Oh the brakes.....
wet brakes were fine, as good as any other wet brake of the time. 285 would have been slow and harder to mechanic on brakes as had a ford type back end and the engine mounts that caused all the trouble with the clutch etc.
It was all the 02 and 04 ranges that had the wet brakes wasn't it?wet brakes were fine, as good as any other wet brake of the time. 285 would have been slow and harder to mechanic on brakes as had a ford type back end and the engine mounts that caused all the trouble with the clutch etc.
wet brakes were fine, as good as any other wet brake of the time. 285 would have been slow and harder to mechanic on brakes as had a ford type back end and the engine mounts that caused all the trouble with the clutch etc.
Was it not the 2100's that gave so much engine mount trouble or were the 285's the same?
First yoke i ever drove was an 802, could hardly push the peddles! :) the explorer cans were an awful lot nicer than the earlier secure cabs, with the sliding windows that generally got stuck about 3" open due to all the crud building up in the rails..
There was a 272 and 802 here(well and a few others before, a282 that I just about remember and a 384 before my time, and nufields before them) both the 272 and 802 had brackets for the loader but whatever it was the 802's pump wasn't fit to lift a silage bale, the 272 had no bother at all
285 was a derated 2100
Dad had Nuffields so by natural progression we came to have Leylands too.
The first was a Duncan cabbed 384. I remember thinking how luxurious can it get when I saw the electric wiper. (The nuffo's only had Lambourn cabs with a manually cranked handle to operate the wiper!)
Also the first tractor we had on 14 x 34's. All the neighbours said it would be no good for ploughing with them and came up to have a laugh when we started, but the salesman was a friend of Dads since childhood and had ensured him it would not be a problem , which it wasn't of course.
Next we got a 272 synchro . At the time most were buying Ford 6600's but the 272 was considerably cheaper and had a far nicer gearbox with side mounted levers . Of course the brakes and synchros did give trouble later on in its life but when new she was a real dinger.
Both had beautifully smooth engines and sounded fantastic when working.
The 272 had a great cab for the time (our first with a heater and radio!). My grandad said it was like an aeroplane when he saw all those switches lined up in the roof of the cab.
Am I dreaming or were Leyland the first or one of the first
to do 40km/hr?
Am I dreaming or were Leyland the first or one of the first
to do 40km/hr?
The 272H was said to be able to reach 30 MPH,so 50 K then! Don't fancy it much with that steering and braking system!!