Scammell Handyman

The Scammell Handyman was a forward control 4x2 tractor unit built by Scammell. After Scammell came under Leyland Motors in 1955, access to ready-made Leyland group components allowed the older lightweight range to be replaced by the Highwayman, the Routeman and the Handyman. The tractor units could be configured for loads of up to 50 tons. The Handyman first used a glass-fibre cab designed by Scammell, and the second and third versions received the Michelotti-designed cheesegrater fibreglass cab also used on the Routeman rigid. Early examples had Scammell's own gate-change gearbox, later replaced by AEC and David Brown gearboxes, and the engines fitted included the Leyland 680, the Gardner 150 and the Rolls-Royce 220. A three-axle version of the Handyman was sold as the Trunker.