I drove a 2100 for a day & a 2800 for a week… Very happy to hand them back on both occasions…
Defo not my cup of tea…
paul mc:
some cracking photos there paul, got any more? glad to see this thread is still going!
carryfast-yeti:
here’s my old 2500,from the days when it was legal to drive at 75mph
Legal to drive at 75mph■■? When was that?
Sorry lads but what I remember from driving 2800 and 3600’s was how cold they were in the winter even with a night heater. All that glass and the heater blowers which always burnt out. I went to Russia in them and nearly froze to death on occasion. I thought manna frtom heaven had arrived when I got a Danish spec LHD Scania 112.
Mind you there was a guy at Fransen transport by the name of “Chicken George” who I ran back from Poland with in Commie days. He was fully freighted and I was empty and he overtook me going up a hill in his 2800! He knew how to uprate them though. He maintained that it was only the pump settings which differentiated between the 2800 and anything bigger.
They were the days though. No queues like now and if there were the commie boys would wave you past while they drank their Cherry Brandy!
Geoffo:
I drove a 2100 for a day & a 2800 for a week… Very happy to hand them back on both occasions…Defo not my cup of tea…
I had a 2100 18m draw bar for about 3 years in the 80`s, drove it all over Europe, then had a 2800 for a year or so, also a 3300 for a year or so and loved everyone of them. Even the slap over gear box!! 
Horses for courses I suppose. 
Andrew Morrison:
loading pfa at didcot power station!!0
nice pics andrew, where was the blower on the unit? i cant see it? very smart unit and tank though 
Hi! Really like the last pic,tag and bullbar:-)
Were was the pic takend?
Reg Danne
JOHNXL70:
Bernard Graingers motors I drove
Hiya i saw this DAF in France feb 2013 she was still at work with a fairground. she still looks a smart truck
John
Hi Reg,i took that in Spain, we had just lost the NATO beef contract to Turkey (3 drops Izmir,Ankara and Incerlik {Adana})and were doing Spain before we got the beef job to Greece.We had another unit like her fitted with a bullbar and a D reg without (in the back ground next to the BTG/LASER motor)the bullbars and fuel tanks were made and fitted in Turkey,each unit carried 1500ltr and 800ltrs under the fridge trailer
Dirty Dan:
Hi! Really like the last pic,tag and bullbar:-)
Were was the pic takend?
Reg DanneJOHNXL70:
Bernard Graingers motors I drove
Ahh! Nice one,always like them old Dafs we dident have many of them here in sweden!
And i think the tag looks more like a"real" unit if you know what i mean 
You carried a lot of fuel to say the least,sad to see more or less al international trucking now are taking over by est block companys…
Reg Danne from Sweden
JOHNXL70:
Hi Reg,i took that in Spain, we had just lost the NATO beef contract to Turkey (3 drops Izmir,Ankara and Incerlik {Adana})and were doing Spain before we got the beef job to Greece.We had another unit like her fitted with a bullbar and a D reg without (in the back ground next to the BTG/LASER motor)the bullbars and fuel tanks were made and fitted in Turkey,each unit carried 1500ltr and 800ltrs under the fridge trailerDirty Dan:
Hi! Really like the last pic,tag and bullbar:-)
Were was the pic takend?
Reg DanneJOHNXL70:
Bernard Graingers motors I drove
I know what you mean about the tag axle,i also drove a Scania 143 450 and a Volvo F89 with tag axles,proper trucks,i remember the Daf was very heavy, 20 tons empty (full of fuel and rails and hooks for the hanging beef in the fridge) we used to do 3 drops in Turkey then re-load frozen cherries out of Yugo and going over the weigh bridge into Hungary we were always 41tons+,those were the days.The last trips I did to Europe was in 2001 and the rates were bad then,full load from the Midlands to Madrid/Barcelona was about £450 we had our own work back from Spain so we made a bit back,i think this way we are seeing more est block companies
Dirty Dan:
Ahh! Nice one,always like them old Dafs we dident have many of them here in sweden!
And i think the tag looks more like a"real" unit if you know what i meanReg Danne from Sweden
JOHNXL70:
Hi Reg,i took that in Spain, we had just lost the NATO beef contract to Turkey (3 drops Izmir,Ankara and Incerlik {Adana})and were doing Spain before we got the beef job to Greece.We had another unit like her fitted with a bullbar and a D reg without (in the back ground next to the BTG/LASER motor)the bullbars and fuel tanks were made and fitted in Turkey,each unit carried 1500ltr and 800ltrs under the fridge trailerDirty Dan:
Hi! Really like the last pic,tag and bullbar:-)
Were was the pic takend?
Reg DanneJOHNXL70:
Bernard Graingers motors I drove
Thats quite hevy i say:-) Got any pic white the fridge on?
Vi had had a lot of problems withe est block companys here they are so cheap the we get out of buissnes…Somtinge got to be done or we are domed…
JOHNXL70:
I know what you mean about the tag axle,i also drove a Scania 143 450 and a Volvo F89 with tag axles,proper trucks,i remember the Daf was very heavy, 20 tons empty (full of fuel and rails and hooks for the hanging beef in the fridge) we used to do 3 drops in Turkey then re-load frozen cherries out of Yugo and going over the weigh bridge into Hungary we were always 41tons+,those were the days.The last trips I did to Europe was in 2001 and the rates were bad then,full load from the Midlands to Madrid/Barcelona was about £450 we had our own work back from Spain so we made a bit back,i think this way we are seeing more est block companiesDirty Dan:
Ahh! Nice one,always like them old Dafs we dident have many of them here in sweden!
And i think the tag looks more like a"real" unit if you know what i meanReg Danne from Sweden
JOHNXL70:
Hi Reg,i took that in Spain, we had just lost the NATO beef contract to Turkey (3 drops Izmir,Ankara and Incerlik {Adana})and were doing Spain before we got the beef job to Greece.We had another unit like her fitted with a bullbar and a D reg without (in the back ground next to the BTG/LASER motor)the bullbars and fuel tanks were made and fitted in Turkey,each unit carried 1500ltr and 800ltrs under the fridge trailerDirty Dan:
Hi! Really like the last pic,tag and bullbar:-)
Were was the pic takend?
Reg DanneJOHNXL70:
Bernard Graingers motors I drove
Here’s a few i drove,
Swift Transport 2800( Northfleet ) at the yard in Holborough ( Snodland )
This was what they mainly ran, 2100’s. They struggled on any incline.
2800 I drove whilst on Ridgeways. When we finished with it, it got sold & exported to Nigeria
It was replaced with this
if anyone should have pictures of nieuwborg transport … please add them .
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