DEANB:
I meant to ask yeserday about the second Millers vehicle in the pic. Can anyone recognise the make ■■? Possibly Mercedes ■■They used to win alot of competitions years ago Buzzer for there black pudding.
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Dean reckon the second Millers is a Merc as it looks like the three pointed star in the middle of the grill, Buzzer
it is a mercedes, either a 0508 or 0608 , use to see them more as an integral van,
tony
We have had some cracking tankers on here over the last couple of years. Our tanker specialist Chris Webb has been a star with information
about various companies so heres some odds and sods for him and other tanker drivers. 
Used to drive this one as i remember.
Hi Dean,
Lichfield Road Tanker Services aka Taylors Transport, they also ran bulk tippers, a very shady operator!
Wow Dean,a virtual plethora of tanker photos,thanks mate. You are right,the A E Evans Marathon PCL 553R Fleet 238 was mine from new and was the first new vehicle Evans bought.Not me driving in that photo though,I had left by the time the individual Hazchem board holders were fitted for each compartment and not the trailer I had originally - and look at those red wheels,awful. The driver looks very much like Roger Brown who took that vehicle over after me when I left in Feb 1979,and it’s loaed with 3WE1114 which is benzene,so probably en route to Bitmac in Llanwern complex.
I reckon the Harold Wood SA400 was based at Shell Chemicals Stanlow as the product labels look like the Shell type.Andrew Hogg from Kilsyth was eventually part of United Transport along with Stamps,Ancliff and Bulwark.Stiller was probably loaded out of ICI Wilton or Billingham as they were a Teesside based company.The greyish liveried Marathon is one of Leathers Chemicals who originally ran in a dark green livery.The F88 with single axled trailer is one of Crown Walpamur Paints from Darwen Lancashire,looks odd with that small tank.I think maybe that the Coastal Roadways Marathon was loaded out of BP Plastics in Barry.I don’t know much about Forresters,only that their depot was in Whixhall Salop and worked out of Synthite in Mold Nth Wales,and I wonder if the Scania 110 in Synthite livery is one of theirs? One of the North Wales lads will know.Manchester Tankers did a lot of hazardous waste and were always to be seen down at that site near Pitsea in Essex. Not sure which site the Albright and Wilson Marathon is from,I know P J Butler ran Marathons out of the A and W place at Oldbury but they had places all over,including Whitehaven,Widnes and Barton On Humber area,looks like it has a VH Huddersfield reg plate so could be one of Tankfreight maybe.Hallamoil was/is a Sheffield based company,that SA has what looks like a AB Worcs reg plate so maybe they had a depot there.I know nowt about Industrial Latex except they were from Cardiff (I think) and were up and down that M50 many times a day,maybe running to tyre factories like Michelin Stoke or Dunlop Castle Bromwich.And as for Taylors from Lichfield,well I heard so many rumours about them so have to endorse what Pete Smith said,although I knew nowt else about them. A E Evans bought one or two ex Shell tilt cab Mammoth Majors,and IIRC the AV691 engines were subbed with AV760s as they had some trouble with them.Trouble is there is nobody around to ask. 
A photo of an ex Shell Mammoth Major taken at Barking depot,photo not mine.
Thanks for the refueller info and the BP Oil pics,and the Butterfield Tanks info.I stand to be corrected on any of the above by the way.
Afternoon Chris,
Round Oak Motor Services moved from Grosvenor road in Gornall to Harts Hill between Dudley and Brierley Hill, you may have done a load out of Gadds on Pear Tree Lane Chris?
Taylors Transport had 2 x Volvo F7’s running around on the same registration numbers, just one of the stunts they got up to, my Uncle worked for them.
Nice information there Chris, you got a good memory there, Cheer’s Pete
pete smith:
Afternoon Chris,
Round Oak Motor Services moved from Grosvenor road in Gornall to Harts Hill between Dudley and Brierley Hill, you may have done a load out of Gadds on Pear Tree Lane Chris?
Taylors Transport had 2 x Volvo F7’s running around on the same registration numbers, just one of the stunts they got up to, my Uncle worked for them.
Nice information there Chris, you got a good memory there, Cheer’s Pete
Evening Pete.Yes,George Gadds I remember but never backloaded out of there but our artic drivers did.I’m obviously wrong about Pear Tree Lane then,why it rings a bell with ROMS I don’t know.I used to load out of their yard sometimes,never got messed about either and our gaffer told us to ring them first before anybody else.I was impressed with their tackle as well,I think they ran some Scania 110s late 60s.
Malc Stockhill aka Wheelnut remembers Taylors as well.That’s naughty running two on same reg plate. 
Ah, Pear Tree Lane Pensnett! There was a blacking factory on there and back in 1975 I went there on a breakdown to one of Tilcons Meriden based Foden S39 sand tankers (DCH 359J) with what turned out to be a seized clutch. Took me a while to find the place, having only recently moved up from the ‘Sunny South’ of England. I was driving an ■■■■■■ van and just after getting on the M6 at Stafford the fan belt broke! I phoned the quarry and immediately got a bollocking because it was the weighbridge operators van and he wanted to go home at 3pm! “Why didn’t you notice the belt was dodgy?” he asked.
They came out with a belt and another van so we repaired one and then swapped all my tools over on the hard shoulder so the original van could go back. Anyway there was nothing I could do so the following day our foreman rode down from Ashbourne with the driver in a Foden S50 halfcab to tow it back, must have been a tight fit in one of those cabs as they were both quite largish lads! 
Pete.
Hi just caught up with the thread, thanks for posting the Walker Bros article.
