Your favourite lorry, past or present.

[heightswitch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2iM6Sy99I

These are pretty cool.

And these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztS6JTJ6IJY

Note the pet crow !!!

[RacingBlue]

Has to be the Bedford MK. A right pain in the arse to drive, but can stand up to some right abuse.

[heightswitch]

RacingBlue said:

Has to be the Bedford MK. A right pain in the arse to drive, but can stand up to some right abuse.

Ah. I miss kingpins and moving the steering wheel 6 inches in each direction to keep a straight path..

N.

[Rumple]

heightswitch said:

RacingBlue said:

Has to be the Bedford MK. A right pain in the arse to drive, but can stand up to some right abuse.

Ah. I miss kingpins and moving the steering wheel 6 inches in each direction to keep a straight path..

N.

And taking the Bedford badge off the steering wheel and using the hole as an ashtray, and driving for fifty miles down the motorway with the indicator on because the slightest sun on the dash and you couldn't see the repeater, they were indestructible though.

[RacingBlue]

Or being unable to tell what speed you were doing as the speedometer needle wobbled around so much...

[and31]

all time favourite of mine has to be the Ford Transcontinetal
my father owned one in the late seventies/early eighties,what a motor-335 14 litre cummins engine,13 speed fuller gearbox(my fave gearbox ever)
it was a flying machine,and it was BIG !! they still look big now,they looked huge in 1975 even compared to a volvo f88 or scania 111 etc. and had loads of room in the cab
yes they had dodgy wiring and awful self adjusting brakes(the early models did anyway),and ours had a massive thirst-around 5mpg,but my dad loved it,i just wish i was old enough to have driven it!!
whats not to like?
dont have any pics of our one so heres a couple of lovely examples

Edited by and31 on Wednesday 25th September 22:18

[T1pper]

143 Rear lift scania- end off!

[berlintaxi]

One like this, when it arrives mid January;

Edited by berlintaxi on Friday 20th December 14:24

[martin mrt]

Cracking truck to live in and drive. I HATE the MP3 Actros but these are terrific

Two faults, the amount of steps getting in and out, and the gearbox in the one I had would hold onto revs unnecessarily, killing fuel economy unless it was in economy mode

[StuntmanMike]

It does look nice, I've not had the pleasure unfortunately.

[Vipers]

RacingBlue said:

Has to be the Bedford MK. A right pain in the arse to drive, but can stand up to some right abuse.

Passed my test in an RL and ended driving the MK.

But my most memorable drive was on leave filling in time, drove an AEC Mercury, loved it.

[heightswitch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0vmA4NYoTM

Proper lorry when men were men and clutches were of secondary importance
N.

[Vipers]

heightswitch said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0vmA4NYoTM

Proper lorry when men were men and clutches were of secondary importance
N.

Nice to see double clutching, taught to do that when I progressed from bike to HGV3 via a Bedford RL, and used it for many years when changing down in a car until I progressed to auto.

[Vipers]

And this is the Bedford MK I used to drive back in the 70's

[chilistrucker]

Vipers said:

And this is the Bedford MK I used to drive back in the 70's

Bet that was a fun drive.
had a go in a tk a few times.

[Vipers]

chilistrucker said:

Bet that was a fun drive.
had a go in a tk a few times.

Drove a TK once, enjoyed that as well. Think the TK was the easiest of the lot to drive, nice stumpy gear stick.

[theshrew]

RacingBlue said:

Has to be the Bedford MK. A right pain in the arse to drive, but can stand up to some right abuse.

I've worked on a TA one of these or a tk when I was a apprentice.

Was I glad to see the back of that. Horrible to drive and to work on. Had a laugh sticking myself out of the what I presume was a look out or gun turret in the roof though :-)

The difference in those and the milatery vehicles now are like chalk and cheese.

[Graham]

Vipers said:

RacingBlue said:

Has to be the Bedford MK. A right pain in the arse to drive, but can stand up to some right abuse.

Passed my test in an RL and ended driving the MK.

But my most memorable drive was on leave filling in time, drove an AEC Mercury, loved it.

Me too although they were all mj's that i drove both bedford and awd.

I remember doing my test in one, and you couldnt actually do part of the reversing test, not enough lock.

Got one stuck in a bog once upto the top of the wheels.

Also bent the canopy forwards on onereversing to turn around at night in a forest alone and tactical so no lights. I didnt see the great big overhanging branch doh.

Looked cool like a fast back but i got s bolloking.

Top of the canopy was great for sleeping on in summer too

[MarsellusWallace]

I've lots of good memories of TK's , D Series , Leylands of all types including Terriers,Clydesdales,Bisons,early 80's Freighters etc but they were very much of their time and completely rubbish to drive and travel in.

We replaced them with Mercedes in the early 80's and never looked back-the 814's and 1617's were a world apart and much more reliable too.

The 90's saw us convert to Scania and the 3 series is my favourite truck of all time,along with many others here.When the 4 series was introduced I bought a brand new one straight away but the driving position/gear change was not as good as the 3 series and there were a lot of teething problems with the early ones,in contrast to the excellent reliability of the 3 series.

I've not driven a truck for 12 years but if I was still driving today I would be very tempted by the new Actros.

[Hairbrakes]

It's a bit of a toss up for me.

On the one hand, these are legendary for a reason, and have got to be the ultimate long distance truck:




On the other hand, these are just awesome: