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We had a demonstration from Dereklcg yesterday at The Old Crown on how to tie a dolly knot. I have been shown before and still can't do it. Thanks anyway Derek!
Unusual if you could get more than 32 out of a Gardener 6LW in any commercial unless you put the reigns on (pulling back the cambox forks) as the max revs were 1750rpm. When the 6LX 180 BHP was introduced speed increased to about 48 mph.
Sure you're right Mal. I used to recondition the 6LWs fitted into Wolverhampton buses when i worked for Ryland Garage (gardner agents) in the early sixties, the state they used to come in for recon made you wonder how they had been driven. I remember Batemans transport 8 wheeler Atkinson with the 8LW, first and only one i have seen.Now I hate to be argumentative,but Nick,I think you are mixing up your w's and x's.A Gardner ( not Gardener) LW was 120BHP, then came the Gardner LX of 150BHP,that in turn was developed into the Gardner LXB,which was the 180BHP version.The vehicles these were fitted to were capable,depending on the final drive ratio,typically maximun speeds of around 55-58 MPH,but compared to modern engines of around 380 - 420BHP,obviously very slow uphill.I realise many vehicles now have engines of up to around 550BHP,but it would be rare to find these in a normal fleet vehicle( stands by for a barrage of replies proving me wrong !).....Mal.
Morning I just see you mentioned about saurer can you tell me much on these as my mate has got one in his shed it's a flat bed with 6 cylinder dieselIt's a c1950 Morris Commercial FV, with a diesel engine based on (and built under licence from) the Swiss 'Saurer' company. Here's a restored one.
British commercial vehicles? Dennis, who almost disappeared in the 1960s apart from special vehicles, are about the only ones. The mighty Leyland, who survived by buying up and closing its competitors, only survives in a small way as part of the Dutch DAF company (who remembers the rubber-band drive DAF 'Daffodil' of the 60s?).
Morning I just see you mentioned about saurer can you tell me much on these as my mate has got one in his shed it's a flat bed with 6 cylinder diesel
The Wikipedia site will tell you nothing about the Saurer engine made by Morris Commercial.Plenty of info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurer
The Wikipedia site will tell you nothing about the Saurer engine made by Morris Commercial.There are several MC Saurer workshop manuals on sale on eBay, that will provide you with accurate full technical data.PA739
Hi Stitcher,I am too young to have driven for Overland but in the middle to late sixties I knocked around Acocks Green with Alan Ragg. I believe his Dad worked for Overland as a manager or foreman,we didn't see a great deal of him.Occasionally a truck would be parked outside his house. Alan had an older brother called Brian he was about 15 but worked in the yard shunting units around. Was any of this around the time you worked there?Hello Chainmaker, the name sounds familiar but it was all a long time ago now. It would almost certainly have been a Comet or Mandator. The thing about Overland was that because of the nature of the loads, we never did much transhipping or working together. Normally as you said about five stacker trucks or one big machine was the full load and most of us took the wagon home for an early start so did not see much of each other.
Thanks Maurice,I shall stop holding my breathHi Nodd,
Stitcher is no longer a member here - hence his status as a guest - so in all probability he won't see your message.
Maurice