These old Atkinson are among bad ass heavy haulage trucks ever made . I remember living in Jamaica as a kid & watched one fully loaded with Sugar Cane pulling a Leyland River also hauling Sugar Cane that had broken down up a hill . Back in these days, Sugar Cane haulers never left another stranded.
Oh to turn the clock back and make people aware of the consequences of not being content with theier home products. And I'm not talking about lorrys ,but clothing, cars, etc, we all would would have pride in our nation
Took me back to the late 1970s when Atkinsons were beginning to become uncommon. I had forgotten the noise and the way these things roll on the road. Thank you.
What a lovely wagon modern truck drivers don't know their born with all their automatic gearboxes the old trucks sounds so much better than the modern suff .
It made a change for me to ride shotgun in this old girl as much as I love driving & owning her, it`s a joy to be in the passenger seat, takes me back to the 1970,s as a young lad riding in an Atkinson defender 8 legger tipper with a 220 cummins coupled to a 10 speed roadranger. We had a brilliant day thanks Richard you did her proud.
Borderer was my favourite truck from childhood year's, spotted on the roads everywhere,a timeless classic still looks good today,could you imagine if they did a modern version of this,somethings are better left alone 👍
Brilliant, 3 years on YTE 304N, with D.V. Williams, Atki through and through. Had a drive in the latest eu6 bummer trucks, that’s why the class1 licence stays in the drawer. More videos please👍👌
Truck is a credit to you. Shame all the British truck makers have gone. When I was a kid growing up in the late 60s/70s I lived just up the road from the AEC factory near Southall. I remember seeing what must have been test lorries driving around with no body on, just the cab.
Cool video. That bit of road coming out of hull towards beginning of the 63 I travel that way on a regular basis when I’m on my way back across the Pennines to Manchester from National avenue in hull. Granted not in a lovely old girl like that but in my companies Mercedes actros. All the creature comforts but no character like the Atki !
hi great video. as an ex AEC ltd employee we use to fit a Rolls Royce 220bhp to the Marathon if the customer wanted it. i think a few went to BLMC as car transporters, the g/box was a Fuller road ranger. great days there, the engines were painted in green by RR. personly i think they were underpowered. it worked better with the AEC TL12
Always worth watching with out old put some of the younger drivers out there they would not now how to change gear I used to drive a leyland Clydesdale with a 6 speed gearbox it made you think when you hat to change gear 🇮🇲 👍
Nice moves on the shift Mr B. Don’t let JS Near that you’d need a box😂. I know that estate in the video I deliver there on a Wednesday a bit rough for the old girl at the entrance. 🙆♂️
Your right about the entrance to the estate, the Atlantic ocean in stormy weather is flatter than that road surface 😂, she lives in the transport museum on the estate.
Great video, Rich! Don't know if you twigged it, but the Borderer at 3:17 (RHE 315M) later went on to a life in general haulage with Lorian Transpor of Trafford Park, gaining a tag axle along the way. It was later refurbished by one of their drivers but I haven't heard anything of it for a long time. P.S. I listened to this through my studio headphones, and that motor sounds superb! I was so tempted by it at Kev Dennis' sale in 1997, but I already several on the go. It went to a better home than I would have given it, as I wouldn't have appreciated its history the same as subsequent owners clearly have.
This vehicle on mines rescue was manned all year round. We did 7 12 hr days and 7 12 hr nights on a rota basis. I was the only one to take it to the Boulby potash mine north of Whitby when it was measured up for the concrete anchor pad. The generator was on the back of a Leyland Hippo, it was so slow it's a wonder that it ever got to a pit.
Wonder if you know my Grandad, George Arthur Jones from Mexborough (Old Denaby). I know he was working at the potash mine in some way when I was born in 1972. He worked for NCB and was involved in mine rescue too. Kindest regards.
I miss the sound of my roller, such a bark. I find a rolls is well suited in front of a roadranger, Cummins takes too long for a quick upshift you need a dip on the clutch brake or Jakes to slow it. Never driven a Gardner roadranger but on a David brown I'm pretty sure I could have a nap between gears.
Hi got one of them borderer Atkinson,s brand new at ferrymasters Preston the only thing was they let them out the factory without power steering as they had run out of components Twas a pig to steer in low gears it went back to Walton le dale after about three weeks and was fitted with the Power steering arm etc it had the 220 Cummins sounded great got an old eagle diesel badge and a Gardner 180 badge knocking about in my man cave happy days
Dunlop Maxaret Anti-Skid systems were fitted to RAF Fast Jets of the time, most were hydraulic but Buccaneer had an electrical version installed. They had a rubber wheel that ran on a knurled ring attached to the wheel, compared left to right and took airspeed into account to regulate brake pressure at the wheel.
