i remember when dfds first did this to HTL (harwich transport ltd) when i was a child they completely wiped everything out its sad to se your past going.
Dfds are a good company though shame they changed to DSV which in my opinion is a complete disaster
keith-jennings:
Dfds are a good company though shame they changed to DSV which in my opinion is a complete disaster
Hello Keith,
Indeed thats my opinion also. When we startet for DSV not as worker by DSV Road Cargo but as sub-contractor Steenbergen so one to the other day we must do what thy want from us. Driving in the weekend en in the week in Sweden, France of Spain standing stil for 1, 2 of 3 days. No work thy tell us. By Frans Maas it was usually the weekends at home and soms 1 of 2 nights in the week. At Groningen we chance trailers and get at rest. The trailers go’s on by an other driver to get onload the next morning of day. By DSV it is alway what you load you onload also. You never chance trailers only in the ferry ports sometimes. That was one of the reasons i left Steenbergen.
This is history: Steenbergen tractor with an DFDS trailer at the homeyard of Frans Maas at Groningen. Okt. 2007, one of the last trips from me for Steenbergen Transport.
Regards, Bert Wolters 
For the inland work in the Netherlands and Belgium we had by Steenbergen Transport also DAF 85 CF tractors.
And Mercedes Axor tractors.
Regards, Bert Wolters
Just so you know I haven’t forgotten about putting more pictures on here, here are a couple of a trailer we came across last year, as we approached Maastricht from Koln direction.
Because of it’s fleet number, I wonder if it is from the Eupen depot?
Dieselcowboy:
Because of it’s fleet number, I wonder if it is from the Eupen depot?
Hi Dieselcowboy,
Indeed it’s an trailer from Frans Maas Eupen. Stil you see them on the road only it is now an collector’s item to se them in West-Europe. The most trailers has been sold to East-Europe, West-Indies of Africa. The last new ones have an new side curtain with DSV on the curtains. Also the old DFDS trailers ar sold and replaced for new sidecurtains trailers. The old new Frans Maas trailers with side flaps and curtains ar nou used in Germany for ADR goods.
One of the new GE TIP Rental trailers, me on the way from Paris to Norkoping in Sweden, somer 2007.
Night rest near Caen in France, July 2007.
Weekend rest at Groningen, september 2007.
Regards, Bert Wolters
Bert, thought you may like this. I asked a friend of mine who worked in the first FM office in UK where he thought this was, and he thinks it may be FM Manchester, back in the late 1970’s.
Dieselcowboy:
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Bert, thought you may like this. I asked a friend of mine who worked in the first FM office in UK where he thought this was, and he thinks it may be FM Manchester, back in the late 1970’s.
Hi Dieselcowboy,
That is back in time. Ferry nice photo. De Bedford lorry is from the 70’s. Maybe some one can tel of this is FM Manchester office is in the late 70’s. Thank your friend for showing the photo. I am stil hungry to see more of those pictures.
Regards, Bert Wolters
Bert, I got this picture from him too at the weekend. I have seen pictures of this truck before, but not this particular picture. Truck will be out of Brownhills.
Dieselcowboy:
Bert, I got this picture from him too at the weekend. I have seen pictures of this truck before, but not this particular picture. Truck will be out of Brownhills.
Hi Dieselcowboy, nice picture of this Scania. Is dit not the tractor from Chalkey his dad? He placed before also sam pictures on this forum. Those older pictures bring back old memory’s of the 90’s when we drive in Europe with no handyphones, G.P.S. and computers in the trucks. 2 trips to Danmark of 1 trip to Sweden of Norway in the week
Regards, Bert
Hi Bert I see you are still on line, you have some very good photo’s, but I never see you on other threads on here, you are quite welcome to come in any with my name on, we are a little crazy, but I have met quite a few dutchmen in my time who was similar us. 
Norman Ingram:
Hi Bert I see you are still on line, you have some very good photo’s, but I never see you on other threads on here, you are quite welcome to come in any with my name on, we are a little crazy, but I have met quite a few dutchmen in my time who was similar us.
Hello Norman Ingram,
Indeed i am not on other threads. I reed them but my English is not good enough to put always storys on the threads. It’s a English Forum and if you put always Dutch truckpictures on the threads i dont no if everyone that likes. I wil look in my collection if i have more pictures of big old Dutch companys who also workt in the U.K. and start a new thread. An other proplem is you must have the time. I stil work as truck driver for TNT Post in the Netherlands. If you work it takes so much free time. But i wil try to do it.
Regrads, Bert Wolters
Bert Wolters:
Norman Ingram:
Hi Bert I see you are still on line, you have some very good photo’s, but I never see you on other threads on here, you are quite welcome to come in any with my name on, we are a little crazy, but I have met quite a few dutchmen in my time who was similar us.Hello Norman Ingram,
Indeed i am not on other threads. I reed them but my English is not good enough to put always storys on the threads. It’s a English Forum and if you put always Dutch truckpictures on the threads i dont no if everyone that likes. I wil look in my collection if i have more pictures of big old Dutch companys who also workt in the U.K. and start a new thread. An other proplem is you must have the time. I stil work as truck driver for TNT Post in the Netherlands. If you work it takes so much free time. But i wil try to do it.
Regrads, Bert Wolters
Bert,
Any photos you have of Dutch trucks from 80’s - 90,s or before would be great. I have been looking for photos of DAF trucks from a Belgium company called SPD I think they were based in Gent or Brugge, they were linked to my Dads old company through the parent company Unilever. I think from memory that they were Blue and white.
Look forward to any photos you have
Regards
Ant
Hello bert you speak better english than me dutch, all the dutchmen I met on the road spoke good english. TNT my daughter worked for them in Northampton England, also in Austrailia, German I picked up while in the army, I used to listen to the Dutch or hollander and could pick up certain words:- guten darg= guten tag= good day, when I used to try to impress the frauleins, I would write or say, Du bist mein gluck, Du bist mein stern, Auch wenn du brummst, Ich habedir gern.
Bert,
can’t have this thread slipping any further down the list! I’ve done some searching and found these. Taken in Great Yarmouth, early 90’s, can’t remember exact year but could find out if pushed. First is owner driver Hutch’s truck, he later became an employed driver on Yare Haulage. Sadly he died a few years ago, a really nice guy.
Second is one of Yare Haulage’s Volvo’s.
Hi Dieselcowboy,
Ferry nice old pictures from those old Volvo tractors by Yare Haulage from Great Yarmouth. Love them to see. Let them comming, you pleased me. I have some from 1983 when we get the fist new DAF 2800 tractors in the new colours for Frans Maas Groningen.
New by the DAF dealer at Groningen, 1983.
The director of Frans Maas Groningen get the keys for the fist DAF 2800 tractor in the new colours.
Regards, Bert Wolters
Dieselcowboy:
Bert,
can’t have this thread slipping any further down the list! I’ve done some searching and found these. Taken in Great Yarmouth, early 90’s, can’t remember exact year but could find out if pushed.
Hi Dieselcowboy,
Yes it’s now an problem to find stil old photos of this company. For me the same. Stil i do searching and ask old mates to look for old pictures.
Here 2 pictures from a new DAF 2800 in 1983.
Pictures from his son from the driver of this truck Ebel Top.
Regards, Bert Wolters
An other oldy new from the factory.
Salut, Bert Wolters
This is an ex tractor from Frans Maas Belgium.
Men told me this one was alzo sold to Africa.
Regards, Bert Wolters
Sub-contractors from Belgium.
Regards, Bert Wolters
I used to do a regular trailer swap with a really nice driver from Peethultra.