The current lorry I’m driving
Cant park there mate
Buzzer:
Buzzer
Which one’s you, Dig? 
Buzzer:
Buzzer
No black soil where dig lives, but I bet he’s experienced the joys, interstate.
Black soil is as hard as concrete when dry, but as seen in Buzzer’s picture, impassable with a small bit of moisture.
Buzzer
Star down under.:
Buzzer:
Buzzer0
Which one’s you, Dig?
Just a tad before my time SDU I regret i missed the era of the Leyland Buffalo. 
Dig
The photo that Buzzer posted just up the page , the one with the shot of the ERF with the sheeted load of barrels … and this may well be perceived as being purely an age thing , but that’s what I would call a proper motor .
O.K., it may only have had a 150 Gardner to sleep across , but to my mind that’s a proper motor with a proper load and perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the topic of old time lorries .
And as it would appear to be dragging a forty footer , I have to assume that the photo was taken post 1968 , which would make the prime mover something of a museum piece even then .
That said , I would be willing to take my chances , pull my boots on and take that rig down the road any day of the week in preference to 600 BHPs worth of Scandinavian digitally controlled electronic dependent technology .
At least if it conked out , I’d be in with half a chance getting to the delivery point without having to get on the blower to call out Virgil and Thunderbird 2 to sort it all out .
Don’t get me wrong , I’ve driven Mercs , Volvos , DAFs , Scanias …. and comfortwise , there’s no comparison , and you can label me Neolithic, but speaking for myself , you can keep all your fancy motors . I’ll stick with a motor equipped with 6LX and a DB six speed box any day ,… assuming there are a few that still exist that is .
Many will disagree no doubt .
Could you take this down to ‘The Smoke’ for us Eddie, double bubble for Sunday and don’t spend too much time at Tubby’s on the A5.
Eddie Heaton:
The photo that Buzzer posted just up the page , the one with the shot of the ERF with the sheeted load of barrels … and this may well be perceived as being purely an age thing , but that’s what I would call a proper motor .O.K., it may only have had a 150 Gardner to sleep across , but to my mind that’s a proper motor with a proper load and perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the topic of old time lorries .
And as it would appear to be dragging a forty footer , I have to assume that the photo was taken post 1968 , which would make the prime mover something of a museum piece even then .
That said , I would be willing to take my chances , pull my boots on and take that rig down the road any day of the week in preference to 600 BHPs worth of Scandinavian digitally controlled electronic dependent technology .At least if it conked out , I’d be in with half a chance getting to the delivery point without having to get on the blower to call out Virgil and Thunderbird 2 to sort it all out .
Don’t get me wrong , I’ve driven Mercs , Volvos , DAFs , Scanias …. and comfortwise , there’s no comparison , and you can label me Neolithic, but speaking for myself , you can keep all your fancy motors . I’ll stick with a motor equipped with 6LX and a DB six speed box any day ,… assuming there are a few that still exist that is .
Many will disagree no doubt .
I know exactly where you’re coming from, Eddie. I’ve driven the LV cabbed ERF, Foden 12 speed 4 stroke and Guy big J’s. The ERF’s & Big J’s had 180 Gardners with DB 6 speed box. The ergo Leyland’s and AEC,s were the ducks nuts for comfort, but there was still something about those others.
mushroomman:
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How about this Eddie? Which one of these 2 is you, moaning no doubt about these new fangled diesels that don’t keep you warm as you fly down the A6. 
Only joking, I know exactly what you mean, a hankering for the old days when the world was young and I share your yearning, but, I do also remember as a casual driver for Dixon’s of Derby going down the M1 with my first F88 and soaking up the admiring glances as I was asked ‘how did you get straight into that job with that?’ 