FODEN 8x6 DROPS

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  • @andrewhawthorn8289
    @andrewhawthorn8289 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing story how Foden got the massive contract for these beasts. Came down to their ability to manufacture most components in house. I know first hand Foden wanted to use a Cummins engine, the RR eagle that the M.O.D insisted on leaked oil badly. When Foden confronted them about this they said it was a feature of the engine. The M.O.D accepted that. Great truck

  • @gb5uq
    @gb5uq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Brings back some good memories. I was responsible for carrying out tyre maintenance on the DROPS fleet at Kineton many moons ago. Loved every minute despite the sheer hard work. Brute of a vehicle.

    • @bentleeremy2070
      @bentleeremy2070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @jalentrent5863
      @jalentrent5863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bentlee Remy instablaster ;)

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      @bentleeremy2070 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @bentleeremy2070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @jalentrent5863
      @jalentrent5863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bentlee Remy you are welcome =)

  • @markcray5397
    @markcray5397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This the Intermediate Medium Mobility Load Carrier (IMMLC) trial at RARDE Chobham. Cross country at Long Valley Aldershot. Great Truck. I was lucky enough to help by doing the maint assesment.

  • @Ripper36068
    @Ripper36068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was a beast of a truck with great power!

  • @bikelifewill6483
    @bikelifewill6483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Absolute awesome, when trucks where good!!

  • @amuroray1085
    @amuroray1085 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thats a tough truck. No BSing around with this fine piece of machinery.

  • @melvyncox3361
    @melvyncox3361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A real beast!Strong and reliable.I doubt the modern stuff is anywhere near as good.....Unfortunately we are unable to do anything in this country anymore.Sad,but true!

    • @dickturpin3115
      @dickturpin3115 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Jan Schlossar we will leave that to the Germans, a nation with no history beyond that of losing everything they start.

  • @ACERASPIRE1
    @ACERASPIRE1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    LOL @ the high mobility truck getting a good workout on the concrete test track :D

  • @zefrog7482
    @zefrog7482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So tempted by one of these, would make a great overland apocalypse vehicle.🤔

    • @supertramp6011
      @supertramp6011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My thoughts exactly. Wonder what it would cost for road tax/ insurance etc, and what classification of licence to drive it? Can buy them for around 26 k £ now…..

    • @zefrog7482
      @zefrog7482 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@supertramp6011 I wouldn't run it on the roads, just private land. If society collapsed and you needed bug out vehicle law won't really hold any weight.😉
      It sure would be interesting to find out though, bloody expensive I'd imagine. Also I think due to the sheer monstrous size you have to get a special permit and specify route etc in advance to highways agency and other bits of red tape.

    • @deezelfairy
      @deezelfairy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zefrog7482 No highway agency notification to move or drive - all the dimensions are within allowed standard limits for trucks so don't fall under any STGO requirements.
      GVW falls inside the standard too (32 tonnes for 4 axle rigid). They look bigger then they are because of the tall stance and huge tyres.
      These have nearly all been retired from the army now and have been available for sale 'demobbed' from MOD disposal companies for years. You could probably get a tidy(ish) one for £15-20K.
      To drive one on the road though you'd need a class 2 HGV (C license catergory)
      Tax not that bad if registered as a 'private' hgv and insurance often available fairly cheaply through military vehicle club memberships ect.
      Cool as they are I'd say something that does at best, 6mpg would be a pretty useless bug out vehicle. Blow a tyre out and it's all over - your not going to find another one anywhere.

    • @zefrog7482
      @zefrog7482 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deezelfairy I'm still dreaming of one of these, good to know!🙂

  • @moneymandan6217
    @moneymandan6217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Me and wife use one of these trucks as a Daily driver, mother-in-law doesn't like being picked up on Sunday for lunch

  • @johnmitchell1192
    @johnmitchell1192 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Proper truck

  • @Pinzpilot101
    @Pinzpilot101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I seem to remember getting several bollockings for taking MKs,MJs and RLs off the beaten track.....everybody seemed to be scared of getting stuck....or damaging the vehicles.....never pushed their capabilities.......

