DIG:
"DEANB"Dig, That Super Hippo was a great looking motor and in my opinion the best looking Leyland ever built.
Heres one from your part of the world from 1954.
One of the old girls Dean Leyland 600 era that track was some challenge by the sound of it, the flash models like ours had the square front guards which were good for standing on to clean the screens or checking the oil etc plus the headlamps were mounted in the guards and got a lot softer ride than the pedistal mount off the chassis.
The rear drive axles were hub reduction far better for traction than the worm drive units of the earlier model.
This one in the photo was a 56 model purchased new by a pommy mate who lived in Kalgoorlie it had 3 gearboxs worm drive diffs and he told me in low low it took a blade of grass growing at the side of the track 5 mins to travel the length of the fuel tank with the motor just idling. He would have been a good man for that timber job.
Dig
DIG:
"DEANB"Dig, That Super Hippo was a great looking motor and in my opinion the best looking Leyland ever built.
What about the Leyland Buffalo IMO a better looking truck than the Hippo in the early 60s here inOZ more power with the Albion engine and the few that had R/R boxes fitted performed well.
Dig
DIG:
"DEANB"Dig, That Super Hippo was a great looking motor and in my opinion the best looking Leyland ever built.
What about the Leyland Buffalo IMO a better looking truck than the Hippo in the early 60s here inOZ more power with the Albion engine and the few that had R/R boxes fitted performed well.
Dig
Yes Dig another cracking looking motor. Nice to see its been restored.
How about the two Rotinoff Viscounts that were built for Vesteys in Australia.
Nice outfit Dan, as always, but do you get a bit of tail wag with the loaded trailer and empty prime mover? Or perhaps you didn’t have too far to go like that?
Nice outfit Dan, as always, but do you get a bit of tail wag with the loaded trailer and empty prime mover? Or perhaps you didn’t have too far to go like that?
Dan will be following Carryfasts advice on towing to the letter so no worries on that score Spardo.
Nice outfit Dan, as always, but do you get a bit of tail wag with the loaded trailer and empty prime mover? Or perhaps you didn’t have too far to go like that?
Dan will be following Carryfasts advice on towing to the letter so no worries on that score Spardo.
Pete.
2.6 tonne trencher max speed down to stansted so trailer weight 3.4 tonne pick up weight 2380 kg .no doubt CF will say I didn’t it wasn’t ect
Nice outfit Dan, as always, but do you get a bit of tail wag with the loaded trailer and empty prime mover? Or perhaps you didn’t have too far to go like that?
Dan will be following Carryfasts advice on towing to the letter so no worries on that score Spardo.
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What was originally under the bonnet DIG?
A Leyland 690 Patrick the early model that had the turbo mounted at the rear of the engine block where it could cook everything including the drivers feet,the heat build up was that intense as the Hippo firewall trapped the heat with little airflow,the engine in mine had seized on the rear main a fairly common problem with that model the later models had the turbo mounted in the middle of the exhaust manifold as per ■■■■■■■ /Cat etc and did a reasonable job as long as an oil cooler was fitted.
Dig
Cheers DIG, I take it a heater wasn’t needed then…? No wonder all those truckies only wear flip flops! Ahum… coat…
pv83:
I.m pretty sure I have posted this before but it is a Super Hippo around late 60s build and modified by yours truly with a cab lift of two and a half inches and a ■■■■■■■ 220 hp under the bonnet, proud owner doing a walk around.
Cheers Dig
With hindsight obviously, but you should have kept that together with the KW mate, would have made quite the entrance in the preservation scene
I sold the old Hippo to a gentleman in the NT and I was recently informed it could be one that sits at an old mines site north of Katherine so it was my intention to go have a look but at this stage Covad19 has put a bit of roadblock in the way.If it is it and I can acquire for a reasonable sum I thought I would paint it red and use it as a letter box.
Dig
That would be quite the letterbox, do you receive that much fanmail DIG?
Nice outfit Dan, as always, but do you get a bit of tail wag with the loaded trailer and empty prime mover? Or perhaps you didn’t have too far to go like that?
Dan will be following Carryfasts advice on towing to the letter so no worries on that score Spardo.
Pete.
Phew, that’s alright then.
Oh dear… I fear he’ll join shortly, telling us all how to reverse a A-frame drawbar, how he nearly was into M/E driving,how roping and sheeting should be done, that Dan’s Mercedes should have been fitted with a grean leaker and what not…
Nice unit Dan, looks great! You’re not looking for a “experienced” driver for that unit, are you…?
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