Mark R:
I think you,ll find FKK 585Y & FKK 586Y were ex Cartransport Ltd motors. They may have ended up on Tiffanys after Cartrans finished with them when they got their new fleet of 1625 drawbars which were on B plates.
From memory Tiffany’s only had new vehicles and none out of Car Transpor, I will check on Monday so could be proved wrong!
i used to work for D. Nicholls. Lidsing Court Farm, Lidsing nr Bredhurst my name is melvin judd i worked for don in 1976 that long hot summer and 1977 other drivers first names only Jim.Paul, Len, myself and alfie has anyone got any pictures of his lorrys mine was NKE 811P a 1626 merc we had two artics two six wheelers and one four wheeler all worked out of townsend hook mill snodland
I was going to mention Dartford Wharfage.
There were Maylen (?) Out of Gillingham that ran day cab Marathons.
Reeve Freight out of Erith.
Mac Transport from Dartford.
Federated from Northfleet.
Pierpoint and Halpin from Belvedere.
DM Mitchell from Northfleet.
Cabmont in Erith.
Everard from Swanscombe.
Dougal from Swanscombe.
TDL102:
Mark R:
I think you,ll find FKK 585Y & FKK 586Y were ex Cartransport Ltd motors. They may have ended up on Tiffanys after Cartrans finished with them when they got their new fleet of 1625 drawbars which were on B plates.From memory Tiffany’s only had new vehicles and none out of Car Transpor, I will check on Monday so could be proved wrong!
You may well be right, but if there not ex Cartrans their definitely from the same batch. The Cartrans fleet came in two batches, the first were all FKKs and the second were GKMs. They were white with a red stripe but unfortunately I don’t have any photos. A friend of mine has started work at Sparshatts ( Andy Gregory ) do you know him?.
Rgds MR.
Mark R:
TDL102:
Mark R:
I think you,ll find FKK 585Y & FKK 586Y were ex Cartransport Ltd motors. They may have ended up on Tiffanys after Cartrans finished with them when they got their new fleet of 1625 drawbars which were on B plates.From memory Tiffany’s only had new vehicles and none out of Car Transpor, I will check on Monday so could be proved wrong!
You may well be right, but if there not ex Cartrans their definitely from the same batch. The Cartrans fleet came in two batches, the first were all FKKs and the second were GKMs. They were white with a red stripe but unfortunately I don’t have any photos. A friend of mine has started work at Sparshatts ( Andy Gregory ) do you know him?.
Rgds MR.
Yes I do know him, top bloke.
Mark R:
I think you,ll find FKK 585Y & FKK 586Y were ex Cartransport Ltd motors. They may have ended up on Tiffanys after Cartrans finished with them when they got their new fleet of 1625 drawbars which were on B plates.
Im not often right but I was this time!.
I checked our records and it went as follows: -
Cartransport FKK575Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK576Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK575Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK578Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK579Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK581Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK582Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK583Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKK584Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Dawson/Tiffany FKK585Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Dawson/Tiffany FKK586Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
Cartransport FKL545Y 1625/32 Date of Reg : 01/02/83
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Well done TDL102…I wasn’t far out though was I?..
The ex Cartrans vehicles might have been GKM288 & 289Y. The last TwoDrive vehicles were K994&995PKO MB 1733’s. After that Dawsons gradually moved in their trailers and some K Reg F10’s and took over the fleet.
Around 1995 Tiffany Sharwood became Rank Hovis McDougalls and Dawsons put in a fleet of 18 new Renault Premium’s with N–RHM numbers and trailers that matched the unit numbers. These were then changed in 2004 for Daf XF’S using the same N–RHM reg’s.
Anybody remember Mike Pooley from Northfleet who ran a small fleet. Eddie.
