not to mention it’s HUGE living area with virtually all its space usable, really good trucks, usually maintained to the highest standards- nice vid rup
Any information in particular you would like to know? It’s mainly going to be focused on the economic benefits of buying an ex Royal Mail truck. Rupert
@basevan yep, would be open circuit until it earthed against the disc. It's open still because it's broken mid wire. It wouldn't show the light/warning until it grounds. Need to ground the piece in the conduit, not the piece from the pads, to check. Hope that makes sense. Great content, keep it up 👍
3406 will be grounded at the bulkhead plug. They can be a right pain to repair as the diagnostics will not pin point which wheel is throwing up the pad wear fault. Best to just keep a visual Check on the pads. If you do fancy fixing it, it's the Red bulkhead plug think it's 3rd one in from the left. Blue or black wire (3406)
Having driven 3.5million KMS in one of those Daf's the only thing to watch on them is keep the front dry as they dont like water around the electronics and you can get the limp mode as easy as wink... meaning you need to let it dry out... other than that its the dreaded... di di di di daf sound alarm when you start them up of when they throw a fault up.... all in all a very reliable truck so long as you do the usual... start up... let it warm up, dont drive it like you stole it... and keep it in oil... it will be fine as in all fairness... probably as close to being a truck that drives like a car seating and steering wise... so to close... if this is your first road into buying a 7.5 tonner.... if it has service details and has been say a one driver... all the better.... but you could do far worse than to have a go on one... Yoki...
Drove those & the larger DAF rigids for 15 + years at RM & although they get a hard time they were surprisingly reliable. The maintenance schedules & inspections are thorough. RM do take mechanical condition very seriously on their in-scope vehicles .
These are surprisingly cheap to maintain. I've been doing a bit of research on stuff I'd class as consumables ie starters, alternators, suspension, brakes, tyres and there's only a marginal difference between this and my old 1.8t payload Ducato. Looking forwards to the next video on these 🎉
I work for RM and am in trucks that have done 1.5+ million kilometres every day so 1 million is pretty much standard for anything above a 3ton vehicle. Any defects they are all put straight into the garage to be fixed by the fleet mechanics.As soon as the tread is down to 2mm they are replaced. It’s just the small delivery vans that are beaten up as they used and abused by posties whereas the higher class vehicles are only driven by 2 or 3 guys for their duration as everyone is assigned the same vehicle for their duty so we look after them
I bought my vans from Royal Mail, they are serviced and mechanically faultless not the straightest, and, they come with lumps and bumps and paintwork, They are not the best, but the ldvs that I bought have had low mileage as they were backups or did short runs,1 ldv pilot did over 150 thousand miles just could not destroy it was rust and rot that won the day.
Working at RM we couldnt have worse vans hahaha Here, if you get a van thats suspension or engine doesnt knock or make sounds it shouldnt - you should get a lottery ticket 😂 But thats because we dont get new vans - most of ours were given from other offices that got new vans
@basevan I don't doubt it mate haha The vans at my office are mostly old vans sent from London as they needed to upgrade due to ulez. Most of them are awful, suspension knocks and bangs, clutches spinning, some gearboxes need so much force to put into gear etc. Last week alone I had 2 vans taken off the road, 1 had an illegal tire and 1 a faulty thermostat not letting the van get up to temp for dpf regen and it kept kicking into limp mode. But this is mostly all due to the posties failing to report issues on their vehicle checks. They mostly all just tick green and go do their rounds and as long as this doesn't change then our vans won't be in a great state either! But oh well.
All vehicles over 3.5 ton are subject to 6 week inspection periods, rarely will you find a vehicle that has not used qualified personnel and quality parts.
Thanks for your comment and advice-it’s always great to see people looking out for others! However, in this case, the wheel acts as part of the grounding system since it’s connected to the chassis through the hub, which is all electrically conductive. The jump lead was only completing the circuit as an earth, so there’s no real risk to the ABS or other systems. Still, I appreciate you raising the point-it’s always good to double-check things when working with vehicles!
RM vans are all virtually scrap when they've finished with them ! RM trucks are probably much better condition and they are always more highly maintained.
@@basevan We are seeing an increasing number of brand new Peugeot WHITE coloured RM vans where we live. Apparently its RM money saving as its cheaper having white paintwork than the traditional red. They don't stand out as well on the road and the new King Charles yellow Royal Crest on the driver and passenger doors is virtually invisible from a distance on a white background ! Fancy seeing Postman Pat driving round in a white van, it not the same is it !!
Coaches rack up ridiculous amounts, company I work for has two European tour coaches one out working one in depot being serviced, four years old, 1.6 million km one one, 1.4 million on the other, depending on where they go and how long they’re away for they do 3-7000km a trip and used all year round
not to mention it’s HUGE living area with virtually all its space usable, really good trucks, usually maintained to the highest standards- nice vid rup
Yes please would love to watch a video on mail vans. Please keep the video's coming love watching.
Any information in particular you would like to know? It’s mainly going to be focused on the economic benefits of buying an ex Royal Mail truck.
Rupert
The wire has to go to ground, against the disc.
Might be worth grounding it to check the warning works, or not.
@@alzy73 Nice. But warning should be present, due to being “open circuit”.
@basevan yep, would be open circuit until it earthed against the disc.
It's open still because it's broken mid wire.
It wouldn't show the light/warning until it grounds.
Need to ground the piece in the conduit, not the piece from the pads, to check.
Hope that makes sense.
