Sentinel DG8 Steam Wagon

Description
A run in to Pickering for
Fish & Chips

[AjayKumar-gejc]

Mad Respect to the people who used to drive these vehicles in past especially during summers.

[peanut]

It must always be a weird day for people who don’t know about the steam show and suddenly these massive steam lorries come on the road.

[bloodruststaples]

I bet the torque output is absolutely insane in that thing... awesome machine, inside and out, love it!

[Zoydian]

Love that steam wagon, seems to go pretty fast too! And the driver is totally cool; looks as if he was born with the wagon!

[dougforbes]

I remember when, just after WWII, a local coal merchant in Aberdeen used a couple of these steam wagons for delivery customers. I regretr they were scrapped before I could get hold of one.

[dennislane]

Used to see one of these, on a regular basis, as a lad, delivering coal in Walsall! I’m 78 now, so, around 1950 ish. Great to see some have survived to this day.

[hhoward]

When I was a child, in the 1950s, steam lorries were not uncommon, You might smell one before you noticed it, in traffic.

[guyinthechair]

This is a vehicle you don't want to cut off at a roundabout.

[RodFleming-World]

My late father worked on these vehicles in the 30s. He was a regional manager with one of Scotland's major hauliers (Muttar Howie). He said they kept on a few steam wagons right till he left, because they would go up hills that the IC vehicles then just wouldn't look at (even in reverse.)

[bruceclark]

When right of way is determined by gross vehicle weight.

[rstone]

A very good, and sadly deceased, friend of me and my father owned one of the timber tractor versions, ARE 195; that thing was an absolute hoot, and these videos are taking me straight back to it.

Remember him occasionally passing other road users with it, and the look of horror and alarm, and the sight of eight fiery tonnes of approaching death was absolutely hilarious. We used to joke about the power steering, and his standard response, with a huge breathless grin on roundabouts and junctions was ‘yup, one man-power!’

Richard and John, thank you both very much indeed.

[catalinIntimidatorul]

The driver could prepare a nice delicios tea or breakfast on that stove, while he is driving

[johnsmith-nljs]

spent pretty much the entire first 16 yrs of my life on the back of sentinels in one shape or another, or with my mum and sister following my dad in the car behind, he used to restore them for a living! his name was mick tuxworth if anybody knew him? so many happy memories attached to steam and the people involved with it!

[wmden]

This lorrie ran at high rpm, compared to locomotives, and tractors. It sounded wicked, when rolling pretty good. I wondered if it was a turbine, but I guess not.

[mikel]

Driver/engineer: "Two more scoops!✌"
Scooper: "Holy sh!t! The cabin's on fire!"
Driver/engineer: Calmly slows down, carefully wipes loose coal into the burner, and replaces the cover like it's just another day driving to work.

[tombig]

Driving that thing looks like organized chaos.

[gcfcos]

That is incredible. I would love to go out for a spin in that. You can see how steam power is so addictive, it's alive!! I haven't watched a video that's made me smile so much in years

[ИванИванович-кои]

Настоящие мужчины тогда работали. Спасибо те, кто сохраняет историю!

[arturdizendorf]

Молодцы, история, Должна Жить. Спасибо большое за то, что показываете молодежи, как было. Спасибо!

[Erpel-sskn]

Sehr schön das es noch Menschen gibt die solche Fahrzeuge erhalten . So hat man einen kleinen Einblick in der Vergangenheit . Wie schwierig es damals war eine Lastwagen zu fahren wird einem bewusst wenn man das erst sehen tut mit wie viel Arbeit es verbunden war . Im Grunde genommen dieselbe Arbeit wie in einer Dampflok . Aber ich finde es sehr schön von euch dass ihr dieses Fahrzeug noch so erhalten habt . Tolles Video❤