NEW MR VAIN?

tappy · 30 December 2008 22:50

lgamston:
yeh tappy your right hawke eyes lol

attention to detail my friend makes you wonder what else they’ve nicked off it!!!

shuttlespanker · 30 December 2008 23:13

Tappy:

chappers580:
http://www.smithbrosltd.com/trucks/detail.php?id=129

check this out rob !!! now thats wot u want !!!

now that is lush…anyone else notice its missing a alloy wheel on the tag■■?

it’s obviously not paying that well on the scrap moving game these days

tappy · 30 December 2008 23:21

shuttlespanker:
it’s obviously not paying that well on the scrap moving game these days

i wonder if thats the one i’ve seen going round the 25 with a tipper trailer then. 204k is gettin nicely run in.

rusty_nail · 31 December 2008 00:16

If i had a choice i’d go for a really late 4series personally. They’ll have far fewer electrical issues than the ‘r’ series. And the beauty of the 4 series, IF anything goes wrong they’re so easy to put right. I used to drive a 54 plate, black topline 6*2 tag axle 164 580 with the classic spec ocassionally, gorgeous truck.

From a factual side of things since i’ve been doing this recovery lark (15 months) i’ve never recovered a v8. A fair number of 420’s and 470’s though in both 4 and r series guise. It’s the same 2 problems 90% of the time. A clutch or a turbo. Had a couple with sheared off fan drives and in the r series the gear linkage seems to be vulnerable to breaking.

Our little tally thing we keep going also shows that Scania is the manufacturer we recover least often. I think that says something.

As for the LEZ thing. I thought any truck could go in aslong as it passed an RPC test. Both our 1998 XF and FHs can go in.

mr_vain · 31 December 2008 00:27

Rusty Nail:
If i had a choice i’d go for a really late 4series personally. They’ll have far fewer electrical issues than the ‘r’ series. And the beauty of the 4 series, IF anything goes wrong they’re so easy to put right. I used to drive a 54 plate, black topline 6*2 tag axle 164 580 with the classic spec ocassionally, gorgeous truck.

From a factual side of things since i’ve been doing this recovery lark (15 months) i’ve never recovered a v8. A fair number of 420’s and 470’s though in both 4 and r series guise. It’s the same 2 problems 90% of the time. A clutch or a turbo. Had a couple with sheared off fan drives and in the r series the gear linkage seems to be vulnerable to breaking.

Our little tally thing we keep going also shows that Scania is the manufacturer we recover least often. I think that says something.

As for the LEZ thing. I thought any truck could go in aslong as it passed an RPC test. Both our 1998 XF and FHs can go in.

A very worthy point of view, thanks Rusty

shrek · 31 December 2008 00:41

Ever thought about diversifying…I’m thinking I can maybe see you driving a tipper…

Waddya think?

newmercman · 31 December 2008 01:23

Rusty Nail:
If i had a choice i’d go for a really late 4series personally. They’ll have far fewer electrical issues than the ‘r’ series. And the beauty of the 4 series, IF anything goes wrong they’re so easy to put right. I used to drive a 54 plate, black topline 6*2 tag axle 164 580 with the classic spec ocassionally, gorgeous truck.

From a factual side of things since i’ve been doing this recovery lark (15 months) i’ve never recovered a v8. A fair number of 420’s and 470’s though in both 4 and r series guise. It’s the same 2 problems 90% of the time. A clutch or a turbo. Had a couple with sheared off fan drives and in the r series the gear linkage seems to be vulnerable to breaking.

Our little tally thing we keep going also shows that Scania is the manufacturer we recover least often. I think that says something.

Straight from the horses mouth (sorry Rusty, I’m not calling you a horse ) A very useful piece of info. As it happens i can add to this, when I was a genuine newmercman the dealership was opposite a Volvo dealer & they were always bringing Volvos in on the hook, I was quite surprised at the number, we didn’t get anywhere near as many at Mercs, although to be fair there are a lot more Volvos on the road.

What you need to do Rob is ■■■■ London off & buy that 143-500 that was in T&D a while back, that’d look real nice with a bit of chrome

lgamston · 31 December 2008 10:03

shuttlespanker:
it’s obviously not paying that well on the scrap moving game these days

them wagons used to come in corus at rotherham all the time but with the steel industry slowing down its affecting everyone down the line

daz_585 · 31 December 2008 16:28

a lad called jase used to drive the pantyliner scania i think !!, i mean scrapliner scania it came from the barnsley area
he and a few of the other lads from scrapliners was park"d next to us at pickering show and boy oh boy did we get jason drunk he was so full the lag it was running out of his nose at the end of the night fill ya boots sprung to mind,

delboytwo · 31 December 2008 23:58

this one looks good the red one on the bottom row

link

Del

mr_vain · 1 January 2009 23:52

Daz 585:
a lad called jase used to drive the pantyliner scania i think !!, i mean scrapliner scania it came from the barnsley area
he and a few of the other lads from scrapliners was park"d next to us at pickering show and boy oh boy did we get jason drunk he was so full the lag it was running out of his nose at the end of the night fill ya boots sprung to mind,

Lost yr profile! Hell! Still ya got to use yr private plate!

daz_585 · 2 January 2009 02:49

MR VAIN:

Daz 585:
a lad called jase used to drive the pantyliner scania i think !!, i mean scrapliner scania it came from the barnsley area
he and a few of the other lads from scrapliners was park"d next to us at pickering show and boy oh boy did we get jason drunk he was so full the lag it was running out of his nose at the end of the night fill ya boots sprung to mind,

Lost yr profile! Hell! Still ya got to use yr private plate!

sure did buddy

youngluke · 2 January 2009 13:10

same thing happened to me just wouldnt let me login so this is my new profile name now

delboytwo · 3 January 2009 16:47

Mr Vain this one not two bad

del

mr_vain · 3 January 2009 19:06

delboytwo:
Mr Vain this one not two bad

del

A tag lift too, that really is different. I couldn’t have that Del, i get slagged off enough now!

newmercman · 3 January 2009 19:36

I like my current motor a lot, in fact I would go as far to say it’s the perfect motor for the job, but I would love to take that Longline over to the USA & show them what a REAL lorry looks & sounds like

Buy it Rob & I’ll do a job swap with you for a week or two