loving all these four wheelers-one of the best lorries i’ve driven was a 1992 k reg daf 1900 four wheel tipper /grab.had a 12 speed splitter and an eminox stack and sounded lovely-especially going through the hyde park corner/piccadilly underpass as fast as i could lol.
this was my first proper lorry and i did a huge amount of miles in this motor and loved every second of it and would gladly drive one tommorow.
Three from the Isle of Man…
Anon
This is a circa 1961 photo shot in Castle street Kendal and is a Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh Bedford stood loaded with steel plate ex McKelvies Glasgow for Walker Steel Bolton.The Seddon next to it is James Cropper 6 wheeler,both the Bedford and the Seddon had Leyland engines.The Bedford was a tramper(proper) driven by Arthur Wilson and the Seddon by Colin Veevers.
Chris Webb:
Three from the Isle of Man…
Anon
Probably all these motors are still hard at work on the Island,at least there is a driver/s living there that are old enough to remember them when they grafted on the mainland!! Anon the II.
Here’s one for “H” lets say loaded with 20 drops round the Smoke,Luvely Jubbly!! he’d lap it up!!!
Bewick:
Anon
Probably all these motors are still hard at work on the Island,at least there is a driver/s living there that are old enough to remember them when they grafted on the mainland!! Anon the II.
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Now how did I know you were going to say that Dennis? 
The two Fodens and the Sentinel are in the Transport Museum at Jurby. We’ve got an Iveco 8-legger tanker for bulking flour to Ramsey from Laxey,don’t use the Foddens now for bagged stuff,really up to date we are tha knows. 
I remember all three models in the UK,Brown Bayley Steels in Sheffield were still using Sentinel steamers in the 60s.
Spot on Moose, I remember running with those! Can your old chap still fit into those overalls ha ha? 
Remember me to him.
Pete.
Moose:
Windrush - Photos as requested, Ballidon quarry ones to follow when I’ve found them. Moose
They look nicely Tyred those tippers! Bandag retreads on the drive and what looks like Mich ZA’s on the front’s!! Bewick.
This is a shot of the KE TK we ran stood at our first garage on Beetham road Milnthorpe circa 1970.The nice wood Ali body was one I bought off the chap I got my first “A” licences from and it came off a Guy Otter,it was spot on for length at 17ft,well maybe it should have been 16ft! we re-boarded the flat with new white wood which kept it just under 3ton ulw.Bewick.
Bewick:
Moose:
Windrush - Photos as requested, Ballidon quarry ones to follow when I’ve found them. MooseThey look nicely Tyred those tippers! Bandag retreads on the drive and what looks like Mich ZA’s on the front’s!! Bewick.
spot on about the tyres! …can you tell me the make of the bodies on both the ford and the bedford? lol
moose
A nice A series ERF seen at Welland.
windrush:
Spot on Moose, I remember running with those! Can your old chap still fit into those overalls ha ha?Pete.
can you remember the f6 running out of ivonbrook years ago ? it was green and red and belonged to l g webster from biggin
if i think about it i will take a snap of alan dales line up in the morning as i go to work as he has never sold a truck from starting as far as i can remember
moose
Moose:
can you remember the f6 running out of ivonbrook years ago ? it was green and red and belonged to l g webster from biggin
if i think about it i will take a snap of alan dales line up in the morning as i go to work as he has never sold a truck from starting as far as i can remember
moose
Yes I remember that Volvo of Webster’s Moose. Also recall that A series ERF that Alan had, I could pass him going out of Baslow and tip at Olive Grove depot, Sheffield, and meet him STILL trundling along towards Millhouses when I was on my way back empty!! Credit to him, he looked after the truck. Plenty of four wheeler work back then, and a good load premium which is how you lads could afford Michelin tyres while us eights were running around on anything round and rubbery! 
Pete.
alan still has that a series to this day and the m series that came after is stood at the side just up the road from where i live in biggin past barlows yard, he now runs a 6x2 with a drop side tipper and a crane behind the cab iro f reg i think and he will go all over england scotland wales if thats where the job is!
