[Fina]

About 1966 my boss D Mortimer bought a Scania Vabis LB76.
I was the lucky one to get it. It was the best HGV i have ever
driven. Power steering , white wheel, turobcharger, suspension seat,
and a nice new radio. Behind the gear stick was another, forward
low axle, back high axle. With 32 ton gross you could approach a
roundabout still in top gear, move to low axle, round the roundabout,
back to high axle and on you way still in top gear.
The unit and trailer were plated to carry 40 ton gross, the limit was
32 ton gross here, you were never fully loaded..

If i remember right, top speed was 60 mph. It could pass anything on a hill
or shap,had a few drivers ask me what sort of an engine she had, they
said i passes them as if the were stopped. In three year running all over
England, Scotland ,Wales trouble free other than a broken windscreen.
It was pleasure to drive. I retired in 94 and had never seen anything
to match it,
barney.