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brit lorrys,forign loory, whats faster
discowoman:
--- Quote from: "wrecker" ---i always thought every lorry was limited to 56mph :oops: :oops:
wonder how long it takes to stop one of those trucks fully loaded doing 70 :shock: :shock:
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A Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time (bad enough trying to stop 18t @56mph)
gtomo2:
Stopping distance in a fully freighted artic (44ton) is arording to car drivers that pull out and stop infront of us about 5 foot. but its more like 5 times the braking distance for a car. Just because we have more wheels on the road dont mean we can stop quicker. But empty with engine brake and exhurst brake abs on all axles it and using the dead mans brake so to say. It will stop pritty damquick
Niel:
--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---yhe fastest ones used to be Irish ones!
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And the Dutch! I saw one doing over 100 MPH a while back late and racing for the ferry (one reason the M27 is so bad in the mornings towards the M3 is the E.U. truckers having 'accidents' at J12/13 of the M3 apparently). It wasn't uncommon to have the lightest Scania/Volvo with the biggest engine from the heavy weight end of the range and upped gearing in the 80's/90's...I wonder how many had/have working tacho's too!
One local coach company (Luckett's) owner/M.D. (David Luckett M.B.E.) admitted to me (in writing) that one of his coaches had, according to its sat-trac been doing 36 mph in a 30, but wouldn't tell me what the tacho said, given that the sat-trac only took 12 waypoints along Highlands Road (Fareham) I suspect the tacho was much higher, during the morning walk to school period, the only place it wasn't speeding was past the scamera!
Jake:
On all of the arctics i drove the limiter would struggle to hold its speed down hill.
I have been 80mph in a loaded truck and trailer down hill before i realised this :shock:
I was wondering why every one was going so slowly :lol:
From that point onwards i always checked my speed on hills
:D
fudge:
--- Quote from: "Niel" ---
--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---yhe fastest ones used to be Irish ones!
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And the Dutch! I saw one doing over 100 MPH a while back late and racing for the ferry
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Back a few years ago when we lived in Bury St. Edmunds and I worked here in Cambridge, I left work (very late) and headed homewards along the A14, just before where the Little Chefs used to be at Kentford I saw some "funny" lights in my mirrors and eased off the loud peddle, I was in a new Smart Forfour Brabus, (Obviously I can't elaborate to indicate the speed of the truck, but I am sure uou can guess how many digits made up the speed), then no more than 5 miles later it (the lights) were right up my chuff, then, cover me in baby oil and take me from behind if it didn't come past me like I was stopped, I followed, at a point called "Barrow Bottoms" at the down hill section he/she looked like they were hitting 130+MPH and the uphill section past Deputy Dogs must have been 115+MPH
Dutch Flower Wagon (Drawbar, Lit Up Like Blackpool Sea Front)..... He had roughly 45 mins from there to get to Harwich!
I'd bet £50 that he made it too!
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