Q131 SES Leyland T45 

Good to see a man who can double clutch cleanly and professionally.

Love the sound of the engine- a real truck!!

It's a shame the army got rid of the old Leyland Drops. I loved these trucks. Just the sound alone had me loving every drive with them

I spent most of my childhood (80’s and 90’s) in one of tho’s with my grandad, great days they were. DDF-827Y. it was a roadtrain 16.29 day cab artic 290 cummins, spicer box and tipping gear inside the cab as it was on bulk work mainly, low loader and Gen haulage when not. Never thought I’d see inside one of those again so thanks for the upload. :)

Very good double de clutching pretty slick driving. Only thing with the splitter so much leg work. Preferred the Eaton Fuller range change in my brothers Constructor far less bother. Leyland made very good trucks back in the day. Non assisted clutch needed a left leg like Arnie😁❤

I always like the Leylands, bar the ride quality. Everything else was just so functional and made for the job.

And man in love with his gearbox...

OLD SKOOL. MANUAL TRUCKS. RANGE CHANGE AND SPLITTERS. QUALITY

Loved my constructor mixer and 10 speed spicer set up, pre-select high or low ready for the next gear and just dip the clutch and so it continued, micro switch used to wear and the air filter on the box used to clog up which would delay gear selection sometimes🙈

Brings me back my dad drove a 16.25 delivering animal feed. Great trick in its day.

Proper truck. I really miss driving manual trucks..... you know, the ones that you can actually feel on your hands and feet !!!!

Aaah the leyland growl. Lovely

I've been lucky enough to drive a few T45's , day cab,sleeper cab and a couple of Scammell versions. Build quality wasn't the best but they were very nice to drive and the mattress was comfortable in the sleeper cabs.

Remember going with my brother in a Roadtrain in 1987 A936PBP 16:25 265 Rolls day cab. Pullled a Tasker low loader trailer and I remember my brother saying the rear cab windows were handy when in London

Sweet as.............Loved my Constructor and RR265, hope you post more clips like this

10 speed spicer box in that💪, first 8 wheeler tipper wagon i drove on the road after passing my test, i drove a scammell routeman 8 wheeler on open cast coal sites first👍👍

My dad used to drive 1 of these trucks what a great truck

More please, I love truck engines

Great stuff!👍

Nice to see a proper gearbox I did prefer the 12gear twin splitter box that was a dream to use ask one of these new drivers use a manual box and they wouldn’t know what too do anyone can drive one of these new auto box trucks even my missus give me a manual box anyway proper truckers box

Old truck has that significant loud sound

Sound 👌👌👌

Company I served my apprenticeship at had a 6x4 tanker with a TL11 engine as well as freighters that were 4x2 gully emptiers

SYT/ First Mainline Dennis Dominators had the same engine and would make mince meat out of Sheffield's terrain. The oldest ones were 25 yrs old when they got withdrawn and quite a few have made it into preservation. A logistics firm near me also had a fleet of Roadtrains as well the same engine.

Brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍

When I first started driving ,my first truck was a leyland roadtrain ! Not knowing any better I thought it was great ……….until a year later I got a DAF 3600 ! It was like stepping into the future . Today driving a Volvo FH16 750 hp across Europe I can only be grateful that technology didn’t end with that DAF 3600……although I do miss the fact that when I first started the speed limiter was my right foot and there were no mobile phones or cameras watching my every move ! Once I left the yard I was uncontactable …..yet the work still got done !

Sound of Leyland

More of this please

Fair doos! Watching that being pedaled properly, makes me realise i am really only a steering wheel attendant!

Love that sound

My belly was bigger than yours Rob so i had my seat further back and in an upright position and I found the gear leaver no problem

Had one of them tl11 260 ph and 10 speed spicer box

Sounds like it could be a rolls engine and maybe badged a scammell as they used the T45 cab my dad had a 6 wheel tractor unit which was a scammell

Wasn't there a T45 Drivers club back in the 80s..??

Witam. Czy to sound engine SW 680? Pozdrawiam

PLH198W My dad s unit with tl11 or 12 in it .

Do you need to clutch for the splitter change ? .. Nice to have a ride with a Roadtrain Leyland.. never seen one inside before.

Is that a twin splitter?

Cummins could not supply a engine over 290 Leyland had one on the books but the development would cost to much they was a good motor but they used to bounce bad the reduction hub on the rear axle would pull anything it was the upgrade from the marathon

Rolls with a Spicer.

Not his first rodeo with that box

What a crap seat! Comes halfway up his back. Whats the point of the head rest?

Q131 SES

What really happened to Leyland brand,why it is stopped

Looks like a ten speed Spicer SST box the way he’s shifting gear😍😍😍 Rolls Royce Eagle??

You wanna sell it ???

Was that a leyland national is the background?

The distance you did lol one gear with no changes would of done it

Why’s the gear leaver so far forward? It’s either broken or terrible design

Σκουντουσε παρα πολυ το roadtrain

Absolute piece of junk.