I'll see your rare Foden Will Shiers....and raise it. back in the mid-90s Freightliner/Railfreight Distribution had Foden make them a brace of Detroit Diesel 60-Series engined 4000 Series tractors. As far as I recall it was just two but with different ratings and they even looked at different Eaton gearboxes--a nine and a 13-speeder. Along the way Commercial Motor roadtested this one around our old Scottish test route including the severe gradient section. This shows it just climbing Kiln Pit Hill on the A68 (AKA The Valley of Death).
But the real question is what happened to those 60-Series-powered artics? Who out there amongst Biglorryblog's anorak army knows where they went...?
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I'm not sure of its spec but there is a freightliner liveried foden on the fairgrounds, I only ever saw it once but I did manage to get a photo. It is registered H303 YYM fleet number LS 2262.
Posted by David | August 29, 2008 1:45 PM
Posted on August 29, 2008 13:45
i would say most of them were purchased by the fairground fraternity and adapted to generator units, like these...
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/len_rogers/2007/02/foden-mellors2.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ragtag04/203158551/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2316333617_9a1149725b.jpg?v=0
Posted by russell b hurley | August 30, 2008 9:22 AM
Posted on August 30, 2008 09:22