I keep her in the South Yorkshire transport museum in Rotherham. I,m willing to take you out for a spin in her sometime if ever your up this way for a donation to the museum.
I was lucky enough to have an Atkinson Borderer with a Gardiner 180 working for Alpha Bulk Liquids; a tremendous vehicle often working at 34 tons (over legal limit) carrying gas oil. Engine would pull away on a 1:3 in third (out of 6) gear, this because linkage was worn out and slapping it over would knock against the engine cover...never needed to rev over 2000 rpm. Incidentally the "dish" rear of its' tank featured in "Withnail and I" filmed during their drive south in torrential rain.
@@Mr_b_yorkshire_farmer no 270rolls it was meant for corona soft drinks apparently mick. corona sort drinks not sure that’s fact exhaust passenger side used to blow smoke over passengers at bus stops
@@Mr_b_yorkshire_farmer I'm looking for a 13spd instructions metal plate to go with my 13sd gear knob liberated from a R seiries MACK along with the hood ornament in service at Greenham Common. And a tinplate Cummins radiator badge. You can dream.
My father drove an Atkinson like that in the late 1970s running up to longbridge with car parts I think that had a rolls engine not certain of the engine HP I believe it was less than 250
In the early 80s at 16 year old my 1st job was working as an apprentice truck mechanic at polar trucks Wombwell lane Barnsley (Now Tescos) all I did for 6 solid months wa# steam clean NCB trucks ready for MOT terrible filthy job and we had mine’s rescue vehicles regular I dare say the one you have Atkinson the worst NCB vehicles were land rovers all box sections underneath the warm high power spray would hit the box section then smash you in the face horrible I looked like I’d just come out of the pit soaking wet. 😮
@michaelparker5072 It's not about not 'liking' anything British it's just comparing British and Euro trucks for what they are. If Brit trucks were so marvelous why are they not around anymore?. I actually love old trucks of any make or year and glad they're around but let's not forget here that British trucks were junk...
@@Draxindustries1 that's as maybe,but is there any need for you to keep coming out with the sarcastic wit?,i personally wouldn't give you tuppence for a Volvo,but i wouldn't decry them
@@Draxindustries1 i have,owned them,worked on them,and driven them,that's why i have the opinion that i have,but to each their own,i certainly wouldn't decry someone for that being their choice of motor,i'd even go so far as to encourage someone to buy one,as both the marques you have mentioned are the ones that keep the lads busy in the workshop far more than the other makes combined,which is good news,as it keeps them in gainfull employment
Pure class old skool at its very best 👌👌👌
These old Atkinson are among bad ass heavy haulage trucks ever made . I remember living in Jamaica as a kid & watched one fully loaded with Sugar Cane pulling a Leyland River also hauling Sugar Cane that had broken down up a hill . Back in these days, Sugar Cane haulers never left another stranded.
What an engine sound.... awesome. Thank you for a great video.
Who needs a radio with that engine sound
Absolutley Brilliant that and thanks for the very kind compliment. I still remember driving it away from the scrap yard in 1996
Smooth operating those gears,love watching you boys drive these old British classics.
Oh to turn the clock back and make people aware of the consequences of not being content with theier home products. And I'm not talking about lorrys ,but clothing, cars, etc, we all would would have pride in our nation
Lovely old beast.
I grew up playing around these trucks. Also I love the way they built with their signature "exposed " radiator front design
Absolutely cracking lorry, sounds amazing, and some very slick gear changing there 👍👍👍
Took me back to the late 1970s when Atkinsons were beginning to become uncommon. I had forgotten the noise and the way these things roll on the road. Thank you.
Lovely wraparound windscreen - great visibility and very stylish!
Used to drive that in the eightys brilliant memories 👍
What a lovely wagon modern truck drivers don't know their born with all their automatic gearboxes the old trucks sounds so much better than the modern suff .
Sounds beautiful.👍👍👍
Enjoyed that episode Richard especially the nod to Dave Seagrave 👍
Only missing a 1975 moustache! Fantastic memories and the sound music to my ears
Love the Sound of the RR engine & being a 280 it sound to have lots of pull. Lovely bit of Kit.
