kmills:
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Any you old BOC Faversham chaps remember what gearbox these LHD Fodens had (prob either 9-speed Fuller, 13-speed Fuller or Twin-splitter)? Robert0
The Foden’s had Twin splitter’s in them Robert -
cheers, Keith
Many thanks Keith! Most useful. Bumped into your old man in Tescos just after you’d left after your last trip home. Catch you next time, hopefully! Take care. Robert 
Bumped into the old man in Tesco’s eh?, that’s unusual - he bumps into most people in the pub!
He drove one of the LHD Fodens for a few years - I’m sure he’ll tell you all about it if you ask him.
All the best, Keith
kmills:
Bumped into the old man in Tesco’s eh?, that’s unusual - he bumps into most people in the pub!
He drove one of the LHD Fodens for a few years - I’m sure he’ll tell you all about it if you ask him.
All the best, Keith
Brilliant, I will! He gets in my local sometimess and we always have a good natter about the old TIR-trail 
. Cheers old mate! Robert
Were they handballed on as well as off?
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Hi newmercman, re hand ball roof tiles!!!back in the early 1970’s I was on BRS,we loaded often at Shawell,nr rugby
Tiles was thrown up from stack 4 at a time,5 across tr, then 2 or pos 3 rows on top depending,
Each side of the three rows rear of tr went the “fixtures and fittings” just back sheet and not roped over tight,good for go,
At the site roofer’s unloaded you fairly quickly,fair job to be fair, today I believe its shrunkwrap on pallets forklift or grab??..ile stand corrected!!!
newmercman:
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Yes handballed off as well. My Dad used to tell me stories of all the site labour suddenly disappearing when 22 ton of tiles turned up!!
He had the trailer specially made by Merriworths to keep the floor height down. If I remember correctly Marley’s loaders were making noises about not loading artics at the time due to the height of the trailer bed, but when this outfit was put on the road, the loaders loved it as it was so low. Could not however have full mudguards on the drive axle of the unit as they fouled the trailer.
Only problem we had with it was it kept cracking the body outriggers. as these were welded to the sides of the chassis rails and did not run across the top of them as they did on many trailers of the time.
trunker08:
Hi newmercman, re hand ball roof tiles!!!back in the early 1970’s I was on BRS,we loaded often at Shawell,nr rugby
Tiles was thrown up from stack 4 at a time,5 across tr, then 2 or pos 3 rows on top depending,
Each side of the three rows rear of tr went the “fixtures and fittings” just back sheet and not roped over tight,good for go,At the site roofer’s unloaded you fairly quickly,fair job to be fair, today I believe its shrunkwrap on pallets forklift or grab??..ile stand corrected!!!
Unloading Marley tiles in the mid 80’s when 3 row tile clamps were used before the tiles were put on pallets. Tractor is a much modified Scammell Handyman. Picture from Gary Humphries.
nyk473l:
newmercman:
Were they handballed on as well as off?Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
Yes handballed off as well. My Dad used to tell me stories of all the site labour suddenly disappearing when 22 ton of tiles turned up!!
He had the trailer specially made by Merriworths to keep the floor height down. If I remember correctly Marley’s loaders were making noises about not loading artics at the time due to the height of the trailer bed, but when this outfit was put on the road, the loaders loved it as it was so low. Could not however have full mudguards on the drive axle of the unit as they fouled the trailer.
Only problem we had with it was it kept cracking the body outriggers. as these were welded to the sides of the chassis rails and did not run across the top of them as they did on many trailers of the time.
I can remember loading bricks with my Dad somewhere down the A20, possibly a Redland site, that was handball on as well, the trailer was an ex Schweppes Dyson on air suspension and those old huge super singles, that didn’t have a low bed height, I remember that because I had to climb up on the unit and maneuver around the headboard to get up on it, rather than climb up a wheel like I could on a normal trailer. I was too little to help with the loading/unloading.
My grandpa used to work for a brick firm in Charlton and that was all he did, he had a D1000 and single axle trailer and he used to go to work in a pair of trousers, jacket and a white shirt, he’d finish the day as clean as he started, God knows how he managed that, I’ve got dirty just thinking about it lol
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nyk473l:
trunker08:
Hi newmercman, re hand ball roof tiles!!!back in the early 1970’s I was on BRS,we loaded often at Shawell,nr rugby
Tiles was thrown up from stack 4 at a time,5 across tr, then 2 or pos 3 rows on top depending,
Each side of the three rows rear of tr went the “fixtures and fittings” just back sheet and not roped over tight,good for go,At the site roofer’s unloaded you fairly quickly,fair job to be fair, today I believe its shrunkwrap on pallets forklift or grab??..ile stand corrected!!!
Unloading Marley tiles in the mid 80’s when 3 row tile clamps were used before the tiles were put on pallets. Tractor is a much modified Scammell Handyman. Picture from Gary Humphries.
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HI all check out the above link/thread, page5. A bit more about them.
nyk473l:
Long established Westerham Operator.
A few more pics note, I’ve also uploaded these on the Tipper driver thread and also check out their Facebook page nice to see a small firm still going!
Some pictures of the 4000 series Fodens operated. Both of the single sleeper cab ones were stolen from where we parked at the time in the early nineties and the XF’s that came later, up to the present time…
I put this some time ago
Having had a trawl through the forum, I have found virtually nothing about about G.E. Farrant Transport of Tunbridge Wells. While never working for them I used to get involved with some of the repairs to their very smart fleet of Foden tippers in the 1980s. They had a yard and a rather ramshackle workshop, in North Farm Road. I have vague memories of this workshop still having bits of steam vehicles hanging around. Below is a link to some history of the company. At least one of their vehicles, a six wheeler, survives in preservation. I think this is one of the lightweight Foden “Sixers” made in the late '70s. If it is I remember taking the cab off when it came in for a block and pistons.
Any further memories?
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