Lowfield Distribution (Sainsburys) Middleton, Manchester

moomooland:
0In 1987 Sainsburys sent one of their double decker trailers and tractor units up from Basingstoke for a months trial at to see if they could be utilised at Middleton depot.

It was a real pain as we had no proper loading facilities to load the top deck and the roll cages they used at the time for the low height upper deck were only half size ones of which none were used in the North West as the only ones that were available were about 30 which had been sent along with the trailer.

Needless to say it did not work and only went out on a delivery twice before it was sent back to Basingstoke after being parked up in the depot for three weeks.

Its nice to see a picture of a early day cab four wheeler 95.We had loads on UB from E reg up to K reg a mixture of 4 and 6 wheelers. We then moved on to day cab 85s which was a backwards step in cab comfort.I only ever saw Ub,Walkers, and Js use day cab 95s.