The evolution of my arb truck

[aspenarb]

Gray I bought 2 of these RB44 trucks a few years ago and they are festering in the corner of the yard , they are civvy ones with twin wheel rear axles. After seeing yours I think I will stick one of them on the road , what I need to know is what they weigh empty. The plate just states the gvw as 7.5ton and 11ton train weight so I would like to know whats left for load.

 

Bob

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Gray I bought 2 of these RB44 trucks a few years ago and they are festering in the corner of the yard , they are civvy ones with twin wheel rear axles. After seeing yours I think I will stick one of them on the road , what I need to know is what they weigh empty. The plate just states the gvw as 7.5ton and 11ton train weight so I would like to know whats left for load.

 

Bob

 

Bob, I'm in the market for one at the moment if you've got one you want rid of?

[Gray git]

Not sure with yours as mine is a 5.2gvw /7.5gtw. You might have one of the rarer 1's.

Is it a Rb44 4x4 or a dodge50 some picks might help

I think mine was about 3.2 empty but added a few bits since then so about due a re weigh

[aspenarb]

I just checked the plates and they are both the same at 7.5ton gvw with 11ton train. Just checked the mileage and both have done virtually nothing.

 

Bob

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=144554&stc=1&d=1388271318attachmentid=144552&stc=1&d=1388271234

[Gray git]

Not sure then, guess you will have too stick 1 on a weigh bridge.

Get a few picks of the whole trucks as sounds interesting. Were they going cheep for you too get two of them or just a whim purchase?

[aspenarb]

Not sure then, guess you will have too stick 1 on a weigh bridge.

Get a few picks of the whole trucks as sounds interesting. Were they going cheep for you too get two of them or just a whim purchase?

 

I will get some snaps of them. Both have nasty cabs which is why they are pushed to the back of the yard but last week just by chance a complete rust free rb44 cab turned up on ebay so I bought it. As the cabs only held on with a few bolts I will let the fitter loose on it for a few days and rig up the tipper body. One was a gulley sucker and the other had some weird recovery contraption on the back , both have pto hydraulics, one has a massive hydraulic winch on the front and the other has a pto flange on the transfer box that ran the gulley sucker. I will be well chuffed if that comes in at the 3.5 ton mark, that will give it a decent payload.

 

Bob

 

Cab I bought http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REYNOLDS-BOUGHTON-RB44-COMPLETE-CAB-RENAULT-DODGE-PERKINS-GOOD-CONDITION-/321275167951

Edited December 28, 2013 by aspenarb

[Gray git]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOMLk8qzNU]Rb44 winching willow out of a stream. - YouTube[/ame] Thought id clag this on my thred as well.

just a little demonstation of the mighty winch pulling a miss felled willow out of a stream.

[wicklamulla]

GG i love ya RB truck.

[dexta]

Mendiplogs is going to love that

[Shane]

That was very good, but how did it get there?