and completely flat floor there was loads of room.■■■■■■■ V6?
No Perkins 510 V8, the ■■■■■■■ V6 one was a dog!
they were only 28t artics they had a 5 speed box with 2 speed axle and Dunlop maxaret anti skid on the rear axle.
EOG 491 L is one which is in Nick Baldwins BRS book. Identifiable by the twin air intake stacks at the back of the cab.
Trev_H:
fryske:
Trev_H:
I had many a night out in a big J day cab, you could manage with 2 half boards and a mattress if it had the high bonnet.
The best ones for kipping in were fitted with the V8 perkins, with no passenger seat and completely flat floor there was loads of room.■■■■■■■ V6?
No Perkins 510 V8, the ■■■■■■■ V6 one was a dog!
they were only 28t artics they had a 5 speed box with 2 speed axle and Dunlop maxaret anti skid on the rear axle.
EOG 491 L is one which is in Nick Baldwins BRS book. Identifiable by the twin air intake stacks at the back of the cab.
Cheers - not come across a Perkins engined one before -
I drove a 6 wheel reefer for about a month for city meats it was night work delivering beef mainly home counties I gave it up as I could never sleep in the day time my eldest was a baby then and would often wake me up in day the one I drove had a 5speed box no 2 speed axle not sure what engine never took much notice in them days but it could march on for an old girl. fred m
Unable to drive for a few weeks,but have arranged for the owner of the pics to leave them with my brother in law,who will bring them here when he has them.My PC is playing up,so you may have to be patient a little longer.
Cheers Dave.
was the sleeper done by jennings 
GAZ70:
was the sleeper done by jennings
According to the owners son,it did have a sleeper,will have the pics before xmas,then you can see for yourself.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Unable to drive for a few weeks,but have arranged for the owner of the pics to leave them with my brother in law,who will bring them here when he has them.My PC is playing up,so you may have to be patient a little longer.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya Dave,if anything will get you back to the "rudest of health"it will be achieving the Holy Graille and being the first to put up a shot of a Big J 8LXB on the thread!!! But hang on a moment!!! Just think of all the ego’s of the SOM ex drivers you are going to puncture!!! don’t worry about the grief you’ll cause me! (I know you won’t).SOM (allegedly) had more 8LXB Big Js than you could shake a stick at----and no photo! Renegades man had ONE and he’s going to “plaster” the thread with shots!!!Anyway,feet back on the grounds lads,believe it when you see it! It may be the tablets The Renegade is on and he is “haluzinating” with this obsession of 8LXB Big J’s!! Nurse! nurse! can you switch the channel over to Jackonory please,Iv’e had enough of Fantasy Island!!! Cheers,get well soon Dave,or even quicker if poss.Dennis.
cheers dave,all the best.
Bewick:
Dave the Renegade:
Unable to drive for a few weeks,but have arranged for the owner of the pics to leave them with my brother in law,who will bring them here when he has them.My PC is playing up,so you may have to be patient a little longer.
Cheers Dave.Hiya Dave,if anything will get you back to the "rudest of health"it will be achieving the Holy Graille and being the first to put up a shot of a Big J 8LXB on the thread!!! But hang on a moment!!! Just think of all the ego’s of the SOM ex drivers you are going to puncture!!! don’t worry about the grief you’ll cause me! (I know you won’t).SOM (allegedly) had more 8LXB Big Js than you could shake a stick at----and no photo! Renegades man had ONE and he’s going to “plaster” the thread with shots!!!Anyway,feet back on the grounds lads,believe it when you see it! It may be the tablets The Renegade is on and he is “haluzinating” with this obsession of 8LXB Big J’s!! Nurse! nurse! can you switch the channel over to Jackonory please,Iv’e had enough of Fantasy Island!!! Cheers,get well soon Dave,or even quicker if poss.Dennis.
Dennis,my old mate,small hauliers take more pictures of their lorries than the big boys,and this bloke says he has one,thats good enough for me,as for tablets,I have had most of my medication intravenously over the last fortnight,only been on tablets the last few days.
Cheers Dave.