Great content, keep it up 👍
3406 will be grounded at the bulkhead plug. They can be a right pain to repair as the diagnostics will not pin point which wheel is throwing up the pad wear fault. Best to just keep a visual Check on the pads. If you do fancy fixing it, it's the Red bulkhead plug think it's 3rd one in from the left. Blue or black wire (3406)
Having driven 3.5million KMS in one of those Daf's the only thing to watch on them is keep the front dry as they dont like water around the electronics and you can get the limp mode as easy as wink... meaning you need to let it dry out... other than that its the dreaded... di di di di daf sound alarm when you start them up of when they throw a fault up.... all in all a very reliable truck so long as you do the usual... start up... let it warm up, dont drive it like you stole it... and keep it in oil... it will be fine as in all fairness... probably as close to being a truck that drives like a car seating and steering wise... so to close... if this is your first road into buying a 7.5 tonner.... if it has service details and has been say a one driver... all the better.... but you could do far worse than to have a go on one... Yoki...
Drove those & the larger DAF rigids for 15 + years at RM & although they get a hard time they were surprisingly reliable. The maintenance schedules & inspections are thorough.
RM do take mechanical condition very seriously on their in-scope vehicles .
These are surprisingly cheap to maintain. I've been doing a bit of research on stuff I'd class as consumables ie starters, alternators, suspension, brakes, tyres and there's only a marginal difference between this and my old 1.8t payload Ducato. Looking forwards to the next video on these 🎉
Given the size of the royal mail fleet, there is certainly scope for getting a good one.
Generally their engines are good for spares (LCV’s) and the HGV’s can be repaired and re-used.
So weird to think of 13 reg as "old" now - how far time has come!
I work for RM and am in trucks that have done 1.5+ million kilometres every day so 1 million is pretty much standard for anything above a 3ton vehicle. Any defects they are all put straight into the garage to be fixed by the fleet mechanics.As soon as the tread is down to 2mm they are replaced. It’s just the small delivery vans that are beaten up as they used and abused by posties whereas the higher class vehicles are only driven by 2 or 3 guys for their duration as everyone is assigned the same vehicle for their duty so we look after them
Love the insight thanks
I bought my vans from Royal Mail, they are serviced and mechanically faultless not the straightest, and, they come with lumps and bumps and paintwork, They are not the best, but the ldvs that I bought have had low mileage as they were backups or did short runs,1 ldv pilot did over 150 thousand miles just could not destroy it was rust and rot that won the day.
Working at RM we couldnt have worse vans hahaha
Here, if you get a van thats suspension or engine doesnt knock or make sounds it shouldnt - you should get a lottery ticket 😂
But thats because we dont get new vans - most of ours were given from other offices that got new vans
@@fabi1074the trucks are maintained better as have to get more frequent checks and more thorough.
Totally agree mate I've had 2 ex royal mail transit conect dents and scratches galore but mechanicaly perfect 👌 😊
@basevan I don't doubt it mate haha
The vans at my office are mostly old vans sent from London as they needed to upgrade due to ulez.
Most of them are awful, suspension knocks and bangs, clutches spinning, some gearboxes need so much force to put into gear etc.
Last week alone I had 2 vans taken off the road, 1 had an illegal tire and 1 a faulty thermostat not letting the van get up to temp for dpf regen and it kept kicking into limp mode.
But this is mostly all due to the posties failing to report issues on their vehicle checks. They mostly all just tick green and go do their rounds and as long as this doesn't change then our vans won't be in a great state either! But oh well.
All vehicles over 3.5 ton are subject to 6 week inspection periods, rarely will you find a vehicle that has not used qualified personnel and quality parts.
@@johnmcguigan4456 agreed 👍
your brave putting jump lead on wheel. Lucky you didn't course damage to abs
Thanks for your comment and advice-it’s always great to see people looking out for others! However, in this case, the wheel acts as part of the grounding system since it’s connected to the chassis through the hub, which is all electrically conductive. The jump lead was only completing the circuit as an earth, so there’s no real risk to the ABS or other systems. Still, I appreciate you raising the point-it’s always good to double-check things when working with vehicles!
Do you think it would need much to get a MOT? Always considered converting a 7.5t box and this looks a good way to start
@@nigelm7777 To be confirmed 👍
Would be interested to see the royal mail truck why you should buy video
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Is this Matt Farah's 1 million km royal mail truck?
New sub 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
YOLO.
RM vans are all virtually scrap when they've finished with them ! RM trucks are probably much better condition and they are always more highly maintained.
Congruent.
@@basevan In agreement or harmony !
@@SteveJames-m3v A royal agreement.
@@basevan We are seeing an increasing number of brand new Peugeot WHITE coloured RM vans where we live. Apparently its RM money saving as its cheaper having white paintwork than the traditional red. They don't stand out as well on the road and the new King Charles yellow Royal Crest on the driver and passenger doors is virtually invisible from a distance on a white background ! Fancy seeing Postman Pat driving round in a white van, it not the same is it !!
@@SteveJames-m3vthe reason they are white is because they are hire vans
The front tyres don't need to be 10 years old . They can be a maximum of 10 years old.
@@dennisphoenix1 Thanks for correcting me. That’s what I meant 👍
For this money its worth converting one just for the practice.
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1 million km is nothing really these days. Well maintained pcv and hgv will go on for many more
That is ridiculous kilometres
@audibell I’ve seen more! There’s a Volvo truck down the road from me that’s got4 million km.
@@basevan I saw a VW golf which don 1. 2 million km
No it’s not , you obviously know nothing about lorries , stick to your armchair
Coaches rack up ridiculous amounts, company I work for has two European tour coaches one out working one in depot being serviced, four years old, 1.6 million km one one, 1.4 million on the other, depending on where they go and how long they’re away for they do 3-7000km a trip and used all year round