Just stumbled on this video-took my test in a 3250- .I remember when I was a kid - the tipper in the video (Hyatt's) used to be owned by a local furniture company in Bridport called Solent furniture -.its name then " The Pymore Princess" Never forget that sound of the Detroit! what a great looking truck.
From the U.S.A., great video and well maintained good looking Bedford's. The repowered 335 horsepower Detroit 92 series showed no smoke. Turbo- charging made a big difference with them.
The silver 92’s were a fairly clean running engine even by 4 stroke standards, especially the last of them with the DDEC-2 electronic controls…and on those ones there was no rack to run. If the EPA hadn’t pushed so hard on diesels coming up on Y2K and after they’d probably still be putting electronic 6 and 8V92TA’s in busses and fire apparatus today, especially with how popular automatics have become, the 2 strokes liking the revs to stay up above 1700 works out great with a torque converter type automatic.
I used to drive these in the forces. Mine was a 8 tonner. She carried the box body and towed the genny trailer. Her reg was 62 GT 29. Awesome and i miss her massively
The Bedford TM was a nice looking lorry, they were never really popular down south around the London area in tipper form, plenty of artics, 4 and 6 wheel rigids in flats, d-side etc but very few tippers. In fact I can only recall three companies that used them Pinch plant who had 7 TM 6x4 tippers, P.T.Read who had 6 TM 6x4 tippers and P.W.Keen sand & gravel who ran 2 TM 6x4 tippers.
I am using my partners phone to comment. Back In 84 / 85 I was on the young thick and stupid scheme better known as yts. I was working in the stores of a datsun dealers Monday to Thursday. On Friday had day release at a local college. As there was no stores related course I was put on city and guilds motor vehicle trade studies. One day we were told we were going out for the day to two local vehicle plants. One being Bedford and the other which was just across from Bedford which was Renault / Dodge.was awesome to see the production line and the svo special vehicle operations. Seeing the Military / fire vehicles. That was just before the sad news Bedford was to close.
Always loved the Bedfords, my dad used to drive the TK’s in the late 70’s and 80’s lots of fond memories of them they had a character all of there own, I passed my class 1 in 1986, a short time later I did a spell on BOC Transhield running out of Crewe when they had a fleet of TM’s, always remember the sound of them Detroit’s. 👍👍👍
Drove one of these for Rockey Creek in Cork, she could pull but by jaysus she could drink and make noise. If memory serves me she struggled to get 4 mpg.
Oh yeah, I had J-series Bedfords and a TK. Pretty gutless in the '80s, but I loved them. Mind you, the TK had a 350 Chev in it... My favourite was a 1980s J1. Immaculate and reliable. Except for expensive brake parts...
Love 😘 this vehicle very underated truck 🚛 in its time ,as good as anything else in its class? At least they thought of drivers comfortable conditions which was lacking in a lot british trucks at the time.
It would be great to see more from the Tailgate Productions (HGV DVD’s) archives, They produced many in-depth videos from 2000-2006, I suppose the rise of RUclips and illegal copyright infringement uploads like this created an unsustainable market for many smaller enthusiast production company’s.
I've gotta say I've never heard of a 2-stroke Detroit breaking the crank. Especially the 71 series. The 6v71 chewed out roller rockers if you constantly overrevved them, but breaking a crank? Poor bloke got very unlucky there.
In Australia they had repowered single drive prime movers with a 4-53 going Sydney-Melbourne. No offense to this guy but the poms have no idea. They were brought up on Gardner's, Rolls Royce, Leyland. Totally different way of driving and they'll just glaze it up driving around the country side.
They did succeed, there were plenty of TMs back in the day, sadly Bedford stopped making Lorries in Britain and the business was taken over by AWD, but AWD didn't continue with the TM cab.
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Just stumbled on this video-took my test in a 3250- .I remember when I was a kid - the tipper in the video (Hyatt's) used to be owned by a local furniture company in Bridport called Solent furniture -.its name then " The Pymore Princess"
Never forget that sound of the Detroit!
what a great looking truck.
This video has brought memories back, the great sound of that V6, I used to drive a TM tractor unit with this engine at 32 tonnes .
From the U.S.A., great video and well maintained good looking Bedford's. The repowered 335 horsepower Detroit 92 series showed no smoke. Turbo- charging made a big difference with them.
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The silver 92’s were a fairly clean running engine even by 4 stroke standards, especially the last of them with the DDEC-2 electronic controls…and on those ones there was no rack to run. If the EPA hadn’t pushed so hard on diesels coming up on Y2K and after they’d probably still be putting electronic 6 and 8V92TA’s in busses and fire apparatus today, especially with how popular automatics have become, the 2 strokes liking the revs to stay up above 1700 works out great with a torque converter type automatic.
I used to drive these in the forces. Mine was a 8 tonner. She carried the box body and towed the genny trailer. Her reg was 62 GT 29. Awesome and i miss her massively
The Bedford TM was a nice looking lorry, they were never really popular down south around the London area in tipper form, plenty of artics, 4 and 6 wheel rigids in flats, d-side etc but very few tippers. In fact I can only recall three companies that used them Pinch plant who had 7 TM 6x4 tippers, P.T.Read who had 6 TM 6x4 tippers and P.W.Keen sand & gravel who ran 2 TM 6x4 tippers.
Superb! I used to know the late Keith Herbert and he used to talk in glowing terms about their TM.
