Sugar Ray:
kindle530:
Apparently theres another big firm about to pop up that way, with the loss of around 200 jobs, including lots of Eastern European drivers. Source; a Gilberts driver on his last trip abroad.I was in Holland last week and was told that a guy called Harry was in the ■■■.
and that was from a Cloggie.
That will be a big downfall then as if its the Harry im thinking of hes got hundreds of trucks. Vos a shame that will be.
Scarab:
Its all getting a bit much really isn’t it, and I’ve always thought of myself as one of the positive ones!Won’t be long before all the drivers are either foreign or driving for Stobarts!
Alex
Stobart now dominates ■■■■■■■■
i did a subbie job for Gilberts a couple of months back over to Holland and teamed up with one of there drivers, little Mick and i dont think he had any idea this was coming. what a shame for them all. He was a real helpful bloke too
I wonder whats happened to the subbie who worked for them for ages, i think his name waas Ian Gent, he had a left ■■■■■■ 143 4x2, blue and white, may have been an ex MacHayes International from Norfolk truck. I think all his work was subbying to Gilberts.
kindle it wernt matt hackford was it ive seen that 143 pulling for gilberts a few times.ive got a pic of it somewhere
Im sure it was Iant Gent Carl, the writing was in red, and as i say, the colours were blue and white, looked like it could have come from here
I have an inkling it was John Gent - used to chat to him on Harwich boat when i was doing flowers. No disrespect - he must be near “retiring age” - but then i know drivers who go on long past 65. 
Yep, i reckon you are right there Rustler,i think it was John not Ian…
this was the guy i saw getting on a ferry at felixstowe a few years ago but i bow to your superior knowledge chaps 
so do you know this guy this trucks really tidy
got the pic off www.padborg-express.com the guy that took the pic as got some good pics in the guest pages
That looks like the truck i was talking about Carl, maybe John Gent sold up before Gilberts went down and Mr Hackford took it over??
aaahhh the plot thickens cuz that pic is a couple of years old at least
Im not too sure how long ago i saw John Gent written on the truck Carl, maybe he sold up a couple of years ago then , we will hope somebody can come along and tell us…
John has retired, I hadn’t seen him for years and bumped into one of Gilberts some months ago and he said he had packed up and retired
If it is John Gent from Hull then I believe he had already retired a couple of years ago, maybe even longer.
I also think that Geoff Gilbert had retired and sold up to live in Spain.
Jon Gent is from Spalding not Hull. He bought that truck from new and it was sprayed in Holland. That is still the original paint and has just had the name changed by the guy who owns it now. Its no longer a working truck and is just for show now.
he sold the truck a while back after retiring but carried on work ing part time for Gilberts as he is now into his 70’s! The majority of his work was subbying for Gilberts and he also did a stint pulling for Van der Luyts from Oestgeest in Holland.
unfortunately that nice Scania has had a bump now running into the back of another truck!
some nice looking proper lorries there, not all plastic & full of electronics to go wrong.
Last time I saw John Gent was a couple of years ago in Neufchateau,he was on his way back from Swiss with a load of chocolate,a regular Gilbert job.
He said he would be packing it in soon,he was going to carry on until the truck packed up,but as it was still going strong he would sell it and maybe do a bit of casual for Gilberts.
A real nice guy,as were most of Gilberts driver’s.
hi their what happend to the owner driver who us to pull gg fridge with the black daf it always look very nice and it when like a train i use to driver a 580 and he passed me up hill like nothing and we both loaded at the same place but it just when like a train we loaded in itlay with peaches and he passed me on every pull from the south of itlay to calais
if anybody wants to check out some nice old pictures from this company there is a group on Facebook called Geoff Gilbert 1969-2008 with some great old pics from the early days