TDL102:
dreva:
does anyone have anypics of whitetrux 1635 artics always liked them and what about european as well lads please
LV
JAMIE10:
hi dose any one remember t brady and son they had a depot at Northfleet in kent has any one photos .
i used to work for T Brady years ago Nobby Clark was the manager at Northfleet there was two drivers at Northfleet myself melvin Phill who went on to work for Swains and the Vicar he was the shunter i belive Bradys have closed down and i heard last week that Nobby Clark had passed away
brady2033:
do you have any photos of your time at t brady as i am a collecter of brady photos
no sorry we only had two lorrys at northfleet mine was a scania 111 and phills was a scania 141
melvjudd:
brady2033:
do you have any photos of your time at t brady as i am a collecter of brady photosno sorry we only had two lorrys at northfleet mine was a scania 111 and phills was a scania 141
hi bradymerc no i haven’t we didn’t have mobile phones then to take photos with when i left i think mine and phills were the only 141 and 111 bradys had all the others were 142 scanias and 2033 mercs if i remember rightly tom brady had just brought show truck that sparshatts took to truck shows i think it was a 2038 a black one with all the bibs and bobs on it did look nice and thats hard for me to say as i hate mercs they used to be known as rollscanhardly rolls down hills can hardly get up them i some times bump into phill ihavnt seen him for a while if i do i will ask him if he has any pictures for you i know what its like my son and i are looking for pictures of a old medway coach firm i used to work foe late 70s they had over 200 coaches and its like trying to find hens teeth good luck with the search if i find anything ill call you all the best melv an old kent trucker
has anyone got any pics of w e haselden lorries I know theres one on here anymore please anyone
LV
tracma:
not sure if the house in lidsing still belongs to anyone in the family,maybe worth a trip up there and knock one day when get the chance,if they do they may have some photos,another small company my dad worked for was watson+scull-their yard was in second avenue chatham off churchill way,remember going to holland with my dad in a bedford tm,i splept on the parcel shelf+he slept across the seats as the gear stick used to go down to seat level,not been able to find anything on them on the internet yet,cheers mark.
I worked for watson and scull international in 1975 at second ave Chatham kent it was a good job then I remember jack Bowes and miss west both where nice people to work with I ran to Germany holland Belgium the work was hard but I enjoyed it then we ran tm tl km detrioit diesel Bedfords and hired volvo f88 and f7 trucks I have some photos in the house some where I will try to post them as I find them regards john springer
Remington.44:
tracma:
not sure if the house in lidsing still belongs to anyone in the family,maybe worth a trip up there and knock one day when get the chance,if they do they may have some photos,another small company my dad worked for was watson+scull-their yard was in second avenue chatham off churchill way,remember going to holland with my dad in a bedford tm,i splept on the parcel shelf+he slept across the seats as the gear stick used to go down to seat level,not been able to find anything on them on the internet yet,cheers mark.I worked for watson and scull international in 1975 at second ave Chatham kent it was a good job then I remember jack Bowes and miss west both where nice people to work with I ran to Germany holland Belgium the work was hard but I enjoyed it then we ran tm tl km detrioit diesel Bedfords and hired volvo f88 and f7 trucks I have some photos in the house some where I will try to post them as I find them regards john springer
Here’s one for you I was loading in ray makers Helmond holland in the white bedford the other one is a picture of a volvo f7 with my son also john he now drives for shell for hoyer he has also been all over Europe in the good old days if I find more I will post them regards john.
Remington.44:
Remington.44:
tracma:
not sure if the house in lidsing still belongs to anyone in the family,maybe worth a trip up there and knock one day when get the chance,if they do they may have some photos,another small company my dad worked for was watson+scull-their yard was in second avenue chatham off churchill way,remember going to holland with my dad in a bedford tm,i splept on the parcel shelf+he slept across the seats as the gear stick used to go down to seat level,not been able to find anything on them on the internet yet,cheers mark.I worked for watson and scull international in 1975 at second ave Chatham kent it was a good job then I remember jack Bowes and miss west both where nice people to work with I ran to Germany holland Belgium the work was hard but I enjoyed it then we ran tm tl km detrioit diesel Bedfords and hired volvo f88 and f7 trucks I have some photos in the house some where I will try to post them as I find them regards john springer
Here’s three photos for you the lower one is of me in my younger days is on the felixstow ferry i was loading in ray makers Helmond holland in the white bedford the other one is a picture of a volvo f7 with my son also john he now drives for shell for hoyer he has also been all over Europe the good old days if I find more I will post them regards john
Does anyone know if Stears Transport is still going? They used run some nice lorries.
