Chris Webb:
Not sure whether this should be on here as I suppose it’s a wagon and drag - Thomas Wards,Sheffield,elephant on steel job.
No come on Chris,you could have given the camera to someone else then you could have climbed back up int’t driving seat,behind its Lugs!!! Then you’d have been on the shot as well instead of’t just Th’elephant cheers Dennis.
I quite agree with the slogan on the grill of this Albion.
Dave the Renegade:
stravaiger:
Any word on the new roadscapes book Dave?Hi Jim,
The book is out in October roadscapes.co.uk
Alan Spillett has retired now,but has still got some prints and a few originals for sale if you look on his website.
The book will be available from Old Pond Publishing.
Cheers Dave.
Thanks Dave. I’ve just done a quick search here and nothings came up yet. Oh well early days.
oldpond.com/
Dave if it’s only half as good as the first it’'ll be a cracker 
Nice photo, Sibbalds still going.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Nice photo, Sibbalds still going.
Still going Lawrence in fact there was an article somewhere recently on them and John Henderson posted some old pics on biglorrryblog.
Another shot of the 13ton GVW Dodge we ran in amongst the artics,stood in the depot loaded with paper,the new set of sheets set it off well!!
Bewick:
Another shot of the 13ton GVW Dodge we ran in amongst the artics,stood in the depot loaded with paper,the new set of sheets set it off well!!
What was the payload on that lorry Dennis.At a guess I would say 8.5 ton.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Bewick:
Another shot of the 13ton GVW Dodge we ran in amongst the artics,stood in the depot loaded with paper,the new set of sheets set it off well!!What was the payload on that lorry Dennis.At a guess I would say 8.5 ton.
Cheers Dave.
IIRC Dave it was closer to 9ton but it very rarely would have had that sort of weight on it’s back though as it was just used as an emergency/urgent delivery vehicle and never had a regular driver (unless you count me!!) Cheers Dennis.
This is a shot of one of 3 Scania 16ton gvw 4 wheelers we ran in the early 80’s.This one is stood in the depot loaded with cellulose pulp ex Royal Portbury dock to BCL Barrow,a Courtaulds company.Those loads were very top heavy and went onto little length.During the years we did the job we did have a couple of artics roll on roundabouts.One was an F10 at Droitwhich and the other was a Big J at Lindale on the A590, The Big J’s windscreen flopped out in one piece onto the grass and we put it back in when the motor was returned to service!!
Bewick:
Dave the Renegade:
Bewick:
Another shot of the 13ton GVW Dodge we ran in amongst the artics,stood in the depot loaded with paper,the new set of sheets set it off well!!What was the payload on that lorry Dennis.At a guess I would say 8.5 ton.
Cheers Dave.IIRC Dave it was closer to 9ton but it very rarely would have had that sort of weight on it’s back though as it was just used as an emergency/urgent delivery vehicle and never had a regular driver (unless you count me!!) Cheers Dennis.
Nobody would count you as a driver 
ANON. 
A tipper waiting for a load !!!
I drove one of these Morris Commercials at 17 for Ernest Deacon builders at Kington.They had two of them.
curnock:
BigG-Unit:
Hi Bewick, Congratulations on a great thread you,ve started here. I have only just caught it as I haven’t been on much lately due to having another heart “event” (details on Jumbulance thread). Anyway, I thought I might try to post a few old pics. of some of my “old nails” (or should that be snails!). Nowhere near in the same league as your good self, you understand, but I think they qualify under this thread heading and when reading your posts of the early years, I can empathise with them, I just never moved on!I’ll start with some motors, about 2 years in, '74 ish and a bit of a motley gaggle!
The damage on the ■■■■■■ van was down to 'er in doors,… well she used to come out and drive in those days!
Only way I could find to save it was to convert it into a pickup, (pics to follow later) and a good tool it turned out to be!
The ex Newey & Eyres BMC van (3rd back) was bought as a stop gap, but didn’t survive long enough to get painted, as it threw a leg out of bed coming up the M1 one day (her again!)
We towed it to the field for her to use as a horse food store, so not a total loss.
At the rear is my first “Proper Lorry”a rare machine indeed! like a walk through Commer, but with a flat body on, twin wheels on the back and could carry 3 tons. Because of the flat body it couldn’t have sliding doors on, but were bi folds instead. More stories and pics on that later too!
bigG where was this taken ■■
Alum Rock, Brum. A premises I rented in my wilderness years!!
Did the Elephant do much night trunk work?
maxhagar:
Did the Elephant do much night trunk work?
Someone had to !
Bewick:
Chris Webb:
Not sure whether this should be on here as I suppose it’s a wagon and drag - Thomas Wards,Sheffield,elephant on steel job.
No come on Chris,you could have given the camera to someone else then you could have climbed back up int’t driving seat,behind its Lugs!!! Then you’d have been on the shot as well instead of’t just Th’elephant cheers Dennis.
early days of scrap haulage al stick to my r500 scania on scrap job
John,like others on here, you can always come up with a fair selection of pics
Elsewhere on here I mentioned “Bog standard white” regarding Drummonds livery but it was just that, a comment on how things are nowadays. I called in at Drummonds in the early 70s for tyre casings so can agree they’ve always had tidy,colourful wagons. In any case here’s young Scotty, who got second place at truckfest, showing how smart his wagon is.
