A dirty job to say the least, But the rate made it worth while, Tip & and back to the yard for a shampoo Eh & a polish, Regards Larry & Nigel.
This was driven by a true ace driver the late Den Thompson.
This was ran on contract to Unipart from Brs Oxford depot , night trunk to Fleetwood docks five nights aweek via Coventry ,and before the m40 
, yes I know the driver was flat out every night. When he retired he showed me his points .
Not forgetting the very last of the (wide cab) story…
fryske:
Not forgetting the very last of the (wide cab) story…
My mate had an 8 wheeler 80 not bad motor the 300bhp daf engine with a twinsplitter.
Remember reading truck in service in truck magazine and one oprrator said best thing about it was it wasnt a roadtrain the worst thing about it was it looked like a roadtrain
Lawrence Dunbar:
A dirty job to say the least, But the rate made it worth while, Tip & and back to the yard for a shampoo Eh & a polish, Regards Larry & Nigel.0
Have to say your colours suited the T45 cab, I think they looked smart 
Thank you ADR, We allways liked the green & red livery, Regards Larry.
Since this seems to be the default T45 thread on here I’ll post this link wot I posted elsewhere again:
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Still at work in NZ in 2014, tho’ it seems their days are numbered.
To the OP:
I hope the book lives up to expectations (the ones you’ve named at least). I don’t want to re-open old wounds, but your earlier comment tte that you’d been “warned about getting flack” at TN and your apparent defensiveness as a result of a sceptical comment seems a bit precious, particularly given your claimed experience and expertise as a professional writer/ journalist.
But I’m sure the proof will be in the reading.
As I understood it the T45 range included all of the Leyland trucks at the time, so the Roadrunner, Freighter, Cruiser, Constructer and Roadtrain. I drove them all and thought they were all great. The Roadrunner was a cracking little parcel truck with great performance, manouverability and visibility. Cruisers were okay, Freighters were great and the Roadtrains and Constructers were very good, I liked the Spicer box as a driver and thought it much nicer than the Fullers with the crazy gear pattern, which I always struggled with. The only one I didn’t like was the 6x2 Roadtrain which I drove, it had an Eaton twin split I think, it hardly ever went into the gear you wanted, and the suspension was so bad that a journey on good roads made you feel like you’d been beaten up.
Lawrence Dunbar:
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any update on the book ■■