3300John:
revman:
not scanned very well len green ran three f88-alan
Hiya …Alan are the wipers at the top of the screen on this Volvo?? what year is she mate■■?
John
hi john harry is right 69 hreg regards-alan
This is a shot of an ex K.Fell F88 now in Bewick livery when this shot was taken,having been re-furbed and re-painted and embarking on a second life.It is seen here leaving the depot with 20 ton of reels.
Bewick:
This is a shot of an ex K.Fell F88 now in Bewick livery when this shot was taken,having been re-furbed and re-painted and embarking on a second life.It is seen here leaving the depot with 20 ton of reels.
hiya,
Put my name down for this Dennis it’s got leccy wipers and a 290 has’nt it ■■.
thanks harry long retired.
chap i work with gave me some of his old pics, i cant tell you where or when this was but maybe someone can (he was based round banbury somewhere)
edit: didcot power station perhaps? (i used to go into somewhere round there when i was on the bulk)
heres one still earning a crust (although i guess it may be f89?)
harry_gill:
Bewick:
This is a shot of an ex K.Fell F88 now in Bewick livery when this shot was taken,having been re-furbed and re-painted and embarking on a second life.It is seen here leaving the depot with 20 ton of reels.hiya,
Put my name down for this Dennis it’s got leccy wipers and a 290 has’nt it ■■.
thanks harry long retired.
Your “on” “H” 290/16spd this motor did some collar I can tell you,it was driven from new by Lenny Richards and he regularly did three round trips a week Milnthorpe to the South east tip then re-load or change trailers and up to Hartlepool tip and load and back to Milnthorpe.Dennis.
looking at last phote,never seen a f88 with square headlights 
worked on these from 76
Bewick:
harry_gill:
Bewick:
This is a shot of an ex K.Fell F88 now in Bewick livery when this shot was taken,having been re-furbed and re-painted and embarking on a second life.It is seen here leaving the depot with 20 ton of reels.hiya,
Put my name down for this Dennis it’s got leccy wipers and a 290 has’nt it ■■.
thanks harry long retired.Your “on” “H” 290/16spd this motor did some collar I can tell you,it was driven from new by Lenny Richards and he regularly did three round trips a week Milnthorpe to the South east tip then re-load or change trailers and up to Hartlepool tip and load and back to Milnthorpe.Dennis.
hiya,
OK if i call home for a cuppa after the Hartlepool reload only live a cockstride from H/pool and won’t hang about getting the old girl back home but won’t be needing the bunk got my digs book in my pocket.
thanks harry long retired.
hi all,
i took this photo of an irish registered 290 at truckfest peterboro 2007.it sent me back to my childhood straightaway 
,early mornings during school holidays on stormy down with j&m transport,they ran 88’s ,boy those 290’s didn’t like starting from cold .
pete 359:
hi all,
i took this photo of an irish registered 290 at truckfest peterboro 2007.it sent me back to my childhood straightaway
Andrew there was a regulator button on the dash when you used it the smoke was minimal but mine was one of the last models “S” plate and it had a lot of trial stuff on for Volvo ( I always thought it was the engine ) and it had a weekend in Volvos every 6 months for them to check things but they would not tell me which parts they were monitoring.
cheers Johnnie
sammyopisite:
pete 359:
hi all,
i took this photo of an irish registered 290 at truckfest peterboro 2007.it sent me back to my childhood straightawayAndrew there was a regulator button on the dash when you used it the smoke was minimal but mine was one of the last models “S” plate and it had a lot of trial stuff on for Volvo ( I always thought it was the engine ) and it had a weekend in Volvos every 6 months for them to check things but they would not tell me which parts they were monitoring.
cheers Johnnie
hi johnnie,
the regulator button helped a little.to be fair,many times whilst i had mine,which was a 240 (so no smoke at all),my mate from kent had his 290,many times he started that motor from cold whilst parked next to or near me and often with minimal smoke,he used one of the modern generation synthetic engine oils,which to be fair reduced the smoke problem considerably .
regards andrew
From memory the first 290s had a preheat button on the centre console, then on start up the exhaust pressure regulator ( a rocker switch & green light? , ) kept the exhaust brake on for a few minutes on tickover , then it was ready to roll- if this procedure was not carried out then smoke as above would happen 
boris:
From memory the first 290s had a preheat button on the centre console, then on start up the exhaust pressure regulator ( a rocker switch & green light? , ) kept the exhaust brake on for a few minutes on tickover , then it was ready to roll- if this procedure was not carried out then smoke as above would happen
Hi Boris I had one of the last ones and the pre heat was on the ignition then pulled switch up turn key to first position and when light went out start thanks for jogging this old brain 
cell
cheers Johnnie
heres one of woodcocks loaded with rebar from mcalls-photo na3t-anyone remember them-alan
revman:
Remember 'em well Alan. "Reinforcement by Mcalls ",had a yard off Meadowhall Road Sheffield,ran some F86s as well and didn’t hang about.Sammie will know these as well I’m sure.
revman:
Alan I used to go boozing with a few of McCalls drivers( thats a while back) and they were the first firm I knew who ran ■■■■■■■ in Atkis in the 60s but they went onto Volvo s as they were very thirsty cheers Johnnie 
sammyopisite:
revman:
Alan I used to go boozing with a few of McCalls drivers( thats a while back) and they were the first firm I knew who ran ■■■■■■■ in Atkis in the 60s but they went onto Volvo s as they were very thirsty cheers Johnnie
We used to load re-bar out of Sheerness steel Johnnie.Dennis.
Whats your excuse this time Johnnie■■? Dennis.
Right Johnnie enough is enough! three strikes and you’'ll get your “comics” licked and sticked!!Dennis.
Bewick:
Whats your excuse this time Johnnie■■? Dennis.
kids nicked it while I was having a couple of pints 
cheers Johnnie
P S I was crap at writing so only had to make one accident report out
sammyopisite:
Bewick:
Whats your excuse this time Johnnie■■? Dennis.kids nicked it while I was having a couple of pints
cheers Johnnie
P S I was crap at writing so only had to make one accident report out
Don’t worry son I’ll put you on this Seddon until you get your “bottle” back!!! don’t tell me —it will have to be a bottle of Newcy Broon!!!Dennis.