Very very cool collection of machinery:)
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Very very cool collection of machinery:)
Foden engines were used in Royal Navy harbour launches too( HLD), stood for harbour launch diesel. Ran on and on and on.
Good motors.
A mate has one of those Volvo trucks as a tipper, it's awesome and he loves it !Quote:
Originally Posted by isuzurover
The Volvo loader reminds me of one that a guy (Arthur Smith, lovely bloke missing lots of fingers) with a sawmill in Stawell had with forks on it, was an auto with no brakes.
I used to buy some very large sawn redgum posts from him which would be big single or smaller in packs. He'd pick them up with the forks and approach the big trailer, selecting reverse while going forward, come to a halt perfectly over the trailer and place the load perfectly before backing away.
I use a MF 165 everyday (70's) and have a Howard 810cc rotary hoe that still has so much compression that I have to kick it over. Starts first go after sitting for months
cheers, DL
What about Reo trucks?............. my grandfather used to drive those all over the place, including the black soil NSW country.Quote:
Originally Posted by vnx205
He had the knowledge.
DL
Good thread IR :D
Our family 'car' was a Reo truck for a few years when I was small, and later when I was learning to drive became a paddock car. It was an early twenties model, with some contradictory features - non-detachable heads and open valve gear, but full pressure lubrication (except valve gear), aluminium pistons, but engine and gearbox mounted separately in a subframe separated by a propshaft.Quote:
Originally Posted by 350RRC
John
Here are the additional videos:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionelgee
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwuiBJ7Ll98]Foden S39. Restoration (Part 2). Fuel pump troubles. Contains some garage language. - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGwFxG0M0k]Foden S39. 1973. Field trials. - YouTube[/ame]
I love this little AEC:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrSEqkKCc4Q]1957, AEC Mandator Mk 3, ballast tractor, loading dragline, and journey to Newark. May 2007. - YouTube[/ame]
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Originally Posted by 350RRC
Hello DL & John,
What year REO truck did your grandfather (DL) & your family (John) have as their daily driver?
Kind Regards
Lionel
We were coming back from the farm last weekend and one of the locals was using an AW6 to push up piles of timber.
I used to drive a MF1155 like the one in the shed on the neighbour's farm when I was a kid in the late seventies. They had a reputation for having weak rear ends and most of the hydraulics on the one I drive didn't work so well. They had an interesting feature in that the ignition was controlled by a relay held on when the engine was running, no engine, no radio. The end of the world for a 13 year old working for pocket money...
The highlight was driving the then new JD 8430 which was a big tractor then but today with only 150HP doesn't seem so flash.
JD8430
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/05/360.jpg
AW6
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/05/361.jpg
Regards,
Tote