  • @ГалияБралимова-д1в
    @ГалияБралимова-д1в 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    В МЧС Казахстана есть грузовик данной модели -- ?

  • @michaelmacluskie6089
    @michaelmacluskie6089 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great Truck....has it ever been up against the Spanish Kynos Aljaba 8X8 ??

  • @brianwalmsley447
    @brianwalmsley447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a brilliant truck I'd like one 😎

    • @paulbrunning3232
      @paulbrunning3232  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you Brian - from memory we made about 150 of them. Paul

    • @steffiebee5224
      @steffiebee5224 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are for sale for 20k from witham specialist vehicles at closterworth, lincs

    • @simontromans2748
      @simontromans2748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@steffiebee5224 20K that all! Wish my drive was a lot bigger! Although 🤔 sell the house buy some land and turn it into an RV, get hgv/appropriate training+licence. Mmmmm. I'm full of impractical pipe dreams.

  • @philhealey449
    @philhealey449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MoD specifying 8x6 not 8x8 and only 1 in 3 hillclimbing plus max 70kph seems penny pinching. The spindly looking steering links seem vulnerable to hitting rocks. Sounds good though, with no nasty Cummins noises? (Gardner or Perkins RR here ?)

    • @enforcer9381
      @enforcer9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rolls royce powered

  • @codprawn
    @codprawn ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome beast. And can do all that whilst carrying a 20' container. I am thinking of buying one as an expedition vehicle. A bit big for dodgy mountain road though I suspect?

  • @lungkhan8282
    @lungkhan8282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good day everyone, I'm working on a truck camper project and was wondering if you guys could give me an objective review of the 8x6 FODEN?
    Many thanks advance.

  • @leonperry123
    @leonperry123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would love one of these.

  • @JonDingle
    @JonDingle ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great truck.

  • @danielmarshall4587
    @danielmarshall4587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd love to look around that test area.

    • @simonallen6427
      @simonallen6427 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Doesn't exist anymore, Chobham closed around the turn of the century!

  • @EYADzoneable
    @EYADzoneable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing video . but is Foden trucks still in production ?

    • @enforcer9381
      @enforcer9381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No swallowed up by (Daf) Paccar

    • @jimf671
      @jimf671 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@enforcer9381 So a DAF XF or XG is an updated blend of Leyland, Foden and DAF, thankfully leaving behind the quirkier aspects of all of them!

  • @sensey888
    @sensey888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Приветствую.
    Подскажите пожалуйста.
    Есть ли здесь специалисты по двигателю данной машины?
    Или есть ли у вас такие знакомые.
    Нужна помощь.

  • @andydiesel2233
    @andydiesel2233 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hiya Paul sorry Long reply back.yes it is a small world .Did you work for Preston's or Foden .I still think Foden had a great build quality .

  • @andrewhollis6665
    @andrewhollis6665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video.

  • @big23man
    @big23man 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great, thanks

  • @Pyrotec_nick
    @Pyrotec_nick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where was this filmed?

    • @mikebradley4096
      @mikebradley4096 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Longcross vehicle testing facility in Surrey. I recognise it because they used to let us hire it to set up stage rallies, before the MOD sold it and it was converted to a film studio.

  • @teamidris
    @teamidris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Foden :) But ain’t no Tatra 8x8, but it probably cost half as much. Tatra spinal drive-chassis is like a watch inside.

    • @deeeeeeeench1209
      @deeeeeeeench1209 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also a bastard to fix in a muddy field

    • @teamidris
      @teamidris ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deeeeeeeench1209 Isn’t everything. And I include Leigh Environmental’s processed human waste fertiliser injector in the list :D

  • @黃柏榮-l7j
    @黃柏榮-l7j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    期間內完成
    可以只工作跟
    格多年的我

  • @poppiesfloristbournemouthltd
    @poppiesfloristbournemouthltd ปีที่แล้ว

    we used to use them towing FH70 and they could do 70mph not KPH brilliant lorry to drive, wi9th the FH on the vehicle was 75 feet

  • @davelowe1977
    @davelowe1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Badass!

