Marshall steamroller driven - 2022's slowest road test | Autocar
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- čas přidán 24. 12. 2022
- This is a Marshall Class S steam road roller - steamroller, steamroll, as you prefer - and of all the machines we've tested this year, this is one of the most joyful to drive.
And that's despite the fact that at 12.75 tonnes and 5bhp (but quite a lot more torque) it's rather slow. Let's call it 4mph so, if you're a mile or two from the shop, best set off mid-morning to get there for lunchtime.
Marshalls of Gainsborough made all kinds of machinery - wheeled tractors, tracked machines, even tea packing equipment. But this steam road roller had an extraordinarily long service life. It was made in 1925 but was still owned and used by Lincolnshire council to flatten roads until the mid-1950s. They were made until the late 1940s in the UK, and until the mid-50s in India.
This one was bought in 1964 for £300. Today they're worth about £50,000. They take up an awful lot of space, and even more looking after, but are a delight to look at, be around - and, yes, drive. Join us for 2022's slowest road test.
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Love it, great 5 minute insight into one of these old beasts. Happy Christmas 🎄
Great fun Christmas day clip thanks ☺️👌
Perfect to combat the just stop oil protests.
Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic.
I'd take that over an Aston any time
You could quite literally take it over an Aston as well 🤣
Great fun. Thanks.
What a laugh! Well done Autocar!
Does it have alcantara?
When Britain was the workshop to the world... boy have we fallen.
Did I miss the drifting bit?
0 - 60 time? I suspect a calendar is required.
after making sure that the boiler has got some water inside it first
Can you 2JZ swap it?
You want a power decrease?
EEEEE YABBA DABBA DOOOOOO
It's real life "Far: The Lone Sails"
ULEZ compliant?
Aye no worries pal, I'll add my bank details forthwith 😆
Which idiot thought the funfair music was a good idea and then failed to balance it properly against the vocals?
An unpaid one probably
@@toyotaprius79 that is no excuse for such incompetence
mpg?
roughly 5 miles before boiler/belly tanks need re filling.
@@user-ug1cj2nd8y
Thank You!
Sufficient for the nature of the device.
This thing will surely drift on a Flat Earth! Lol.
A bit too fast for my liking 😂
you need to have a great gift for spoiling such a slow and not dynamic test with monotony, nasality, rushing through the text as if from a sheet, without liveliness, with such boredom. this presenter needs to be given the award "the most boring stifling" 😂
We need minimum speed limits on all our roads.
No, we definitely need lower maximum speeds - rigidly enforced.
@@robertcook2572 Could you not see how dangerous it could be if say a number of cars are doing 50mph on a 50mph limit road but one vehicle is doing 10mph on same road? Accident waiting to happen.
@@johnmitchell2269 How often does that happen?