Couldn’t find you an eight wheeler of that spec,will this six do you until I look through the rest on my collection 
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Cheers Dave.
very nice look 
Dave the Renegade:
Couldn’t find you an eight wheeler of that spec,will this six do you until I look through the rest on my collection
Cheers Dave.
That’d make a good muckshifter; Light chassis and low tipper sides it’d be very hard to overload.
Muckaway:
Dave the Renegade:
Couldn’t find you an eight wheeler of that spec,will this six do you until I look through the rest on my collection
Cheers Dave.That’d make a good muckshifter; Light chassis and low tipper sides it’d be very hard to overload.
I think its one C W Griffiths used on daywork for the quarry emptying the chipping plant etc a few years ago Nathan.
Cheers Dave.
I’m really enjoying this thread…except for the abuse. 
Its all because people dont wanna hear it if someone disagrees with them.Hey if you like fodens then thats your choice you are entitled to it.I just dont and never have and i dont expect people to like what i like.People shouldnt post if they cant take the criticism.It what makes the world go around!
Not winding you up here Bud143 but from what I’ve read you said you didn’t like them. Fair enough, it is titled “Foden thoughts”, but it would be interesting to know why. Employer had bad service?
Nice line up of Alpha Foden 8 wheeler tippers from RL Noble in Leeds…sadly now replaced by Hino’s (2 just creeped in at the end)
The last Foden Alpha in the Noble fleet - Powered by a 450 CAT and still leaving the Volvo’s and Scania’s in it’s wake
we still get a lot of fodens through the doors at work wouldnt thinkl they stoped production 6 years ago!
NathanB:
Not winding you up here Bud143 but from what I’ve read you said you didn’t like them. Fair enough, it is titled “Foden thoughts”, but it would be interesting to know why. Employer had bad service?
Its easier to just say i dont like anything about them from the way they look,sound or go.I think the same about erf and iveco.I am not on here to wind people up neither.
Paul Griffiths seen in Strinds quarry with his Foden Alpha.
legion:
we still get a lot of fodens through the doors at work wouldnt thinkl they stoped production 6 years ago!
I suppose aslong as the CF cab is produced you could keep one going. I think the CF cab is easier to keep clean because of the fairings on the doors and the small deflectors fitted to the front cab corners. I think the Foden version is better looking though
Bud143:
Its easier to just say i dont like anything about them from the way they look,sound or go.I think the same about erf and iveco.I am not on here to wind people up neither.
Interesting criteria there Bud. I had this CAT powered demonstrator for a week or so. I thought it looked great, it sounded terrific and as far as “go” is concerned it went past anything I asked it to.
Of the less important factors, it was reliable and economical too.
They’re facts. As far as opinion goes it’s good to be different. I don’t get on with Scanias at all, I’ve had a 112 a 142 and a113 and I’d take the Foden below, an E14 ERF of a F10 Volvo over any of them.
NathanB:
legion:
we still get a lot of fodens through the doors at work wouldnt thinkl they stoped production 6 years ago!I suppose aslong as the CF cab is produced you could keep one going. I think the CF cab is easier to keep clean because of the fairings on the doors and the small deflectors fitted to the front cab corners. I think the Foden version is better looking though
one we see is a early 4000 with a gardener but i agree about the foden version of the cf cab looking better
I must admit the cf version of the foden is the best looking one they did but i think thats only because its really the daf cab.When i compare trucks i do it on the basis that they are running on bulk haulage at full weight.Most trucks with a flat on with a load of bricks will out pull a tipper as a rule as the gross weight is generally less!If the fodens work for people good luck to them i dont like to see anyone go out of business or a truck starting to cost a fortune.
Bud143:
I must admit the cf version of the foden is the best looking one they did but i think thats only because its really the daf cab.When i compare trucks i do it on the basis that they are running on bulk haulage at full weight.Most trucks with a flat on with a load of bricks will out pull a tipper as a rule as the gross weight is generally less!If the fodens work for people good luck to them i dont like to see anyone go out of business or a truck starting to cost a fortune.
I can hear someone reversing 
Not a chance
4 brake chambers, exhaust & box, track control arm, power steering ram has just cost our firm £4000, we priced the equivalent parts for my EC11 and it came in at just over £1500. The ‘crimped’ together exhaust box and taillpipe was £500 on its own, 300 more expensive. The whole life costs of the Fodens and ERF’s are way cheaper than the Scania’s, they are so over priced on parts and new Chassis. And when are their engineers going to re-desingn that bloody front panel on the R series, so the doors dont rub them when they opened??, we have 9 of 'em and they all do it, for money they charge you would think get poor build quality nowdays. King of the road my arse, they are no better than anything else. 
We had a Scania P cab demo and it was crap in comparisson to the Alphas, MAN (we only had one at the time) and our sole FM. Even the Axor demo was preferred.
The R440 unit Dad tried was lovely and comfortable but he was glad to get the Alpha back. Even now with Dads’ being the oldest wagon in regular use on 02 plate he’d rather keep it than have a Scania.