It made a change for me to ride shotgun in this old girl as much as I love driving & owning her, it`s a joy to be in the passenger seat, takes me back to the 1970,s as a young lad riding in an Atkinson defender 8 legger tipper with a 220 cummins coupled to a 10 speed roadranger. We had a brilliant day thanks Richard you did her proud.
Borderer was my favourite truck from childhood year's, spotted on the roads everywhere,a timeless classic still looks good today,could you imagine if they did a modern version of this,somethings are better left alone 👍
Yes also my favourite wagon. Good choice.
Brilliant, 3 years on YTE 304N, with D.V. Williams, Atki through and through. Had a drive in the latest eu6 bummer trucks, that’s why the class1 licence stays in the drawer. More videos please👍👌
Great video, nice to see a bit of the history and story behind the lorry. 👍
She’s a fine piece of machinery.
Truck is a credit to you. Shame all the British truck makers have gone. When I was a kid growing up in the late 60s/70s I lived just up the road from the AEC factory near Southall. I remember seeing what must have been test lorries driving around with no body on, just the cab.
Cool video. That bit of road coming out of hull towards beginning of the 63 I travel that way on a regular basis when I’m on my way back across the Pennines to Manchester from National avenue in hull. Granted not in a lovely old girl like that but in my companies Mercedes actros. All the creature comforts but no character like the Atki !
Loved watching another great video Richard, i worked a few times on KKU has a apprentice back in the day .
hi great video. as an ex AEC ltd employee we use to fit a Rolls Royce 220bhp to the Marathon if the customer wanted it. i think a few went to BLMC as car transporters, the g/box was a Fuller road ranger. great days there, the engines were painted in green by RR. personly i think they were underpowered. it worked better with the AEC TL12
TL 12 was a better engine than the rolls.
Always worth watching with out old put some of the younger drivers out there they would not now how to change gear I used to drive a leyland Clydesdale with a 6 speed gearbox it made you think when you hat to change gear 🇮🇲 👍
Seen a ERF B SERIES down nr swinton Bridge nr mexbourgh looks like an old NCB motor would be a lovley project mr B👍
That Sounds Absolutely Mint 👍
Brilliant that pal lovley motor
Great video and truck, I live on the South Bank, not far from the Bridge
A real truck, lucky man!
Nice moves on the shift Mr B. Don’t let JS Near that you’d need a box😂. I know that estate in the video I deliver there on a Wednesday a bit rough for the old girl at the entrance. 🙆♂️
Your right about the entrance to the estate, the Atlantic ocean in stormy weather is flatter than that road surface 😂, she lives in the transport museum on the estate.
hi richard, great video. the photo at the top right is taken on the m4 westbound at j11 for reading in berkshire.
Great stuff!
Great video, Rich! Don't know if you twigged it, but the Borderer at 3:17 (RHE 315M) later went on to a life in general haulage with Lorian Transpor of Trafford Park, gaining a tag axle along the way. It was later refurbished by one of their drivers but I haven't heard anything of it for a long time. P.S. I listened to this through my studio headphones, and that motor sounds superb! I was so tempted by it at Kev Dennis' sale in 1997, but I already several on the go. It went to a better home than I would have given it, as I wouldn't have appreciated its history the same as subsequent owners clearly have.
Looks fantastic a privilege to drive I’m sure
This vehicle on mines rescue was manned all year round. We did 7 12 hr days and 7 12 hr nights on a rota basis. I was the only one to take it to the Boulby potash mine north of Whitby when it was measured up for the concrete anchor pad.
The generator was on the back of a Leyland Hippo, it was so slow it's a wonder that it ever got to a pit.
Wonder if you know my Grandad, George Arthur Jones from Mexborough (Old Denaby). I know he was working at the potash mine in some way when I was born in 1972. He worked for NCB and was involved in mine rescue too. Kindest regards.
WOW nice Wheels
Very nice credit to you.
I miss the sound of my roller, such a bark. I find a rolls is well suited in front of a roadranger, Cummins takes too long for a quick upshift you need a dip on the clutch brake or Jakes to slow it. Never driven a Gardner roadranger but on a David brown I'm pretty sure I could have a nap between gears.
Hi got one of them borderer Atkinson,s brand new at ferrymasters Preston the only thing was they let them out the factory without power steering as they had run out of components Twas a pig to steer in low gears it went back to Walton le dale after about three weeks and was fitted with the Power steering arm etc it had the 220 Cummins sounded great got an old eagle diesel badge and a Gardner 180 badge knocking about in my man cave happy days
Dunlop Maxaret Anti-Skid systems were fitted to RAF Fast Jets of the time, most were hydraulic but Buccaneer had an electrical version installed. They had a rubber wheel that ran on a knurled ring attached to the wheel, compared left to right and took airspeed into account to regulate brake pressure at the wheel.
