PeteH Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Not Mine (sadly) but so well done that I thought it worth posting. Parked outside our Pharmacists this Morning when I walked Dog. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Different!! What is it, exactly? The headlamp shrouds look like Chevrolet but that's not a Chevy badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 1965 Bedford 2800cc ( looked on DVLA website ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Sorry, Should have said it was a Bedford. Drove a LWB version as a Coal Lorry back in the 60`s, When on leave from the M-N. Definitely didn`t look that good.😁 The G-M influence does show though. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 better known as the Bedford TJ 30cwt to 7 ton last made by Marshals in 1998 not popular in UK most were exported Bedfords mostly made over the road to the Commer factory in Dunstable two large plants now Sainsbury and Amazon Commer superpoise of the same era pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 You can see from the headlamp shape why I thought it was Chevy, tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Bedford was owned by GM and the TM Used a Renault R range Cab which we painted in the Commer/Dodge Paint shop and shipped it over the road Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 In the 1950's, most lorries were Bedford. A few Dodges and the big stuff was Foden or Leyland Octopus. Very few Artic's back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 sorry Im a TS3 fan you could get 12ton on a 8 ton Commer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 The Coal Merchant, I did a bit of Driving for had 3 "lorries", back then One similar but LWB to that one, a Ford D4. And a Commer?. Drove them all at one time or another. An "Uncle" (big pal of my Grandfather), Ran a series of Tipper`s in a Quarry, mostly ex W-D or American. I learned to drive in that quarry 13/14 years old, Huge Steering wheels "Crash" gears, and absolutely NO power assist anywhere!. As Wagger said, few if any Artic`s. Mostly 4-axle 12 wheel and Drawbar Trailers. They where "interesting" to try reversing, with 2 pivoting points. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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68vitesse Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 Were the drivers ear plugs a necessity?. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 all in the days before noise levels became a normality to consider Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 The first truck I drove was a Bedford J when i was doing my time at the local power board. A company I worked with had a TM with box body that we drove all over the country, I took it on its last trip for the company and it was just a cab and chassis by then. It had the Detroit 671 2 smoke engine and a road ranger ( cant remember if it was a 13 or 15 speed, definitely not a 9 or 18) with out a body it was brisk rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 took awhile to master the Renaul B18 with splitter and range change on H over H you had to remember the upshif and down shift or get completey lost in a gear ...what gear Ha !! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Bit like later Scania`s, 4 over 4 AND a split axle!. Effectively 16 gears. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 But nothing quite like dropping the change on an Eaton 2 speed diff while driving through a tunnel and having to stop to reengage. Company I work with has a Scania with one of those boxes, problem is not many of us can drive it and as I do so rarely it takes a while to get re-accustomed. Doesnt help that leaving the yard is narrow residential then a main road with traffic crawl climb up to a narrow tunnel with one lane each way, forget looking in the mirrors its all about what coming the other way as 2 trucks just scrape past each other 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted July 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Couple more recent Observations. This one was interesting too:- Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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