Patrick, a few of your favourites mate ! 
By the way i see Robert put you straight on the NGC thread !
Patrick,you were having a chat about Golding with Robert about his yankee stuff. He used to
operate Kenworths,Macks,Whites all sorts. I think he may have had a Peterbuilt at one time as
well. Bubbs will probably know if he looks on here.
I am sure i have posted this before on here ■■ Click on pages twice.
DEANB:
Shamara heavy haulage.Click on pages twice to view.
As we now know from history, the Scammell Contractor on the front was replaced by a beefed up ERF NGC with a newly fitted double-drive rear end. Robert
Got one.
A proper heavy haulage job, stopped having some tyres changed.
Then I met his mate coming along behind and not leaving a lot of room.
David
In a previous post our Prince of the Heavy Haulage thought that the trailers used here were probably American.
Caught up with this one at some road works and indeed they are from Rogers Trailers of Albion, PA
They can be found at www.rogerstrailers.com
DEANB:
Patrick, a few of your favourites mate !By the way i see Robert put you straight on the NGC thread !
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You really know how to cheer up a man on a drizzly Sunday afternoon eh… Always reckoned it was only Johnny who had that “talent”…
ERF-NGC-European:
DEANB:
Shamara heavy haulage.Click on pages twice to view.
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As we now know from history, the Scammell Contractor on the front was replaced by a beefed up ERF NGC with a newly fitted double-drive rear end.
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Cheers Robert! Pity they’ve replaced a Contractor for an NGC though…
David Miller:
Got one.
A proper heavy haulage job, stopped having some tyres changed.0
Then I met his mate coming along behind and not leaving a lot of room.
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Cheers David, interesting for multiple reasons, most important though is because of the trailer being used in your first pic, that’s old… if my eyes don’t deceive me, I reckon it’s a Scheuerle platform trailer dating back to the early 80’s…
David Miller:
In a previous post our Prince of the Heavy Haulage thought that the trailers used here were probably American.
Caught up with this one at some road works and indeed they are from Rogers Trailers of Albion, PA0
They can be found at rogerstrailers.com
Now idea who that Prince of Heavy Haulage is, but seems he got it right then for once… Cheers for the info Mr. Miller, much appreciated mate!
Interesting mudflap, reckon the driver must like his Hino then…
I recon so Patrick especially as the tractor on the front was a Kenworth!
David
David Miller:
I recon so Patrick especially as the tractor on the front was a Kenworth!David
Food for thought that is… does the driver implies that Kenworth is the same crap as Hino then…?
oiltreader:
Cos you’ve been behaving Patrick, another few
Oily
Cheers Oily! You know I always behave, just ask one of my mates on here, Fergie… oh no, best skip him, he’ll be moaning about me being a Whippersnapper… Herr Sutherland then…er… hang on, he will tell something entirely different, Maggie D… oh no, he reckons I’m a hooligan working for the mob… ■■■■■■■■, who’s left then… oh aye, Mr. Miller
DIG:
pv83:
Cheers Oily! That Hallet Silbermann Scanny is a tidy looking wagon ehI notice a good percentage of the trucks have a row of driving lights across the roof which surprises me a tad as with your traffic volumes i would have thought it possibly something rarely used,when I took a new Crusader for its inspection for licensing here in Perth in 1973 they made me remove the lights we had mounted just below the windscreen as deemed to high and would cause problems to other road users,all the roos and cattle in the unfenced stations of the north of course didn’t count but even now I believe there is a maximum height of 4 feet from the ground although after licensing I have seen spots mounted on the top bar of bull bars.
Some nice looking units here though.
Cheers Dig
Don’t know how it works in other countries regarding the extra mounted lights, but over here if you bring your lorry to the workshop for an MOT you either have to take all the lights of, or the much easier option, make sure you’ve got a switch so you can “disconect” them at all times… must admit that it sort of gets out of hand in the UK though, just about every wagon looks like those huge “lampposts” they use at Heathrow…
pv83:
oiltreader:
Cos you’ve been behaving Patrick, another few
OilyCheers Oily! You know I always behave, just ask one of my mates on here, Fergie… oh no, best skip him, he’ll be moaning about me being a Whippersnapper… Herr Sutherland then…er… hang on, he will tell something entirely different, Maggie D… oh no, he reckons I’m a hooligan working for the mob… ■■■■■■■■, who’s left then… oh aye, Mr. Miller
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Always reckoned Brambles was some sort of investment company, regarding their history of what happened in the UK…
I wouldn’t say that Brambles invested in Econofreight. Granted they did move the offices to a very grand and expensive building in Thornaby, But investment in road equipment was low with the focus being on the SPMTs. Just at the time it needed to compete Econofreight found it dropping behind with mainly out dated worn out equipment. Cuts were made, but at the front end with redundancies in workshop, drivers and steersmen, while the flash offices remained well manned. When it became apparent that Econofreight was so far behind it would need a massive investment to recoup its position as a road haulier Brambles started to asset strip and sell it off bit by bit. First to go was the small logistics side that went to Stillers, Then I went with the STGO Cat2 side and below to Sarens /GE Curtis - although some went to GCS Johnson.
I think if you talk to the ex-Econofreight employees not many would have anything nice to say about Brambles ownership of Econofreight.
Rikki-UK:
Always reckoned Brambles was some sort of investment company, regarding their history of what happened in the UK…
I wouldn’t say that Brambles invested in Econofreight. Granted they did move the offices to a very grand and expensive building in Thornaby, But investment in road equipment was low with the focus being on the SPMTs. Just at the time it needed to compete Econofreight found it dropping behind with mainly out dated worn out equipment. Cuts were made, but at the front end with redundancies in workshop, drivers and steersmen, while the flash offices remained well manned. When it became apparent that Econofreight was so far behind it would need a massive investment to recoup its position as a road haulier Brambles started to asset strip and sell it off bit by bit. First to go was the small logistics side that went to Stillers, Then I went with the STGO Cat2 side and below to Sarens /GE Curtis - although some went to GCS Johnson.
I think if you talk to the ex-Econofreight employees not many would have anything nice to say about Brambles ownership of Econofreight.
Thanks for your input Rikki-UK and insight from the inside.
Johnny
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If I sound bitter. I am, Econofreight and the lads who were there- were the top of the tree , as far as I am concerned was the pinnacle of my career, I worked with legends in the heavy haulage industry. I worked on and took loads that even now scare me, and we did it right. We were not cheap, and we didn’t cut corners, if you wanted the job done right you paid the price. It is telling after all these years after Econofreight was killed by Brambles most of the lads are still in touch- because we were a team and more we were friends- working at Econofreight was more than a job- we did stuff that no-one else could and you can only do that if you have trust and faith in the guy next to you- and we had the best- if it wasn’t for Brambles I would still be there today- it was my job for life
Was Econofreight part of TDG Group? or was it Tarmac origionally ? Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
Was Econofreight part of TDG Group? or was it Tarmac origionally ? Cheers Bewick.
Never part of TDG , although was a part at one time of United Transport - which I believe later on went on to become TDG also never as far as I am aware part of Tarmac but did general haulage work for them before Econofreight became more specialised.