Don’t remember if Drew’s manufactured the springs themselves but I remember they came with a small Drew’s name-plate attatched. We had livestock bodies by Thorne’s, Carmichael’s & Greenhous which all had the enclosed springs from about the mid fifties.
hi iam pretty sure drews invented the springs refered to regards neil b
Here,s another John Heritage moter with a Drew Body use to see it at Taunton Mkt every saturday late 60s when I was a bit younger.JC55
The Lynx has a Newark Body, on the trailer is a home made extension tagged on to a 1965 Parkhouse Body.
my uncles still haul cattle from dulverton transport on exmoor… cutcombe market is still a regular too, the family on his side have been running for 3 generations, i will try get some photo’s from back in the day.
JC55:
Hi, it’s nice to see the Cornelius and Heritage lorries again. Keep them coming please.
Neil B:
hi iam pretty sure drews invented the springs refered to regards neil b
I was talking to a car salesman called Bob Greenwood and our conversation became very interesting when it got round to talking about lorries and eventually cattle trucks and Drews Bodies Neil, I couldn’t believe it when this man told me he’d worked there for years and told me he’d designed the talboard assistor rams. He did promise to get me sorted with some photos but we lost touch and I wasn’t able to find him last time I tried. So, it seems the srping assisting rams did start life there but maybe not directly by the company.
I’ve bought a book of Glocestershire hauliers which contains a lot of cattle trucks. Does anyone know if I’d be breaking any copywrite laws if I posted some of them. I don’t want to drop myself in it 
BB
Basilbrush:
Neil B:
hi iam pretty sure drews invented the springs refered to regards neil bI was talking to a car salesman called John Greenwood and our conversation got round to talking about lorries and eventually cattle trucks and Drews Bodies Neil, I couldn’t believe it when this man told me he’d worked there for years and claimed to have been the man who designed the talboard assistor rams. He did promise to get me sorted with some photos but we lost touch and I wasn’t able to find him last time I tried. So, it seems the srping assisting rams did start life there but maybe not directly by the company.
I’ve bought a book of Glocestershire hauliers which contains a lot of cattle trucks. Does anyone know if I’d be breaking any copywrite laws if I posted some of them. I don’t want to drop myself in it
BB
Chuck 'em on here Basil - it’ll be good to see them! No-one knows who you are anyway and I’ll only accept small bribes - but lots of 'em… 
Seriously tho, I think there is something at the top of the page about copyright stuff. Nynehead books and Arthur Ingram are two names that spring to mind who aren’t keen on their pics being used but I think there are more… Try it, worst case is that someone will complain and they’ll get removed. If there are credited names in the book, just credit the pic accordingly is how I would play it…
Hello Paul
I’ve got two versions of the book Paul. I have to find which box of my lorry/farm/plant books Julie has buried them in first mind lol.
I haven’t read up on the copyright (spelt it right this time) side of things because I haven’t a clue how to post a picture but I’ll have to sort it out 
BB
Neil B:
And some more…
Hi
I remember in the early 70’s, seeing Tony Callow’s Bedfords, I think might have been KM, in Yeovil market, possibly Sturminster aswell, not sure now, cant remember colour now either.
Basilbrush:
Neil B:
hi iam pretty sure drews invented the springs refered to regards neil bI was talking to a car salesman called Bob Greenwood and our conversation became very interesting when it got round to talking about lorries and eventually cattle trucks and Drews Bodies Neil, I couldn’t believe it when this man told me he’d worked there for years and told me he’d designed the talboard assistor rams. He did promise to get me sorted with some photos but we lost touch and I wasn’t able to find him last time I tried. So, it seems the srping assisting rams did start life there but maybe not directly by the company.
I’ve bought a book of Glocestershire hauliers which contains a lot of cattle trucks. Does anyone know if I’d be breaking any copywrite laws if I posted some of them. I don’t want to drop myself in it
BB
Hi, BB
Any chance of learning the title of the Gloucestershire hauliers book, please?
Hi ROF,
The 2 books written about Gloucestershire hauliers are titled :-
" Trucks of Gloucestershire " , ( An album of recent photographs, 2011 Edition ), written by Colin Martin.
" Road Transport - Wales & Border " , written by Paul Heaton.
I hope this is of help to you.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Cattlewagonman, you’ve just become my bestest friend!
Thanks a bunch, pal.
Just ordered both.
hi all just to bring this thead to page one got a couple of photos
hi lads still looking for cattle lorry photos any 60s out there all the best neil
Sorry picture upside down will get one of the kids to do it for me.
Good to see this thread is still ticking over
BB
Proper job, Young 'un.
Hiya i was at the llandudno festival last week. i got talking with a really nice chap. i asked who he was
and did he have any vehicles in the show…no he replied to the vehicles although he run some cattle lorries
at one time. his name was mr Watts from Barnstaple cattle transporter. we had something in common.
i used to deliver brewer’s grains from Burton on Trent to Wallace day nr Barnstaple, Mr Watts told me he
did the transporting of animals for mr Day.Small world two strangers knew the same farmer from many
miles away.
John