That look of depression looks like he wished that he did.
It was a conversation directed to SDU about the F7âs, let alone 86âs, chances of survival pulling a road train when 32t was more than enough.Thatâs what Iâm on about.The things were total junk.Even worse in day cab form.
Great we agree on something.The last time I drove an F7 the temp gauge was off the scale with a blown head gasket was told to get it back at all costs the load delivery failure was worth more than the piece of junk.It didnât make it the motor seized in a cloud of smoke, but at least didnât have to drive it again it deservedly went to the gas axe.
Is it still ok to post pictures on this thread?
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CF has form for infecting and ruining threads itâs gone on for 15 years and now this once fine thread has sunk into CF waffling on about F86âs pulling Aussie roadtrains so I think there should be a law past to prevent inmates in secure institutions having computers and access to the www.com . I suppose Matron could allow them to have those Mickey Mouse tablets that you see toddlers playing with in their push chairs !
CF wouldânt know the difference I reckon ! 
Yes suedhead2 if you can workout how to. Gerbil
That says more about the driver than the lorry.I once came back from Wallsend with a 112 Scania which was boiling its head off but i got it back loaded driving to the conditions.
Why would you pull a roadtrain with a F86 or F7? Where did that scenario pop up from.The F86 contributed to the downfall of the British commercial vehicle manufacturing industry. A lightweight 32 tonner that could do the job just as well as the british motors of the same power but with a sealed cab a heater and radio you could hear. Why are you obsessed with synchro boxes being crap. A good driver could drive synchro or constant mesh. A1 transport at Leeds had loads of them with a few F88s for the continent. They were a bread and butter motor. I remember my dad getting one after a Mandator and he loved it.Just like je liked the Mandator after coming off an Albion. I work with people like you who judge the power badge and age of the motor as the most important thing.I once gave a brand new Scania high roof full singing and dancing motor to another driver who was gutted he wasnât getting a new motor and i took his 3 year old Scania on the condition he took all the crap off it. I drove a DAF double drive not so long ago .manual 15 years old and the new starters were getting all the newer stuff because they moaned about driving old motors.I only came off it because it was costing ÂŁ50 a day in the ridiculous clean air zone they brought in. It was slower but did the job. It ended up in Leeds with one of the new breed who wrecked the clutch and box within a mile of his base in Leeds . He didnât like it and couldnât drive it.It worked they rewarded him with 2 new motors within 6 months
Thank you for the reply. I thought i would ask, as this thread seems to have got somewhat de-railed , like many others
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There is one of those old Scammell tippers parked up in a field with other old stuff, on the n/b M5.
Is it near Gloucester somewhere?
The sooner the better.
Where some people get their notions from, only they (and their deity) know. The F86 was a taste of what was to come, a wake-up call to British manufacturers and their long-lasting (long-suffering?) buyers. No-one (as far as I know) has ever attempted to pull a roadtrain with an F86 or an F7, that would be folly, and itâs not what they were designed to do. I agree with you re: the unnecessary fuss about synchro vs constant mesh: if youâre competent with three pedals and a splitter or a range-change or combinations thereof, the rest is merely a matter of adjustment.
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That video is so littered with hopeless inaccuracies and misleading information that it simply doesnât represent British lorries at all, sadly.
They should have done their research with people from TruckNetUK. I think I only drove four of those vehicles in the video.
That video is (was) on my YouTube feed too. Iâm glad I didnât waste time and bandwidth.
Was also in my feed, I thought about watching and posting it, then noticed it was uploaded from the same source as a previous vid I uploaded that got howled down for inaccuracies.
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A double drive AEC Mk VâŚhappy days. Lovely motor, well on top of itâs work AND comfortable to drive. One criticism, that b loody ratchet handbrake.
Yep.
My YT feed does come up with some real rubbish too.
I just put the nonsense in the politics thread⌠
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