tastrucker:
"DEANB"Another one of A.E.Gough’s from Mid Wales.
Hello Dean ,and always good to see A E Goughs ,thank you Trevor
windrush:
“Before my time” my arse!! Not a Bedford, it is a Morris WEK 100 5 tonner. Like all BMC trucks from that period the 100, 40/60/80 etc was the payload in cwts (Hundredweights) but I reckon even those measures were “before your time” as well?
Pete.
Hey up Dean that’s a name from the past Bulk Powders Midlands
W H D (Dougie) Cullen stared the company with the financial backing of Jack Stirland (Jack was a silent partner as when he sold out to the Transport Development Group in 1964 a condition was that he wasn’t allowed to set up another haulage company so him and Dougie set up Bulk Powders Midlands)
Also Dougie’s wife Mary ran a Transport company called Shire Transport out of the sugar beet factory in Colwick Nottingham
I know it’s a bit of useless information [emoji1303]cheers Gary
gazsa401:
"DEANB"Some odds and sods.
Bulk Powders 1966
Hey up Dean that’s a name from the past Bulk Powders Midlands
W H D (Dougie) Cullen stared the company with the financial backing of Jack Stirland (Jack was a silent partner as when he sold out to the Transport Development Group in 1964 a condition was that he wasn’t allowed to set up another haulage company so him and Dougie set up Bulk Powders Midlands)
Also Dougie’s wife Mary ran a Transport company called Shire Transport out of the sugar beet factory in Colwick Nottingham
I know it’s a bit of useless information [emoji1303]cheers Gary
Thanks for the comments Gary,we like useless information !
Hi Dean,
I’m pretty certain this ERF is an X Iltyd Thomas Swansea…but in this pic was run by John Thomas one of the brothers after they finished.
The load it’s carrying is the clue for me Marley stone.
I too, used to wonder whether or not this Crusader ever did Middle-East work - it certainly looks like it. Anybody know? Here are a few more pics of it to jog memories! Robert
ERF-NGC-European:
I too, used to wonder whether or not this Crusader ever did Middle-East work - it certainly looks like it. Anybody know? Here are a few more pics of it to jog memories! Robert
Morning Robert,
Im’e not being funny but I would have expected to see a proper towing hook or bumper if on m/east work back then and i for one would not want to stand in front of it when they pulled the leaver to tilt the cab Harvey She looks good though.
ERF-NGC-European:
I too, used to wonder whether or not this Crusader ever did Middle-East work - it certainly looks like it. Anybody know? Here are a few more pics of it to jog memories! Robert
Morning Robert,
Im’e not being funny but I would have expected to see a proper towing hook or bumper if on m/east work back then and i for one would not want to stand in front of it when they pulled the leaver to tilt the cab Harvey She looks good though.
Tilt the cab? That’s a fair trick on a Scammell Crusader!
I don’t know whether it was to do with this letter, but the late Bill Bowker used to recall the tale of a tedious debate about depreciation at a local RHA meeting: after the conversation had gone round in circles for ages, Mr Austin Wilkinson cut in and brought the proceedings to a standstill with,
“I run my Fodens for 12 years, and when I’ve finished with 'em, they’re f----ed”
G130 VBK was one of the Turbostars I bought new from Pitters in Southampton, here’s a photo of it when fairly new.I ran 10 of them and they were good workhorses, and Pitters were a first class dealer.
I don’t know whether it was to do with this letter, but the late Bill Bowker used to recall the tale of a tedious debate about depreciation at a local RHA meeting: after the conversation had gone round in circles for ages, Mr Austin Wilkinson cut in and brought the proceedings to a standstill with,
“I run my Fodens for 12 years, and when I’ve finished with 'em, they’re f----ed”
It’s a very strange letter from the RHA…‘grandmother sucking eggs’ comes to mind.
