10 RAREST British Trucks Of All Time That You’ve Never Heard Of

[@EdwinScource]

Ruined by giving incorrect facts. There are such a lot of facts that are wrong. Best you research properly and start again.

[@stephencrossman9402]

Think it's AI generated myself...

[@johnmontgomery9149]

Agree like the ERF merger when the merger was with Seddon

[@keithlowe9037]

What did you expect American AI generated

[@alexrobinson2281]

This guy needs to get his facts correct about British lorries not trucks , hasn’t got a clue

[@johngroves2190]

I agree with you.

[@AlexanderCarter-gr5og]

Wrong Atkinson merged with seddon not erf

[@johnmontgomery9149]

@@AlexanderCarter-gr5og oops sorry. I was too busy trying to be critical of a poor video 😀😀😀😀

[@derekantill3721]

No mention of Maudslay, Vulcan, Dennis, Crossley & Rutland.

[@peterhowells7309]

Greetings from Scotland! Unfortunately there were a lot of inaccuracies in the commentary, however I got a lot of memories from seeing these oldies again! I worked on most, if no all of them during my time as a HGV mechanic. I sighed a huge relief when the first tilt-cab models started to be built. Ease of access was never a consideration for the designers. From a drivers point of view, most were freezing in the winter and stiflingly hot cab in the summer! BUT the sound was what I loved most! I'm surprised you didn't mention the 2-stroke engine trucks like the Commer and the Foden which were always heralded by their throaty whining/screaming engines as they approached. Loads of iconic British made trucks missing from this, but thanks for the memories anyway! 😊

[@truckersvision]

Thank you for the comment and feedback. Working on improving our next videos!

[@peterhowells7309]

@@truckersvision I appreciate these videos and look forward to seeing more!

[@howardsmith5756]

I drove a Scammel Crusader in the 80s powered by a 8v71 Detroit engine with 262 hp rated to haul 70 tons. Also drove a 1989 Foden powered by a 3406B 350 hp Caterpillar engine and interestingly the cross members were stamped Kenworth. That then meant that Paccar had a hand in that company before the 2000s. Those two trucks were beast when loaded.

[@buckrogers2828]

Paccar was involved with Foden in the 70's they was still running separate to a degree but it was slowly being absorbed. Crusaders came with various engines many had the RR Eagle

[@mikeprzyrembel]

@@buckrogers2828 Only Detroit and RR.

[@CB1000FP1]

sorry heard of them all and many more aswell, driven a few of them to

[@GrahamPrice-s7z]

On number 10 you talk about Antar tank transporter and also show a Scammel tank trans of later years and followed it .

[@scottwhitehouse1128]

Please get your facts right first guy also had Cummins engine s21 was made in sandbach Atkinson merged with Seddon the roadtrain wasn't sold until 1980 also had Cummins and Leyland tl12 erf was brought by western star then man trucks of Germany the rarest erf is the MW series

[@KieranMonday]

It’s probably a faceless AI channel, weird mispronunciation of words gives it away The way it said “gallon” at 3:45 have it away to me

[@billmmckelvie5188]

There was a great WWII leaflet produced the U.S. War Department. Teaching U.S. troops the difference between a Lorry and a wagon.

[@johngardiner6800]

I grew up with these trucks, always loved Foden.

[@KevinMorris-m4s]

Atkinson merged with Seddon and not foden and most of the lorries used Cummins engines as well

[@mdf2mdf287]

I remember Leyland's foray into lorries well. It was called the "Roadtrain" because you went by Road and came back on a Train.! And the 265 Roller had two throttle positions, flat out or idle, anything in between and you thought you had kangaroo juice in the tank.

[@stevepoulton8826]

Obviously dont remember them at all, lol.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

You must have a long memory and lifetime,Leyland built trucks before the first world war.!

[@mdf2mdf287]

@@stevepoulton8826 Having worked for Edward Needham's in Oldham when they were a main service agent for the Roadtrain in it's so called "hayday" I think I had a reasonable take on them when on a regular basis they came in behind a wrecker with the prop thrown in the cab.

[@davezoom2682]

Had a Foden S 10 eight wheeler bulk blower fitted with a Gardner 6 LYT 15 litre , never came out of overdrive on any British motorway loaded , it just growled a bit louder , 9 to the gallon including driving the blower , I make of a S 40 fitted with the 2_stroker , I was in heaven !

[@MrOlgrumpy]

WHY is there a V20 marine/powerhouse engine shown ? which truck ran that ? or was it an example of cargo carried ?

[@SebsTruckStop]

Don’t make videos without doing your research 😊

[@brendanbayer5002]

The Crusaders in fleet where I worked in the early/mid 80's had Detroits and Cummins engines...

[@simongilbert2704]

yep they did have 8v71 detroits ,, this guy is a danger to the truth ; misleading interested viewers , who are trying to learn ,

[@toucan221]

Oh by the way, not a lot of people know this, but the Thornycroft Antar had Two engines under the hood.

[@truckersvision]

Thank you for the info

[@patrickporter6536]

It also had a V8- cylinder version of the Rolls V12 Meteor, called a Meteorite. In early models.

[@landyandy7]

The scammell crusader was not that rare , its the scammell amazon was the rare one rated at 100 tons , uprated crusader with scammell contractor back end on them

[@toucan221]

Nice work pal, a few small mistakes but don't worry you can't be expected to know everything especially when you have Ten different trucks to sort out. Nice little video thanks

[@truckersvision]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[@patrickporter6536]

Heard of all of them. Seen most of them. Just more badly researched garbage from America.

[@checker3694]

To be fair Americans have been cut off from outside world, unlike any other country,till recently with the arrival of you tube.

