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Does anybody know where I can lay my hands on a workshop manual for a Leyland DAF 8x6 DROPS? Cheers, Steve.

Thought I'd add this pic to the thread of a Foden gun tractor lurking in Melksham.

Found this photo on the web of a Scammell IMMLC prototype out on the roads of Blighty frightening the car drivers. Anybody recognise the location?

And a nice shot of an 8x6 prototype

all good stuff fella's

 

so a foden or erf with a low loader trailer (tested) is the way to go. trouble is i still like the idea of a glitzy renault with all mod cons, might even get some fancy looking lights on it

anyway seems like i will have to get some pennies together before the show season starts.

 

rick

 

ps. i know this is wrong and i should be flogged for having impure thoughts but the oshkosh would make a hell of a rig

Hi Rick, I have a 1978 Tasker tandem axle lowloader for sale if you are interested. Tested until the end of October, tubeless tyres all over 50% tread, very good floor renewed two years ago, gross weight 28800kg. Has a donkey engine for the hydraulics or can be powered off the unit. Looking for £3900. Give me a shout on 07771343732 if interested. Steve.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/M20-Truck-Photos-Scammell-British-Army-42-KC-24-/151894321373?nma=true&si=e1K7YTlBIFMOpRp%252BTZhlu%252FNs28M%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Thanks for the link Mike.

Hi, I thought I'd better come clean and admit that I am the idiot that has bought the blue S26 IMMLC. It's chassis number is SBSM7RSCYSAE79009, and it's military reg. no. was 42KC24. It is fitted with a Rolls/Perkins Eagle 350 and a ZF 6HP600 auto gearbox. It has the wide track Kirkstall D66 axles and 24R20.5 tyres. It measures 2.90m wide over the extended cab wings. If I understand the chassis code correctly, then it was built in January 1984 and was the 9th military S26 built by Scammell. The control box for the Multi-lift Mk4 LHS is still in the cab situated behind the drivers seat.

At some point in it's life, probably 2003 when it was registered, it was fitted with an agricultural manure spreader body, which was driven by a separate engine, and the fuel tank was moved to the other side of the chassis where the battery box was originally located. The battery box was then moved rearwards along the chassis.

Here, are a few more photos. Not the best but the light was against me.

Thanks for posting that Steve, I had never seen the mk2 LHS.

 

Out of interest was that a recent photo from the Scammell Register newsletter, I don't remember seeing it?

Yes, from the combined July & October 2015 issue, and was in John Fadelle's Scammel history part 36.

Of course if you wanted to make it a really interesting machine then instead of the Multilift Mk4 loading system it could have a MK2 (Half the trials vehicles had Mk2 LHS - the main difference was that they were "low lift" - the bale bar was simply on the front of a totally flat flatrack rather than mounted on the A frame.)

 

This was because as well as deciding which vehicles were best suited to the task there was a need to decide on the LHS. The Mk2 offered distinct cost and storage advantages because flatracks (and they envisaged thousands of them) would be a lot cheaper to store and easier to handle in depots.

 

In practice the low lift was tricky to operate in comparison to the high lift, was seen to be less foolproof, was certainly less stable (always an issue with DROPS development) and as the depot end of the DROP system was never properly thought through anyway the high lift won the day.

Thought you might like to see a photo of a Mk2 LHS IMMLC

Photo: Scammell Register

And a Mk4 LHS equiped IMMLC pulling a wheelie

Photo: Scammell Register

Regards

Steve

Hi everybody. New to the forum having recently acquired a Scammell S26, so bear with me when I ask stupid questions.

Regards

Steve