The Scammell Trunker was a twin-steer 6x2 tractor unit that appeared at the start of the 1960s, when Scammell introduced a new Michelotti-designed glass fibre reinforced plastic cab for the Routeman, the Handyman and the Trunker. Its layout took advantage of the increased legal weights then available when a tractor was coupled to a semi-trailer with a long front-overhang bogie. By the 1970s the Trunker belonged to the consolidated A range, sold as the Trunker 3 alongside the Handyman 4 and the double-drive Routeman 3, each available with a range of engines and transmissions so that Scammell could compete with the powerful foreign trucks reaching British hauliers.
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Source The History of Scammell Lorries Limited (The Scammell Register)
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The History of Scammell Lorries Limited (The Scammell Register)
1960s cab and Trunker, maker
the new twin-steer 6x2 Trunker tractor which took advantage of the increased legal weights available when coupled to long front-overhang bogie semi-trailers.
Introduction, British maker
Scammell is, arguably, the greatest name in British commercial road transport.
Of Make: Scammell, 1960s cab and Trunker, make
the new twin-steer 6x2 Trunker tractor which took advantage of the increased legal weights available when coupled to long front-overhang bogie semi-trailers.
In Group: European Heavy Trucks, 1960s cab and Trunker, group
the new twin-steer 6x2 Trunker tractor which took advantage of the increased legal weights available when coupled to long front-overhang bogie semi-trailers.
Exemplifies: Road Freight Transport, 1960s cab and Trunker, mode
the new twin-steer 6x2 Trunker tractor which took advantage of the increased legal weights available when coupled to long front-overhang bogie semi-trailers.
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