Driving a Carrier

[Neil Ashley]

I had the pleasure (?) of driving my friends Carrier to and from Portsmouth at the weekend (approx 28 miles) for the Dock Yard 800 event.

Having only ever driven this carrier before I have nothing to compare it with, but the steering did seem very hard work.
To get it round tight corners or roundabouts it was a case of jerking the vehicle round in short turns on and off before all the revs were lost. On a few occasions I had to stop completely and select First or Second gear to get round. The car drivers behind me must have loved me.

Obviously driving carriers to a certain extent does involve brute force and ignorance, but should I have been able to get smooth turns from the steering brakes? I note the brake drums have probably not been off for many years and one of the tracks was excessivly lose.