Amazing that Terex brand in the UK also had an R50, manufactured in Motherwell, Scotland. Much more agricultural than the Euc though. A 16V-71 screaming Jimmy, leaf springs & rigid axles at both ends, and rode like the proverbial brick.
Operator's hated them with a f'kin passion......
We had 35 of them at the last coal mine where I worked in the UK. Each one was driven 130 miles from the factory to the mine just north of Newcastle by road not put in a lowboy. Photo shows the optional sound suppression attachment which ours had fitted and was a right PITAif you needed to do any radiator work. I have no idea just how much the factory thought they could quieten a Jimmy anyway. Our truck shop must have had 2 mechanics working permanently doing nothing other than replacing broken road springs. Front springs were a ba$tard, rears were a rgiht ba$tard.
Sold & serviced in the UK by the (in)famous John Blackwood Hodge & Co, more commonly known throughout the industry as "Deadwood Dodge".
When we got the first 12 Cat 777s to be shipped to the UK in 1977 they were driven 25 miles from Leverton’s (dealer) yard south of Newcastle to the mine right through the centre of City. Here are photos of a couple of them making the journey fitted with red & white trade (temporary dealer) licence plates to make them “road legal”. We must have had some really early ones. One was S/N 84A89.