I used to drive a Foden 8x4 in the late 70s whilst in the Army in Germany (BAOR) which had a Rolls Royce Eagle 3 engine and a 13 speed Fuller box….. Oh! the joy and memories. Thanks for posting 8x2….
I love these older trucks. Reminds me when I was a kid and made me pick up the spanners. Now it’s Adblue and dpf 😓. These things sounded like an animal being annoyed. Thanks for posting
my first truck. past class 1 at 18. in 2000 Same day heading to Chester with a load of dressed stone from bradford. in our spare truck. a 87 E reg 8 wheeler foden 4300 with 300 roller 13 speed Eaton no limiter. She just been rebuilt. engine rebuilt and new tipper body and a full respray. Nice trucks strong and light weight.
Beautiful !!!! I'd spend weekends and my summer hols as a kid working with my dad he had a 150 ton Foden heavy haulage low loader Cat engine and this Fuller box great memories of watching the old man drive and giving it some real work big loads. Thank you for putting this on
That cummins l10 sounds beautiful, the fuller box is brillaint i am only 19years old but the old 4000 series and the alpha one were brilliant trucks. Would like to buy a 4525 one day.
My first driving job after gaining my class 1 was for "Amalgamated Roadstone" in a Foden half cab which had the previous Fuller box, with 4 on the floor and 3 on the column, I had driven 'Eaton" and "Boys" two speed axles which gave me a bit of a clue. My introduction to this handful was to drive down the field empty with the foreman mechanic clinging on the bonnet. "Use the top two ranges like a 2 speed axle, but whatever you do avoid the low range". I think I ground every cog of the gearbox to paste that first day, and figured out from necessity how to get into the low range. It wasn't pretty! That's enough embarrassment for now.
brilliant gearbox. The old road ranger was good when ye fit back of 13 speed on the ass end of it. Kevin ward. wards recovery Wakefield showed us how to do it. and to convert the 8 speed Eaton to a 13 speed. Twin splitter wins hand down though
Make the best driver look amature when you first drive the Eaton twin splitter foden when I mastered the tricks on how to use them I only use the clutch to stop and start it beautiful combinations
Timed the Shifts quite well . Only a couple of crunch/grinds . DON'T REST YOUR HAND ON THE STICK UNNECCESARILY ! Wears the shift mechanism out ahead of time . Not built for CONSTANT loading . Similar to Riding the Clutch Pedal . So you know , I spent 30 yrs as a Semi Driver in Australia . Now retired .
@@donnajohnston9794 Does that have the Boeing made cable shift set-up? I used to drive a Cat powered tandem drive with the Lovely elephants foot suspension, drove 170 miles solo in that and needed 2 days in bed with back trouble! Built before speed limiters were 'necessary' and used to march on past anything at 38 tons. Sadly it had to go as we worked into London a lot, and didn't comply with many new laws.
People Barking Bout Quicker Changes,,,,,Whats The Hurry She Was Pullin Fine,WRAGGING THROUGH THE BOX 😉 "DRINKS" FUEL!,,,FROM AN O/OPERATORS POINT OF VIEW,,,,U NEED DRIVES LIKE HIM!!!!
Can't understand why anyone uses the clutch pedal after pulling away from a standstill using this gearbox. just makes your life harder and there's no need ... even when splitting.
