Bewick Tractor units through the years

bewick · 20 July 2013 16:03

We roped the wheels on the unit and the fron’t trailer axle,never had a mishap but we didn’t carry the motors like that very often .We used to deck m/t trailers regularly when we got a pulp ship in at Ellesmere,we used to send a shunter down and he had about half a dozen trailers to kick off with when the hatches opened then throughout the day we sent other motors in to change trailers,and then we sent night men in as well so the shunter had a dollop of m/t trailers to start again the following morning.It was like a military operation at times but it saved the Mill a lot dock charges because as long as the pulp didn’t “land on the floor” but went straight onto “wheels” the charges were minimal plus we had a decent rate for the job as well Cheers Dennis.

bewick · 20 July 2013 16:15

bma.finland:
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one for you dennis,cheers benkku

Great drawing bma. but how come you’ve got the steering wheel on “the wrong side” We did run a “left ■■■■■■” on our Euro fleet,a 4x2 R380 wich used to stay over in Holland and Germany for 5 or 6 weeks at a time and only return for service and when Roger the driver wanted to change his “jockeys” We sent him un-accompanied trailers and he stuck his loaded ones back on the Ferry.Cheers benkku,Dennis.

bma_finland · 20 July 2013 16:22

Bewick:

bma.finland:
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one for you dennis,cheers benkku

Great drawing bma. but how come you’ve got the steering wheel on “the wrong side” We did run a “left ■■■■■■” on our Euro fleet,a 4x2 R380 wich used to stay over in Holland and Germany for 5 or 6 weeks at a time and only return for service and when Roger the driver wanted to change his “jockeys” We sent him un-accompanied trailers and he stuck his loaded ones back on the Ferry.Cheers benkku,Dennis.

a seacret gostrider maybee,cheers benkku ,ps most of the world dive on right side of road whatever rightside is

bewick · 20 July 2013 21:10

bma.finland:

Bewick:

bma.finland:
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one for you dennis,cheers benkku

Great drawing bma. but how come you’ve got the steering wheel on “the wrong side” We did run a “left ■■■■■■” on our Euro fleet,a 4x2 R380 wich used to stay over in Holland and Germany for 5 or 6 weeks at a time and only return for service and when Roger the driver wanted to change his “jockeys” We sent him un-accompanied trailers and he stuck his loaded ones back on the Ferry.Cheers benkku,Dennis.

a seacret gostrider maybee,cheers benkku ,ps most of the world dive on right side of road whatever rightside is

Now I will be truly “British” bma.,We drive on the “right side of the road” I know it is actually the “left side” but those countries that drive on the “right side” ( as in Finland ) actually drive on the “wrong side”,depending on how many Lagers you have drunk bma.will determine wether you may, or may not,understand my “cockeyed” logic,or not But being British you will understand that we look at problems from a totally different perspective than the rest of the World,I will cite “Carryfast” as a perfect example of what I mean Sorry to bore you bma.but we have to try,as British,to convert the rest of the World to our ways What happened in Sweden all those years ago when they swapped from driving on the “right” side of the road to the “wrong” side,overnight ? Cheers benkku,Dennis.

bewick · 20 July 2013 21:24

GCR2ERF:
How were you securing the piggy=backed artic Dennis - ropes or chains? I assume ratchet straps weren’t too common then?

This is how we used to bring new trailers down from the Task factory in ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ straight into the depot and later on straight to Bo-Alloy at Congleton.

bma_finland · 21 July 2013 10:25

Bewick:

bma.finland:

Bewick:

bma.finland:
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one for you dennis,cheers benkku

Great drawing bma. but how come you’ve got the steering wheel on “the wrong side” We did run a “left ■■■■■■” on our Euro fleet,a 4x2 R380 wich used to stay over in Holland and Germany for 5 or 6 weeks at a time and only return for service and when Roger the driver wanted to change his “jockeys” We sent him un-accompanied trailers and he stuck his loaded ones back on the Ferry.Cheers benkku,Dennis.