moose
Afternoon all, no Dennis, never had a stiff neck driving the S20 cab Fodens, plenty of vision through that big set of windscreens, and the wood and alloy construction gave one a "quality"feel. Really like being conveyed along in an Edwardian railway carriage, with that sweet little 4LK Gardner burbling away under five blankets and a Tartan travel rug!! Look at the earlier posted photograph of dear old Maidens S20, and Chris Webbs shot from Jurby, (if anyone visits Monas Isle, the Transport Museum is worth a visit, pity they have not got a preserved ex Peel Carriers Scammel Scarab, but I think Blowers KV8wheeler is now there, owned by J,C.K. Chris am I right)■■ Stiff “Foden” necks came later, the Micky Mouse, and then the “portaloo” interior finished S36, oh that shade of blue! But crouched driving positions made me remember the “delights” of the Club of Four cab, so admirably shown on the photographs of the F6 Volvo. Back in the 70s I was involved with the Swiss Saviem Concessionaire Nubag AG, who were seeking to do business with Coca Cola in Switzerland. The chosen chassis was a “drop frame” version of the Saviem JP13, 13tonne, powered by the sweet reving Saviem 798 turbo 6cylinder 150 hp engine, and5sp synchroZF gearbox. The drop frame body had 5bays each side plus a lockable full width compartment over the rear axle. The lorry was an absolute hoot to drive laden, plenty of power, really stable on twisty mountain roads, superb brakes, and a very indecent turn of speed!! The only drawback, somehow one had to pull your head down into your shoulders to see under the top windscreen rail! Coca Cola purchased quite a number, so many in fact that the “silk suits” in Venissieux decided to promote this as a special order Factory option. Hence I found myself in beautiful Birmingham, at the Brewery Trade exhibition, Brewex, where it was expected that floods of orders would be generated!! A chassis cab was displayed, and I think that this eventually ended up at Coca Cola in Northern Ireland, (RIA3632) if I remember correctly. I think that H.P.Bulmer had some JP13s, but I do not know if any were drop frames, Dave R, any idea??The low top to the windscreen was really the only fault to a clever cab design, intended to fit chassis from 5 to 38tonnes, in day and sleeper form. However I did discover one other. When Renault Vehicules Industriels and Mack signed the collaboration agreement, that eventually led to RVI ownership, the first fruits of the collaboration was the Mack MS 200 series utilising the “Club” cab. I found myself in the US, (probably as the French thought I could speak English)! helping to introduce the concept of cab over configuration in the local distribution market. The problem, well the crew were not so bothered about the low windscreen hight as being able to physically fit into the cab!! The men were enormous, they had arms like my legs, and gut, boy, they had multiple spare tyres!! Engineering in France could not believe the feed back, but it was true. And of course there was the fear of not having a long hood to protect them in the event of a crash!! Eventually all was solved, and the little rigids acquited themselves quite well in the market place. So Dennis see what happens when you think about cramped driving positions!! Try Californian Red, its French expertise with American technology, and quite palatable indeed!! Cheerio, (have a nice day y all).
I don’t know if this Foden is connected to the motor you referred to in your last post Saviem.
Cheers Dave.
Saviem:
Afternoon all, no Dennis, never had a stiff neck driving the S20 cab Fodens, plenty of vision through that big set of windscreens, and the wood and alloy construction gave one a "quality"feel. Really like being conveyed along in an Edwardian railway carriage, with that sweet little 4LK Gardner burbling away under five blankets and a Tartan travel rug!! Look at the earlier posted photograph of dear old Maidens S20, and Chris Webbs shot from Jurby, (if anyone visits Monas Isle, the Transport Museum is worth a visit, pity they have not got a preserved ex Peel Carriers Scammel Scarab, but I think Blowers KV8wheeler is now there, owned by J,C.K. Chris am I right)■■ Stiff “Foden” necks came later, the Micky Mouse, and then the “portaloo” interior finished S36, oh that shade of blue! But crouched driving positions made me remember the “delights” of the Club of Four cab, so admirably shown on the photographs of the F6 Volvo. Back in the 70s I was involved with the Swiss Saviem Concessionaire Nubag AG, who were seeking to do business with Coca Cola in Switzerland. The chosen chassis was a “drop frame” version of the Saviem JP13, 13tonne, powered by the sweet reving Saviem 798 turbo 6cylinder 150 hp engine, and5sp synchroZF gearbox. The drop frame body had 5bays each side plus a lockable full width compartment over the rear axle. The lorry was an absolute hoot to drive laden, plenty of power, really stable on twisty mountain roads, superb brakes, and a very indecent turn of speed!! The only drawback, somehow one had to pull your head down into your shoulders to see under the top windscreen rail! Coca Cola purchased quite a number, so many in fact that the “silk suits” in Venissieux decided to promote this as a special order Factory option. Hence I found myself in beautiful Birmingham, at the Brewery Trade exhibition, Brewex, where it was expected that floods of orders would be generated!! A chassis cab was displayed, and I think that this eventually ended up at Coca Cola in Northern Ireland, (RIA3632) if I remember correctly. I think that H.P.Bulmer had some JP13s, but I do not know if any were drop frames, Dave R, any idea??The low top to the windscreen was really the only fault to a clever cab design, intended to fit chassis from 5 to 38tonnes, in day and sleeper form. However I did discover one other. When Renault Vehicules Industriels and Mack signed the collaboration agreement, that eventually led to RVI ownership, the first fruits of the collaboration was the Mack MS 200 series utilising the “Club” cab. I found myself in the US, (probably as the French thought I could speak English)! helping to introduce the concept of cab over configuration in the local distribution market. The problem, well the crew were not so bothered about the low windscreen hight as being able to physically fit into the cab!! The men were enormous, they had arms like my legs, and gut, boy, they had multiple spare tyres!! Engineering in France could not believe the feed back, but it was true. And of course there was the fear of not having a long hood to protect them in the event of a crash!! Eventually all was solved, and the little rigids acquited themselves quite well in the market place. So Dennis see what happens when you think about cramped driving positions!! Try Californian Red, its French expertise with American technology, and quite palatable indeed!! Cheerio, (have a nice day y all).
Hi Saviem.Aye the ex Blowers ERF is over here…
Dave the Renegade:
I don’t know if this Foden is connected to the motor you referred to in your last post Saviem.
Cheers Dave.
Doh! it was the Saviem chassis that “Saviem” was talking about Dave! But Bulmers is the right intended user!! Doh! Dennis.
Not being a Foden “enthusiast” I wasn’t quite sure which version required the driver to have C. V. joint in his neck!! but I do recall that Robson Foden drivers were afflicted with “crank neck”!!! Cheers Dennis.