PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONModerators: ERF-NGC-European, dieseldave By posting content to TruckNet, you're agreeing to our terms of use and confirm that you have read our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Use Policy. You acknowledge that any personal data you post on TruckNet may be accessed by other members of TruckNet and visitors to the forum Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONFreightliner.What would you call that a "B train" ??
Those are called Rocky Mountain doubles, a 40’or 45’lead trailer with a shorter tail trailer
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThis company was founded in 1934 by Frank Henman the brother of Philip Henman who founded the national road haulage and warehousing company, the Transport Development Group. Square Grip manufactured twisted high tensile steel for concrete reinforcement with Philip Henman providing the financial backing and advice.
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I'd agree with that. This is the only rear view of a Maggie cab I can find:
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONSquare Grip also had a factory/ depot at Yate , nr Bristol . Operated Ford Transcontinentals .
They supplied a lot of reinforcing for the channel tunnel
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThe only BFC initials that spring to my mind are British Fuel Company,but I don't know if they did general haulage.
Them were t'days when we were on neets.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONMorning all,
Square grip Eastleigh was the main "bending station" straight bars in. Used students a lot, as once you set up the jig it was just repetative stuff but quite physical work. Had a few Volvo's though. Harvey.
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BFC Barneys Flying Circus from Common Barn Farm Eastleigh Hants
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Thanks for your comment Buzzer .There must be 2 A.E.Gough's as that one came from Mid Wale's according to Trevor. ![]()
Thanks for the info Keith ![]()
Thanks for the info "Buzzer and Mark R" ![]()
Thanks for that "tvdriver" never knew that ! ![]() ![]()
Cheers Paul. ![]()
Possibly a Maggie ![]()
Good stuff logger you forget how time flys just looked and the channel tunnel opened in 1994. ![]()
Cheers Daz reckon you are right ! I think thats the last of the dodgy ones ! ![]()
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Thanks Chris but i think "robthedog" has the right one chap. ![]()
Funny enough "robthedog" that was the first pic on the first page and i remember Buzzer giving us the name. ![]() Heres the pic !
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONAnyone recognise the ERF ? Thought it was Blue Circle but cant make the name out on the side,but it does not
look like Blue Circle ?? Topmix concrete mixer which i assume is part of Tarmac ?? Rase tidy Volvo Coutts Volvo McCarthy DAF Collett Bros Foden. Anyone recognise the Scania ??? Standard Motor Transport Renault. Ken Jones Transport Volvo Mike Garbutt Transport MAN
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONErf is blue circle but trailer says mastercrete one of the brand names.
Steve
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Looks like a granning midlift conversion and possibly a tanker spec air kit ,id guess it belonged to or was inherited by turners ?
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONHi Dean,The unidentified Scania was Fred Sweetings,Cheers Bubbs,
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It's got a AV Peterborough reg plate so could well be one of Turners of Soham Dan. Them were t'days when we were on neets.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThanks for that "tvdriver" never knew that ! So is the Kenworth a "B train" then ??
Paul, that set up would be 28’ pup trailers ,the rear trailer hooked with an A frame dolly, like the drawbar trailers used to be 20, 30 years ago.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONMorning Dean,
Standard Motor Transport are from Kidderminster and still trading, The owner Kenneth Batson owned this Leyland Beaver for a number of years ex Barry Brash's from Checkley Truckstop, Cheer's Pete
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Hello DEAN ,McCarthy from Wrexham ,they now have MANs most on lease hire from A N Richards the local MAN dealer,thank you Trevor
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION[quote="DEANB"]Great pic of a working truck. Anyone know where H.V.Perry were based ??
Hi Dean, H.V.Perry stood for Harry Perry who owned Wareham Transport. Thanks again for all your work on this brilliant thread. Regards Richard
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThis VOLVO BFC is my dads old truck running out of Southampton ... I'm sure that's me in the passenger seat as a young boy ..happy days
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Turners (Soham) Ltd. contract vehicle based at Cauldon Low. Turners had the Blue Circle contract for quite a number of years.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONSquare Grip Seddon Atkinson. Not had one of this companies on here before,anyone know where they were based ? good evening all, brings back memories this picture. Square Grip (Eastleigh) is where I started HGV driving and this vehicle is being driven by my lorry driving mentor and good friend Roy Raggett. (RIP) whilst I was there we also had a Volvo F86 and I had a day cab F7, the Sed-Ak in photo was eventually replaced by a ERF C-series. I left in 1984 and joined Clapcotts, Roy followed a year or so later. unfortunately he passed away in 1994 at the age of 49. as previously stated Sq. Grip head office was Colnbrook. apart from Eastleigh they also had depots in Bristol, Gateshead and Scotland. My old F7 another of UHO Roy's daily at Clapcotts. regards Colin Never trust a man who wears brown shoes with blue jeans.
