Looks imposing but as we know tiny by today’s monsters NMP
Frankydobo:
Was the big rad on the last yellow cab for extra cooling or would that have a bigger engine?
Assume it is an Oz truck? Essexpete.
It could either originally have been an FGTU 8/40 which pulled semi-trailers, or the FGHT 8/40 designed to haul separate trailers up to 80Ton, whichever they both had the Straight 8 Cylinder Gardner 8LW of 150bhp, the only Gardner developing that power at the time. They had the newly produced 12 Speed box which also went into the Foden 8 cubic yard Dump Truck with the Foden FD6 engine or Gardner 6LW, this was back in 1952. The FGTU/HT needed a 1ft 4.5in partition built on the back of the cab to cover the rear of the engine. The Dump Truck didn’t have the large radiator as it didn’t have the 8LW fitted. Franky
Interesting history there. Now I had better put down this phone and peel some spuds! Happy Christmas all
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Well IIRC The ram was a single one located between the chassis members & just pushed backwards to tip the body up , Plus being a scow ender the load would tip out very quickly, Larry.
It was fitted with a special single ram high speed tipping gear to an angle of 85 degrees and apparently worked well with its fully designed payload under various site test conditions, the Dumper just didn’t sell to the customer which was NCB who put in the original request. They did sell to other customers but not enough to justify the outlay of a completely new design and development and the costs involved. Franky.
Frankydobo:
It was fitted with a special single ram high speed tipping gear to an angle of 85 degrees and apparently worked well with its fully designed payload under various site test conditions, the Dumper just didn’t sell to the customer which was NCB who put in the original request. They did sell to other customers but not enough to justify the outlay of a completely new design and development and the costs involved. Franky.
Or could it have been the design team over egging the pudding 
Or could it have been the design team over egging the pudding
Well reading between the lines I think the original substantial order for quite a few trucks from NCB would have justified the ‘overegging’ but they seem to have shot themselves in the foot, I wonder if NCB got any ‘favours’ after that let down, probably not ha! Franky.
Frankydobo:
It was fitted with a special single ram high speed tipping gear to an angle of 85 degrees and apparently worked well with its fully designed payload under various site test conditions, the Dumper just didn’t sell to the customer which was NCB who put in the original request. They did sell to other customers but not enough to justify the outlay of a completely new design and development and the costs involved. Franky.
What model is that Franky ?
Foden certainly made alot of dump trucks. The market for dump trucks must have been a lot larger than i thought as the other
manufacturers like AEC and Scammell were also very involved in building dump trucks.
Most of the major manufacturers made a dumper or two, we had Foden’s, Atkinson, Heathfield/Aveling Barford at the quarry.
Pete.
Dean Wrote;
What model is that Franky ?
It was an FR6/45 Dean, Rolls Royce 300bhp Turbo engine and a new specially designed Foden three speed box with auto three stage torque converter and Kirkstall front axle of 15Ton rating and rear of 30Ton giving a 28Ton max payload, not bad for 1958. Franky.
Frankydobo:
Dean Wrote;
What model is that Franky ?
It was an FR6/45 Dean, Rolls Royce 300bhp Turbo engine and a new specially designed Foden three speed box with auto three stage torque converter and Kirkstall front axle of 15Ton rating and rear of 30Ton giving a 28Ton max payload, not bad for 1958. Franky.
Cheers Franky,heres a brochure on that dumper. 
Click on pages twice to read.
Whilst being Transport manager at Smiths I was invited up to Fodens factory to see an 8 wheeler we had on order going through the production line. Really enjoyed the visit, very impressed with everything and what amazed me was that vehicle went through production from the start in your colours rather than the normal white. A sad day imo when Foden closed down. 
Apparently the dumpers suffered from cracking of the chassis due to the rear axle being unsprung, and the stresses exerted by the tipping ram linkage bottom pivot in the same area.
essexpete:
Frankydobo:
Was the big rad on the last yellow cab for extra cooling or would that have a bigger engine?
Assume it is an Oz truck? Essexpete.
It could either originally have been an FGTU 8/40 which pulled semi-trailers, or the FGHT 8/40 designed to haul separate trailers up to 80Ton, whichever they both had the Straight 8 Cylinder Gardner 8LW of 150bhp, the only Gardner developing that power at the time. They had the newly produced 12 Speed box which also went into the Foden 8 cubic yard Dump Truck with the Foden FD6 engine or Gardner 6LW, this was back in 1952. The FGTU/HT needed a 1ft 4.5in partition built on the back of the cab to cover the rear of the engine. The Dump Truck didn’t have the large radiator as it didn’t have the 8LW fitted. FrankyInteresting history there. Now I had better put down this phone and peel some spuds! Happy Christmas all
coomsey:
Looks imposing but as we know tiny by today’s monsters NMP
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