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Surely its like riding a bike you never forget. Welcome to the forum Miss Sweden.
Can you back a trailer?
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I did think it would be easy once I got back into a tractor cab, but it's not! Perhaps I should have though of that before I decided to enter that Young Farmers tractor driving competition...
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Young farmers that brings back memories.
Oh, are you an old member? I joined when I came to the UK, and I've been a regular member up until about 6 months ago. Loved it!
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Never joined but we always went to the do's. My wife was a member though.
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I too was in YFC for a while.
Yay! The YFC do's are legendary! Did you ever go to the AGM's?
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Now the AGMs, they were legendary!
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Can i back a trailer? No but i can make his eyes water!! Is that the answer?
App87 that is exactly how my old man taught me to reverse trailers, he drove HGV's for 30 years for Sainsbury's, started on the leyland terrier & Bedford KM (blames the Bedford for his bad back) rigid's in the 70's ending his time on the wagons in 2003/4 doing nights using a scania shunting tractor unit to shift trailers around the depot on/off the bays. He finaly let the licence lapse in 2009.
He said the new tractor units were nice and comfy & a doddle to reverse, but a real drivers wagon was the old seddon with a crash box.
He said the new tractor units were nice and comfy & a doddle to reverse, but a real drivers wagon was the old seddon with a crash box.
I used to have a class 1 for driving the race truck (a little F12 attic) but I forgot about it and didnt apply for it on my UK licence
headbang
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Hi Steps, could not agree more!!! there is only one gearbox, a Fuller Roadranger. All the others [Like ZF and the like] with their syncros and stuff, are for folks that cannot drive!!!!
All of you out there that have not driven a heavy truck, might be thinking "why not have syncro, after all cars are better off for it"
Yes, you are of course right, but adding syncro to a truck box merely makes the gearchange REALLY heavy and obstructive and slow, plus, you would have arms like Schwarzenneger after a week!!!!
john
All of you out there that have not driven a heavy truck, might be thinking "why not have syncro, after all cars are better off for it"
Yes, you are of course right, but adding syncro to a truck box merely makes the gearchange REALLY heavy and obstructive and slow, plus, you would have arms like Schwarzenneger after a week!!!!
john
It broke down once and we borrowed a need something with n electronic box, simply pick a gear then it auto changed when you clutched, FFS, it was like driving with no trailer the power it had compared to the little Volvo, I think the trailer was only about 9tonne fully loaded!
