Coming Soon – LEV 701V

Posted on October 11, 2012 by truckbloguk

Here’s another old girl that has been saved from the scrap heap. This sleeper cabbed 4×2 Scania 111 has been nicely restored and when completed will be for sale, yes that right it will be for sale. This truck is LEV 701V, which was at one point part of the Brain Haulage fleet. Its been striped back to the chassis and the interior has been re-skinned and upholstered. I have to say that even in this condition it was beginning to look rather nice.

Just a plain red and white livery will adorn the truck, with the engine being painted in that Scania engine green. She will be a nice tidy motor when done and in my opinion will be good enough for shows as it is. Although the man in charge says its just having a “basic” job done! I have no idea what the price will be but if you are interested I can put you in touch but seriously no time wasters, if you haven’t the funds for such a purchase please leave it to those who can. More photos to come as and when she is complete and ready to roll. Have you got any photos of her in her Brain Haulage colors or any other colors?? Email me; ben@truckblog.co.uk

Piggy Backer Volvo – Now & Then

Posted on August 30, 2012 by truckbloguk

Trawling through the endless photos that appear on Facebook these days, there are always one or two that catch my eye. The other day my eye was caught by a photo posted by Gökhan Diler of a Volvo F88 Rigid cattle truck. Mr Diler posts plenty of photos clearly taken all over the place (I’d love to know where this one was taken??), so why did this Volvo stand out?….Well it just had that familiar feel to it. I mean how many rigid Volvo cattle trucks do you know of?? I have since been told that “UPB” on the head board stands for “United Pig Breeders”. A few years back I was busy buzzing about the Essex countryside in a tipper and I used to get everywhere. Not far outside Chelmsford on a main road, not visible from a car, I could just see over a hedge next to a shed on a farm, an aging Volvo in an orangey colour. I stopped in and enquired like you do. I was told that it used to do a lot of continental work with a cattle wagon body on which made sense as it was left hand drive. I thought at the time I took a couple of photos but as yet I haven’t managed to find them. Any way the photo above appeared on the Facebook and I was sure it was the same truck, challenge on, ask you my beloved bloggers for help……….

……BINGO!! A big thanks to blog reader Dan Edmonds, a driver from Chelmsford. He knew exactly where said Volvo was resting and managed to send these more recent photos of JWH 499P. As you can see she isn’t in quite as good condition as Gökhan’s photo and also not quite the same colour scheme. I love these then and now pics and I hope to bring you a few more over the next few months, as and when I can scan a few hundred photos I have here at Truckblog HQ. If you have any Now & Thens, please feel free to email them to me for us all to enjoy;

MAN Parts Hunt

Posted on August 27, 2012 by truckbloguk

Mon Bon Homme and regular blog contributor Steve Marsh needs your detective skills. As you can see by the arrows I have attached to the photo above, this MAN TGL has some extra parts attached to the bumper, which have had LED’s fitted. Now Mr Marsh has tried to track down these parts from MAN and it turns out they are a TGM part rather than a TGL part. Marshy ordered said TGM part but they don’t fit! Can anyone help with more info?? I wondered if they are sold by an aftermarket accessory company or something. There is a German accessory supplier who are an official supplier to MAN as their brochure used to be in the MAN dealer in Colchester. MAN UK have offered much help, so Marshy will probably end up having to visit an MAN dealer next time he is in Germany. The other option is find the truck, but that will be just a touch more difficult! It’s a German MAN TGL sleeper, that makes it like a knitting needle in a hay stack. Any additional info will be much appreciated by Mr Marsh.

Majorcan Mystery Motor

Posted on August 27, 2012 by truckbloguk

Hands up all those who take photos of trucks while your on holiday??? Most of us then. Dodgy Dave, H.C. Wilson’s top escort van driver recently had a break in Cala Bona, Majorca. All the little streets and bars need stocking with plenty of booze for all the holidaying Brits and this little mystery motor is one of the trucks doing the job. Dodgy Dave says it had no markings on what so ever but did seem to be struggling along with it’s heavy liquid load! Who can tell us what it is? My guess is some sort of Pegaso, but I may be wrong. Leave your comments below of what you think it may be. If you have any holiday trucks that you want to share, then email them over and tell me where they were and I’ll put them up on the blog. Email address is; ben@truckblog.co.uk

Swains Super 141

Posted on July 15, 2012 by truckbloguk

This rather tasty Scania 141 was spotted by various people last weekend heading up and down between Church Stretton, Shropshire and Ayr, Scotland. Last weekend was the annual Ayr Road Run. These pics were taken by Tim Cotton in a very damp Lymm Truckstop as the truck was making it’s way North. A few years back I remember talking with Steve Swain and one of his drivers, Mick, about the whole 141 thing. At the time Steve Swain (son of Swains of Stretton) was buying a double bed cabbed 141 that had been stored on Norfolk Scania man, Geoff Warrens farm. As we were talking about his purchase my 141 was nearing completion and Steve told me about the project for a Swains of Stretton 141 drawbar. I also seem to remember talking about getting the drawbar trailer back from Germany. My memory is all a little sketchy, but if you can add any thing or fill in any gaps then please leave comments below or send me an email with your pics.
You can’t deny that this could be one of the most authentic looking 141’s I think I have seen in the last few years, it really looks the biz. Be good to hear a bit more about it….over to you….

