As with the heavier models, brakes are fitted to the first, third and fourth axles only, these being air operated and affording a total frictional area of 1,002 sq. in. The single-pull handbrake is air assisted. The standard tyres are 9.00-20 radial steel cord. The cab is the plastics-panelled assembly that has been available on Leyland Power-Plus heavies since their introduction. It weighs 6.75 cwt., and the panelling is carried on the same steel framing members as are used in the Leyland all-steel cab. The Leyland Landtrain was produced between 1980 and 1987, specifically for export markets. [16] A bonneted design, it was built in the UK and exported in completed and kit form, the latter for local construction in Kenya and Nigeria. [17] Comet [ edit ] T Coulthard and Co, an engineering firm in Preston, was taken over by LSMC and the combined company named Leyland Motors Limited. [3]

Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, granted the change of base in respect of these two vehicles but asked that Walker's should submit a list of all the trailers which they intended to use for low-loader work. Foden 14-Ton Tanker ‘Regent’; made 1955 through 1957, when it was replaced by the Leyland Octopus Tanker ‘Esso’.with the Comet received a new cab - called the "Vista Vue" cab, it was developed by Albion for a variety of their models. Dodge UK also used it for their 300 model, consequently this cabin shape is often referred to as the "LAD" design The test vehicle was fitted with an optional hand-operated hydraulic tilt mechanism which saves struggling with the heavy cab. As the steering column and instruments stay with the floor when the cab is tilted, it is necessary to remove the driver's seat otherwise it would come up against the column and prevent full tilting. Overall fuel consumption for the 1171.9km (728.2 miles) of the test route was 37.7 litre/ 100Iun (7,5mpg)—even better than the figure of 38.7 litre/ 100km (7.3mpg) obtained a year ago during CM's road test of the Leyland Buffalo, which was carrying only 300kg (6cwt) more than the Octopus. When it is realised that the Octopus completed the course 29min faster than the Buffalo, this fuel consumption is very good indeed. Leyland Motors has a long history dating from 1896, when the Sumner and Spurrier families founded the Lancashire Steam Motor Company in the town of Leyland in North West England. Their first products included steam powered lawn mowers. [1] The company's first vehicle was a 1.5-ton-capacity steam powered van. This was followed by a number of undertype steam wagons using a vertical fire-tube boiler. [2] By 1905 they had also begun to build petrol-engined wagons. The Lancashire Steam Motor Company was renamed Leyland Motors in 1907 when it took over Coulthards of Preston, who had been making steam wagons since 1897. [3] They also built a second factory in the neighbouring town of Chorley which still remains today as the headquarters of the Lex Autolease and parts company. cult air-brake system which provides both primary and secondary braking. Axles one and three and two and four are braked together. The parking brakes are by means of spring brake units on the second, third and fourth axles.

By using lightweight components, such as a pressed steel rear bogie assembly in stead of cast iron—Leyland has produced a haulage vehicle which can compete in payload terms with the maximum capacity artic which can be legally used on the UK roads. From this point of view it will appeal to operators who do a lot of motorway work with smaller but heavy loads. The Leyland driver who came on the trip found it easier to take the seat out if the steering wheel was removed, although this is theoretically unnnecessary. An over-centre catch mechanism keeps the cab in its tilt position which is only to an angle of 30 degrees. Grab handles are fitted for the driver and passenger, but to enter the driving seat it is necessary to reach for the steering wheel.The Leyland ergonomic cab has been around for some time now, and its age is showing even in the updated form fitted to the Octopus. An instrument binnacle in front of the driver is set too flat for easy instrument reading and reflections through the windscreen make the situation worse.