Dennis Javelin:
Bewick:
The longest trunk we ran at Bewick Tpt in the late 70’s was Milnthorpe to Hockliffe a round trip of 432 miles 5 or 6 nights a week.If you don’t mind me asking what would have been the make-up of your fleet then?
'73 to '76 Atkinson Borderers 220 ■■■■■■■ , Seddon 32/4 220 ■■■■■■■ & ERF A Series 220 ■■■■■■■■
76 to '78 Sed Atk 8LXB’s/ Scania 111 5speed day cab
79 to '83 ERF B Series 8LXB’s
83 onwards Scania R & P 112’s/113’s & F10 299 bhp
The above list was just the Milnthorpe double shifters but by the early 90’s we had trunks running from our Radcliffe depot and also north from Dunstable and Brooklands using P cab 4x2 's & 6x2 R 113’s 360’s.
I think that about sums our trunk system up over 20 odd years ! Bewick.