dreva:
anything ive driven i want to win the lottery amd retire
Hiya …i’am with dreva…i’ve not been so lucky in the new truck handouts
i had a old 2800 daf and got a new roadtrain… 2 steps backwards so
i’ve driven some crap, but with no pools/lottery win the job needed to be done
bread on the table and crap to be driven…mind you the pay always seemed better
on the older lorries… maybe you was’nt paying the HP for the boss
John
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes Axor
Hiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
John
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
John
I drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
mizzo:
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
JohnI drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
Les how you doing, i remember reading on TN that some one had dropped a ■■■■■■■■ in to a F 88 ,but i can’t remember the thread, i’m with you on the Mercs-1418 ouch!!!. Vic.
mizzo:
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
JohnI drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
I had a F88 290 new in 77 on a “S” plate and it was a Volvo test wagon but they would not say what at Volvo’s but the brakes were fine on it and it would out pull a 140 but it was good on juice as well 8 mpg I had it nearly 4 years and it always had to go into Volvo’s around every 6 months they would have friday dinner until monday dinner and that was the only time it was off the road barring M O T s. I can’t recall any problems with the wipers either but as the F 10 came out shortly after it could have had a few trial bits on.
I can only think of a 6 wheel Mastiff which I did not like but I only had it for half a day and 2 wagons which I liked were the 88 and the viewline as neither let me down and I drove them both for around 4 years and at the time they were as good as anything for the job I was doing.
cheers Johnnie
1625 merc and any iveco
Ford cargo and renault 290
The six-wheeler Iveco Stralis I drove on Friday. I thought that Ivecos must have got better since the cargo but i was wrong, I could have removed the gearbox and stripped it down by the time the auto box changed.
Richard
Mercedes Atego 6wheeler tipper 05 reg, 280 with straight 8 speed box, Awful heap of ■■■. I liked the Axor though 
. Moxy dumptrucks of any kind; backbreakers in comparisson to Volvo and Terex offerings.
My Dad would nominate Bedford TM and Leyland Constructor and we’d both just about vote for Daf cabbed Fodens.
v7victor:
mizzo:
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
JohnI drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
Les how you doing, i remember reading on TN that some one had dropped a ■■■■■■■■ in to a F 88 ,but i can’t remember the thread, i’m with you on the Mercs-1418 ouch!!!. Vic.
Hiya Vic, I’m OK hope you are, do you remember the 1418’s we had at Harold Woods on black oil, they used to terrify me!! glad to say they got rid not too long after I started, replaced with SA 400’s. Be good, Mizzo.
mizzo:
v7victor:
mizzo:
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
JohnI drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
Les how you doing, i remember reading on TN that some one had dropped a ■■■■■■■■ in to a F 88 ,but i can’t remember the thread, i’m with you on the Mercs-1418 ouch!!!. Vic.
Hiya Vic, I’m OK hope you are, do you remember the 1418’s we had at Harold Woods on black oil, they used to terrify me!! glad to say they got rid not too long after I started, replaced with SA 400’s. Be good, Mizzo.
Yeah i remember them it was the brakes that used to terrify me on the 1418s, i came very close to jack knifing on a number of times Vic.
Leyland Roadrunner
Renault 290 manager
Geoffo:
Leyland Roadrunner
Renault 290 manager
150 Big J up to Maddiston with 18 ton up,God help me!!!..over the moon to have a 240 Big J on the return to Manchester,and whats more the heater was giving out heat!!
Take it easy,
David
drove a bedford tm detroit widecab not comfortable but the sound of that engine made up for everything
it was a 240 gardner dropped in the 88 , tideswell from kingsley near stoke did it . volvo threatened to sue if they didn’t take the badge off the grill . i nighted out next to it in shepton mallet , you couldn’t see the market square for smoke when he fired it up in the morning , cheers , dave
v7victor:
mizzo:
v7victor:
mizzo:
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
JohnI drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
Les how you doing, i remember reading on TN that some one had dropped a ■■■■■■■■ in to a F 88 ,but i can’t remember the thread, i’m with you on the Mercs-1418 ouch!!!. Vic.
Hiya Vic, I’m OK hope you are, do you remember the 1418’s we had at Harold Woods on black oil, they used to terrify me!! glad to say they got rid not too long after I started, replaced with SA 400’s. Be good, Mizzo.
Yeah i remember them it was the brakes that used to terrify me on the 1418s, i came very close to jack knifing on a number of times
Henry Longs had quite a few of those 1418s i was too young to drive em but my brother had 1 and i remember they were very slow up the hills much like most Mercs from the 70s and 80`s
Very very easy.A Merc 1626 or maybe it was a 1628.
I had just got the 142 and another OD buddy with the Mercedes stopped together at Farthing Corner for a cuppa.
He begged to run my Scania down to Dover while I took his Merc.
Well,there is a first time for everything.Even driving a Mercedes.
He was down the slip road like a rat up a drain pipe.
Me,I lost the will to live climbing Boughton by pass.
Needless to say he got an earfull in the Greasy spoon when I eventually got there.
My love affair still continues to this day.Drove an new Mercedes with that wait a week gear shift.
I thought it was in drive,off with the hand brake and the goddam thing stated to roll BACKWARDS on a flat piece of
tarmac!!!
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
John
My thoughts entirely John,brakes could turn you grey in a shift,and the wipers were reminiscent of a nineteen fifties Ford Pop,and,unusually i suppose,ours had day-cabs
Norm
mizzo:
3300John:
joeshell:
Volvo F88,utter crap
Sudden Accident 200 series
Mercedes AxorHiya…don’t knock joeshell… the 88’s was a step in the right direction but far from a good machine
its just as everything was not so good…no one will have a good word to say about the wipers on
a 88…the bunk was only their it was not brill. and the brakes… get out of a 88 and into a foden
you’d press the brake and go through the screen…I agree the’re a icon in trucking but they had faults.
JohnI drove a couple of 88’s in the late 70’s but my usual motor was a Borderer (180’s then moved up to 220 ■■■■■■■■■ what I would have liked was the 88 cab on the ■■■■■■■ Borderer, I agree with 3300John, the 88 brakes used to put the fear of God up me and the wipers were a joke, but I have never disliked anything as much as Mercs.
Agree with Mercs,might make a good car,but the wagons are ■■■■■■■■■■■ an Actros for DHL,and an Axor for Guinness,that was even worse!lousy slap-over gearbox,rough ride,lousy electrics,■■■■■
I nearly had to apologise for being unkind to Mercedes, because although I have never liked Mercs for various reasons, I had blanked from my my mind that I have driven 21 of these horrible things, some for 1 shift, the SRM contract motor for 2 weeks etc. All I can say in their favour is they had good brakes,but if you hit a speed bump a little too fast you got parts of the overhead dash in your face!!
