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I have Road Rat to thank for this splendid. double-tough tipper from Lancashire (or was it Wolverhampton?)...seems he's got a secret stash of old Leyland pictures (he recently helped me out with shots of the Roadtrain Cabriolet). Naturally this is a show truck...I can't see too many people wanting this much bling on a Leyland Landtrain. In the meantime what was under the hood? A TL11, TL12? Or a 'brand name' big banger? Answers please anorak army.
I wonder where it ended up too...the Falklands?
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Comments (6)
Cummins - either the NHC 250, 14 litre naturally aspirated engine of 240 BHP, or the turbo-charged NTE 290 of 290 BHP.
Posted by Richard Stanier | March 26, 2008 8:06 AM
Posted on March 26, 2008 08:06
Wasn't there an L12 option, with the 6-speed box?
Posted by Chris Gardner | March 26, 2008 12:21 PM
Posted on March 26, 2008 12:21
Brian,
It's a Scammell S24 wearing Leyland badging for political reasons. Avaliable as 6x4 or 6x6 with GVW 30 to 40 tonne. For off road applications, GCW of between 50 and 150 tonnes were available. For restricted operations, a GCW of 300 tonne was listed in the brochure. The only engine listed is the Cummins NT350. Gearbox options were an automatic 5-speed for up to 75 tonnes, an automatic 5-speed with multi-speed auxiliary transmission for low crawl speeds, a manual with 10 highway ratios plus 5 deep reduction ratios for up to 150 tonnes and a manual 10-speed with torque converter for up to 300 tonnes. The chassis was available as a dump truck or artic unit.
Posted by Roy Larkin | March 26, 2008 1:57 PM
Posted on March 26, 2008 13:57
I have a Leyland Landtrain like this one.
I'd like to have more informations about it.~Tkanks
Posted by Carla Santos | April 19, 2008 10:16 PM
Posted on April 19, 2008 22:16
The main engine options were the Cummins NT series 14 litre and the Leyland TL12-280 which in turn was a developed version of the AEC AV-760 unit from the late 60`s & 70`s.
The Leyland TL12 was a very good unit with masses of torque. It was also fitted tothe early Roadtrain units but deleted in favour of Rolls Eagle or Cummins owing to patchy continental spares availability.
Posted by Mike Humble | October 1, 2008 11:41 AM
Posted on October 1, 2008 11:41
Main engine options were the cummins N14 NTE14 and the Leyland TL12 @ 280bhp.
The latter engine was developed from the AEC AV760 and had masses of low down torque. It was also fitted to early Roadtrains but deleted in favour of Rolls Eagle or Cummins owing to patchy continental spares back up.
Posted by mike humble | October 1, 2008 11:45 AM
Posted on October 1, 2008 11:45