Guy Big-Js on long-haul work

[kmills]

That looks like the Guy & Eurofleet trailer that was in a spot of bother on Tahir - from page 1 of this thread.

Cheers all

Keith

[erf-ngc-european]

kmills:
That looks like the Guy & Eurofleet trailer that was in a spot of bother on Tahir - from page 1 of this thread.

Cheers all

Keith

Reckon you’re right; in which case it didn’t complete the journey to Iran!

[les_sylphides]

[dispatcher]

[vwvanman0]

Spotted this on an fb middle east group.
The famous Tahir big j in deep snow with the trailer still upright.

[les_sylphides]

Great stuff! But I do suspect that, even with a 9sp Fuller and a Cummins 290 (if you were really lucky) a Guy Big-J would have been hard work on a trip to Tehran and back. Don’t get me wrong: there was a time when I would have attempted it, but those days are long, long gone.

[grumpy_old_man]

Nowt wrong with a 9 Fuller and a 290 Cummins, I spent many a happy hour in their company.

[les_sylphides]

Totally agree! But most Big-Js had lesser equipment like 180 Gardners and TET or David Brown 6-sp 'boxes. Fine in UK but not so brilliant on the TIR-trail

[ezydriver]

Frank Spencer’s new career as a lorry driver.

edit: the pic didn’t quote, but I’m referring to post 76 up-thread.

[acab]

My dad operated a few Big Js and they went all over Europe to Germany, Italy and Sweden.

[alpine]

Hi, What as happened to the F88 and fridge trailer that was parked at Pace Commercials LU7 that had your name on ? not seen it for a wile ?.

[oiltreader]

A Steve Butler photo.
Oily

[alpine]

Thanks oilreader , thats the one that was at Pace Commericals Leighton Buzzard for a year or two.

[acab]

It was owned by a friend of mine. He stored it at Pace in LB when not driving it to shows/road rallies etc. He sold it and the trailer ended up with Montgomery’s who have it paired with an ERF now I believe. The unit also ended up in Ireland. I had hoped Gray & Adams might have bought the trailer for their own display purposes as they put a huge amount of work into making the container to their original build spec’s and they also rebuilt the Boden tandem trailer it sits on.

[ramone]

I think the Guy Big Js with 240 Gardners would have been an economical option

[ramone]

Would the Guys be fitted with heaters. I would imagine Sweden would be even colder than Scotland .Those drivers were certainly a different breed and well respected by myself and probably many others.Only the other day one of our “new” drivers unit was v.o.r and he had to take out a DAF CF 8 wheeler. He came back and said he wouldn’t be going out in it again … wait for it … too noisey ffs

[les_sylphides]

[les_sylphides]

Tell him learn to listen to the engine. It tells you all you need to know when driving. That’s why I don’t like music on in the cab. If you can’t hear it, you can’t listen to it.

[cav551]

Cummins VIM powered then, not the most successful Cummins product.

[acab]

They did have cab heaters. They were modern trucks at that point in time and much more advanced than what had come previously but when Jim McKelvie turned up at my dad’s office in a demonstrator F88 in 1968 that was a turning point as the Swedish truck was much better suited to long distance continental work. Jim was driving the '88 and had a car follow him. He told my dad he wasn’t leaving until he’d sold him either the truck or the car He must have been happy to get him aboard as a customer as he used it for advertising.