Worked with a Leyland Octpus in the early sixties (12 wheeler) it had air lock on the prop shaft and when you took it off you were almost blown out the cab, it had a steering wheel the size of a bycycle wheel. Several years later I worked on one that had ran into a house it demolished the house, I still have the Leyland and the Octpus badge from it
I so wish I still had my leyland bison tow truck... 6 speed leyland box, 680 power plus engine, could do 70 mph with a bus on the back, Sounded glorious too!
Hello , great to hear the Leyland engine doing it,s stuff without being thrashed , no need , slow revving long stroke diesels pull the world ! Could you please tell us about the splitter you use on the smaller knob under the main gearknob ? I know I,ll get called everything for not knowing , but the old truck ( another Leyland , Boxer Turbo artic ) that I trained on had an electric 2 - speed on the back axle , a great efficiency boost , time - saver & effort saver too once you got used to it . This had a little flip - switch right under the gearknob , up for high , down for low , on every gear , & you changed it in conjunction with either the clutch ( going up )or throttle ( going down ) , it in effect split every gear either high or low . Best Regards from England mate , & I,ll watch for a reply on here .
G'day mate,it's a 13 speed fuller. It has been converted to a double overdrive box,so the shift pattern has changed. The splitter works on the top four gears,in low split they are direct dive and over drive in high split.
Hello mate , thanks for explaining this , I,ve never driven a motor with this on so I didn,t understand , I bet it,s a useful addition & worksaver , as you wouldn,t have to shift the main stick so often under load , & can keep the engine in it,s economic powerband better , she sounds great , thanks mate & Best Regards from England .
Great use of the over drive splitting the gears. But eventually you Gota go down a ratio. Good hill skills in an old monster lol. Reminds me of driving across Wales in an old FORD D Series straight 8. With a rubbery gearbox. Lol. All the Rubber Seals had gone. Finding a gear was like FISHING with a spinner. Lol and only 8 gears straight. Getting a run up to a hill. Then foot down trying to keep up to top gear but slowly surely working down down down till near the top your in 3rd at 20mph. Great fun but hard work getting the best out of the engine.
That's how it should be done. I remember as a twelve year old, going out in the lorry with my dad, a Guy invincible was in front of us and had missed a gear. He came to a standstill on the hill. I walked about a mile to stop traffic coming up the hill and my dad directed everyone to reverse.
I've just posted a video from Cyprus a couple of hours ago and in it is an octopus layed up on waste ground and in good order, just needs a bit love and get her back on the road
FANTASTIC, was that a 13 speed fuller box?, if all companies had a lorry like this(or similar)in their fleets to give all new drivers, a higher standard of lorry driving would be achieved, your typical Volvo/Scania driver need to watch this to realise they are not the drivers they thought they were despite all the show and slogans and boasting what big horse power there truck has got, if they could drive this Leyland I could take them more serious instead of seeing them as a joke, you wouldn't see the brake lights come on going down a dip with this Leyland driver.
Classic N Z weather just like Yorkshire no wonder. It’s pure English there. Lol I hope that old truck is carrying at least a few Ton over the back wheels. Because those old trucks have GRABBY brakes. And can skid lol
i had 8x4 tipper with the tl 11 and fuller box i loved as i had run a foden 180 gardner and it drove and stopped so much better than the foden as i had bought it second hand from a haulier, his wife remarked how good a truck it was and i would not be lying under that truck i believed her i soon found out that it was untrue but it drove well when it was going
Thought it sounded a bit odd for a Leyland 0.680 LOL..... still, these types of Leylands, though take a bit to get going, once running, never say die :)
The Leyland seems to do it's work at less revs than the AEC and not as noisy. I mind the snow would build up above the wipers sometimes stopping them. Thanks for posting.
Yeah the 680 is a more low revving beast with more of its torque at low revs. AECs are smoother but need to be revved higher in each gear to gather speed. That's my impression anyway.
Would love to have a drive in something as characterful as this. I'd get lost with the gears though, been driving with 6-speeders & Allison autoboxes for too long!
pure music to my ears , and childhood memory's of going for a ride in these and the Clydesdale and bison .
man, I'm loving that engine sound. very vocal
Just imagine driving one of these all day - or all night - with that noise and no ear protection. Those guys earned their money in those days.
Don’t that make you smile. When there was skill in truck driving!!
I love the gear box in these...I had 8x4 tipper.... 1 had to be a Driver...
Worked with a Leyland Octpus in the early sixties (12 wheeler) it had air lock on the prop shaft and when you took it off you were almost blown out the cab, it had a steering wheel the size of a bycycle wheel. Several years later I worked on one that had ran into a house it demolished the house, I still have the Leyland and the Octpus badge from it
In India still new Leyland truck available
Omg brings back memories going away with my dad used to sit on the tump couldn’t do that now days
Me to. Lol.
Slick Gear changes. Nice one
The sing on that old 13spd best sound track ever
I had an AEC Mercury (same cab) with a crash box. Lovely truck to drive
I so wish I still had my leyland bison tow truck... 6 speed leyland box, 680 power plus engine, could do 70 mph with a bus on the back, Sounded glorious too!
Hello , great to hear the Leyland engine doing it,s stuff without being thrashed , no need , slow revving long stroke diesels pull the world ! Could you please tell us about the splitter you use on the smaller knob under the main gearknob ? I know I,ll get called everything for not knowing , but the old truck ( another Leyland , Boxer Turbo artic ) that I trained on had an electric 2 - speed on the back axle , a great efficiency boost , time - saver & effort saver too once you got used to it . This had a little flip - switch right under the gearknob , up for high , down for low , on every gear , & you changed it in conjunction with either the clutch ( going up )or throttle ( going down ) , it in effect split every gear either high or low .