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Thanks for confirming that Steve ! ![]()
Thanks Bubbs for confirming the haulier and for the great pic ! ![]()
Thanks for the comments "Punchy Dan" and "Chris Webb" ![]()
Thanks for the info "tvdriver" ![]()
Great pic Pete ,thanks for the info. ![]()
Good info Trevor. ![]()
Thanks for the comments Richard,funny enough after i posted that i remembered the name Harry Perry and knew Wareham Transport. I can only remember them running flats and bulkers and cant recall ever seeing them running timber trucks. ![]() ![]()
Happy days indeed Martin, we have all been in the passenger seat as kids ! ![]() ![]()
Thanks for the information Graham. ![]()
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Great post Colin and thanks for the pics. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONLogging trucks.
Peterbilt with trailer on its back with tow bar over the cab. Peterbilt. Kenworth. Kenworth. 1977. Click on pages twice to read.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONJ.P.S. Transport Volvo bulker.
Anyone recognise the Volvo brick truck ?? Suttons Mercedes. Not sure who the Volvo belongs to ??? Daily Fresh Scania Ambassador Volvo. Topblock Volvo Anyone recognise the Scania ??? Horley Motors Volvo Murco ERF tanker. Gregory DAF
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONKrupp Arrow Crane.
Wilkinson Seddon Atkinson. B.E.Williams Scania J Tattersall & Son Renault. Tim Price Maggie. Pan European Mercedes. Pan European had a office on Poole docks. RHM / Christopher Hill Seddon bulker who had 2 Mills in Poole. Eastern BRS Seddon Atkinson. Walsh's tidy Foden. Anyone recognise the Atkinson ???
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONHi DEAN
Your photo! Transcon was on its way to a KRAFT depot at Seacroft Leeds or KRAFT factory Kirkby Liverpool with fats marge and cooking oils. Driver Tommy Oliver. We had two Transcons and the other one in the yard pulling taker driver Phil Keep. My first tanker was Seddon Atki ONC 100P "notice the designer rust". Myself with F10 approx. 1983. Cheers KEV
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONWell the greenies sure put the boot in to log trucking in Oregon..... Just a shadow of it's former self......Most nights in the state of Oregon there are only 8 police officers on duty for the whole state.... That's all the budget can afford...
Early 2000'ands when it all went "pear shaped " a bunch of loggers put all their machinery. ( Dozers, Forwarders, Snorkels, etc ) on low loaders and hauled them south for a big auction .... even while on their last journey the tree huggers attacked the convoy... At auction the stuff went so cheap that it didn't even cover the transportation cost for the trip... Over the next few months most of the rest of the gear was drained of all fluid, put on a barge and the whole lot was taken out to sea and sunk.... In Tasmania there was a blight of tree huggers around the same .. Usually young, impressionable, misinformed, easily manipulated folk from interstate...... Did I mention they were all very smelly and unwashed.....recruited by nefarious means... They set up various camps in logging coupes and instantly got news coverage.. They caused a lot of disruption... spread miss information...and did a lot of damage..... Usually misinformed, most of the time they set up camp in new growth plantation forests.... a long way from the hard to get to old growth trees.....They even attacked one of the local Bush Fire stations which was staffed by volunteers, set up to protect the surrounding bush, but also the remote houses and properties of local people that chose to live in the community...... They love the trees and the forests..... so much so that in the summer time when the forests are at there greatest threat ( Forest fires ) which can be hundreds of square miles at a time, they all bugger of back to the the main land and let the "Evil forest workers " try to save what's left with the machinery which has to be repaired after it's all been trashed by the tree huggers... In the end all they achieved was to remove the right to protest about anything by any one in Tasmania..... Bed time now.... Jeff..... Democracy! Everyone gets what nobody wants.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONmorning dean.the volvo brick truck.is stevens sand from blaenavon
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