Here’s another for you Jamie this time coupled to one of a number Lawrence David curtainsiders I bought off Transamerica apparently they couldn’t give them away because they were too high and 45ft long! So I went to Washington co Durham to have a good look at them and told TransAm if they sent them back to LD’s(at their expense) and dropped the roof to 4metre(it was all bolted so it was dead easy) shortened the curtains from the top I would take them of their hands ! I believe the alterations cost them £800 a trailer and they were well pleased I can tell you to see the back of them (from memory I think there were 7 in total) They did us a good job the only down-side was the running gear was light weight SAFAir but they did the job and the price more than made up for it!!! Dennis.
Yeah, i remember these trailers (went from EURO 314 - 320) if my memorey serves me coorect, 320 was rolled on a rough ferry, remember seeing it parked in yard with both curtains ripped to hell and side bars and legs all bent.
If it is the one I recall it turned over on a Sally Line ferry into Ramsgate and it was loaded with 80 drums of chemical and topped out with boxes of Addidas trainers. Apparently when they docked and before the insurers could stop the looters every body in Ramsgate had a new pair of trainers! The Loss Adjuster told me that if you went into any Boozer in Ramsgate all the lads were stood there with brand new trainers on to a man and he likened it to a “Minder” episode!!!Dennis.
Here’s another for you Jamie this time coupled to one of a number Lawrence David curtainsiders I bought off Transamerica apparently they couldn’t give them away because they were too high and 45ft long! So I went to Washington co Durham to have a good look at them and told TransAm if they sent them back to LD’s(at their expense) and dropped the roof to 4metre(it was all bolted so it was dead easy) shortened the curtains from the top I would take them of their hands ! I believe the alterations cost them £800 a trailer and they were well pleased I can tell you to see the back of them (from memory I think there were 7 in total) They did us a good job the only down-side was the running gear was light weight SAFAir but they did the job and the price more than made up for it!!! Dennis.
Yeah, i remember these trailers (went from EURO 314 - 320) if my memorey serves me coorect, 320 was rolled on a rough ferry, remember seeing it parked in yard with both curtains ripped to hell and side bars and legs all bent.
If it is the one I recall it turned over on a Sally Line ferry into Ramsgate and it was loaded with 80 drums of chemical and topped out with boxes of Addidas trainers. Apparently when they docked and before the insurers could stop the looters every body in Ramsgate had a new pair of trainers! The Loss Adjuster told me that if you went into any Boozer in Ramsgate all the lads were stood there with brand new trainers on to a man and he likened it to a “Minder” episode!!!Dennis.
Here you are Jamie before we’d put you on an 1844 you’d have to fly round in this little Gem for a while ! It would be spot on for drops in London !! Dennis.
JAMIE10:
not with EA rules today to much paperwork already
Tidy motors Jamie when you consider the work they do but if you have decent drivers it is not difficult to keep them in tip-top condition ! Cheers Dennis.
harry_gill:
hiya,
See the Merc’s got a Burnley reg Dennis, i thought that was AEC country (Tillotsons) i think they was purveyors of that fine marque, i seem to remember that J&E transport had several AECs with the HG reg way back when i was a lad.
thanks harry long retired
As an interesting aside to that observation Harry, ■■■■ Franklin who at the time of that 1844 being new was Sales Director at Cicely, the Merc dealers who would have supplied a Merc on that reg, cut his teeth at Oswald Tillotsons on AECs in the 60s.
harry_gill:
hiya,
See the Merc’s got a Burnley reg Dennis, i thought that was AEC country (Tillotsons) i think they was purveyors of that fine marque, i seem to remember that J&E transport had several AECs with the HG reg way back when i was a lad.
thanks harry long retired
As an interesting aside to that observation Harry, ■■■■ Franklin who at the time of that 1844 being new was Sales Director at Cicely, the Merc dealers who would have supplied a Merc on that reg, cut his teeth at Oswald Tillotsons on AECs in the 60s.
From memory wasn’t it Frankland ? not Franklin ! We also got a new Atki Borderer via Cicely in late '73 but I can’t remember if they were Atki dealers at the time.Bewick.
Cicely were Seddon dealers, they may well have been able to get Atki after merger I really don’t know, although they did sell a handful of Seddon Atkis before going over just to Merc, which they got in I think 75, after taking over the short-lived Tri-Star Commercials in Blackburn, of which ■■■■ Franklin was a partner. Prior to Tri-Star, the Merc dealer for Lancashire was Stanley Hughes in Gommersal, Cleckheaton, better known as a coach dealer, now Arriva DAF.
Cicely were Seddon dealers, they may well have been able to get Atki after merger I really don’t know, although they did sell a handful of Seddon Atkis before going over just to Merc, which they got in I think 75, after taking over the short-lived Tri-Star Commercials in Blackburn, of which ■■■■ Franklin was a partner. Prior to Tri-Star, the Merc dealer for Lancashire was Stanley Hughes in Gommersal, Cleckheaton, better known as a coach dealer, now Arriva DAF.
From memory this was the tractor that came from Cicely in late 73’ seen here in the Mill at Beetham on trade plates brand new.Bewick.
Cicely were Seddon dealers, they may well have been able to get Atki after merger I really don’t know, although they did sell a handful of Seddon Atkis before going over just to Merc, which they got in I think 75, after taking over the short-lived Tri-Star Commercials in Blackburn, of which ■■■■ Franklin was a partner. Prior to Tri-Star, the Merc dealer for Lancashire was Stanley Hughes in Gommersal, Cleckheaton, better known as a coach dealer, now Arriva DAF.
From memory this was the tractor that came from Cicely in late 73’ seen here in the Mill at Beetham on trade plates brand new.Bewick.
hiya,
Some motor this Dennis, can i put my gear in now Boss?? i’ve got a bed booked no sleeper cab required and no bling ie airhorns multi rubbish spotlamps silly cowcatcher thingy’s won’t want a night heater, keep her light for the weighbridge, hope you don’t mind my toolbox in the passenger side footwell you know just in case, pretty handy on the tools, got a few motors home in my time saved gaffers a few bob on callouts over the years.
thanks harry long retired.
Cicely were Seddon dealers, they may well have been able to get Atki after merger I really don’t know, although they did sell a handful of Seddon Atkis before going over just to Merc, which they got in I think 75, after taking over the short-lived Tri-Star Commercials in Blackburn, of which ■■■■ Franklin was a partner. Prior to Tri-Star, the Merc dealer for Lancashire was Stanley Hughes in Gommersal, Cleckheaton, better known as a coach dealer, now Arriva DAF.
From memory this was the tractor that came from Cicely in late 73’ seen here in the Mill at Beetham on trade plates brand new.Bewick.
hiya,
Some motor this Dennis, can i put my gear in now Boss?? i’ve got a bed booked no sleeper cab required and no bling ie airhorns multi rubbish spotlamps silly cowcatcher thingy’s won’t want a night heater, keep her light for the weighbridge, hope you don’t mind my toolbox in the passenger side footwell you know just in case, pretty handy on the tools, got a few motors home in my time saved gaffers a few bob on callouts over the years.
thanks harry long retired.
Dead right “H” a proper motor! We trunked this one day and night for a couple of years – it really piled the miles on !Then I sold it and was fairly glad to see the back of it as we had to re-con the DB box 3 times as the ■■■■■■■ 220 was to powerful for the Brown box! And I agree with you about tools its suprising what you can do with a screwdriver,wire coathanger and a pair of pliers!!Cheers Dennis.