a seacret gostrider maybee,cheers benkku ,ps most of the world dive on right side of road whatever rightside is

Now I will be truly “British” bma.,We drive on the “right side of the road” I know it is actually the “left side” but those countries that drive on the “right side” ( as in Finland ) actually drive on the “wrong side”,depending on how many Lagers you have drunk bma.will determine wether you may, or may not,understand my “cockeyed” logic,or not But being British you will understand that we look at problems from a totally different perspective than the rest of the World,I will cite “Carryfast” as a perfect example of what I mean Sorry to bore you bma.but we have to try,as British,to convert the rest of the World to our ways What happened in Sweden all those years ago when they swapped from driving on the “right” side of the road to the “wrong” side,overnight ? Cheers benkku,Dennis.

understud ,like my left hand is the right hand ,all drawings comes from it cheersbenku

bewick · 21 July 2013 21:12

This is a shot for “Dirty Dan” from bma.'s thread,one of the 143’s we ran on our UK fleet,sorry it’s not coupled to a flat trailer,but I’ll keep looking

bewick · 21 July 2013 21:33

Last one to-night,Truckhaven,Carnforth.

dew · 22 July 2013 21:03

Bewick:
This is a shot for “Dirty Dan” from bma.'s thread,one of the 143’s we ran on our UK fleet,sorry it’s not coupled to a flat trailer,but I’ll keep looking

Didn’t think you’d had many V8s Dennis?

dirty_dan · 23 July 2013 07:58

Well Thats a Nice one to!I never liked midlifts thÃ© rear lift works mutch better here on the snow and ice roads here in Sweden
Did you notice Amy differens running cost mid vs rearlift? [qwuote=“Bewick”]This is a shot for “Dirty Dan” from bma.'s thread,one of the 143’s we ran on our UK fleet,sorry it’s not coupled to a flat trailer,but I’ll keep looking
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curnock · 23 July 2013 19:51

oa ,a west bromwich registration

bewick · 24 July 2013 15:11

curnock:
oa ,a west bromwich registration

I bought all the V8’s from Keltruck at West Brom.Cheers Bewick.

bewick · 24 July 2013 15:14

dew:

Bewick:
This is a shot for “Dirty Dan” from bma.'s thread,one of the 143’s we ran on our UK fleet,sorry it’s not coupled to a flat trailer,but I’ll keep looking

Didn’t think you’d had many V8s Dennis?

We didn’t have a lot “dew” but IIRC and including the 1844 Mercs we probably had about 10 or 12 V8’s,it was a long time ago eh! Cheers Dennis.

ew_car_truck_amp_bus · 24 July 2013 19:40

Dennis,

Great pic’s as ever of your former fleet , that Scania had a big lump at 420 in it in 93/94 !

keep em coming.

E.W.

bewick · 24 July 2013 21:30

Two Garstang based P112’s shot in the depot at Milnthorpe.

arkie · 26 July 2013 19:25

Bewick:

dew:

Bewick:
This is a shot for “Dirty Dan” from bma.'s thread,one of the 143’s we ran on our UK fleet,sorry it’s not coupled to a flat trailer,but I’ll keep looking

Didn’t think you’d had many V8s Dennis?

We didn’t have a lot “dew” but IIRC and including the 1844 Mercs we probably had about 10 or 12 V8’s,it was a long time ago eh! Cheers Dennis.

im sure that owl in the windscreen belongs to graham Harrison from warton

bewick · 26 July 2013 21:13

A fine shot of a mixed bag of units in the Milnthorpe depot early 80’s.

bewick · 27 July 2013 21:15

Another depot shot but this time running at right angles from the previous shot.

mr_scammell · 27 July 2013 22:06

Surprised to see the Magnum there, is there a story behind that beast?

saviem · 27 July 2013 22:24

Mr Scammell:
Surprised to see the Magnum there, is there a story behind that beast?

If Bernard Momin could sell trucks in Nigeria…then ■■■■■■■ was no problem!!!

(No offence Dennis)!!

Cheerio for now.