Just found an ad from Groenewegen (then in Rotterdam, later in Etten-Leur and now part of the
Jumbo-Groenewegen-group in Helmond) but I need to verify further details on this add and history.
Groenewegen started in 1931
Just like the cabs (paul & van Weelde) L. van Namen also used the Pacton-trailers which
company (van der Ploeg) also was affiliated with van Weelde, without Paul though who
started their own company building trailers in Zevenhuizen.
PACTON is an abbrevation of “van der Ploeg’s Aanhangwagens Chassis Trechters Opleggers Nieuwerkerk”
ERF-Continental:
Dercks of Wijchen (close to Nijmegen where also Floor and Nooteboom were located) made some
nice realisations, this time a tanker-trailer with quite some resemblance to York and Stevens with
the holes in the chassis-frame
That unit looks very similar to a Diamond T
cheers Johnnie
ERF-Continental:
Just like the cabs (paul & van Weelde) L. van Namen also used the Pacton-trailers which
company (van der Ploeg) also was affiliated with van Weelde, without Paul though who
started their own company building trailers in Zevenhuizen.PACTON is an abbrevation of “van der Ploeg’s Aanhangwagens Chassis Trechters Opleggers Nieuwerkerk”
Nicely balanced trailer with a wheel at each corner! BTW, in Dutch for the uninitiated, aanhanwagens are drawbar outfits and opleggers are semi-trailers (trekkers met opleggers being artics). Robert 
@Robert: thank you for translating our common Dutch!
With regard to a wheel at each corner (of the Dercks-
trailer) it was a habbit for us of the lower Countries to
order the wheels/tyres seperately, so doubles at the end!
ERF-Continental:
@Robert: thank you for translating our common Dutch!With regard to a wheel at each corner (of the Dercks-
trailer) it was a habbit for us of the loper countries to
order the wheels/tyres seperately, so doubles at the end!
Nice clarification! And welcome back to the forum A-J! Robert 
Meanwhile an addition to the list:
JOGRO - Groot Ammers
Geesink - Weesp (and later GeesinkNorba)
Ruizeveld - 's-Gravendeel
Though a bit dark, herewith an example of a pre widespread Pacton-trailer and pay attention
to the one support-leg then. Picture taken in 1980. Strange HAMBURGER-VERDECK with low
tarpaulin?
Posted earlier at the Büssing Underfloor thread (nowadays page 6) herewith some chassis- and
body-pictures. The Büssing 6x4 underfloor from 1965 was lengthened at York (yes indeed from
the trailers etc) in Barendrecht and by conventional road transport (wooden chair) transported
to Lexmond where Van Eck was in charge for the cab integrated body.
Owner of this removal-lorry was A. Maessen & Zn. of Eindhoven. They did quite some removals
for Philips and DAF as well as for the families attracted to come over to the south of Netherlands
Abusively I stated this Büssing was a 6x4 however York installed the extra tag-axle,
8 tonnes capacity, hence 6x2.
Actually this Büssing Super Cargo (underfloor engin producing 150hp) did made quite a journey
in distance and time…bought in 1965 at Büssing Nederland N.V. (Habraken) of Waalre close
to Eindhoven, the 4x2 chassis (without cab though) was transported to York of Barendrecht, so
roughly 60miles and then transported to Van Eck of Lexmond (Utrecht-region) a rough 40miles
and the whole process of a lengthened chassis with an extra tag-axle and cab with removal-body
took one year. To show what 1965 was good for.
Some mention of coachbuilders here:
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti … -amsterdam
The last page mentions Paul and PevW as if they are separate companies- was there any link at all between the two, or were they indeed different firms? Does anyone have any further information about the double-trailer trials?
Quite confusing history and heritage but I’ll try to give an overview on what happened:
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Van Der Ploeg formed PACTON (see Robert1952’s translation of the abbrevation)
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Pacton and Van Weelde formed Pacton-Van Weelde in Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel
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Van Weelde and Pacton separated and continued on their own
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Paul and Van Weelde formed Paul & Van Weelde in Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel
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Paul and Van Weelde separated, Paul continued in Zevenhuizen
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Van Weelde continued in Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel and later renamed Contar
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Pacton was taken over by Nooteboom
To my humble knowledge only Pacton nowadays exists
ERF-Continental:
Good post.
…and now, a treat from the CM archives:
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti … e-on-avast
Those Chris Hodge photos seem to be the “originals” of the illustrations in this article. The cab on the Foden is attributed to PevW. Presumably, by the time that firm was building coachwork upon LV75 chassis, it had decided to source the cabs (or the panels) from Roset. This needs clarifying.
In the general list also Van Den Dijssel from Soest/Baarn should be included.
PKA - Sint Annaparchie (Piet Kampen Annaparochie)
Rolande - Utrecht
Jongerius -Jutphaas (Utrecht)
Carrosseriefabriek Hoogeveen - Hoogeveen
Cucarwa - Culemborg
Carrosseriefabriek Hoogeveen / Motorkracht (Magirus-Deutz) Hoogeveen
Very rare this 3-axled DAF with cab built by Medema form Appingedam.
Extra axles were provided by for example York from Barendrecht. The company Paul was dealer
from York in Rotterdam. Several DAF’s were provided with an extra axle to form a 6x2 configuration.
Cab was made by Paul & van Weelde and the body made by Paul. Confusing Dutch…
DAF offered a standard factory-made cab however some customers wanted a cab from their home-
supplier…where also the body was made.
Also 6x4 versions are known, but made by DAF De Burgh from Eindhoven, close to the DAF-factory
and also/still a DAF-dealer, both passenger cars and lorries as well as trailers.
