Absolutely awesome, what a beasty and what an amazing sound. I love to see these old ladies still working for their living, don't get me wrong it's great to see them preserved but it's something special to see one still doing what it was built to do. Keep on trucking, I reckon this one will still be doing the job when a truck that's brand new today has long gone to the great scrapyard in the sky...
If you had ever earnt your living in them you wouldn't be singing their praises so much . Yes it s good to see these preserved ones but good riddance to them if you have 12 hours a day in them .
+LuckyTrucker1 I can imagine they're not the easiest things to live with on an everyday work basis, but working one of these really rewards the skill of the driver. Certainly a modern truck would be a nicer place to be but...
If you loved all your life circuses and fun fairs, you turned your head every time you heard this engine: it's coming, it's in town! This video made me smile.
The British truck industry didn't even think of fitting sunshades. I drove an AEC Mammoth Major from the same era. It was unbearably noisy, hot in Summer, cold in Winter and after an 11 hour day, exhausting. Nostalgia is great. ..
When I took my test you had to double the clutch. That lorry was working hard and did anyone notice the gaps around the top of the drivers door.But I would loved to be behind that steering wheel.
Great Lorry, Great film. Brings back fond memories of Atkinsons being commonly used for large fairground rides in the 70's. Inside they had a Gardner engine mounted on steel joists as a generator, very noisy and could be heard from a long way as you approached a Fair, a welcome sound . Sadly, no more and few Borderers/Venturers survive.
I remember this old beast when it was owned by Wm & C Gaskell of Ashton in Makerfield in the '70's & '80's pulling a Taskers F6 low loader carrying wheel loaders, dozers, etc between their quarry and the workshops. It was replaced with a Foden 6x4 tractor around 1990.
You would not say that if you did a days work in one. You could go over a bump in the road and the screen would fall out. Mine had no power steering. You made sure you reversed into places in one go. Because the steering was that heavy. Then the Lord above answered my prairs. And I got a Volvo f 88.
@@allanarmstrong4333 I've done many years work in 6 & eight wheel tippers and artics without power steering without any complaining, Charles Atlas i'm not i weigh 10st, There's drivers and there's drivers.
Nice to see that again. Use to drive a Atkinson artic, afraid not one with power steering like that one, you can always tell , power steering 3 spoke steering wheel stand up to steer 4 spoke. Used to go away on a Sunday or Monday might not get home for 5 nights. Still we got paid £2:00 a night out to pay for digs, no sleeper cabs. The only thing that was good about the "good old days" was no tachograph.
Those fibreglass cabs were boiling hot in summer and freezing cold in winter. Many a time I had to scrape ice off the inside of the windscreen after sleeping in the cab.
That's quite a long rig to be working around rounda abouts, you would need to cover you tail well so idiots don't try and slip up the inside of you!. Great to see it's still earning it's keep.
They knew how to make trucks in those days. Not like the rubbish we have now, fitted with wireless, seatbelts, power steering, heaters and all that nonsense.
Have you ever driven one. I would say no from the things you are saying. You drive one mate everyday .noisy, cold in the winter, winscreen falling out over bumps. Roping and sheeting. Hardly any curtainsiders then. Taking a few hours in the cold and rain to cover your load. Then a fly sheet over the top. Trying to be careful not to fall off the top of the trailer. Then we had nice comfortable Volvo. I had a Volvo f88. Beautifull Motor nice and warm. Nice sleeper can. Most of them Atkins had no sleeper. You either made a bed out of an old plank of wood. Covered with sponge. And put it across the seats. Yes better that the what did you say the rubbish we have today. Yes I'm sure it is. Wooden cab frame with fiberglass and alloy sheet doors. Gaps in the doors , draught coming through. If you hit something in one of them mate. You would be lucky to survive. My mate died in one I should know. Yes thay new how to make them then. What a load of twaddle.
@@allanarmstrong4333 Just 'cos your mate died in one doesn't make them crap, They were good strong trucks, a drivers truck, yes i have driven them and guy's , foden and albions, all good stuff, i've also had f88 and f7's , you ,ake the best of what you're given that's what you get paid for, i would rather rope and sheet a load than piss about with a poxy curtainsider any day.
Can someone tell me where I can find the rules and regulations on owning a classic truck, I know this may sound daft and although I still have my HGV 1 is it required to own a classic truck.
The smile on my face watching this video right now. Immense is all i can say to the sound of that. Thats some lovely combination there. Jees modern trucking is boring. Automatic gearbox......... Eat yer heart out!
No, Learnt to drive in a Ford! Went through a baptism of fire about 10 years ago. Got thrown in at the deep end with few basic instructions and figured the rest out. it was a real learning curve I can tell you.
Gardner engines were the most reliable engine made in those times but the power outputs were pathetic and they were doomed the minute Scania Cummins and Volvo appeared on the scene.
reminds me of siting in my dad's waltzer atkinson borderer poling the caravan going from place to place and realy amazing old classic looking fairground trucks like owners we'd rather see restored than die in the scapyard
the fair coming to town in the 1950ts joyful event for us kids candyfloss toffee apples dodgems even swing boats and all the noise coconut stalls better than any i`phone i`paads kids really are missing out today Fun fairs we miss you ,people like Khan have taken the fun out of communities
iv see it my self with my dad's gardner engine driving his fairground rides if half the pissnens on the gardner engine went they still run they wher the best manufacturer truck engines ever bult
I wasn't even 100% sure double-trailers were still legal until I saw that :-) good to know 'elf & safety haven't quite killed all the old awesomeness just yet. got a feeling we were travelling somewhat in excess of the particular abnormal-load-esque speed limits applied to such combinations though!
+Draxindustries1 Would you be so kind as to explain? I'm not pulling your leg. I'm German and I love the British vintage lorries and motorbikes. To me it's an enigma that there are no more British lorries, cars and motorbikes. Fortunately, I have got two Velocettes and I'll keep them for eternity. Can't tell you how much I'd like to have a British vintage lorry. Perhaps you are right, to drive them just for fun is other than earning a living with. compliment
+Carl Napp Having driven many British trucks from Fords, ERF's, Seddon Atkinson, Leyland ect all with many different types of engine / gearbox combination my opinion of British machinery is theyre all pretty dire in comparison to their Euro counterparts. Ive driven all over Europe and wouldnt consider anything other than a Volvo or Scania. Its good to see them preserved but none of them you would want to drive very far in. Only my opinion though...
but Cummins who's a better puller due to higher reves but if you left Cummins ayre to long to mouch presor in Cummins cos it to blow up all the passes that's why the gardner
speking of Cummins being faster deu to higher reves the gardner wos wee better than the Cummins becos they lasted longer still run scrapid the truck took out the gardner engine to drive Ower fairground rids
Good driver for a chick,,,, anyone no the length of the.whole.rigout,,, I used.to ride.in one when a wo a.kiddie. loved every.second,,,.s,a d. Wrights,,, ltd,.great days,,, what,,,
