81 Scania unit… then a B reg 3300 Daf
Leyland Terrier.
Sudden Accident 401, FEC 747T. The only decent feature was a door to get out of it.
1st truck i drove was a ford cargo, D reg horsebox 7.5ton,back from a event when dad broke his arm. i was 18 and had no licence… amazing what you could do when you had no choice…
ERF EC14 OLympic 525 eaton! Baptism of fire on coal tippers! Grandfather said it would be better for me than the 143 they had! I didn’t see it that way then but now I do! Amazing truck then Moved onto a 164 v8 almost ■■■■ my pants on the roundabout with a jump on way into felixstowe that swede went like fork!
About 5 years old (on dad’s knee), Bedford O type.
18/19/20 years old, Commer CB two stroke (when no-one looking )
21st birthday, all legal in a Ford D800.
Bernard
M reg Volvo FL10. Middle of winter with no heater & a 2 inch gap in the door seal. Brass monkeys.
F reg fl10 8 legger, i thought it was the badgers nadgers at the time
my first truck was a fl7 volvo and yes i did tramp in it every thing on the bunk in the day and on the seats and dash every night happy days drove that old girl for my first year
Couple of freebies, courtesy of the queen! civvy street Daf2800 ati c446vms a rocket!
GUY BIG J 4T Just about drove everything since !
bedford tk on private roads then Ford D series was a cut down platform and made into unit belonged to the driving school i took my test with then after passing on to a Scania 80 good motor but had a low diff in it the result was 52mph flat out,pre limiter days got passed by everything !
30’ bodied Bedford TK on mobile homes. First artic, Ford D600 + 45’ trailer and again on mobile homes.
ERF E14 with a twinsplitter
Had to go down to Barcelona to bring it back to the UK. A right baptism of fire.
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first rigid was a bedford o model five tonner.
first artic was a bedford a series with scammel auto coupling
cheers diesel
Leyland Daf 7.5t with a 28ft box on the back (stupidly long overhang hadnt driven anything bigger than a transit before )
1st truck I drove was my dad’s brand new P reg Leyland Daf 95 400, although it was only moving it about the yard as I was only 16 at the time. Those were the days.
1st official truck I drove after passing my test was a P reg 18t MAN with the F2000 cab.
1st artic was an R reg ERF EC11.
First 7.5 tonner was an Iveco Cargo
First rigid after test was a Leyland Daf 60 4 wheeler
First artic was an ERF EC11 4 wheeler with a bulker
first truck, i was about 11 years old, and it was a Renault TF231 (same cab as Volvo F7
first truck after passing my test was a Mercedes 1820 rigid
Believe it or not it was a 1971 Albion Clydesdale.