Just a note to modern lorry drivers, imagine driving that Atkinson drawbar outfit with 112 horse power but we did and it taught us how to read the road ahead to keep them rolling, there was no braking down a hill when you needed as much speed to get up the other side, you always waited for the lorry you were overtaking (yes it did sometimes happen) to flash you in you never cut in too soon and splashed the wet muck and salt up his windscreen like they do today, they were good skillful drivers who respected each other, Volvo and Scania have a lot to answer for when it comes to lowering the skills of lorry drivers, the evidence of that is out there every time l go out in a lorry. Tough but Happier days on the road.
I started my trucking career on some of them old trucks, No power steering, no air brakes, no heaters, but they did have air conditioning when you opened the windscreen.
I have to agree on that my friend,, They are beautiful motors ,, Very rare these days,, Love the old type motors I have a lot of good memories with these ones god bless ya all
Agree totally, todays moody lighting, snappy video effects don't interest me. I don't care if a Ferrari whatsasquaggliera corners faster than a Maserati Diabolical through Woolworths / Sainsburies carpark. Historic vehicles are just if not more interesting than todays.
Yes. I passed my HGV test in a Bedford RL. I remember coming down Sutton Bank in it, having had strict instructions that the vacuum brakes were unlikely to hold it, and to use the gears to slow my progress. Got down successfully.
I had a Volvo F7 224hp pulling 40+tons in 1990. A Volvo F10 followed then a F12 400 Lux edc ( the best truck I ever had). My last as an owner driver was a FH16 700. The torque monster would pull a tilt over Mont Blanc ( Italy to French side) over the long gradient at 50t gross in top gear at 100kph. Not many Brit trucks in Europe but used to feel for the drivers of old ERFs and Sudden Accidents with their ancient Gardners and RR eagles. I've driven a few Brit trucks, ERFwith Cummins E10/E14 , RR Eagle 265 + Gardner 300s. These were out dated even then, very poor build quality and dire performance. The very worst though was a Ford D series with Perkins V8. This had fully on or fully off brakes and wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. The very best gearboxes were always Volvo especially the 16 speed range change & splitter with that sexy air clutch. Drivers nowadays would be baffled with such a gearbox with most being auto now..
Where's the steam lorries?? Plenty of diesel and petrol lorries and buses, but only one Sentinel DG4. Was there any other steam lorries at that rally or was that it. I would have loved to have seen a few.
I know it's England... but imagine the fanfare and dropped jaws if someone showed-up in a "bulldog Mack with a can on the back". (A replica of the Rubber Duck's rig from the movie Convoy)
Just a note to modern lorry drivers, imagine driving that Atkinson drawbar outfit with 112 horse power but we did and it taught us how to read the road ahead to keep them rolling, there was no braking down a hill when you needed as much speed to get up the other side, you always waited for the lorry you were overtaking (yes it did sometimes happen) to flash you in you never cut in too soon and splashed the wet muck and salt up his windscreen like they do today, they were good skillful drivers who respected each other, Volvo and Scania have a lot to answer for when it comes to lowering the skills of lorry drivers, the evidence of that is out there every time l go out in a lorry. Tough but Happier days on the road.
I started my trucking career on some of them old trucks,
No power steering, no air brakes, no heaters, but they did have air conditioning when you opened the windscreen.
Now the lorries from 1991 are old timers..time flies.
British rigs from the early 20th century always look so elegant. Even in the 50s, they had a look like something from Edwardian times.
I have to agree on that my friend,,
They are beautiful motors ,,
Very rare these days,,
Love the old type motors
I have a lot of good memories with these ones god bless ya all
this is how top gear should still be
Ah, from a time when Top Gear was still worth watching.
Many thanks.
Agree totally, todays moody lighting, snappy video effects don't interest me. I don't care if a Ferrari whatsasquaggliera corners faster than a Maserati Diabolical through Woolworths / Sainsburies carpark. Historic vehicles are just if not more interesting than todays.
Fucking fossil lmao
Funny how time goes on, a scania 143 or Volvo f12 back then would have been huge modern power back then, now that's what you see at vintage shows
Top Gear was still as it should be, with the always happy Tony Mason !
I really, really hope that nearly all of the antique commercial vehicles in this video are still around in someone's caring ownership to this day.
If i remember the issue with old trucks on the hills is coming down under control, the brakes were terrible!.
If you didn't select the right gear at the start of the descent it could get pretty scary if you were freighted up.
They used to pass out as soon as they saw a hill & yes were no better coming down.
Yes. I passed my HGV test in a Bedford RL. I remember coming down Sutton Bank in it, having had strict instructions that the vacuum brakes were unlikely to hold it, and to use the gears to slow my progress. Got down successfully.
Where's Jeremy and the lads? I'm off!
Ah, the good old days, when men were men and cars keeping breaking down! lol.
And then they take them to a disused airfield and light the back tyres up and go around as fast as they can?
"OOp side of't Bungalow"
thanks!
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I had a Volvo F7 224hp pulling 40+tons in 1990. A Volvo F10 followed then a F12 400 Lux edc ( the best truck I ever had). My last as an owner driver was a FH16 700. The torque monster would pull a tilt over Mont Blanc ( Italy to French side) over the long gradient at 50t gross in top gear at 100kph.
Not many Brit trucks in Europe but used to feel for the drivers of old ERFs and Sudden Accidents with their ancient Gardners and RR eagles. I've driven a few Brit trucks, ERFwith Cummins E10/E14 , RR Eagle 265 + Gardner 300s. These were out dated even then, very poor build quality and dire performance. The very worst though was a Ford D series with Perkins V8. This had fully on or fully off brakes and wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
The very best gearboxes were always Volvo especially the 16 speed range change & splitter with that sexy air clutch.
Drivers nowadays would be baffled with such a gearbox with most being auto now..
Very Nice! Would love to see all of those machines up close!
And not. Tachometer in sight lol
Already at the time, the producers were always the ones to blame. xD
Ah UUA. Know that bus & the owner fairly well, as I used to own a bus that lived in the same barn as that.
Where's the steam lorries?? Plenty of diesel and petrol lorries and buses, but only one Sentinel DG4. Was there any other steam lorries at that rally or was that it. I would have loved to have seen a few.
The crap about gears to go, breaks to stop didn’t work for these fellas... 😀
This was filmed 13 years before I was born and I am 16, i cant belive that
I know it's England... but imagine the fanfare and dropped jaws if someone showed-up in a "bulldog Mack with a can on the back". (A replica of the Rubber Duck's rig from the movie Convoy)
Or a “cab-over Pete with a reefer on”, from the song.
Leeds, I think. I could be wrong.
Sheffield! :D