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anyone drive HGV???
« on: 06 February 2011, 17:11:36 »
i have a mate who owns his own unit, loves driving it and doing odd jobs in it for mates every now and then.

whats the appeal?

and can someone explain the gear system to me e.g. 1, 1 1/2 etc ????

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Re: anyone drive HGV???
« Reply #1 on: 06 February 2011, 17:38:26 »
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i have a mate who owns his own unit, loves driving it and doing odd jobs in it for mates every now and then.

whats the appeal?

and can someone explain the gear system to me e.g. 1, 1 1/2 etc ????

discuss

Many, many different gearboxes... Eaton Twin Split, 4 over 4, 3 over 3 over 3...

If running at 44 Tonne you find the half gears quite useful too ::) ::)

When I did recovery our main HGV wrecker had an Eaton 12 speed plus crawler. Our wrecker weighed in somewhere around 32 Tonne (allegedly :-X We know it was closer to 35/6 ::)) and I towed fully laden Artics (44 Tonne)  so every gear was essential :y
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« Reply #2 on: 06 February 2011, 18:10:05 »
lol that sounds complicated..... ok, why cant a hgv have a regular 5, 6 or 7 speed box? :)
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« Reply #3 on: 06 February 2011, 18:14:10 »
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lol that sounds complicated..... ok, why cant a hgv have a regular 5, 6 or 7 speed box? :)

He's just told you above  :-? :-?  :-/

Trucks its all about torque, the power band is just few hundred revs. Hence lots of gears.

I also have to ask whats with the millions of random spam posts?
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« Reply #4 on: 06 February 2011, 18:21:26 »
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Reply #3 - Today at 18:14     Webby the Bear wrote Today at 18:10:

lol that sounds complicated..... ok, why cant a hgv have a regular 5, 6 or 7 speed box? 

He's just told you above    

Trucks its all about torque, the power band is just few hundred revs. Hence lots of gears.

I also have to ask whats with the millions of random spam posts?
 


spam posts???? what do you mean?
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« Reply #5 on: 06 February 2011, 18:33:32 »
At first I thought you were just posting 100's starter threads with words 'discuss' to boost you post count to get to 250 so you can sell something. "Whats the cheapest car, discuss" - "whats the appeal of hgv, discuss"

This is prime example:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1296323991
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« Reply #6 on: 06 February 2011, 18:36:00 »
lol i aint got anything to sell so youre wrong there

and i start new threads just because its a different subject to talk about!?!

are you stalking me? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha
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« Reply #7 on: 06 February 2011, 18:40:28 »
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lol i aint got anything to sell so youre wrong there

and i start new threads just because its a different subject to talk about!?!

are you stalking me? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha

Is your "a" key stuck?  :-/
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« Reply #8 on: 06 February 2011, 18:43:40 »
hahaha no its an 'aaaaaaaaaaaa' im being stalked..... followed by laughter
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« Reply #9 on: 06 February 2011, 18:54:14 »
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hahaha no its an 'aaaaaaaaaaaa' im being stalked..... followed by laughter
webby you have now met tunnie the unofficial admin/moderator ;D ;D ;Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaye ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 06 February 2011, 18:55:24 »
i think he likes me!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

its definitely the bear picture  :-* :-* :-*
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« Reply #11 on: 06 February 2011, 19:08:33 »
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i think he likes me!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

its definitely the bear picture  :-* :-* :-*
whatever you do DONT SHOUT AT HIM :y
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« Reply #12 on: 06 February 2011, 19:13:02 »
lol i didnt!?!
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Re: anyone drive HGV???
« Reply #13 on: 06 February 2011, 23:09:23 »
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At first I thought you were just posting 100's starter threads with words 'discuss' to boost you post count to get to 250 so you can sell something. "Whats the cheapest car, discuss" - "whats the appeal of hgv, discuss"

This is prime example:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1296323991
Tunnie i'm sorry mate but you've become very condescending lately. Why? Guy. :y
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Re: anyone drive HGV???
« Reply #14 on: 06 February 2011, 23:29:14 »
Evening Webby. The Eaton twin splits Lazydocker mentioned are a nightmare if you don't know how to use them properly which i don't. Most of them are 12 speed & you only use the clutch when pulling away or stopping. I can get by but tend to bounce around & play tunes with them. Fortunately they are pretty much extict nowadays...H reg ERF!!! Today most manual boxes are 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 range change with a split, ie 1234 flick the range switch & do it again so 1st becomes 5th, 2nd 6th etc. the split gives each gear a half gear so if a hill's approaching & you don't need to drop a whole gear you can pre select the split on another switch, change gear with your feet but not move the gear lever hence a 4 on 4 gives you 16 gears a 3 on 3 12 gears etc. Tunnie was right in saying given the weight they carry & the low rev band they need that many gears although he was being a cheeky young whippersnapper. I've met him a few times & he's not a bad lad really.
    Hope i hav'nt helped in the slightest, Guy. :y
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