[@petersmith4455]

you have it wrong about the guy big J, iused to work for AEC ltd and we supplied the AV505 for this chassis as an option

[@buckrogers2828]

Guy Big J4 mostly came with Big Cam Cummins engines, Scammels made all sorts of things like those three wheelers in railway goods yards. Another one not mentioned is AEC also Ford Who had the Thames traders and transcontinental. Oddly most are all part of Paccar now!

[@ergotot45]

small cam Cummins in Big Js

[@Steven5teven]

I had Alpha cabbed Foden on containers, It never gave us any trouble!

[@oilburner225]

Interesting video but as has already been mentioned many facts were incorrect. For example the narrator stated speed was an issue on some of the trucks, speed was dictated by our road system and not necessarily down to the truck. There's still quite a few of the trucks around, certainly not as rare as stated. I was driving an Atkinson Borderer up to the late 1990's, in fact the one I used to drive is now a yard shunter. Also there's plenty of ERF's around, certainly not rare. The Leylands are not so common as the cabs would rust out.

[@TheByard]

In the 1970s I drove an ERF 7 tonner fitted with a 5 cylinder Gardener engine, for a Civil Engineering Company. Hauling construction site cabins, generators etc. from the comapnys plant yard in SW London to a new site at Beachley on the banks of the river Severn near Chepstow S. Wales. The trip down would take a day to rope & sheet the load, drive down the A4/M4 the later was only open in parts. Unload the truck and book into a greasy spoon transport cafe. Drive back to London and load up for the next morning. Spend a night at home with mums great cooking. The truck was traded in to Watts of Gloucester for a new Leyland, it was bought by a collected and refurbished to it's original glory, which must have been a task as it's last days were spent as a site truck. She is in the grey livery of Chas Brand & Son Civil Engineering Contractors. There was also a matching ERF 14 tonner 8 wheeler and a Scammel tractor and trailers in the plant yard fleet.

[@1258-Eckhart]

They are not "semis", they are artic tractors.

[@fozzie221]

I've driven all of these trucks over the years many of them during my time in the army

[@chrislee7392]

i think you will find the E R F you show was really an MAN chasse and running gear with an ERF based cab and was made of steel and not fiberglass

[@craiglogistics2092]

This guy needs to do some more research and get his facts right

[@danieljones4907]

Why

[@brendanbayer5002]

😮look like Cummins logo on Roadtrain

[@philipblackburn3759]

That’s a Rolls Royce Petrol car engine, definitely not a truck engine, get your facts right?

[@stevepoulton8826]

😅Fodens 9mpg was pretty good in the 60s, this feller is a clown.

[@trucktruck8016]

Was looking forward to this when I clicked on it , but .... the inaccreses/wrong information , the 6 wheel Leyland Roadtrain 1st came out as a Scammel Roadtrain drove an '85 C reg with 6 speed spicer and 320 big cam cummins the rearest version is the Leyland Interstater , the rearest ERF is the export, based on a B or C series ERF fitted with the metal bodies cab , same cab as Scammel Crusader different grille only one I have seen had a 350 cummins and 13 speed fuller , Leyland Marathon is one that was missed, rearest being the european spec similar to an F12 Volvo Globetrotter cab wise ie sink etc . The seddeon ackinson has a Daf 95 cab the version/s ! drove had a 325 Perkins/Rolls Royce engine/cummins 400 and an eaton twin split box both good trucks .... theres plenty more but I doubt the guy who put this out will bother to research the British Truck industry 70' though to the late 90's properly to give an accurate video.

[@johnwightman4565]

The borderer shown in these pics is OTF 550 M And was new to wj ridings longridge lancs and is fitted with ridings own design sleeper cab fitted in house it had and nhc 250 Cummins under the bonnet

[@cliveluff6622]

Not really RARE trucks. I'd say a rarity would be an HHT. I think only one is, currently, under restoration.

[@lesliedrysdale2434]

Dont know were they got the information from they want to get out round the shows most of these trucks are in preservation

[@KeithDeley]

In British English, lorries

[@marksmatchboxmemories-xd6qp]

half the videos wrong, and what the hell os a gal on? as for a roadtrain not being a success, the engine is still used in all paccar products and leyland trucks build all DAF trucks ans supply Kenworhts for assembly to australia. Yes thats right. Kenworth K201 is a Leyland truck!

[@senianns9522]

Wasn't the Antar part French construction?

[@mikeprzyrembel]

No, built by Thornycroft at Basingstoke.

[@stevehorner9004]

Ford Transcontinental ?

[@truckersvision]

Made in the UK in the 70's and 80's

[@fmcb269]

Drove one from time to time in 1985 as an agency driver, doing night deliveries for Telfers of Northampton.

[@stevehorner9004]

@@fmcb269 A very good friend of mine was Fitter who worked on them, he told me they were a very Good wagon

[@hamptonequipment5853]

AI ?

[@Hanking-Warry]

They are lorries not trucks.

[@MCPLTD]

Foden Alphas are in no way rare there are hundreds of them still being used daily in the industry and so many facts in this are wrong

[@danieljones4907]

Daf

[@Ivc406]

Very poor info on trucks if you're going to put out videos do you're homework,not really new so very disappointed regards when did Seddon be taken over by iveco did I miss this regards 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@DonaldFraser-c9v]

I remember an Atkinson Borderer artic that was run by a Nairnshire haulier back in the late 70's and early 80's It had what was jokingly called the hen house sleeper cab by the firms drivers. It looked like the egg laying / nesting box part you would find on the outside of a small hen house in a garden that was bolted on the back of the cab it looked odd, and very uncomfortable as it was so small being bolted on as what you would describe as an extra !! It ended its days as a shunter at a local sawmill before being scrapped.