Axminster transport

[deanb]

Cliff luxton:
Here we go Dean this is close to the beginning of Axminster Transport.

What’s the make of the truck at the end of the line up of 4 parked against the building,cant make it
out ?

[cliff_luxton]

I think it’s an old BMC Dean.
The boss loved these Leyland’s

[erf-ngc-european]

DEANB:

Cliff luxton:
Here we go Dean this is close to the beginning of Axminster Transport.

What’s the make of the truck at the end of the line up of 4 parked against the building,cant make it
out ?

It’s a BMC / Leyland FG ‘three-penny-bit’ lorry; the bigger (4-tonner?) version with the snout, I think. Robert

[cliff_luxton]

Thanks Robert, I thought it was.

[cliff_luxton]

This is were it really started for Peter with Axminster Transport.

[zb_anorak]

ERF-NGC-European:

DEANB:

Cliff luxton:
Here we go Dean this is close to the beginning of Axminster Transport.

What’s the make of the truck at the end of the line up of 4 parked against the building,cant make it
out ?

It’s a BMC / Leyland FG ‘three-penny-bit’ lorry; the bigger (4-tonner?) version with the snout, I think. Robert

What about those on the left? I’ll guess at another Leyland tractor in front, with a Ford D behind it.

[cliff_luxton]

I think your right anorak Leyland unit in front with D series 4 wheeler behind , the Ford was the first truck I drove when I started there in 1974.

[pete_smith]

Cliff luxton:
I think your right anorak Leyland unit in front with D series 4 wheeler behind , the Ford was the first truck I drove when I started there in 1974.

The motor by Dean asked about is a BMC FG fitted with the 6 pot diesel, hence the larger bonnet, a motor guaranteed to bring hearing problems later in life!

[cliff_luxton]

Thanks for that Pete. This is early day’s. Sorry for the damage to the photo.

[cliff_luxton]

This is before the CATS were introduced. Always looking to the future in transport was our boss started parcel delivery and small consignments very early on.

[cliff_luxton]

Early day’s delivering animal feed to the farms. Before my time again.

[cliff_luxton]

Loaded from Phoenix Engineering in Chard.

[cliff_luxton]

Same sort of load only a few more and at least a decade later.

[erf-ngc-european]

Cliff luxton:
Same sort of load only a few more and at least a decade later.

Very mixed fleet, Cliff! Funny how some hauliers at that time had as many different makes as they had lorries, while others stuck to one manufacturer. I suspect it was those who bought 2nd hand that ended up with the most mixed fleets. Robert

[deanb]

Nice to see some new pics Cliff. Were the early ones a slighly different colour ?

Heres another new one.

[cliff_luxton]

Peter bought both new and second hand lorries first being a new F86 , then we had 2 new volvo F88 290 then he tried 4 new DAF 2800, a couple of second hand F88 240 in between then came the new Scania 141 x3 a couple of secondhand Mercs , then the new Volvo F10 x3 .that is just the Arctic’s as you can see there were Leyland 4 wheeler s , volvo 6 wheeler, Renault 4 wheeler , and of course the Berliet units new x3. So it was a real mixed fleet Robert, untill he changed completely to Leyland.
In the early day’s they were always the same colour Dean.

[cliff_luxton]

Gerry , and Andy ready for the off.

[deanb]

Cliff luxton:
Gerry , and Andy ready for the off.

Took a pic of the one on the left going through Wimborne when i was a kid.

[pete_smith]

Morning Cliff,
Found this on the web, not sure if it has been posted before? Cheer’s Pete

[cliff_luxton]

Try posting it again Pete no picture here,