Long Departed Southampton Hauliers (Part 1)

ainacs · 2 February 2010 08:59

Where does this remind you Italy boy’s of■■?

Regards Pat

erfman · 2 February 2010 16:06

Hi Maggied
You were right on the MMD site but you had me beaten,think i’ve worked it out now,would I be on the right track with R&A Freight ?
cheers ERFMAN

maggied · 2 February 2010 17:35

pdw
Great photo’s,they always look good considering the work they are on, wish I’d had that tackle when I was timber hauling !

Regards Richard

Pat,
Thanks I couldn’t remember his surname although I have spent a few evenings with him in Routiers,
no drink involved of course I remember 1 trip he had an anchor on a flat trailer with no sheet for Marseilles it was raining and he was worried they would sign his CMR Wet !!
Regards Richard

ERFMAN
Hi Mike you are correct, hope you are keeping well, long time no see, give me a shout if you are over my way and I’ll buy you a pint !
Regards Richard

erfman · 2 February 2010 18:12

Hi Richard
Thought it was you but I did’nt know about the Stringers days,long time ago. I’ve been retired for 12 months now,following the MAN/ERF farce i spent the last 2 years at Hendy’s selling Stralis which has turned out to be a very good truck " like all the other imports not quite as good as the ERF’s with their American drive train",that’ll get em all going!
I keep in touch with some of my old customers and of course Meachers so I’ll be in touch and take you up on that pint
Mike

pdw · 3 February 2010 18:18

hi all,
hi richard , (maggie d) , fantastic photos , you made that cross loading look like a work of art ! , the merc looks amazing ,how did it compare to the aec and the leyland ? , was your trucks single or double drive ?

here is a couple of pics for today , many thanks to ted newman for leting me use a pic of one of bob newmans earlier trucks , taken in the late 70’s , but i dont know the location of the yard , is it nursling ? pat would know ! ,and again thanks to ted for a more recent pic of bobs steam roller , cheers pdw

cheers pdw

maggied · 3 February 2010 20:19

Hi pdw,
They were all double drive,I brought the Leyland new from John Sparshatt,then he started Spartruks in '74 and sold me the Merc, a lot more comfort than the others !
Give my regards to Bob (Nunkey) Newman when you see him,I look out for him by The Mortimers but haven’t caught up with him yet.
Regards
Richard

ainacs · 3 February 2010 22:09

pdw:
hi all,
hi richard , (maggie d) , fantastic photos , you made that cross loading look like a work of art ! , the merc looks amazing ,how did it compare to the aec and the leyland ? , was your trucks single or double drive ?

here is a couple of pics for today , many thanks to ted newman for leting me use a pic of one of bob newmans earlier trucks , taken in the late 70’s , but i dont know the location of the yard , is it nursling ? pat would know ! ,and again thanks to ted for a more recent pic of bobs steam roller , cheers pdw

cheers pdw

Hi PDW

I would say that was taken at the yard where Williams Shipping now have containers and offices you can see the motorway (M27) embankment behind, it was where the batching plant stood when McAlpines built the motorway.

This pic was taken from where the Seddon was parked some years later I’d say.

I think that Bob was in partnership with the late Colin Harris at the time, who later bought him out and then changed the name to Harline Transport (using parts of the names Harris and Pauline Colins wife)

Regards Pat

ainacs · 4 February 2010 19:36

A pic from Bubbleman’s Scrapbook thread a few days ago a Meachers ERF

Regards Pat

charlie_one · 4 February 2010 20:16

Yes. Colin Harris and Bob Newman were in partnership. Think they were called Harris and Newman! Highly original.They had at least one Big J non sleeper pulling for STS in the early days when I was working for Horrid Ransome.Later progressed to Maggies.232s I think.Regards Charlie

ainacs · 4 February 2010 20:37

charlie one:
Yes. Colin Harris and Bob Newman were in partnership. Think they were called Harris and Newman! Highly original.They had at least one Big J non sleeper pulling for STS in the early days when I was working for Horrid Ransome.Later progressed to Maggies.232s I think.Regards Charlie

Hi Charlie

Didn’t they trade as Robert Newman Transport till Harline came about? I also thought they ran 3 x Maggie D 310’s?? Bob the Hat drove one of them as did a chap call Nigel I believe the other was Les who later had a blackout and smashed up one of Mammoth Transports trucks, hit a parapet I think?

