Anyone sick of seeing them yet ?
Punchy Dan:
Anyone sick of seeing them yet ?
Pray carry on Dan 
I’d quite forgotten just what a nice neat decent looking working lorry the 401 in particular was, though as always livery made the difference.
The one thing that stands out in my mind when 401 replaced 400, was the improvements to the steering.
Not only better feel but IIRC fewer turns from lock to lock, and an equal turning circle both ways, the 400 suffered from a worse left lock than right, at least that was my experience with the two 400’s i had, one day cab one sleeper.
That airstack on the 401’s was bloody expensive from the dealer, one of ours got broke somehow, but our mechanic (bloody brilliant he was too and could swear for England 
) had a measure up and realised a standard large bore down drain pipe was the same size, hence a few quid at Texas and a coat of matt black 
job done.
Hi, Folks, We bought the Carters S/A , Just a bit of useless inf , Cheers Barry
I’ll put a few on tomorrow then m8 .
What was Zf transmatic ? The only thing I’ve seen was a ex air craft refueler 400 series with a torque converter and a fuller box too behind a 250 ■■■■■■■ .
This is XRR 252Y
My dad drove this from brand new he had it for 13 years
Another one my dad drove from new
It was written off by a night man at Old Dalby loaded with pet food
This was my lorry I had her for 8 years and it took me around 5 years to restore
Unfortunately due to ill health I had to get rid last year
Gary I remember when it was green .
A credit to you that motor Gazsa , what a nice simple uncluttered but comfortable cab design too, and i miss that all round visibility a lot, you could put those things anywhere.
Juddian:
Punchy Dan:
Anyone sick of seeing them yet ?Pray carry on Dan
I’d quite forgotten just what a nice neat decent looking working lorry the 401 in particular was, though as always livery made the difference.
The one thing that stands out in my mind when 401 replaced 400, was the improvements to the steering.
Not only better feel but IIRC fewer turns from lock to lock, and an equal turning circle both ways, the 400 suffered from a worse left lock than right, at least that was my experience with the two 400’s i had, one day cab one sleeper.
That airstack on the 401’s was bloody expensive from the dealer, one of ours got broke somehow, but our mechanic (bloody brilliant he was too and could swear for England
Remember the Texas tv add where a bloke takes his wife there in a B series day cab ?
Shame that tankers are no longer kept as smart as they were before when it was own transport .
Punchy Dan:
Gary I remember when it was green .
That’s right Dan when I first got her it was green but the cab had completely had it
I bought a brand new cab off Mick Thorpe from Earnest Thorpes
I became good friends with Mick
His workshop and yard were like a treasure trove for spare parts
They never chucked anything away
Slightly off the subject Mick still as a couple of ERF trailers
I was going to buy one but lack of space was the problem
Juddian:
A credit to you that motor Gazsa
Thanks for your kind remarks Juddian [emoji1303]
The 400 eight wheelers we had were not bad trucks. Their good points were that the cab was comfortable and they had a nice light gearchange. Bad points; the cabs rotted away within 6 years, the steering lock was atrocious (needed a shunt on some corners that anything else negotiated easily and were a nightmare on tight sites!) far too blooming heavy even with a Gardner 201 and a poor chassis that cracked easily and snapped springs like there was no tomorrow. Oh, and the Eaton diffs on the 4th axle shed teeth easily, though they were uprated later! I quite liked mine even though the TM reckoned it never made any money in its six years, luckily I wasn’t paid on tonnage.
Pete.
Iirc John Thomas has an ERF trailer ?
windrush:
The 400 eight wheelers we had were not bad trucks. Their good points were that the cab was comfortable and they had a nice light gearchange. Bad points; the cabs rotted away within 6 years, the steering lock was atrocious (needed a shunt on some corners that anything else negotiated easily and were a nightmare on tight sites!) far too blooming heavy even with a Gardner 201 and a poor chassis that cracked easily and snapped springs like there was no tomorrow. Oh, and the Eaton diffs on the 4th axle shed teeth easily, though they were uprated later! I quite liked mine even though the TM reckoned it never made any money in its six years, luckily I wasn’t paid on tonnage.Pete.
IT didn’t make any money ,you need to push harder on the right pedal Pete 
Punchy Dan:
Iirc John Thomas has an ERF trailer ?
That’s right Dan I don’t no how many were made