  • @andydiesel2233
    @andydiesel2233 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hiya Paul he certainly was .cdss Wellingborough was a real nice place to work at . Cummins fuller Rockwell Brilliant combination. My farther worked for Preston's of potto for many years.i also worked there for a while. He had a Seddon Atkinson 400 sleeper with a NTE 290 reg FPY 201V .I remember dad getting it brand new from Longfield Road motors Darlington . I was i think around 13 yrs old . And I was working on that same lorry when I was 27 years old. That was the Days when you could put a pistons liners heads injectors mains etc for 1600 pounds . Those Seddon Atkinson's and ERFs were good friends to Richard Preston they were a good company to.

    • @paulbrunning3232
      @paulbrunning3232  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember Richard and Ann Preston very well - great company. Small world!!!

  • @andydiesel2233
    @andydiesel2233 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember working as a machanic for Cummins Diesel in 1985 and our Depot manager was having shop talk with us. And said in roughly 25 yes time there will be no ERF Seddon Atkinson foden. What a shame Brill video .

    • @paulbrunning3232
      @paulbrunning3232  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CDSS were a great organisation supporting an excellent engine. At one time operators ran Cummins, Fuller, Rockwell - no longer!! What a perceptive depot manager you had. Paul

  • @billjenkins687
    @billjenkins687 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want one.

    • @gazof-the-north1980
      @gazof-the-north1980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The rocket site at Doncaster has a load of them for sale

  • @petersmith4455
    @petersmith4455 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    great truck, but we used to make great army lorries at aec ltd. ie the militant 0870 and 0880 when I was there in the 1970s.but you had to drive them and they did not have easy change girlie gearboxes.automatic makes you lazy

    • @geoffbuck6865
      @geoffbuck6865 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm afraid the truck users (squaddies) didn't have the skill to drive crash-box Militants in arduous conditions. Even I drove a DROPS truck in challenging situations because of its brilliant ZF Ecomat automatic as if I was an expert.

    • @petersmith4455
      @petersmith4455 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      hi. sign of the times. even the new m.a.n. trucks are automatic.the fodens were good looking vehicles and its a pity they are no more like us at aec ltd all gone.

    • @geoffbuck6865
      @geoffbuck6865 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, they looked great - then I always had a soft spot for Fodens, especially the 2 stroke ones!! And yes it's true us old British commercial vehicle guys are slowly disappearing... regards from an old Leyland Motors man 👍🏻

    • @ACERASPIRE1
      @ACERASPIRE1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I fairly confident any all terrain truck can drive round a concrete test track.

  • @isakjohansson7134
    @isakjohansson7134 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great looking vehicle! Anyone knows what its powered by?

    • @Mountain940
      @Mountain940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isak Johansson rolls Royce (Perkins) straight 6

    • @isakjohansson7134
      @isakjohansson7134 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mountain940 thanks

  • @oatmealsavage66
    @oatmealsavage66 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    As Menck W points out that 43mph is way too slow. Anyone here know if it can be geared to go any faster. Im very keen to do something with one of these fine monsters. A true Tonka truck for sure Its the best Ive ever seen really

    • @tomcline5631
      @tomcline5631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Put an Allison 12 speed, fully automatic with ability to lock out top 2 gears,like the old world transmission from Allison. Bet that would get you up around 55/60 mph.

    • @deezelfairy
      @deezelfairy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The tyres are more than likely the real limiting factor - probably not rated for 60mph running.

    • @robertrich663
      @robertrich663 ปีที่แล้ว

      Correct, the Michelin XLB 20.R25 are rated at 179E = 70kph/43mph.
      @@deezelfairy

  • @Menck1
    @Menck1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not a daily transporter; 70 KPH is way too slow. But what a mighty machine!

  • @nitishk9
    @nitishk9 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I notice that this was in the Republic of Ireland.

  • @aaa111912
    @aaa111912 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    now take it away and rebuild it.

  • @АлександрОлегович-щ9п
    @АлександрОлегович-щ9п 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Тьфу. Фигня. Вытаскивать всё равно Урал приедет...

    • @sensey888
      @sensey888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Урал эту машину не вытащит..
      Вес разный. У меня такая сейчас на сборке.