Worked at DMT transport on TM,s with Detroits in them this has brought back some memories 👍
First truck I drove was a TM tractor unit with a Detroit engine that was 33 years ago still awesome now
I am using my partners phone to comment. Back In 84 / 85 I was on the young thick and stupid scheme better known as yts. I was working in the stores of a datsun dealers Monday to Thursday. On Friday had day release at a local college. As there was no stores related course I was put on city and guilds motor vehicle trade studies. One day we were told we were going out for the day to two local vehicle plants. One being Bedford and the other which was just across from Bedford which was Renault / Dodge.was awesome to see the production line and the svo special vehicle operations. Seeing the Military / fire vehicles. That was just before the sad news Bedford was to close.
Superb vid brought back a lot of lovely memories.
Great vid. Always loved Bedford, served my time on TK, s.
I remember the ol' TKs. Rare as rocking-horse shit now!!!!!
Always loved the Bedfords, my dad used to drive the TK’s in the late 70’s and 80’s lots of fond memories of them they had a character all of there own, I passed my class 1 in 1986, a short time later I did a spell on BOC Transhield running out of Crewe when they had a fleet of TM’s, always remember the sound of them Detroit’s. 👍👍👍
Drove one of these for Rockey Creek in Cork, she could pull but by jaysus she could drink and make noise. If memory serves me she struggled to get 4 mpg.
Oh yeah, I had J-series Bedfords and a TK.
Pretty gutless in the '80s, but I loved them.
Mind you, the TK had a 350 Chev in it...
My favourite was a 1980s J1.
Immaculate and reliable. Except for expensive brake parts...
my late father and i ran one of these in the 90s.it had the 500ci engine and 9 speed fuller crash box..wish i still had it
Amazing video good to see older trucks treated with so much TLC ..
Glad I've found your channel Scott, you've got some great videos 👍👍
Served my apprenticeship on the tk Bedfords the 330 466 and the 500 engines liked driving them too no power steering very popular here in ireland
What a great upload! Cheers!
Love 😘 this vehicle very underated truck 🚛 in its time ,as good as anything else in its class? At least they thought of drivers comfortable conditions which was lacking in a lot british trucks at the time.
FROM HOME LAND NR BATH SOMERSET keep on trucking . RIP FRED
I remember when these came out absolutely beautiful
I couldn’t believe they were Bedfords when I first saw them
Man, Detroits sound SO GOOD!
Detroits.
Glorious engines, and I like GM in GM, if you get my drift.
Absolutely brilliant
Would like to see the tm bedford heavy weight tractor articulated version with sleeper cab? Etc engine and performance? Etc.?
ye didn't want to get stuck behind him. just plods on
That Bedford was oakleys of Hereford all his Bedfords were ubm I had b924ubm they all got sold at auction
It would be great to see more from the Tailgate Productions (HGV DVD’s) archives, They produced many in-depth videos from 2000-2006, I suppose the rise of RUclips and illegal copyright infringement uploads like this created an unsustainable market for many smaller enthusiast production company’s.
No clutch old skool. This is how we used to learn. Dad
Back shelf sleeping on a tk been there 😂
Are any of these TM lorries featured in the video still in existence?
I had a TM 32 but it was a 3 axel ridgid 184
Brilliant video I still use 70's TM Detroit from time to time, Does anyone know if these lorry's are still surviving?
Yes there are surviving example.
I live in Bath and I haven't seen these two trucks for many years now
The Blue and Red Cummins powered TM had its tax due on the first of February 2008, so that one is gone but I don’t know about the other two.
I've gotta say I've never heard of a 2-stroke Detroit breaking the crank. Especially the 71 series. The 6v71 chewed out roller rockers if you constantly overrevved them, but breaking a crank? Poor bloke got very unlucky there.
In Australia they had repowered single drive prime movers with a 4-53 going Sydney-Melbourne. No offense to this guy but the poms have no idea. They were brought up on Gardner's, Rolls Royce, Leyland.
Totally different way of driving and they'll just glaze it up driving around the country side.
I want to know the diesel consomation per liter / 100 km of Bedford TM 66 cargo?
The roads so quiet 😮 the good old days
When was this filmed. I’m guessing sometime between 2002 and 2005.
Best chance of getting one now is ex military.
Sweetist truck i ever drive
thought that was Gary glitter driving the 2 stroke. at first lol.
WONDER!
Passed my class 1 in one of these in 82
Sure is a funny old loader, but it gets the job done!
Passed my class 1 in a Tm Detroit with 40 ft trailer
Tipper lorries are my. favourite
I noticed he wasn't using the clutch. I thought the truck had a pre-selector gearbox.
when was this recorded ? I haven't seen a TM for the last 20 years or more..
I’m guessing late to mid 00s
2002
All asking what year video was shot a 1983 year Of this wagon was 18 years old in video so 2001 is the year!
I'll just watch a bit of RUclips, click on a two hour vid. NICE.
Chris be looking for new eardrums if anyone has some spare after that old girl been screaming at him all day.
Does anyone still use tachographs?
I took my hgv test in a tm
I drove TKs and Artic KM, but never knew a TM existed ! Thought Bedford had long given up on LGVs 80s
Drove a tm for 3 years, Brakes were crap. everything was total crap.
Bag of Litter Bedfords were
Hi can you tell me when these films were films thanx
That's what I want to know. Looks about late 90s early 0s
@@beyondnow1600 I’m guessing 2002-2005 going by the cars.
2002.
Edbro hoist?
I used to sell those things...
FREDERICK R MILLER ELSTEAD SURREY. BOOTS ASH
Its so fuckin vintage :D
They're a nice-looking truck.
Winder why they didn't succeed?
Was it fear of shit British assembly, or were they rust-buckets?
They did succeed, there were plenty of TMs back in the day, sadly Bedford stopped making Lorries in Britain and the business was taken over by AWD, but AWD didn't continue with the TM cab.
Bedford tm ....detroit engine all fluff no puff.....
Rubbish