Hi Fergie nice pics Dave ! What happend to Matty? I remember him on for Mark Compton Poole.
R Jim
Jim
I think Matty died several years ago whilst he was working for Mark Compton .
Thanks Kerbut, R.I.P Matty he was a nice fella, I kind of always felt sorry for him, and dunno why? But yeah was a nice old boy.
Regards Jim
Terry’s uncle Maurice Moody came in yesterday with a few pics from when he and Terrys dad Derek worked at Reema North Baddesley!
hi Tony(mappo)many thanks for your email old friend,true what they say,true friends are like diamonds precious and rare,all the rest are like autumn leaves you can find them everywhere,your a diamond.
bev wyatt:
hi Tony(mappo)many thanks for your email old friend,true what they say,true friends are like diamonds precious and rare,all the rest are like autumn leaves you can find them everywhere,your a diamond.
Hi Bev, now, I’ve heard mappo called many things over the 50 years I’ve known him, most are un-printable and un-suitable on a forum like this, however, a “diamond” isn’t one of them, think he’s more of a “brick”
So after 50 years on the road you deserve retirement, in a few months you’ll wonder how you ever managed to fit work in…if you find yourself bored, come over here, I’ll keep you busy, tree cutting, log splitting, fencing, hedge cutting, a Fergie, mowers, cars and motorbikes to maintain…after lunch I’ll find you summit else to do… 
The late Harry the Hat… with his new motor…
good morning fergie from sunny norfolk mate,well what can i say young man, have in my time done the tree felling,log splitting,hedge laying and tinkered with many an old car,also spar making for a local thatcher plus hurdle making,you see i was born and bread in the country,the new forest out the other side of lymington near SWAY.hope your keeping well over there,lovely part of FRANCE mate used to love the trips i got down there for SQUIBBY,rip.ok fergie many thanks for getting in touch mate,and you take good care of yourself,catch up with you later.
One from the bottom of the page!!!
Here are a few Norman Offer Pics
ainacs:
Here we have a couple of LTS’sRegards Pat
Nice looking outfit that Maggie, what was the advantage weight wise over an artic Pat, any idea? Looks awfully long, must have been legal l guess.
Dave & Pat
the Maggie TCR 7 T was 1st use running to Italy with 23 tonnes rubber 10 on unit then loaded balance on trl which was dropped at docks by a tractor like Armstrong used to do?
Phil drake drove later doing Ranks work as was brilliant at reversing it, I drove it when He was on holiday I did get it in everywhere I went but very slowly & a few shunts later.
The ERF was the first 38 tonner A 813■■ OOT driven by Fred (Ken Fredricks) & LTS 25 was the 1st tautliner converted from a tilt wasn’t quite long or wide emough when doing witbread work as had to put plts under plts so the overlapped where the pillars were to be able to close them
regards
Jeremy
Badger:
Dave & Pat
the Maggie TCR 7 T was 1st use running to Italy with 23 tonnes rubber 10 on unit then loaded balance on trl which was dropped at docks by a tractor like Armstrong used to do?
Phil drake drove later doing Ranks work as was brilliant at reversing it, I drove it when He was on holiday I did get it in everywhere I went but very slowly & a few shunts later.
The ERF was the first 38 tonner A 813■■ OOT driven by Fred (Ken Fredricks) & LTS 25 was the 1st tautliner converted from a tilt wasn’t quite long or wide emough when doing witbread work as had to put plts under plts so the overlapped where the pillars were to be able to close them
regards
Jeremy
Thanks Jeremy, so running at 38t in europe, as you said, like Armstrongs. It may have been slightly easier to reverse with the double bogie on the trailer as opposed to Armstrongs single axle, got into a fair pickle backing those up in the yard sometimes…
Hi Dave and all,
I posted this photo on here ages ago, but as we,re on the subject of draw bars,
I drove this for a while for my then brother in law for Southern pallets.
It was initially a nightmare to reverse.but I did get used to it.
Not too much lock and slowly was the order of the day.
mappo:
Hi Dave and all,
I posted this photo on here ages ago, but as we,re on the subject of draw bars,I drove this for a while for my then brother in law for Southern pallets.
It was initially a nightmare to reverse.but I did get used to it.
Not too much lock and slowly was the order of the day.
Hi Tone, hope you’re keeping well mate.
Didn’t know you’d driven a wagon and drag, …was that load of pallets handball then ?..
Got anymore photo’s of it ?
While we’re on roadtrains. Monty somewhere in France loading wine…
And a French one doing the same work…
Fergie47:
mappo:
Hi Dave and all,
I posted this photo on here ages ago, but as we,re on the subject of draw bars,I drove this for a while for my then brother in law for Southern pallets.
It was initially a nightmare to reverse.but I did get used to it.
Not too much lock and slowly was the order of the day.Hi Tone, hope you’re keeping well mate.
Didn’t know you’d driven a wagon and drag, …was that load of pallets handball then ?..Got anymore photo’s of it ?
Hya Dave, sadly that’s the only pic I ever took of it.
That particular load was fork lifted on though occasionally I did load handball.
Used to carry 600 standard pallets compared to the 500 a 40 footer would take.
I used to be as fit as a fiddle in those days.
Fergie47:
ainacs:
Here we have a couple of LTS’sRegards Pat
Nice looking outfit that Maggie, what was the advantage weight wise over an artic Pat, any idea? Looks awfully long, must have been legal l guess.
Hi Dave
Not sure about weight but didn’t they have a lot more floor space than an artic■■?
A few more Kelly’s entries
ainacs:
Fergie47:
ainacs:
Here we have a couple of LTS’sRegards Pat
Nice looking outfit that Maggie, what was the advantage weight wise over an artic Pat, any idea? Looks awfully long, must have been legal l guess.
Hi Dave
Not sure about weight but didn’t they have a lot more floor space than an artic■■?
A few more Kelly’s entries
T Hunt transport brings back memories, seem to remenber green Bedford TK/KMs, used to call at their warehouse to collect plywood as they were agents for (I think) Denny, Mott & Dixon, when I worked for New Milton Timber Company in the 60s.