Would anybody know the length of the wheelbase on a AEC Marshal 6 wheel lorry please. I’m looking to make a model of a AEC.
Thanks in anticipation.
Paul.
Tipper of haulage chassis? Try looking thru bubblemans scrapbook thread to see if there is aec sales brochure or visit a rally to see one in the flesh,ta,Pete
Thank you for the reply Pete.
Paul.
From the Tilt cab AEC Marshall w/shop manual:
Wheelbase:
TGM6RT & TGM6RNE 10ft 8"
TGM6RS RT RNE 15ft 10" or 17ft 7 1/2"
TGM6RT 2 axle drive 4 spring suspension
TGM6RS 1 axle drive 4 spring susp
TGM6RNE 2 axle drive 4 spring non reactive suspension
Overall Length
TGM6RT and RNE 20ft 9 1/2"
TGM6RS RT RNE 28ft 6 1/2" or 31ft 2 3/4 "
There may well be more in the sales brochures since the manual describes the 2 spring ‘fully articulated’ suspension which was available for the Mammoth Major 6 and may have been a Marshall option.
cav551:
From the Tilt cab AEC Marshall w/shop manual:Wheelbase:
TGM6RT & TGM6RNE 10ft 8"
TGM6RS RT RNE 15ft 10" or 17ft 7 1/2"TGM6RT 2 axle drive 4 spring suspension
TGM6RS 1 axle drive 4 spring susp
TGM6RNE 2 axle drive 4 spring non reactive suspensionOverall Length
TGM6RT and RNE 20ft 9 1/2"
TGM6RS RT RNE 28ft 6 1/2" or 31ft 2 3/4 "There may well be more in the sales brochures since the manual describes the 2 spring ‘fully articulated’ suspension which was available for the Mammoth Major 6 and may have been a Marshall option.
Yes, those are the home market Marshal wheelbases. I had a longest wheelbase Marshal TGM6RS flat with a 28’6" body.
I’d be interested in seeing a photo when you’ve finished. I got a Marshall 6 wheel tipper with a Hendrickson bogie in 1962, 5177WY, I got it straight out of the box, 7.7 engine and it was just about the best motor I ever had. A ■■■■ fine machine. 
PROPER lorries, them AECs.
Retired Old ■■■■:
PROPER lorries, them AECs.
I drove this one in the early 60s on journey work, A bit bit slow at 37,mph flat out but running to South Wales it performed very well over the Valleys, Happy long gone days, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Retired Old ■■■■:
PROPER lorries, them AECs.I drove this one in the early 60s on journey work, A bit bit slow at 37,mph flat out but running to South Wales it performed very well over the Valleys, Happy long gone days, Regards Larry.
Hi,Larry,is that the same Smiles with hooklifts and skip trucks,see them up port clarence landfill,ta,Pete
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Retired Old ■■■■:
PROPER lorries, them AECs.I drove this one in the early 60s on journey work, A bit bit slow at 37,mph flat out but running to South Wales it performed very well over the Valleys, Happy long gone days, Regards Larry.
Hi,Larry,is that the same Smiles with hooklifts and skip trucks,see them up port clarence landfill,ta,Pete
No that’s Alex Smiles Ltd from Deptford at Sunderland, But he once told me that they were distant relations, My mother was a Smiles her father Thos Smiles was Isaac Smiles older brother the founder of Smiles for Miles, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Retired Old ■■■■:
PROPER lorries, them AECs.I drove this one in the early 60s on journey work, A bit bit slow at 37,mph flat out but running to South Wales it performed very well over the Valleys, Happy long gone days, Regards Larry.
Hi,Larry,is that the same Smiles with hooklifts and skip trucks,see them up port clarence landfill,ta,Pete
No that’s Alex Smiles Ltd from Deptford at Sunderland, But he once told me that they were distant relations, My mother was a Smiles her father Thos Smiles was Isaac Smiles older brother the founder of Smiles for Miles, Regards Larry.
Ta for reply Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Retired Old ■■■■:
PROPER lorries, them AECs.I drove this one in the early 60s on journey work, A bit bit slow at 37,mph flat out but running to South Wales it performed very well over the Valleys, Happy long gone days, Regards Larry.
Tell you what Mr Dunbar, I’d happily climb into that today and do a weeks work with it, yes, even the 37mph wouldn’t bother me. They were a grand machine
I could do the same and enjoy it These wagons had the 11.3 Engines, They used to pull like a train, I was in my 20s when I drove it & earned some good money too, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0I could do the same and enjoy it These wagons had the 11.3 Engines, They used to pull like a train, I was in my 20s when I drove it & earned some good money too, Regards Larry.
Is that you at the wheel Larry ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0I could do the same and enjoy it These wagons had the 11.3 Engines, They used to pull like a train, I was in my 20s when I drove it & earned some good money too, Regards Larry.Is that you at the wheel Larry ? Cheers Dennis.
Aye that’s me 28 years old in 1963 , The good old days Eh, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0I could do the same and enjoy it These wagons had the 11.3 Engines, They used to pull like a train, I was in my 20s when I drove it & earned some good money too, Regards Larry.
Hiya…wasn’t it good in these days you could read the destinations where products were going by reading the instruction on
the crates and boxes how much weight was in the crate and which port the ship would sail to. good ol days.
John
They had some of those AEC’s at the quarry where I worked, before my time though, and I heard that the driving position was a little strange in that the driver was sort of standing upright at the wheel? Could have been a short arsed driver of course! Nice looking truck all the same.
Pete.
windrush:
They had some of those AEC’s at the quarry where I worked, before my time though, and I heard that the driving position was a little strange in that the driver was sort of standing upright at the wheel? Could have been a short arsed driver of course! Nice looking truck all the same.Pete.
Well that may have been me, Im only 5ft 5, But having said that there was a few 6footers I new drove the as well, I allways found the driving position very comfortable, & I wouldn’t say no to having another shot at driving one of them, Regards Larry.
I have to say that none of our 11.3 Mammoth Majors were as slow as yours, Larry. Mind you, ours came with the overdrive 6-speed box and had the pumps fiddled with at the earliest opportunity. One of our lads was talking about running in his motor when the boss interrupted him. He reckoned that you should drive it flat out when it was new because it had a twelve month warranty on it and he wanted any problems to occur within the warranty period.
3300John:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0I could do the same and enjoy it These wagons had the 11.3 Engines, They used to pull like a train, I was in my 20s when I drove it & earned some good money too, Regards Larry.Hiya…wasn’t it good in these days you could read the destinations where products were going by reading the instruction on
the crates and boxes how much weight was in the crate and which port the ship would sail to. good ol days.
John
Yes, as a young lad when I went with my uncle Ray to Docks such as Liverpool and Birkenhead, Hull, Salford etc I used to read all the packing cases in the lorry queue visualising the exotic sounding locations they were destined for, then looking for the ships in the docks. Nowadays with everything stuffed into a container it is all just a box on trailer going to a container base bound for who knows where.