Regards Pat

charlie_one · 4 February 2010 21:10

ainacs:

charlie one:
Yes. Colin Harris and Bob Newman were in partnership. Think they were called Harris and Newman! Highly original.They had at least one Big J non sleeper pulling for STS in the early days when I was working for Horrid Ransome.Later progressed to Maggies.232s I think.Regards Charlie

Hi Charlie

Didn’t they trade as Robert Newman Transport till Harline came about? I also thought they ran 3 x Maggie D 310’s?? Bob the Hat drove one of them as did a chap call Nigel I believe the other was Les who later had a blackout and smashed up one of Mammoth Transports trucks, hit a parapet I think?

Regards Pat[/quote
Hi Pat.Now you have got me thinking.I could have sworn I saw Harris and Newman on the side of this motor.Jim Street drove one as did Les Charles.Les was well known as a roller.I think that he dld at least two.As you say so did Bob.Regards Charlie

pdw · 5 February 2010 15:11

hi pat , (ainacs) thanks for the reply and info (as well as charlie) , ted newman said he thought he might have some more photos kicking around and would try and dig them out , but seem to think they are of a f88/89 and a f10/f12 .
great photo of your trucks pat ,cant get a much better line up of 1 series than that ,would you still like a 1 series today ? ,restored ones go for crazy money .
what happened to that 93 m flatbed you had on for hall & pickles ? , sold on long ago i expect !
found a couple of photos already on tn , i’m surprised they have not found their way to this thread ,one of a mansel davies scania (pho 99p) which i believe you had the sister truck (pho 100P) , and possibly a similar looking scania to one you might have broke up ? , cheers pdw

ainacs · 6 February 2010 09:30

pdw:
hi pat , (ainacs) thanks for the reply and info (as well as charlie) , ted newman said he thought he might have some more photos kicking around and would try and dig them out , but seem to think they are of a f88/89 and a f10/f12 .
great photo of your trucks pat ,cant get a much better line up of 1 series than that ,would you still like a 1 series today ? ,restored ones go for crazy money .
what happened to that 93 m flatbed you had on for hall & pickles ? , sold on long ago i expect !
found a couple of photos already on tn , i’m surprised they have not found their way to this thread ,one of a mansel davies scania (pho 99p) which i believe you had the sister truck (pho 100P) , and possibly a similar looking scania to one you might have broke up ? , cheers pdw

Hi PDW

That Scania I had on for Hall and Pickles was P82 and yes long gone went to Africa, Tanzania I think and yes that does look like a Scania we broke up but I think the one you are thinking of had a horrible looking Globetrotterish roof extention on I will try to find the pic.

I spoke quite afew times with the transport/workshop manager from Mansel Davies as they had seen my PHO100P loading steel for export at various steel plants in South Wales and we did in fact sell them some spares for PHO99P and it was the only Scania in their fleet at that time as I believe they became a Volvo Dealer!

Regards Pat

maggied · 6 February 2010 10:01

Hi Pat,

Didn’t Black Barry Evans drive the Hall & Pickles P82 ? wouldn’t the African’s take him as well !!

Regards Richard

jimski · 6 February 2010 10:26

Hi All i remember you nearly went the volvo route to Pat didnt ya R Jimski

r_slicker · 6 February 2010 10:57

isnt that php 1 the one that steve swain is restoring

ainacs · 7 February 2010 17:27

Another of Marc (Bubbleman)'s pics from his Scrapbook thread with a Southampton link. ISR (Industrial Sythetic Rubber) Ltd of Fawley

Regards Pat

fergie47 · 8 February 2010 09:45

ainacs:
Another of Marc (Bubbleman)'s pics from his Scrapbook thread with a Southampton link. ISR (Industrial Sythetic Rubber) Ltd of Fawley

Regards Pat

Worked out of ISR for a few years, but don’t remember them having any tankers.

charlie_one · 8 February 2010 19:10

Fergie47:

ainacs:
Another of Marc (Bubbleman)'s pics from his Scrapbook thread with a Southampton link. ISR (Industrial Sythetic Rubber) Ltd of Fawley

Regards Pat

Worked out of ISR for a few years, but don’t remember them having any tankers.

They did not have any of their own,but Tommy Allen did

ainacs · 8 February 2010 20:25

Another pic from the Scrapbook thread with a Southampton link

This time a pair of Molo Transport Fodens, I think that this pic was taken on 105/6 berth Southampton docks you can seee the container terminal in the distance. I know that Roger Whitehorn bought some of these Fodens from Molos and operated them for a while on containers.

Regards Pat