Leyland600:
Hi Robert, You cannot get a better double decker than a PD2 especially a Leyland bodied one !! They were not that bad compared to a number of other makes.
Cheers Leyland 600
It was a bit heavy on the steering, even for a non-power-assisted bus but it was lovely to drive and certainly not short of power. Robert 
Another LHD Leyland. Looks like the East German livery again, but I found the pic on a Turkish forum. Robert
Dave the Renegade:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Tilcon used them on a night trunk from the Forest of Dean to West Drayton. The forward-thinking transport manager realised that he could save fuel by bringing two empty lorries back for the price of one- he hitched two together by means of an A-frame. Apparently it was a success until he found out that the two drivers were squashing themselves in the one cab in order to prevent freezing to death!Tilcon used Foden eight leggers with Gardner 180’s on days and night to West Drayton from the Gore, and some of the day drivers would come back and do a load to Hereford after that.
Cheers Dave.
That’s what we used to call, “Spoiling the job”, Dave. Any spare time left after a West Drayton run should be spent in a café or horizontal across the bonnet! 
Retired Old ■■■■:
Dave the Renegade:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Tilcon used them on a night trunk from the Forest of Dean to West Drayton. The forward-thinking transport manager realised that he could save fuel by bringing two empty lorries back for the price of one- he hitched two together by means of an A-frame. Apparently it was a success until he found out that the two drivers were squashing themselves in the one cab in order to prevent freezing to death!Tilcon used Foden eight leggers with Gardner 180’s on days and night to West Drayton from the Gore, and some of the day drivers would come back and do a load to Hereford after that.
Cheers Dave.That’s what we used to call, “Spoiling the job”, Dave. Any spare time left after a West Drayton run should be spent in a café or horizontal across the bonnet!
The Gore drivers were on bonus Casey, and they still drove like hell after the bonus ended. Some seriously quick eight legger drivers there in the 70’ and 80’s.
Cheers Dave.
Tilcon used Foden eight leggers with Gardner 180’s on days and night to West Drayton from the Gore, and some of the day drivers would come back and do a load to Hereford after that.
Cheers Dave.
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That’s what we used to call, “Spoiling the job”, Dave. Any spare time left after a West Drayton run should be spent in a café or horizontal across the bonnet!
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The Gore drivers were on bonus Casey, and they still drove like hell after the bonus ended. Some seriously quick eight legger drivers there in the 70’ and 80’s.
Cheers Dave.
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I well remember tearing around like a madman trying to get my 17% of nowt into a decent living wage, only to spend fifteen unpaid hours waiting for the return load because the plant had broken down! 
Retired Old ■■■■:
Tilcon used Foden eight leggers with Gardner 180’s on days and night to West Drayton from the Gore, and some of the day drivers would come back and do a load to Hereford after that.
Cheers Dave.
That’s what we used to call, “Spoiling the job”, Dave. Any spare time left after a West Drayton run should be spent in a café or horizontal across the bonnet!
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The Gore drivers were on bonus Casey, and they still drove like hell after the bonus ended. Some seriously quick eight legger drivers there in the 70’ and 80’s.
Cheers Dave.
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I well remember tearing around like a madman trying to get my 17% of nowt into a decent living wage, only to spend fifteen unpaid hours waiting for the return load because the plant had broken down!
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I think they did OK on the scheme up this way Casey.
Cheers Dave.
Aye we did alright as well here Dave, no money to be earned sitting around in cafes, get the pedal to the metal and crack another load off.
Pete.
windrush:
Aye we did alright as well here Dave, no money to be earned sitting around in cafes, get the pedal to the metal and crack another load off.Pete.
I think the Forest of Dean drivers hung around your user namesake to much Pete. 
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
windrush:
Aye we did alright as well here Dave, no money to be earned sitting around in cafes, get the pedal to the metal and crack another load off.Pete.
I think the Forest of Dean drivers hung around your user namesake to much Pete.
Cheers Dave.
Ha ha, probably so Dave! 
Like a timewarp down there anyway on the few times I went to their quarries, probably more work in a sicknote!!!
Pete.
Own account haulage was always a better job than trying to earn a living off the work that no-one else wanted!
However, I have to admit that I liked the idea of a different job every day. I would probably have got bored carrying stone and earning too much bonus every day!
Retired Old ■■■■:
Own account haulage was always a better job than trying to earn a living off the work that no-one else wanted!
However, I have to admit that I liked the idea of a different job every day. I would probably have got bored carrying stone and earning too much bonus every day!
Yes it was boring going to the same places a lot of the time, the only downside really. I left and went to a firm where I was paid on earnings, more variety, more tarmac, and I was much happier. How some of the lads put up with doing 6 or 7 loads a day to the same concrete works for 20+ years or three loads to Lichfield daily beats me, I suppose at least they knew what you were doing?
Pete.
I drove a Dodge tipper on a 30-mile round trip when the usual driver was on holiday. I’m glad he only had a week!
robert1952:
Another LHD Leyland. Looks like the East German livery again, but I found the pic on a Turkish forum. Robert
Same spec as my dads old one, rare as ■■■■ now, shame it would need a lot of work
Does anyone know if the early Daf CF75s (same as the Alpha 2) had a Leyland-derived engine? My 02 reg one has a very nice howl when working hard.
Muckaway:
Does anyone know if the early Daf CF75s (same as the Alpha 2) had a Leyland-derived engine? My 02 reg one has a very nice howl when working hard.
Are you back on the Tippers yet Nathan !! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Muckaway:
Does anyone know if the early Daf CF75s (same as the Alpha 2) had a Leyland-derived engine? My 02 reg one has a very nice howl when working hard.Are you back on the Tippers yet Nathan !! Cheers Dennis.
Yes, I am Dennis (see the Oxfordshire thread mate).
I posted a photo a year ago of a somewhat ‘mongrelised’ Bison I bought from Malta. It’s been steady progress over the last 12 months, the joys of being an owner driver mean the money needs to be spent on the truck that earns you the money, as you’re well aware! The Daf CF steer axle has now been replaced with an original Alford & Alder axle, the bumper has been put back to original and so has one step (the other still needs to be repaired), all on temporary as they’ll be put on properly after spraying. correct handbrake valve now fitted, original type air cleaner currently being repaired. Hopefully fitting original type drive axles over christmas and a couple of other jobs…
An East German Beaver ready with a load of Christmas trees.
