Great stuff Jim,thanks for posting it
I wasn’t exactly an angel on the road but even I wouldn’t have attempted that shift.All good for the company and the economy eh?
Do you know if a copy of that programme is available,I’d love to see it again,especially the Scotland - Southampton run There was also a parcels carrier involved I think,tearing around the South West of Scotland IIRC.
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Great stuff Jim,thanks for posting it
I wasn’t exactly an angel on the road but even I wouldn’t have attempted that shift.All good for the company and the economy eh?
Do you know if a copy of that programme is available,I’d love to see it again,especially the Scotland - Southampton runThere was also a parcels carrier involved I think,tearing around the South West of Scotland IIRC.
It would stop the whingers of today, oh, my boss made me run 3 minutes over my 90hours driving and rung me during my break
Kronospan apparently opened the factory in Chirk in 1970
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wern’t they two tone blue before the takeover jim ? im sure the yard ran along the estury near truck plants yard at paisley
You are so right Bob-Lad their depot was near the Renfrew Ferry just where you said it was. They have now moved to near Paisley. The colours were as you said prior to the takeover two tone blue. The fleet are now all Scanias, painted the same as Andersons but with the MacMillan logo.
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It is my recollection at the time that the 110 Scania was virtually untouchable when it came to normal haulage, on a journey ( night trunk ) between Crawford and Wednesbury the journey time was over an hour less for the 110 compaired with the Guy Big J with a 220 Rolls Eagle Diesel. The pilot of the 110 was also a dam sight fresher than the Guy pilot and the end of the journey, me being the driver of one of the Guys. You have certainly brought up a valid point Jim, as for the vehicles concerned in The Limits of The Law I would say it was a no contest. The Guy in question on the film was owned by Caledonian Road Services, Dumfries, usually driven by George Johnstone, had a top speed of 52 mph how could the running times be compaired with the Scania that would run at 60 mph uphill and down dale. Bobert
It is my recollection at the time that the 110 Scania was virtually untouchable when it came to normal haulage, on a journey ( night trunk ) between Crawford and Wednesbury the journey time was over an hour less for the 110 compaired with the Guy Big J with a 220 Rolls Eagle Diesel. The pilot of the 110 was also a dam sight fresher than the Guy pilot and the end of the journey, me being the driver of one of the Guys. You have certainly brought up a valid point Jim, as for the vehicles concerned in The Limits of The Law I would say it was a no contest. The Guy in question on the film was owned by Caledonian Road Services, Dumfries, usually driven by George Johnstone, had a top speed of 52 mph how could the running times be compaired with the Scania that would run at 60 mph uphill and down dale. Bobert
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It is my recollection at the time that the 110 Scania was virtually untouchable when it came to normal haulage, on a journey ( night trunk ) between Crawford and Wednesbury the journey time was over an hour less for the 110 compaired with the Guy Big J with a 220 Rolls Eagle Diesel. The pilot of the 110 was also a dam sight fresher than the Guy pilot and the end of the journey, me being the driver of one of the Guys. You have certainly brought up a valid point Jim, as for the vehicles concerned in The Limits of The Law I would say it was a no contest. The Guy in question on the film was owned by Caledonian Road Services, Dumfries, usually driven by George Johnstone, had a top speed of 52 mph how could the running times be compaired with the Scania that would run at 60 mph uphill and down dale. Bobert
What about the Smith of Maddiston 8LXBs they would have given the 110s a run for their money !!But maybe they went past you so fast you didn’t notice them !! Bewick.
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Bewick, you are right they probably did, but I was unable to do anything about it as I was driving a Guy with a rolls in it not an 8 LXB, Scanias are still making engines are Gardners ,that is a genuine question not sarcasm. Bobert.
Jim, you are to long in the tooth, you only get one guess and that is to much, of course you are right.I will leave the explaining up to you. Bobert.
I am sure that sales of Scania’s must have gone up after that film was aired, did Tommy Sneddon the Anderson’s Driver & Star of the film receive any commission from Scania ?.
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Tommy was a star before that and still is Davie as you probably well know, He was nominated for an oscar for his part but the judges did not understand the film. Bobert.
hi lads, jim there is a photo on big al site of a company called james waters from wishaw with a ships journal on, do you know anything about them, i can’t remember them . brownlees did a lot of ship engine parts from the north east to Glasgow, Berkley curls on south st, Alexander Stevens goven , them ship journal weighed 5ton each, we would load 4 for your load to Glasgow, but if you were loading machined returns Stevens would say as they where machined we had to take 2 pins to make the load up these weighed 2ton each
good job there was no weighbridges on that A74 & A69 in them days,
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Hi lads. Can any of you Scottish contingent remember a fridge haulier called 4JA and confirm that it stood for “Four Jims and an Alan”.I think they were linked up with Fridge Freight Fyvie from up near Turriff.I’m talking about 10-15 years ago.
And Jim,I reckon I’m confusing that Thompson of Alloa with Morris Young from Hillyland
There is a company called 4JA based in Blairgowrie, don’t know if it is the same one though.
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Bewick:
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It is my recollection at the time that the 110 Scania was virtually untouchable when it came to normal haulage, on a journey ( night trunk ) between Crawford and Wednesbury the journey time was over an hour less for the 110 compaired with the Guy Big J with a 220 Rolls Eagle Diesel. The pilot of the 110 was also a dam sight fresher than the Guy pilot and the end of the journey, me being the driver of one of the Guys. You have certainly brought up a valid point Jim, as for the vehicles concerned in The Limits of The Law I would say it was a no contest. The Guy in question on the film was owned by Caledonian Road Services, Dumfries, usually driven by George Johnstone, had a top speed of 52 mph how could the running times be compaired with the Scania that would run at 60 mph uphill and down dale. BobertWhat about the Smith of Maddiston 8LXBs they would have given the 110s a run for their money !!But maybe they went past you so fast you didn’t notice them !! Bewick.
Guy or Scania? even with a 240 no contest Scania would win hand over fist each time,with fuel economy being the exception,SoM did trial a few 110’s IIRC,but the fuel return figures were outrageous,so they were soon got rid of!!
Rgds,
David