Interesting
Walton le Dale,s finest 👍
Great …stuff of my dreams to av a go in one
I keep her in the South Yorkshire transport museum in Rotherham. I,m willing to take you out for a spin in her sometime if ever your up this way for a donation to the museum.
Beautiful
I think Dave like's been chauffeured Richard lol.
I bet some what quicker than the 180 Gardner Akinson i also loved the 9 speed road ranger gearbox had one in my T11 engine layland octopus
I was lucky enough to have an Atkinson Borderer with a Gardiner 180 working for Alpha Bulk Liquids; a tremendous vehicle often working at 34 tons (over legal limit) carrying gas oil. Engine would pull away on a 1:3 in third (out of 6) gear, this because linkage was worn out and slapping it over would knock against the engine cover...never needed to rev over 2000 rpm. Incidentally the "dish" rear of its' tank featured in
"Withnail and I" filmed during their drive south in torrential rain.
proper truck for when drivers were drivers
I drove one as a low loader for Willments Twickenham actually had a 45ton plate. P reg
@@MichaelLatimer-g5y was that one with a 250 Cummins ? There is one I no that they up rated after
@@Mr_b_yorkshire_farmer no 270rolls it was meant for corona soft drinks apparently mick.
corona sort drinks not sure that’s fact exhaust passenger side used to blow smoke over passengers at bus stops
@@MichaelLatimer-g5y ahhh interesting. That very interesting
Hi lovely truck did I see a 13sp fuller box ? I was an apprentice at Ford and Slater in Leicester and fitted Dunlop Maxeret abs happy days.
It’s just a 9 speed in this wagon.
@@Mr_b_yorkshire_farmer I'm looking for a 13spd instructions metal plate to go with my 13sd gear knob liberated from a R seiries MACK along with the hood ornament in service at Greenham Common.
And a tinplate Cummins radiator badge.
You can dream.
Seems you have to be very fit to drive an Atkinson lot of gear changing
Hi I worked at Rolls Royce Shrewsbury for 35 years building and testing engines and may of built or tested you engine
Built in Royton, Oldham? dx
@@davidwaterhouse2552 no sorry. Walton le dale preston.
My father drove an Atkinson like that in the late 1970s running up to longbridge with car parts I think that had a rolls engine not certain of the engine HP I believe it was less than 250
Atki's look great from outside but the novelty soon wears off when you're on the inside with a 180 Gardner day in day out. On top money of coarse.
Use to drive a ex British coal board foden with split screen had it has a low loader whould pull a house down right beast
The sound is a little bit like the T45 350 of my father.
Plenty of todays drivers couldn’t change gears as smooth as that, if at all😉🤣
Why does it it idle so badly? Shuddering ?
@@nitrorory it’s just the fuel delivery when the engine is cold.
In the early 80s at 16 year old my 1st job was working as an apprentice truck mechanic at polar trucks Wombwell lane Barnsley (Now Tescos) all I did for 6 solid months wa# steam clean NCB trucks ready for MOT terrible filthy job and we had mine’s rescue vehicles regular I dare say the one you have Atkinson the worst NCB vehicles were land rovers all box sections underneath the warm high power spray would hit the box section then smash you in the face horrible I looked like I’d just come out of the pit soaking wet. 😮
👌👍👌👍👌SH
Ah...the Sudden Accident, the perfect example of why the UK truck industry is no more..
Aint it about time you found a different record to play,we all know you don't like anything British
@michaelparker5072
It's not about not 'liking' anything British it's just comparing British and Euro trucks for what they are. If Brit trucks were so marvelous why are they not around anymore?.
I actually love old trucks of any make or year and glad they're around but let's not forget here that British trucks were junk...
@@Draxindustries1 that's as maybe,but is there any need for you to keep coming out with the sarcastic wit?,i personally wouldn't give you tuppence for a Volvo,but i wouldn't decry them
Have a drive in a Volvo or Scania, it's very likely you'll change your mind👍
@@Draxindustries1 i have,owned them,worked on them,and driven them,that's why i have the opinion that i have,but to each their own,i certainly wouldn't decry someone for that being their choice of motor,i'd even go so far as to encourage someone to buy one,as both the marques you have mentioned are the ones that keep the lads busy in the workshop far more than the other makes combined,which is good news,as it keeps them in gainfull employment