windrush:
"rigsby"Back in the day sleeper cabs meant extra tare weight , the gaffer wanted the extra weight on the back earning money not wasted on driver comfort , especially on bulkers where every hundredweight counted . I’ve worked for gaffers who wanted top weight before fuelling up . Options were available but greed trumped comfort .
Haha, ■■■■ Bentley (the TM at Tilcon’s Ballidon Quarry) was like that Dave, when running at 30.50 tonnes gross if we dropped onto the plate at 30.30 we had to go back and put more on and then usually ended up chucking off by hand the extra few cwts that we were then overloaded by!
We had a few Haulmasters that did the Derbyshire-Kent-Newcastle-Manchester run retro fitted with the Jennings bunk that when not in use were stored vertically on the engine cover, the seat backs were lifted off and chucked in the footwells and the bunk then folded out across the seat bases. We also had three Sed Ak 400’s for distance work that had a bunk that folded flat horizontally against the rear of the cab, they came new already installed, I think there was a little more space behind the seats than the Haulmasters had.
Pete.
Dead right Pete about Jennings offering a sleeper conversion for the Haulmasters but they did extend the cab a bit. Offered
from 1978 and cost £650.00. Sparshatts of Andover also offered one for the Haulmaster day cab.
windrush:
"rigsby"Back in the day sleeper cabs meant extra tare weight , the gaffer wanted the extra weight on the back earning money not wasted on driver comfort , especially on bulkers where every hundredweight counted . I’ve worked for gaffers who wanted top weight before fuelling up . Options were available but greed trumped comfort .
Haha, ■■■■ Bentley (the TM at Tilcon’s Ballidon Quarry) was like that Dave, when running at 30.50 tonnes gross if we dropped onto the plate at 30.30 we had to go back and put more on and then usually ended up chucking off by hand the extra few cwts that we were then overloaded by!
We had a few Haulmasters that did the Derbyshire-Kent-Newcastle-Manchester run retro fitted with the Jennings bunk that when not in use were stored vertically on the engine cover, the seat backs were lifted off and chucked in the footwells and the bunk then folded out across the seat bases. We also had three Sed Ak 400’s for distance work that had a bunk that folded flat horizontally against the rear of the cab, they came new already installed, I think there was a little more space behind the seats than the Haulmasters had.
Pete.
Dead right Pete about Jennings offering a sleeper conversion for the Haulmasters but they did extend the cab a bit. Offered
from 1978 and cost £650.00. Sparshatts of Andover also offered one for the Haulmaster day cab.
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Dean coming up trumps again with a few pictures from one of his many shoe boxes .
windrush:
"rigsby"Back in the day sleeper cabs meant extra tare weight , the gaffer wanted the extra weight on the back earning money not wasted on driver comfort , especially on bulkers where every hundredweight counted . I’ve worked for gaffers who wanted top weight before fuelling up . Options were available but greed trumped comfort .
Haha, ■■■■ Bentley (the TM at Tilcon’s Ballidon Quarry) was like that Dave, when running at 30.50 tonnes gross if we dropped onto the plate at 30.30 we had to go back and put more on and then usually ended up chucking off by hand the extra few cwts that we were then overloaded by!
We had a few Haulmasters that did the Derbyshire-Kent-Newcastle-Manchester run retro fitted with the Jennings bunk that when not in use were stored vertically on the engine cover, the seat backs were lifted off and chucked in the footwells and the bunk then folded out across the seat bases. We also had three Sed Ak 400’s for distance work that had a bunk that folded flat horizontally against the rear of the cab, they came new already installed, I think there was a little more space behind the seats than the Haulmasters had.
Pete.
Dead right Pete about Jennings offering a sleeper conversion for the Haulmasters but they did extend the cab a bit. Offered
from 1978 and cost £650.00. Sparshatts of Andover also offered one for the Haulmaster day cab.
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So that’s where Scania got the bunk size from for their G cab , the Sparshatts bunk
windrush:
"rigsby"Back in the day sleeper cabs meant extra tare weight , the gaffer wanted the extra weight on the back earning money not wasted on driver comfort , especially on bulkers where every hundredweight counted . I’ve worked for gaffers who wanted top weight before fuelling up . Options were available but greed trumped comfort .
Haha, ■■■■ Bentley (the TM at Tilcon’s Ballidon Quarry) was like that Dave, when running at 30.50 tonnes gross if we dropped onto the plate at 30.30 we had to go back and put more on and then usually ended up chucking off by hand the extra few cwts that we were then overloaded by!
We had a few Haulmasters that did the Derbyshire-Kent-Newcastle-Manchester run retro fitted with the Jennings bunk that when not in use were stored vertically on the engine cover, the seat backs were lifted off and chucked in the footwells and the bunk then folded out across the seat bases. We also had three Sed Ak 400’s for distance work that had a bunk that folded flat horizontally against the rear of the cab, they came new already installed, I think there was a little more space behind the seats than the Haulmasters had.
Pete.
Dead right Pete about Jennings offering a sleeper conversion for the Haulmasters but they did extend the cab a bit. Offered
from 1978 and cost £650.00. Sparshatts of Andover also offered one for the Haulmaster day cab.
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So that’s where Scania got the bunk size from for their G cab , the Sparshatts bunk
Scanny bunks are the pits you were spoilt with that XF
AMichael:
I am fortunate to own ONU 489J. She’s been rebuilt but still in need of a respray.
Still has the sleeper but has windows in it now.
dad wanted to put rear windows in the jennings kit we got for ONU, but i didn’t want them , so we compromised on just having the side windows , we had to slide the 5th wheel back one hole as well as 1st trip out with the sleeper fitted the ferrymasters tilt was pushing on the sleeper . hope the passenger side windscreen doesn’t leak anymore, and i had to put a wooden stick in the passenger window , went down with a hell of a bang and broke , bloody 8 wheeler went past me at thrapston once and the drivers side screnn shattered , not the best experience i had with her . have you kept the 6 speed ZF , i stil lhave the spanner for doing up the gearbox bolts (they kept breaking). when we picked her up from Atkins , i thought the ZF would be a back to front affair like the 2200 DAF’s we had at ferrymasters , bit embarrasing that was.
oh i had some adventures with that old girl , still when you’re 21 thats what you do isn’t it.
photo of my other job with her, mobile homes , them and traction kept me occupied .
Hargreaves:
Although obviously not British st s j barricks I had a s reg m/b actros This had a drop down bed in a cab slightly bigger than a day cab It was fitted with proper curtains an trimmed in matching actros material though not fitted with a night heater it didn’t have rear windows either it was done to adr spec I never used it but it was well done Has anybody else come across one it’s the only one I’ve seen
Back in the 70/80s I used to work for MAT in Hull.They used to operate Scania 110s with what they called a "couchette"cab which was a bunk hinged from the rear bulkhead.Drivers used to do trips of several weeks duration to Italy with these.
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