Spy Cams

Posted on July 6, 2012 by truckbloguk

Have you ever wondered what your truck looks like when you drive through a camera check in booth. You know the ones you have to drive slowly through when you take a trailer to the docks. You have to drive slowly so the cameras can produce images like these, so it can show the whole vehicle in quite a bit of detail.

As you can see in these pics, you do get slightly funny angles of the front and rear as it puts all the pics together to create one image. The rear of the truck is one normalish photo and then the roof is also taken in a similar way, so you get the full length in one shot. There isn’t many places to hide any damage you’ve done!!

Who’s Ger-MAN is This??

Posted on June 14, 2012 by truckbloguk

I know you all love a bit of detective work, so can you help with this?? I found these pics on the interweb a while back now and I can’t actually remember where I found them. I do seem to remember they were taken at the Geiselwind Truckerfest in Germany a few years ago, perhaps even 2009.

For obvious reason I would like to trace the owner so I can do a bit of a follow up. I have to say in all my MAN TGL perving I have only ever seen these 4 pics of this truck. Not sure if that’s good or bad, hopefully its still on the road. So I need my detective bloggers to see what you can find out, I feel that the lucky driver of this TGL may be entitled to an “On the House” TB sticker! Not sure the colour is quite my cup of tea, but i’m loving the heavy customisation and all the lights, probably looks pretty as a picture at night (or a christmas tree!). The interiour looks like it has been properly retrimmed, again a first in a TGL from my memory banks. Get searching bloggers and let me know what you find, email me; ben@truckblog.co.uk or leave a comment with your findings. Oh and thanks to Zdenda, who ever you are for the load of the pics!

Koopman from Germany??????

Posted on May 28, 2012 by truckbloguk

More MAN TGL, yea yea I know, what ever, its my website! This is your new contact challenge. I know it’s German, the photo looks like it was taken at the Truckstar Festival in the Netherlands. It says Koopman on the front….Thats it. I’ve not had much luck with searching the internet either. Over to you, tell me the missing link so I can contact said company. Leave your findings below as a comment or email me; ben@truckblog.co.uk

Also I have no idea who’s photo’s these are but well done to you and thank you.

Classic Volvo Heading for The UK

Posted on May 24, 2012 by truckbloguk

This lovely looking Volvo F89 was spotted this week, by HC Wilson driver Jon Pryke. Eagle-eyed Jon as they call him in Elmswell, spotted this classic Swede parked in Unaccompanied bays at DFDS, Vlaardingen ready to ship to Immingham….to its new owner?? By the way although it’s Wilson coloured I don’t think it’s anything to do with them!!

From these pics it looks to be in fairly good condition and well look after. The bodywork looks straight and the paint looks relatively shiny and the little pair of stacks, well…
Anyway does anyone know any thing about who’s it is? It is clearly heading to a new owner some where in the UK or Ireland. It’d be nice to know who the owner is so we can all keep an eye out for it with a new coat of paint! The lucky owner must know a bargain when they see one, judging by the price tag….

Mini Artic Weights from MAN

Posted on March 20, 2012 by truckbloguk

For ages I have been harping on about mini artics, or mini sattelzug for our continental friends, and in particular I have been trying to find out what the deal is with the weights of these little trucks. If a little rigid is plated as a 12 tonner then what is its gross weight when its converted into a mini artic?? To me it would seem pretty pointless if 12 ton was the gross train weight of a mini artic, although I know it can be if required. It makes more sense if a mini artic has a higher GTW and finally I think I have found the proof to back this up. I managed to get hold of a 30+ year long servant of MAN Trucks UK by the name of Keith Mulhall. Mr Mulhall emailed me a copy of the brochure “MAN Leichte Sattelzugmaschinen” as you may be able to tell its in German! But it does list the Gross Train weights for the various models in the TGL range.

This isn’t easy to list on hear but for all of you who are still awake, this is what the brochure states;

MAN TGL 8.XXX BLS – Gross Train Weight = 18,750 kg
MAN TGL 12.180 BLS – Gross Train Weight = 21,000 kg
MAN TGL 12.220 BLS – Gross Train Weight = 21,000 kg
MAN TGL 12.250 BLS – Gross Train Weight = 24,000 kg

This is the simple summary of the whole thing, but obviously it all depends on the rest of the drive train. There are various axle rartio’s and gearboxes to choose from to achieve your desired weight and I dare say that dependant on your country will depend how many axles you need in total to achieve said weight. I’m guessing that what ever make of truck, the train weights must be similar if not the same.

Got anything to add? Email me at ben@truckblog.co.uk or leave a comment below, i’m off to read “How to Watch Paint Dry” by Major Lee Board!!! I just wanted to share it with you as i’ve gone on about it so much and no one could give the answer. Now you know and just think, I don’t have to tell you again……….But I might do more on the Duvenbeck if I can get a response from them.

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