Why did the F86’s built at Irvine have twin headlights?
I think it was just the 8 wheelers
Ok but why did they have twin headlights?
This is the base to a wind turbine, tons & tons of steel plus all the concrete plus the steel for the actual turbine and this is Milibands green option, this will never work, Buzzer
nmp
Is it Chinese or Indian steel?
Wind turbines have a life span of 20 to 25 years apparently.
Bedford KM skip lorry
I don’t object to bright shiny wagons at truck shows, I just prefer this scruffy (but sound) look, as if it’s just got back from a shift sometime in 1981.
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That said, I do like this Octopus2 grain wagon:
Perhaps because they are a very good idea. The ability to set your full beam at the best height to see where you are going at night, without blinding oncomers when dipped. I have had a few vehicles with twins over the years and have much appreciated them.
As to why they are out of fashion, or Volvo decided to have them only for 8 leggers, I have no idea. 
Speak for yourself 
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Same here. Humble 80s DAF it was, but the separate main beam made a lot of difference at the dead of night, especially going west towards Dumfries an hour or so after the ferry had docked at Stranraer.
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The HG Brown Volvo was driven by Pat Wright and was always kept immaculate whilst he drove it, It was one of only two tag axles Volvo’s that the company had.
Another shot I took back in the day “ramone” we had four pits three for units and one out of shot for trailers although we sometimes used the pit in the foreground for trailers as well if the workshop was busy. All the three units in the shot would be in for their six weekly servicing as they are all off the general fleet. The double shifters were serviced every two weeks and engine oil change filters every four weeks.
Double shifting would acrew a fair bit of mileage did you ever have any major failures or was the regular servicing doing its job?
Looks like three are bowing and one rebel mooning.
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Our strict maintenance regime paid dividends as we had very few major failures and those we did have premature failures resulting in warranty claims. As for the double shifters I believed that once they cracked up on a Sunday night or Monday morning the engines were never cold until the early hours of Saturday morning. You couldn’t beat running units around the clock backed up by meticulous servicing.
We normally carried out rebuilds and re’furbs before a unit let us down !
We rebuilt both Gardner and Scania engines but had no trouble with either the Scania boxes and axles and neither did we have any problems with Fuller boxes and Eaton and Kirkstall axles.
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