Marshall steamroller driven - 2022's slowest road test | Autocar
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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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Пікірлер: 33
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Great fun Christmas day clip thanks ☺️👌
Love it, great 5 minute insight into one of these old beasts. Happy Christmas 🎄
Perfect to combat the just stop oil protests.
Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic.
I'd take that over an Aston any time
@eckkyyyy
Жыл бұрын
You could quite literally take it over an Aston as well 🤣
Great fun. Thanks.
What a laugh! Well done Autocar!
Did I miss the drifting bit?
Does it have alcantara?
0 - 60 time? I suspect a calendar is required.
When Britain was the workshop to the world... boy have we fallen.
after making sure that the boiler has got some water inside it first
It's real life "Far: The Lone Sails"
EEEEE YABBA DABBA DOOOOOO
ULEZ compliant?
@captainaverage721
Жыл бұрын
Aye no worries pal, I'll add my bank details forthwith 😆
Can you 2JZ swap it?
@toyotaprius79
Жыл бұрын
You want a power decrease?
Which idiot thought the funfair music was a good idea and then failed to balance it properly against the vocals?
@toyotaprius79
Жыл бұрын
An unpaid one probably
@An.Individual
Жыл бұрын
@@toyotaprius79 that is no excuse for such incompetence
mpg?
@user-ug1cj2nd8y
5 ай бұрын
roughly 5 miles before boiler/belly tanks need re filling.
@jareknowak8712
5 ай бұрын
@@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.
@robertcook2572
Жыл бұрын
No, we definitely need lower maximum speeds - rigidly enforced.
@johnmitchell2269
Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@robertcook2572
Жыл бұрын
@@johnmitchell2269 How often does that happen?