Oh Harry you are away behind the times Blue Band were in Lockerbie and were quite big, then were taken over by one of the the bigger players and got swallowed up if you like and wheather the lot that took them over is still on the go is anybodys guess. Eddie.
rigsby:
dennis , m6 papers were still going in the late 90s , i used to deliver reels to their place on hurdsfield road industrial estate in macclesfield . cheers , dave
Aye I used to go there myself , probabley with the same paper as you Rigsby from Blyth Harbour, Not a bad tip either, Regards Larry.
Hi Eddie, This wagon has a look of Tony Markleys fleet from Silloth, I did hear their old Scania 6 wheeler had bitten the dust and a replacement has been acquired so this may be it.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Hi Gerald thanks for that he caught me off gaurd I did’nt hear him coming and it was a bit o a rush job struggling wie camera,dog lead so no the best o photos but I will catch him again never fear. Eddie.
Leyland600:
Hi Eddie, This wagon has a look of Tony Markleys fleet from Silloth, I did hear their old Scania 6 wheeler had bitten the dust and a replacement has been acquired so this may be it.
Cheers Leyland 600.
the scania has gone but selwyn"s got a 05 iveco
erfguy:
Oh Harry you are away behind the times Blue Band were in Lockerbie and were quite big, then were taken over by one of the the bigger players and got swallowed up if you like and wheather the lot that took them over is still on the go is anybodys guess. Eddie.
hiya,
Thanks “erfguy” used to overnight in Kirkpatrick Fleming in the late 50s early 60s
there was always a Blue Band or two parked up there would that be their home or
just drivers being allowed to take motors home (rare in those days) or was there
a depot there as well 
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi hodgeturbo, Aye I heard Selwyn had got a new motor but not sure what, thanks for the info.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Honest question now, does the job really need a 480 engine and a sleeper cab? It seems like your loosing payload for no gain there!
380 day cab is more than up to the work of an 8 leg tipper!
There must be a limit DEW but I learned my lesson when I changed my Reiver for a Bison. It carried half a tonne less but the performance and reliability with the bigger engine increased the earnings. I think the British haulage industry got stuck in the maximum payload mentality and lost sight of what was actually a good wagon carrying slightly less much better, they certainly did in the tipper world.
hodgeturbo:
PX62 DLZ ready to roll1
looking good hodge… are they identical spec ?
steviev8:
hodgeturbo:
PX62 DLZ ready to roll1looking good hodge… are they identical spec ?
both the same steve 480, overdrive box 1100rpm on the limiter,3.08diffs,retarder,450litre fuel tank,leather seats,air con ,fridge.
hodgeturbo:
steviev8:
hodgeturbo:
PX62 DLZ ready to roll1looking good hodge… are they identical spec ?
both the same steve 480, overdrive box 1100rpm on the limiter,3.08diffs,retarder,450litre fuel tank,leather seats,air con ,fridge.
■■■■■■■ Poseur eh! !!! 
Dennis.
Bob Walling is the third generation of his familys livestock haulage business, and hes now reached his 70s. His grandfather , Matt, is reputed to be the first farmer to transport livestock to Kendal Auction Mart in the 1930s. Since then , the methods of livestock haulage have changed considerably as now long multi-deckers are the norm.
Bob, like his father Harry before him , is very well-known by all connected with agriculture.
Currently, Bobs only wagon is this Volvo FL 613, the familys first non-British vehicle .
Bedfords, Commers ,Dodges , and a couple of Leylands were always the choice throughout many years.
Besides livestock, hay & straw and animal feedstuffs supplies were part of the family business.
Sadly, the Market in Kendal closed last week , and being replaced a brand new purposely-built Mart ,- which opens for trade
tomorrow,and is situated adjacent to the M6 Motorway ( junction 36 ) .
Bob hopes to continue the family business by leading livestock to and from the new Market.
Photograph taken at Kendal Auctiom , Summer 2012.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Bewick:
hodgeturbo:
steviev8:
hodgeturbo:
PX62 DLZ ready to roll1looking good hodge… are they identical spec ?
both the same steve 480, overdrive box 1100rpm on the limiter,3.08diffs,retarder,450litre fuel tank,leather seats,air con ,fridge.
[zb] Poseur eh! !!!
yuuuppppp 
tynron near dumfries
A bloody horrible road that for the timber motors! A cb was essential.
