del949:
Dreva, a couple of names to conjour with, Eddie Robinson,Terry Mortimer, Keith Parkin, and the guy who ran the truck wash but never put any soap in it because he had a sideline…!
used to take unit and trailer for a wash on saturday mornings and all that was in the wash was fesh water.
Longs always had a smart looking fleet, even when they were in Manningham.
can you remember a driver called donald lightfoot poss 60s I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT HIM FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND WHAT HE DROVE SHE REMEMBERS ROPES &SHEETS AND IT WAS RED &YELOW CAN YOU HELP
The reg number definitely rings a bell but I can’t remember who had it - a guess would be tall thin Bob who did Belgium (Menen LAR) for Transflash all the time, or Brian who did Sittam Milano somethimes for us - sorry I can’t remember either of them’s surname
jj72:
The reg number definitely rings a bell but I can’t remember who had it - a guess would be tall thin Bob who did Belgium (Menen LAR) for Transflash all the time, or Brian who did Sittam Milano somethimes for us - sorry I can’t remember either of them’s surname
Can’t say it does Keith2, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong The Brian I’m thinking of was a nice bloke and a decent enough driver but did some odd things now and again - he came in one day from loading a 12tonne cutting head out of British Jeffrey Diamond at Wakefield and I wanted a gander at it.
Even as a 18.year old office twerp (although well trained since the age of about 9 ) even I knew it shouldn’t have been on the neck of a 12m stepframe tilt, and had to stop him pulling out from under the trailer on soft ground
jj72:
Can’t say it does Keith2, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong The Brian I’m thinking of was a nice bloke and a decent enough driver but did some odd things now and again - he came in one day from loading a 12tonne cutting head out of British Jeffrey Diamond at Wakefield and I wanted a gander at it.
Even as a 18.year old office twerp (although well trained since the age of about 9 ) even I knew it shouldn’t have been on the neck of a 12m stepframe tilt, and had to stop him pulling out from under the trailer on soft ground
most of the long trucks that came to a one was e regs and was repainted a one red,and all eps power shifters WOW them fxxker went like the wind with hhe plug droped
ramone:
A few Longs continental men, Geoff Cowley , Steven Leake, Paul Henry.Barry Marshall
Not forgetting John Upton and Gordon O’Hara and lots of others I can’t remember
brian dutson chris fielding bob killock later two did belgium for transflash jj will know better steve connoll as well oh by the way back on line now so will be posting again
ramone:
A few Longs continental men, Geoff Cowley , Steven Leake, Paul Henry.Barry Marshall
Not forgetting John Upton and Gordon O’Hara and lots of others I can’t remember
brian dutson chris fielding bob killock later two did belgium for transflash jj will know better steve connoll as well oh by the way back on line now so will be posting again
Nice to see you back Dreva, Dutson or Dutton still doesn’t ring a bell particularly to be honest. Bob and Chris as you say did the Belgium, both good blokes, Chris always put on an act of being very grumpy but was really quite a laugh - i blagged a lift out of him to Zeebrugge one Sunday via Western Docks and maybe sussed him then
when at a one transport we had a big fault on one of the eps gearbox ;so the fitters put a manual box in out of a scrap moter.i removed all the wiring and the ecu .can not name the dealer but they had a moter in and wanted a ecu and asked if i still had it and would give me 500 quid for it…OH NO i had skiped the lot about 3 weeks wages to me then,by did i feel sick
keith 2:
when at a one transport we had a big fault on one of the eps gearbox ;so the fitters put a manual box in out of a scrap moter.i removed all the wiring and the ecu .can not name the dealer but they had a moter in and wanted a ecu and asked if i still had it and would give me 500 quid for it…OH NO i had skiped the lot about 3 weeks wages to me then,by did i feel sick
ouch bet you was gutted bet you kept loads of crap after that mate
keith 2:
when at a one transport we had a big fault on one of the eps gearbox ;so the fitters put a manual box in out of a scrap moter.i removed all the wiring and the ecu .can not name the dealer but they had a moter in and wanted a ecu and asked if i still had it and would give me 500 quid for it…OH NO i had skiped the lot about 3 weeks wages to me then,by did i feel sick
ouch bet you was gutted bet you kept loads of crap after that mate
not now work for a volvo dealer,paid well and miss gets payed more than me,how times change shoud have listed more at school birds and beer got in the way
) even I knew it shouldn’t have been on the neck of a 12m stepframe tilt, and had to stop him pulling out from under the trailer on soft ground 
