f troop:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Cracking stuff PM, Im a Foden Fanatic myself , I loved the old 12 sp. I used to run over to Tilcons at Newlandside Quarry in the earley 70s Via Crawleyside, The only motor for the job, Keep the photos rolling they are great, Regards Larry.
Hello Larry,
Did you go up Crawleyside loaded towards Edmundbyres with the Foden loaded.
Regards
F Troop.
I sure did Alec, The old Fodens were the wagons for that run with the 12 speed box no problems & never had to go into the low range, It was the brakes you had to watch, Happy days, Regards Larry.
prattman:
here’s a couple more of Salkelds fleet. regards prattman.
Salkeld theres an old name i think on occasions they would come to Shotton lovely old Fodens . thank you Trevor
Well one of Salkies old motors is still alive & well, A friend of mine owns it, In fact he did run it for some time Brian Houston used to drive it, Its a Mickey Mouse 8 wheeler flat, with a 150 Gardner & the 12 speed box Its in mint condition, Regards Larry.
that looks like david jones loading off the shovel steve , he keeps his old fodens in top notch order . cheers , dave
rigsby:
that looks like david jones loading off the shovel steve , he keeps his old fodens in top notch order . cheers , dave
It is indeed - here he is on a sunnier day:
Yers one from our friends at Whitchurch near Ross on Wye…
Hi theres a D reg Foden 8 wheeler still working see it in Leeds most days
fryske:
rigsby:
that looks like david jones loading off the shovel steve , he keeps his old fodens in top notch order . cheers , dave
It is indeed - here he is on a sunnier day:
Yers a couple I took a few years ago, don’t know where this one is nowadays…
‘Muckaway’ asked a couple of times why bakers always wanted their flour carried up stairs. That was a question I used to ask when I drove for John Jordan and Sons, Flour Millers of Broom near Biggleswade. At the time, I was driving a Chinese six ERF, NMJ 13 for them and carried a lot of bags (140lbs) of flour up rickety old wooden steps at bakeries. The only good thing about carrying flour was that it was a lot easier work than loading railway sacks (280lbs) of wheat on the farms. Would this be against safety regulations today?
Hi Folks, We ran a Foden 8 wheel tipper with Foden rams ,it was in permanent diff lock would go any where only problem was tipping your hart was in mouth ,It came from up North East Gardener 150 12 speed box no power steering reg no EUP 191 B HAS any one any info on her ,Cheers Barry
b.waddy:
Hi Folks, We ran a Foden 8 wheel tipper with Foden rams ,it was in permanent diff lock would go any where only problem was tipping your hart was in mouth ,It came from up North East Gardener 150 12 speed box no power steering reg no EUP 191 B HAS any one any info on her ,Cheers Barry
hiya,
Barry, I know nothing about the motor other than it was registered in
1964 in my area Durham, but you already knew that. Could have been
been an ex Salkeld motor they ran only Foden Tippers.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry , Thanks for that it was just a stab in the dark ,Cheers Barry
b.waddy:
Hi Harry , Thanks for that it was just a stab in the dark ,Cheers Barry
hi bwaddy did you run Fodens with the big s40 steel cab ? thank you Trevor
Hi Tasktucker , Yes we did some with 180 s and some 240 s ,also the ex Populars sleeper cab ex Seatrain one ,Cheers Barry
b.waddy:
Hi Tasktucker , Yes we did some with 180 s and some 240 s ,also the ex Populars sleeper cab ex Seatrain one ,Cheers Barry
thanks bwaddy , i can remember them with those reels of paper loaded to the gunnels . thank you trevor
Nice to see Fodens of john summers BSC Shotton and Geo Mayers from Chester thank you Trevor
