Foden Trucks was a British truck and bus manufacturing company, which had its origins in Elworth near Sandbach in 1856. Paccar acquired the company in 1980, and ceased to use the marque name in 2006. In 1856, Edwin Foden became an apprentice at the agricultural equipment manufacturing company of Plant & Hancock. [1] .

2022年5月27日 · Wholeheartedly embracing diesel in 1931, it was widely hailed as the first commercially successful diesel lorry, using as it did the highly-respected Gardner 5L2 engine. Through the 1930s, Foden used the Gardner LW range, in four-, five- and six-cylinder versions and the combination was widely considered to be the best of both worlds ...

In the 1930s Fodens made a rather belated change from steam-propelled vehicles to diesel lorries. The first diesel vehicle was fitted with a Gardner 5L2 engine and was sold to Samuel Jackson of Haslington (it was later bought back and preserved as no. 1 Diesel).

2013年6月26日 · Karen gives the Foden FD 4 a run at the Anson Engine Museum Mid Summer mingle 2013. The engine is a 4 cylinder supercharged 2 stroke diesel.

2020年6月6日 · 12th ed. of The Modern Diesel has a photo of an FD12 (attached), and states they were effectively a pair of 6-cyl. engines side-by-side with their cranks geared together in a common crankcase. Cont. rating of 210bhp @ 1800rpm. At that time (1954), it states the FD12 was the "latest" development in the range.

In 1948 Foden introduced its own engine: a two-stroke, scavenge-supercharged 4.1-litre diesel that developed 126hp. This engine was available in trucks and buses. The 1950s saw heavier-rated dumpers released and Gardner 8LW-powered heavy duty prime movers with up …

2018年2月3日 · It's basically a 4-speed on the stick with a U-D-O air-shifted splitter on the steering column, hence 12 speeds. What he's doing is splitting gears between direct drive and overdrive for each shift. You can't split gears using low range while on the move.

Edwin Foden’s prototype F1 flat-bed lorry of 1931 launched the first commercially successful range of diesel-engined lorries in Britain. At this time, most other truck makers favoured the petrol engine, but the newer diesel was more economical to run.

2019年11月3日 · Some got put in tractors like the Nissan UD6 in the West Oz built Acremaster and the Foden and the Rootes TS3 ( Commer knocker) were used in trucks. The big ship “ Cathedral” diesels can get nearly 50% fuel efficiency i.e they convert 50% of the energy in the fuel to the crank, compared to the 30-35% that most diesels achieve is pretty amazing.

Foden was a United Kingdom truck and bus manufacturing company which has its origins in Sandbach, Cheshire in 1856. American Truck builder PACCAR acquired the company in 1980, and ceased to use the brand name in 2006. In 1856 Edwin Foden became apprenticed to the Agricultural machinery...