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[aspenarb]

Very sad day today , time for a tractor unit upgrade so I sold my old beast of Foden which I have run for over fifteen years . Its been off the road a while now, I was going to restore it and take it to shows but dont seem to get the time for toys these days.I got back virtually all it cost me , how bad can that be for a truck that had a very hard life, covered 1.8 million miles and never had a penny spent on it other than service items, a clutch and tyres? Whatever fills its boots has a lot to live up to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ratman]

Very sad day today , time for a tractor unit upgrade so I sold my old beast of Foden which I have run for over fifteen years . Its been off the road a while now, I was going to restore it and take it to shows but dont seem to get the time for toys these days.I got back virtually all it cost me , how bad can that be for a truck that had a very hard life, covered 1.8 million miles and never had a penny spent on it other than service items, a clutch and tyres? Whatever fills its boots has a lot to live up to.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Cummins engine I take it? [emoji6]

[aspenarb]

1 minute ago, Ratman said:

Cummins engine I take it?

Some were Cummins, Cats but this one has a 410 Perkins TX.

 

Bob

[Ratman]

Not touched any perkins or cat engines really, just assumed it’d be the cummins L10 engine. Served you well though, be very few newer motors in this world that would reach 1.8 million mls without terminal issues

[jose]

On 23/07/2019 at 07:37, billpierce said:

On 23/07/2019 at 07:16, LeeGray said:

Anyone spending 50 grand on a truck surely isn’t going to work with it anyway meaning towing limits, vat reclaim etc all unimportant. 
The working man would just have a van, work type truck and unimog for the same money

Damn right, 50k gets a lot of toys

have you seen the price of all the new pickup trucks now. They are all getting up there money wise. £35-40 k seems to be a regular thing. 

Yank trucks can be had for similar money ( nearly new 2017 or so) but out gun it in every department ( including size unfortunately).

But with the yank u can get a 5.7 hemi included in that which is a toy in itself! guess it depends on what you class as a toy

[roseyweb]

Your fun with artics has made me consider this 

 

DAF TRUCKS XF

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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Walker Movements Ltd - Visit us for a test drive - Call us on +441332943785 or click here to find out more.

 

[aspenarb]

On 04/09/2019 at 14:12, roseyweb said:

Your fun with artics has made me consider this 

 

DAF TRUCKS XF

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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Walker Movements Ltd - Visit us for a test drive - Call us on +441332943785 or click here to find out more.

 

If that was a double drive unit I would have grabbed it

 

Bob

[aspenarb]

@roseyweb I think I may have found my ideal truck 440hp double drive Scania with a Diebolt

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2019 by aspenarb

[woody paul]

14 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

@roseyweb I think I may have found my ideal truck 440hp double drive Scania with a Diebolt

 

 

 

Not the right shade of blue. 

[Stephen Blair]

Found a pic of my old Merc