What is the largest vehicle you've driven?

nucker · 05-03-2013 12:37AM #1

Today, I was driving a 3.5 tonne van, it was really cool

L-M · 05-03-2013 12:38AM

Hummer H2.

I've bad hand eye co ordination and being on the wrong side of that was great fun!

dgt · 05-03-2013 12:39AM

nucker wrote: »

Today, I was driving a 3.5 tonne van, it was really cool

At the age of 13, I drove a setup similar to this :cool:

And one of these

Supergurrier · 05-03-2013 12:39AM

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dodderangler · 05-03-2013 12:40AM

Limerick man wrote: »

Hummer H2.

I've bad hand eye co ordination and being on the wrong side of that was great fun!

Same as myself but was only bringing it to garage bout 100 feet away
Ropey driving with steering wheel on wrong side

Bigus · 05-03-2013 12:43AM

Kawasaki loader

68 lost souls · 05-03-2013 12:43AM

2001 Dodge Ram 1500 Conversion Van that I posted in the post a pic thread has probably been the biggest.

Empty the van is about 2.5-3 tonnes, converted with 7 people and a months worth of bags and food probably brought it close to 3.5 or 4. Did about 12,000 miles in it over 4 month as far as I remember. The driving was shared between 4 of us though.

nucker · 05-03-2013 12:44AM

Limerick man wrote: »

Hummer H2.

I've bad hand eye co ordination and being on the wrong side of that was great fun!

Well I had the same problem years ago, but on the right side of the road, a few cars had their mirrors swiped

I swore I would never drive those vans again because of that :pac: My last few driving jobs never lasted long because of I told my employers..."No way" :pac:

Yakuza · 05-03-2013 12:45AM

An early 90's Ford Transit (hired by a mate who was moving house), it was only bleedin' massive, wha'?

05-03-2013 12:51AM

One of these, was fun.

Voodoomelon · 05-03-2013 12:52AM

Mary Harney gave me a piggyback once, does that count?

Fannyhead · 05-03-2013 12:55AM

Actually quite fun to drive.

Paddy Fields · 05-03-2013 01:16AM

Did a course to learn how to drive a bus back in the 80's.

shanered · 05-03-2013 01:18AM

Dumper truck working as a labourer, loved driving it, especially the way it splits in the middle when taking turns, great ould yoke!

Mitch Buchannon · 05-03-2013 01:18AM

Drove one of these when I was 15 on a building site in Dublin in summer of 1996. I was grinning from ear to ear that summer job.

Thatnastyboy · 05-03-2013 01:22AM

Drove a very similar set up to this, a 144L 530 & scrap trailers - , not on main roads but shunting & grunting

V8 + sidepipes :cool::cool:

unkel · 05-03-2013 01:27AM

8 speed manual, 6WD (all axles are driven)

12 element · 05-03-2013 02:02AM

115bhp version

Toyotafanboi · 05-03-2013 02:09AM

something disappointing, a high roof, lwb transit :pac:

Horse1920 · 05-03-2013 02:10AM

A W900l - 550 horse - had all the long switch dash , timed shutdown - miss that lady ...

Irish Steve · 05-03-2013 02:21AM

One of These

Often had one of These attached, which upped the ante some

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KTRIC · 05-03-2013 02:33AM

A T-34 tank, bloody awful, hot and sweaty with really bad ventilation. Wasn't helped by the long hot summer of '43 on the western front.

05-03-2013 02:44AM

A few years ago our small electric forklift at work broke down. We got an 8 ton diesel yoke while ours was being fixed. Totally unsuited to the small stockroom we had but a lot of fun anyway.
Similar to this thing:

carzony · 05-03-2013 03:12AM

A 1999 Old shape transit and a 1996 vw transporter

Chuck Stone · 05-03-2013 03:39AM

:cool:

biko · 05-03-2013 04:39AM

In the army, lots of big stuff. Largest was this:

Civilian life Volvo 245.

Chriscl1 · 05-03-2013 07:49AM

antodeco · 05-03-2013 07:59AM

A lowly VW Camper van. No visibility, poor lights, about a 1/4 turn of play in the steering and old brakes. Drive it during torrential sleet and snow. Never more terrified in my life!