8 Wheelers

8wheels · 23 February 2013 09:48

Saaamon:
The builders merchant i started with had a 53 plate iveco tector 8x4 dropside grab lorry, that thing was a machine!

I’ve seen an ex Rigeons one about that has been repainted silver, shame they forgot to paint the crane!

hitch · 23 February 2013 12:31

Suttons Brixham for a fridge

att · 23 February 2013 12:59

trucker_craig:
lockwoods at ambergate got an 8 legger fridge on mushy peas

Thats gonna sink soon.

muckaway · 23 February 2013 13:15

I reckon we’d have a use for one but then again, our 6wheelers can be a bit big for some deliveries.

green456 · 23 February 2013 13:34

att:

trucker_craig:
lockwoods at ambergate got an 8 legger fridge on mushy peas

Thats gonna sink soon.

wouldn’t tyres last longer than mushy peas
one wagon driver and 2000 mushy pea changers cant really be profitable

dave_the_renegade · 23 February 2013 13:52

Plenty of eight wheeler tankers still around.

shuttlespanker · 23 February 2013 16:41

Sidevalve:
We got loads of 'em!

All with Moffett telehandlers, ours at Carmarthen is a Renault (POS ) but Radstock have Volvo FM12’s.

Shuttlespanker, that’d be John A. Stephens IIRC, yard’s down by the railway station; always had a good fleet. Back in the day they had some very tidy Bedford KM’s, always well turned out.

green motors, had to get some 8 wheelers in because the 6 wheelers were struggling on the weight

IIRC, they ran a lot of ERF EC series motors

beetie · 1 March 2013 21:51

NewBlood:
Cobley Transport had/have at least 1 Scainia P cab 8x2 curtainsider with rear Mounty.

marlow · 1 March 2013 22:50

The main reason would be the weight capacity / volume. Why use a sledgehammer to crack s nut?

Sorry but you asked for boring

muckaway · 2 March 2013 07:11

marlow:
The main reason would be the weight capacity / volume. Why use a sledgehammer to crack s nut?

Sorry but you asked for boring

I suggested at our transport meeting about getting an 8wheeler. We do a lot of industrial bakeries and wholesalers who have forklifts so an 8w could do all these jobs rather than the 6w doing them here and there. I doubt one would be much fun in London but then what is?

gingertipperman · 2 March 2013 22:56

Evergreen Lawns here in Norn Iron had a Foden 8 legger with a curtain side body for delivering turf, I think it may have had a Moffett too. Good looking wagon, I think its been replaced with a Daf CF unit and trailer.

blueroom1 · 30 July 2013 13:51

Beetie:

NewBlood:
Cobley Transport had/have at least 1 Scainia P cab 8x2 curtainsider with rear Mounty.

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This is my new wagon , but in and out until I get my moffet ticket in August

retired_old_fart · 30 July 2013 16:15

dafdave:

3300John:

dafdave:
A firm from macclesfield area used to have some[i think]yrs ago,green livery.smart fleet,anyone remember them?
woodwards…macc green 6&8 leggers curtain siders
bostocks ,congleton 6 legger curtain siders they was red
John

Thanks for that john.
regards dave.

Only just noticed this thread but if anyone is still interested the firm from Macclesfield with green 8-wheelers on general haulage was Woodwards. They ran ERFs, a feature of which was the air filters which were mounted high on the headboard of the bodies. This gained an extra nine inches of body length as well as keeping the intake out of the dust and mud.
Woodies’ yard, next to the Flower Pot pub, is now a housing estate, the family having ceased general haulage some years ago. They are running a warehousing business from a farm between Bosley and Congleton as well as restoring steam engines and vintage tractors.