Best Regards from England mate , & I,ll watch for a reply on here .
G'day mate,it's a 13 speed fuller. It has been converted to a double overdrive box,so the shift pattern has changed. The splitter works on the top four gears,in low split they are direct dive and over drive in high split.
Hello mate , thanks for explaining this , I,ve never driven a motor with this on so I didn,t understand , I bet it,s a useful addition & worksaver , as you wouldn,t have to shift the main stick so often under load , & can keep the engine in it,s economic powerband better , she sounds great , thanks mate & Best Regards from England .
Hey, Thunderguts, love this video. How about another sometime, a little longer. That motor sounds great when she gets wound up.
Change them gears mate! Absolute music!
gives me goose bumps mate , so many happy days sat in the passenger seat at a kid delivering animal feed in these ..
Me grandad drove one in the 1980s 3 load of big stone from pickering to spurn point happy times
Sounds very nice good old leyland
Great use of the over drive splitting the gears. But eventually you Gota go down a ratio. Good hill skills in an old monster lol. Reminds me of driving across Wales in an old FORD D Series straight 8. With a rubbery gearbox. Lol. All the Rubber Seals had gone. Finding a gear was like FISHING with a spinner. Lol and only 8 gears straight. Getting a run up to a hill. Then foot down trying to keep up to top gear but slowly surely working down down down till near the top your in 3rd at 20mph. Great fun but hard work getting the best out of the engine.
Brilliant gear box they could pull all day them Leylands
That's how it should be done. I remember as a twelve year old, going out in the lorry with my dad, a Guy invincible was in front of us and had missed a gear. He came to a standstill on the hill. I walked about a mile to stop traffic coming up the hill and my dad directed everyone to reverse.
I've just posted a video from Cyprus a couple of hours ago and in it is an octopus layed up on waste ground and in good order, just needs a bit love and get her back on the road
nice video . truck sound good. like it
No matter how many blankets you lay over that engine cover. It’s loud. Lol and warm in the winter
I see Wellington has delivered on the weather as per usual lol!
My uncle
Drove one for basil salvage of othery somerset i was very young and slept on top of the engine
FANTASTIC, was that a 13 speed fuller box?, if all companies had a lorry like this(or similar)in their fleets to give all new drivers, a higher standard of lorry driving would be achieved, your typical Volvo/Scania driver need to watch this to realise they are not the drivers they thought they were despite all the show and slogans and boasting what big horse power there truck has got, if they could drive this Leyland I could take them more serious instead of seeing them as a joke, you wouldn't see the brake lights come on going down a dip with this Leyland driver.
Absolutely mate,you have to drive this old girl. Great gearbox the 13 speed fuller very flexible and really makes these old trucks on the hills
@@TheThunderguts Is this truck powered by Leyland 0.680 Six Cylinder Naturally Aspirated Diesel Engine?
Always felt very vulnerable in these cabs, sitting low and in front of the front axle, nothing in front to protect you in a head on shunt.
What a piece of equipment we sadly don't see anymore.
Imagine an 18 year old hatchback pilot chick getting behind the wheel of this!!
Yeah mate most young blokes today would struggle with a fuller box
sounds wonderful
Is this truck still alive in 20 22 , great driver too
Classic N Z weather just like Yorkshire no wonder. It’s pure English there. Lol I hope that old truck is carrying at least a few Ton over the back wheels. Because those old trucks have GRABBY brakes. And can skid lol
My late father had one of those for his show loads in the 70s, it had a 680, and the blankets over the engine!
Everyone had blankets over the engine cover just to make the noise bearable in the cab.
i had 8x4 tipper with the tl 11 and fuller box i loved as i had run a foden 180 gardner and it drove and stopped so much better than the foden as i had bought it second hand from a haulier, his wife remarked how good a truck it was and i would not be lying under that truck i believed her i soon found out that it was untrue but it drove well when it was going
Thought it sounded a bit odd for a Leyland 0.680 LOL..... still, these types of Leylands, though take a bit to get going, once running, never say die :)
Haywards tough hill especially at the top. Nice video
Amazing British brutes, shame all the industry is gone
had one of these in 68 with a 600 motor, flat out at 43 mph, but a nice truck all the same
600 gives off a satisfying soundtrack, but can be underpowered. Very durable though.
Good driving
The Leyland seems to do it's work at less revs than the AEC and not as noisy. I mind the snow would build up above the wipers sometimes stopping them.
Thanks for posting.
Yeah the 680 is a more low revving beast with more of its torque at low revs. AECs are smoother but need to be revved higher in each gear to gather speed. That's my impression anyway.
Would love to have a drive in something as characterful as this. I'd get lost with the gears though, been driving with 6-speeders & Allison autoboxes for too long!
It was a bit of an art form, they seem to go on forever, 45 speed Leyland T45 lol
thanks, another favourite :)
What sort of load is this pulling?
Wouldn’t be complete without tartan blanket over the engine cover.
Absolutely mate.
what engine? o.690? definitely sounds like a turbo whistle going on there
I believe the turbo noise you refer to happens to be the rear differential on these older Leylands
No it's got a 690 or tl12 so has a turbo
Tl11 mate with a double overdrive 13 fuller and yep you can hear the hub reductions sing when in overdrive
what a sound
At least they drive on the proper side of the road.
Most tired bus sluggish pick up
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