Truck and Bus scrapyard slideshow scrapped London buses ERF Scammell Foden Leyland
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Classic British trucks or lorries in a scrapyard and some buses too, including a few London buses towards the end of the video. I took these photos myself, some very old trucks here. Mostly Scammell, Leyland, Foden, ERF, Bedford and Ford trucks. Lots of Bedford TK cabs and Ford D series, Scammell Routeman and Highwayman, al sorts of vehicles that were once a common sight on UK roads, many years ago. There's also a few London buses from the early 2000s.
As sad as it is to see all these lorries and buses like this, I think it good that at least they havent been chopped to pieces. While there don't seem to be any easy restorations, some could still be saved by groups of dedicated enthusiasts, willing to undertake huge projects, and for that, lots of spare parts would be needed. Even the most rusty and sad looking vehicle, could contain a spare part vital for the restoration of another, so it's certainly a good thing that such yards exist, although the decay is painful to watch.
It is sad too see such classic old vehicles just left to rot, but hopefully some of them could still be saved before it's too late. There's certainly plenty of useful spare parts there to keep other vehicles already in preservation on the road.
Love the style of the earlier Fodens, beautiful old double decker bus at the end of video.
Super video, like!!!
I'd love to have a walk around that yard
If these truck could talk they would tell a good tail
I hate to see anything being scrapped, be it a ship, a truck, a car, and aircraft or a locomotive.
Some famous British manufacturers feature in these images, most of them now just a memory and a part of history.
There is something sad but compelling about seeing these abandoned vehicles. I know they cant all be saved, but we should be thankful that we have such a thriving preservation movement in the UK.
An interesting sequence of sad images; each a small slice of (mostly) British manufacturing history.
I identified Ford, Foden, Scammell, Leyland, Bedford, ERF, Commer, BMC and even a Ford Puma amidst the trucks.
As for the buses - Dennis Darts, RT’s, Dennis Dominator, Trident, and maybe an MCW.
I do see beauty in the dereliction
I think I saw a Bedford RL in green probably ex-Army. When I worked at Telehoist, Cheltenham in 1974 these RL chassis’s were converted to tipper trucks, painted light blue and shipped to Saudi Arabia. They would literally be ran into the ground and buried in the sand when no longer useful.
There were one or two Bedford RL ex-Army lorries in the yard. Interesting to hear about the ones shipped to Saudi Arabia. I think a lot of them must have been shipped overseas. I saw one converted to a tipper when I was in Zambia about 10 years ago. It looked like it might still have been in working order too. I saw quite a few British trucks over there, as well as American and Japanese trucks too. Seems the demand for exporting used trucks across the world is still a big market.
Now that is truly a sad sight to see
Sad I am a retired driver I recognise most of those trucks wouldn’t say I drove most of them some of them so sad.
What I find is insane is some of the vehicles have been sitting there longer than I've been alive!!
It's crazy isn't it? This place really is like a timewarp
@@robsterbob580 It really is
Sad to see these vehicles going to scrap
what's that song at the end? also, sad to see those buses just go to waste like this, but also a place for nostalgia I guess?
Not sure what that song is called. Got the music from the CZcams free music library.
Is rush green motors still there? I remember a lot of these old girls on the road and a lot of the companies who ran them, so so sad, great memories thank you
57 plate buses in a scrapyard.....so much for the modern world
It does seem a shame and wasteful. I've seen ex-London double deck buses of the same age in use by local companies on school run work. Plenty of life left in them yet. There were quite a few of these buses in the yard, but parked too close together to get any more decent photos.
@@robsterbob580 really a shame. same thing with modern trains and planes. the first a380 recently was scrapped. not to talk about 1990s diesel Locos and multiple units that still could have run for another 20 years.
Where is that?
If only you could repair some fleet, Market is ready here in Africa
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Do they have any car tags/license plates on them? I'm wanting several to do projects/crafts with
RIP
The rt bus at the end was heartbreaking.
Yes it was very sad to see it there. I had a look inside and the rear platform had a very dodgy floor, it was in a bad way. I went upstairs and it looked very sad in that condition.
But I've seen a video on CZcams that someone filmed much more recently, and there's a big space where this bus was parked. So I think it may have been saved from the scrapyard for preservation. I hope so anyway. It didn't deserve to die.
that isnt a rt, it is an ex devon general aec regent i think fleet number DR716 REG NUMBER DDV 446
@@lucythemoggy1970 Isn´t rt the short version of regent? Would say its a regent II by the looks of it.
Extended Bodies for Most of the Buses
Much as I am not comfortable to ask the depot why they stopped running the London Suburban Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s on routes N26, 30, 121, 230, 271, 349, N279 And 158 why can’t we make the same make of the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Buses but Modernise the insides of these Buses. Also make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space for the wheelchair users. By the way, if you could remake and Modernise these vehicles could they also make it into a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s that if it will be possible and to Modernise the insides of these Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a Little bit more so there will be more space and even a London Suburban Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more. Why couldn’t we have those London Suburban Buses Pale red on the top roof Pale red again on the top middle Milk Chocolate brown on the middle Creamy white on the Bottom Middle and Milk Chocolate Brown again on the Bottom on most of those kind of those Particular Double Decker Vehicles. Could you put the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox in the Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also put the Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox in the Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more and also turn most of them to a London Suburban Buses. By the way could you also make the routes N26, 349, 121, N279 and 271 into a London Suburban Buses and have a mixture of a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s. Could they also transfer the Arriva Bus Depots from Hackney to Stagecoach company so they can replace all the Arriva buses so that all of them can go to Birmingham and Leeds and they can be replaced by Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles and that includes A Mixture of a Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Engine Northern Counties Palatine One and that Includes a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles A Little Bit More. Can Arriva London Bus Company’s Replace Most of their Wight Buses so they can also transfer them to Birmingham and Also Manchester so they can be Replaced by Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles A Little Bit More Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much. Oh buy the way could the bus Factory Companies also Make More of Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles And that also includes Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC And also Extend the Middle Body part of those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and that also includes The Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus A Little Bit More And Paint Those 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and that also includes The Northern Counties Palatine One with a Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Diesel engines with a Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearboxes and The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles to the Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 and the 103, If all The Leyland Titan B15’s are Fully Red and even Mostly Red, could they also Repaint All of The Leyland Titan B15’s into Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 so they can Reuse them for Only Every 5 and a Half Months and also Reuse them on those Rail Replacement London Bus Routes if that will Be Alright for Only Just Every 5 and a Half Months and also Reuse Those Buses Only on the London Bus Routes witch are The 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, N26 so Please make sure that the builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!!!! And Please do something about these Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Important Professional Ideas Please Please Prime Minister and also Includes the Mayor of London.😉😉😉😉😉😄😄
Send these trucks to Africa
Rush Green Motors in Hertfordshire
Yes, that's the place. Amazing yard with so much to see.
this looks like russgreen scrap yard
That's the one, Rush Green Motors in Hertfordshire.
so sad
Rush Green motors
Yep, that's the place. Amazing timewarp of a yard. But I took these photos early 2020 and they were in the process of clearing the yard back then. So I really don't know how much of this stuff is still there.
Must be old photos surely?
Nope. I visited this scrapyard and took these photos last year, January and February 2020. I couldn't believe the old stuff in this yard. Place is like a time warp. It's huge too. There are newer, more modern trucks in there for scrap too, but not as interesting as the older classic lorries. The guy who owns it was telling me that the old lorries came in to the yard back in the 70s, 80s and onwards, the place has been there for years and years. I went twice to take photos, there was too much to see in just one visit!
Yes I thought that may be the case, thanks.
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