Big Lorry

[Dieselman 63]

I cheekily looked up the reg, apparently the stolly is a 1968 6.5l petrol

 

[8ob]

I cheekily looked up the reg, apparently the stolly is a 1968 6.5l petrol

Yes its got the B81 rolls straight eight petrol lump in there which is a seriously thirsty beast of an engine , the plan was to convert it to diesel and use this on some of the river work we do . I bought a big hp cummins to go in there but not had the chance to go spy on one that Budge converted, nothing can be done with the gearing which limits the petrol to about 40mph so the diesel will be a lot slower. Budge fitted a step up box between the the engine and gearbox to sort this .

My favourite Stolly vid

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Here is a picture of the Stalwart, parked it up under a tree about a year ago and its looking very sad . Mk two with all the swim gear, I need to get it out of there

50 quid and a mars bar?

 

[TechnicAl]

Theres a firm I pass on my way to the Butchers that have about 6 of those big Merc things....cant remember what theyre called.......they look awesome but I wouldnt fancy paying for the fuel...

 

[agriceng]

Unimog?

 

[8ob]

Unimog = £xpensive

Bob

 

[TechnicAl]

Thats it UNIMOG.....cool name.......no idea what they do but they dont use them much....seem to be there all the time...unless theres more

 

[8ob]

Thats it UNIMOG.....cool name.......no idea what they do but they dont use them much....seem to be there all the time...unless theres more

I have them but cant trust my guys to drive them sensibly so they sit unless they really do need to go out .They are ag registered and can be driven on a normal car license by a spotty teenager which is a recipe for disaster, one of them backed over the front of a brand new mail van and stuffed the chipper hanging on the back straight through the windscreen.

 

[Shedendman]

Yes its got the B81 rolls straight eight petrol lump in there which is a seriously thirsty beast of an engine , the plan was to convert it to diesel and use this on some of the river work we do . I bought a big hp cummins to go in there but not had the chance to go spy on one that Budge converted, nothing can be done with the gearing which limits the petrol to about 40mph so the diesel will be a lot slower. Budge fitted a step up box between the the engine and gearbox to sort this .

My favourite Stolly vid

If you want to see if yours actually swam see if you can unscrew any of the tail/side or indicator glass lenses,if they unscrew easy then it hasn't been for a dip,these had to be sealed water tight otherwise it blew the electrics,the amout of lenses we had to break just to change the bulb was a joke
Have you got the BV's(boiling vessle) inside the cab,should be to the left behind the passengers seat,hard to come by those

 

[Shedendman]

I cheekily looked up the reg, apparently the stolly is a 1968 6.5l petrol

Gallions to the mile