Thanks for the info Juilman, we dont know about those things here !
LB76:
Thanks for the info Juilman, we dont know about those things here !
it is indeed a publicshot of a66 vabis . it is a jubilee year demo scania vabis 75 years .the special was the golden posthorn in the grill,and it is on the sheet to.
this one have 260 hp. the shot is from finland but i think the motor left the country after a demoturnee
hej benkku
Autotransit:
I believe that the Lb76 was more comfortable and had a more silence cab then the Mercedes. The Scania had more fabric in the cab, a seat with spring and better adjustment… but that´s only my guess.
/Stellan
Thanks Stellan. These sort of opinions are at least as valuable as the pictures and the specification sheets etc. Any book on the history of vehicles can deliver information, but only the drivers and operators of the lorries can say whether the engineering was successful or not.
I was not old enough to drive it on the road, so it was only around the shop… “helping” the mechanic to reverse the four-wheel trailer in to the shop. But I have spent some time in the LBS76 as a helper on several hauling companies at Bilspedition when I was sixteen and seventeen years old, so the sound and smell from the “Bulldog” are in my memories for ever… (and some driving at night when we were alone on the road before I got my driving license)
Is it proper English to call this “four-wheel trailer”, or is it okay to use “A-frame drawbar” as well? I have not learned enough of this language to use the correct phrases yet 
/Stellan
Hi Stellan, i think with the amount of “baby” drawbar trailers that there are around today we need to clarify what constitutes a proper one as opposed to a close coupled trailer, i will throw it open for discussion but i always think of a drawbar trailer as one with an ‘A’ frame and an independent turntable on the front no mater how many axles. Lets see what people think !
Anyone ever seen an 8 wheeler version of an LB76 ? Or has anyone ever seen a Primrose (or similar) conversion, If there ever was one 
Interesting you should say that , as just about every other make has been altered in that way but i have never seen an LB76 , be nice to see if any pop up!
can,t speak for other but in finland we had no 8weelers in normal roadwork until 79 when regulations change.so we had no vabis or 0series 8weelers
bma.finland:
can,t speak for other but in finland we had no 8weelers in normal roadwork until 79 when regulations change.so we had no vabis or 0series 8weelers
An 8 wheel 110 was shown at RHA Tipcon in 1975(?), if I remember correctly. It did not catch on with the conservative UK operators. How they would have reacted to a 256bhp rigid in 1967 is anybody’s guess! The non-turbo LB76, at 190bhp, would have been the perfect competitor for the 8 wheelers of the time. I reckon Scania Vabis missed a trick there.
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anorak:bma.finland:
can,t speak for other but in finland we had no 8weelers in normal roadwork until 79 when regulations change.so we had no vabis or 0series 8weelersAn 8 wheel 110 was shown at RHA Tipcon in 1975(?), if I remember correctly. It did not catch on with the conservative UK operators. How they would have reacted to a 256bhp rigid in 1967 is anybody’s guess! The non-turbo LB76, at 190bhp, would have been the perfect competitor for the 8 wheelers of the time. I reckon Scania Vabis missed a trick there.
there was a nonturbo D11 202hp in 110 too and 111came 74 so in75 think it was 111,and that we have seen in finland to hej benkku
I´ve read somewhere that it was the Swedish oil companies that demanded four axles, and in that way “forced” in 1977 Scania to produce this vehicle.
/Stellan
one of the wery first ,but think we have to move this subject to 110 site, couse i don,t think we find any factory made 76,s in the world benkku
bma.finland:
one of the wery first ,but think we have to move this subject to 110 site, couse i don,t think we find any factory made 76,s in the world
You´re absolutely right, it´s not an S-V…moving it
/Stellan
Found this from AJA 3/82 about a old couple still driving a late 50.s shaking four L51 over million km,s
whitout theese no 730,s benkku
LB76:
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very very nice pic,s lb hope you have meny meny more benkku¨
memorying on morning ferry
That´s a really good drawing, my compliments to the artist benkku
But we must not forget the earlier S-V´s, the predecessors from before 1960´s.
This information sheet is from 1952.
/Stellan
The Evensen Company in Sandefjord still exists, and they are still driving Scania. Many thanks for all the Scandinavian photos LB76, it´s really nice to see so many of them again
/Stellan