We used work quite a lot with them. We would hire off them if we were busy and vice versa. They also had a few low loaders and we would sometimes pull one of their trailers with our only tractor unit. Their yard was at Newburn and TT Walker (another family member) was based nearby.
Tyneside
DEANB,thanks for the photos of the Shell motors,but,when i was at Teesport in the 70s,we had 2 Marathons on LPG and 2 F88s on bitumen<long shot i know,have you any photos of these rare and wondrous beasts?like a lot of others i wish id taken more photos!
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
Lichfield Road Tanker Services aka Taylors Transport, they also ran bulk tippers, a very shady operator!
“shady operator” Classic comment Pete !
Chris Webb:
Wow Dean,a virtual plethora of tanker photos,thanks mate. You are right,the A E Evans Marathon PCL 553R Fleet 238 was mine from new and was the first new vehicle Evans bought.Not me driving in that photo though,I had left by the time the individual Hazchem board holders were fitted for each compartment and not the trailer I had originally - and look at those red wheels,awful. The driver looks very much like Roger Brown who took that vehicle over after me when I left in Feb 1979,and it’s loaed with 3WE1114 which is benzene,so probably en route to Bitmac in Llanwern complex.
I reckon the Harold Wood SA400 was based at Shell Chemicals Stanlow as the product labels look like the Shell type.Andrew Hogg from Kilsyth was eventually part of United Transport along with Stamps,Ancliff and Bulwark.Stiller was probably loaded out of ICI Wilton or Billingham as they were a Teesside based company.The greyish liveried Marathon is one of Leathers Chemicals who originally ran in a dark green livery.The F88 with single axled trailer is one of Crown Walpamur Paints from Darwen Lancashire,looks odd with that small tank.I think maybe that the Coastal Roadways Marathon was loaded out of BP Plastics in Barry.I don’t know much about Forresters,only that their depot was in Whixhall Salop and worked out of Synthite in Mold Nth Wales,and I wonder if the Scania 110 in Synthite livery is one of theirs? One of the North Wales lads will know.Manchester Tankers did a lot of hazardous waste and were always to be seen down at that site near Pitsea in Essex. Not sure which site the Albright and Wilson Marathon is from,I know P J Butler ran Marathons out of the A and W place at Oldbury but they had places all over,including Whitehaven,Widnes and Barton On Humber area,looks like it has a VH Huddersfield reg plate so could be one of Tankfreight maybe.Hallamoil was/is a Sheffield based company,that SA has what looks like a AB Worcs reg plate so maybe they had a depot there.I know nowt about Industrial Latex except they were from Cardiff (I think) and were up and down that M50 many times a day,maybe running to tyre factories like Michelin Stoke or Dunlop Castle Bromwich.And as for Taylors from Lichfield,well I heard so many rumours about them so have to endorse what Pete Smith said,although I knew nowt else about them. A E Evans bought one or two ex Shell tilt cab Mammoth Majors,and IIRC the AV691 engines were subbed with AV760s as they had some trouble with them.Trouble is there is nobody around to ask.
A photo of an ex Shell Mammoth Major taken at Barking depot,photo not mine.
Thanks for the refueller info and the BP Oil pics,and the Butterfield Tanks info.I stand to be corrected on any of the above by the way.
Alot of info and memories there Chris,good stuff chap !
windrush:
Ah, Pear Tree Lane Pensnett! There was a blacking factory on there and back in 1975 I went there on a breakdown to one of Tilcons Meriden based Foden S39 sand tankers (DCH 359J) with what turned out to be a seized clutch. Took me a while to find the place, having only recently moved up from the ‘Sunny South’ of England. I was driving an ■■■■■■ van and just after getting on the M6 at Stafford the fan belt broke! I phoned the quarry and immediately got a bollocking because it was the weighbridge operators van and he wanted to go home at 3pm! “Why didn’t you notice the belt was dodgy?” he asked.Pete.
Nice little story Pete ,ibe that was a tad tight in the half cab !
NMP.
tyneside:
Hi just caught up with the thread, thanks for posting the Walker Bros article.
We used work quite a lot with them. We would hire off them if we were busy and vice versa. They also had a few low loaders and we would sometimes pull one of their trailers with our only tractor unit. Their yard was at Newburn and TT Walker (another family member) was based nearby.Tyneside
Thanks for the comments “tyneside” For some reason dont seem to have much from your part of the world.
This one may intrest you.
Click on pages twice to read.
joeshell:
DEANB,thanks for the photos of the Shell motors,but,when i was at Teesport in the 70s,we had 2 Marathons on LPG and 2 F88s on bitumen<long shot i know,have you any photos of these rare and wondrous beasts?like a lot of others i wish id taken more photos!
Hello Joe,
I dont remember seeing any BP Marathons or F88’s to be honest but will check with Paul and pop them on if he has any.
Who else did you drive for ■■?
Thanks for the comments “tyneside” For some reason dont seem to have much from your part of the world.
This one may interest you.
I remember being immediately drawn to this Peter Davies article when I used to buy Truck and Driver but being disappointed after reading it as it made no mention of the well known Tyneside haulier Ouseburn Transport (also known as R Steenberg & Son) situated on the Quayside and who held the largest warehousing facilities both sides of the River Tyne, it did mention AW Ellis who I worked for as a young Apprentice but no photo of their vehicles, something I still haven’t been able to come across, even the Northeast thread with its excellent set of photo’s hasn’t shown any to date. All I can add is pics of their model vehicles I’ve built. Franky.
divin`t fret about it 
just watch the credits on the likely lads for the motor parked on the
bend just past the yard gates? I think.but for the quayside you would always see a steenbergs or
ousebourn motor -
