does that have the turbo 540 perkins in it, (about 210hp) at 11ton, would pull quite fast but impressive with the stats you gave, but over 100mph, that is well good (almost twice the legal speed) ,22ton, very good, We liked the perkins, sound of power when you rev it / drive it. Only thing we hated on the 653 auto box is on hill when gearbox isn't sure which to be in and changed between 3 /4 constantly (big jerk and stress on transmission I guess so you have to able to be more patient.
No she's a standard V8-540! The 100mph speed was clocked on a private test track, obviously we wouldn't have done that on the road!! This appliance has only 25,000 miles/3,000 hours on the engine, so it's no wonder she goes well
She has an MT643 box, and she's a 11-ton GVW truck, as for the 80mph test track speed, it was probably more like 100mph, but we couldnt be sure as the clock only goes as far as 80 and even then it was almost going around another turn to zero again!! Even without the speedometer it was going very, VERY fast I can tell you, ha ha. Definitely not a lazy machine. She's quite happy doing about 75mph on average but like most diesels she dies on the hills.
Further to the speed testing, I once used this appliance to tow another stricken Dennis RS at least 500 yards up a 30 degree hill, and although the 79 one had to pull herself AND another engine on top of its own weight, the gearbox still changed into 2nd, going up the hill with 22 tons at 25mph!! Wouldn't believe it myself - only for the fact that I was driving it
looks if you were just pulling out of arklow der heading for wickla am i right ?
TheDavidpayne 1 year ago
excellent video, do you have any more recent videos of it.
MCDModels 3 years ago
This is the most recent footage I have (September 2008)
markthebusman 3 years ago
New video added today, see my videos
markthebusman 3 years ago
does that have the turbo 540 perkins in it, (about 210hp) at 11ton, would pull quite fast but impressive with the stats you gave, but over 100mph, that is well good (almost twice the legal speed) ,22ton, very good, We liked the perkins, sound of power when you rev it / drive it. Only thing we hated on the 653 auto box is on hill when gearbox isn't sure which to be in and changed between 3 /4 constantly (big jerk and stress on transmission I guess so you have to able to be more patient.
del121a 3 years ago
No she's a standard V8-540! The 100mph speed was clocked on a private test track, obviously we wouldn't have done that on the road!! This appliance has only 25,000 miles/3,000 hours on the engine, so it's no wonder she goes well
markthebusman 3 years ago
She has an MT643 box, and she's a 11-ton GVW truck, as for the 80mph test track speed, it was probably more like 100mph, but we couldnt be sure as the clock only goes as far as 80 and even then it was almost going around another turn to zero again!! Even without the speedometer it was going very, VERY fast I can tell you, ha ha. Definitely not a lazy machine. She's quite happy doing about 75mph on average but like most diesels she dies on the hills.
markthebusman 3 years ago
Further to the speed testing, I once used this appliance to tow another stricken Dennis RS at least 500 yards up a 30 degree hill, and although the 79 one had to pull herself AND another engine on top of its own weight, the gearbox still changed into 2nd, going up the hill with 22 tons at 25mph!! Wouldn't believe it myself - only for the fact that I was driving it
markthebusman 3 years ago
bet it was loud as its not the quietist of engines to start with
s34n93 2 years ago
nice vid, 80mph, wo, is it the 653 auto box you have in that, we have the 540 v8 perk with 653 and was slow on the hills at 18ton weight
del121a 3 years ago