Long Departed Southampton Hauliers (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Fergie47:

tribsa:
That Handyman photo must be recent as the building says global lollysticks

Remind me. What engine did those Scammel Handymans have in them ? Gardners ?

Fergie,

That Handyman shunter appears[with all the smoke in evidence]to have a Gardner fitted,although when Leyland took them over,I do believe they also fitted a Leyland engine as an option to the trusty[but smokey]Gardner.

Rgds to all,

David :smiley:

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5thwheel:

Fergie47:

tribsa:
That Handyman photo must be recent as the building says global lollysticks

Remind me. What engine did those Scammel Handymans have in them ? Gardners ?

Fergie,

That Handyman shunter appears[with all the smoke in evidence]to have a Gardner fitted,although when Leyland took them over,I do believe they also fitted a Leyland engine as an option to the trusty[but smokey]Gardner.

Rgds to all,

David :smiley:

We had some Handymen at Pickfords which had a Leyland 680 power plus in and at Sykes they had a 220 rolls in them, the early ones had a Scammell gate change box and the later models had the Thornycroft box the same as the ergo Beavers and Mandators which made them easier to drive as a few drivers were not to keen with the Scammell gate change gear box

cheers Johnnie

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R-JACKO:
HELLO ALL
LOOKING ON THE NET FOUND THIS OLD GIRL

Hi all, Bloody Hell R Jacko where did u dig that one up from i used to drive that old Handyman on meachers must be 79/80
bloody hard work !! They had 2 or three of em and i had every one at some time. one of em engine went on the M4.
Hi Fergie yeah they had 180 Gardiners wouldnt pull a greasy man out of bed :smiley: :smiley: and i think a Thornycroft Gearbox i think thats right.
Hi Tony whats the verdict mate MAN of war or not ■■? Regards Jimski.

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Hi all, yes Jim after 3 months of cab hopping it,s been confirmed today that at the end of next week i collect
my own motor from our Felixstowe depot, A new MAN. suits me. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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Hello Mappo
Tony as MANs are one of my favourite lorries(along with Scania,Volvo ,ERF, DAF, etc etc :laughing: :laughing: )any chance of a photo or two :question: :question: :question: :question:

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Jimski:

R-JACKO:
HELLO ALL
LOOKING ON THE NET FOUND THIS OLD GIRL

Hi all, Bloody Hell R Jacko where did u dig that one up from i used to drive that old Handyman on meachers must be 79/80
bloody hard work !!
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Hello Jimski
I was bored one night(wife went to bed early :cry: )typed in Meachers on images hey presto: :smiley:

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Hello all you’ve guessed it wife gone to bed early :cry: :cry: :cry:
You must remember HARLINE TRANSPORT■■?

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HERES SOME PHOTOS OF ALL THE MODELS OF ERFs THAT P&O RAN FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT





I THINK THIS ONE WAS USED AS A SHUNTER



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HERES A LINE UP OF VOLVO FL7s THEY WERE MAINLY USED ON CHINA CLAY(has said before with an uprated 20ft scale they could carry nearly has much weight as a 38tonner doing the same job)

P&O RAN SOME FODENS AGAIN MAINLY ON CHINA CLAY(they didn’t last long :blush: )

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GAZZAP BEFORE I GO HERES A PHOTO OF MY UNCLES DAF(Alan Jessop drove it before my uncle)

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Hi All, Hey Mappo thats good news then Tony as your the only one with a MAN your gonna stick out like a sore thumb, i know what to look out for when i Buzz ya up the motorway !!! :smiley: :smiley: Ring ya in the week.
Hi R Jack ill have to do that google thing see what comes up, Im sure that Scamm in the pic is the one the engine went on and Phil Meacher had it repaired i think he had a thing for them old Scamm’s thats prob why it got new paint cos when i had it it was a puke greeny yellow.R Jimski.

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Jimski:
Hi All, Hey Mappo thats good news then Tony as your the only one with a MAN your gonna stick out like a sore thumb, i know what to look out for when i Buzz ya up the motorway !!! :smiley: :smiley: Ring ya in the week.

Wont be quite that easy Jim, there will be 4 or 5 of us getting new MAN,s next week.
Perhaps i should get a mappo nameplate made up for the windscreen aye. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Dont expect you,ll see me on Monday Jim, i,m off to Longtown in ■■■■■■■ and will probably be in Liverpool Mon. night.

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mappo:

Jimski:
Hi All, Hey Mappo thats good news then Tony as your the only one with a MAN your gonna stick out like a sore thumb, i know what to look out for when i Buzz ya up the motorway !!! :smiley: :smiley: Ring ya in the week.

Wont be quite that easy Jim, there will be 4 or 5 of us getting new MAN,s next week.
Perhaps i should get a mappo nameplate made up for the windscreen aye. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Dont expect you,ll see me on Monday Jim, i,m off to Longtown in ■■■■■■■ and will probably be in Liverpool Mon. night.

good luck with your man mappo i hope it performs better than my panzer [man] gear box crap cab put togerther with bluetack what more can i say
designed in germany built in turkey what a motor; see u up harwoods weekly

regards gazzap

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R-Jacko

Richie, great pics as ever. I remember that pale blue ERF on roadways, I think Roger Nunn drove it? They had a couple of white and rainbow ones as well, maybe ex TML. Not sure, never been very good with the shipping lines but I remember driving a tiny Iveco unit on Pitters in (was it) Van Ommeron colours. They looked smart and only weighed about 5 tonne I think, it took me ages to get it up reigate hill at 32 tonne and the bunk was like a camp bed. You remember them?

Mike

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mikey1964:
R-Jacko

Richie, great pics as ever. I remember that pale blue ERF on roadways, I think Roger Nunn drove it? They had a couple of white and rainbow ones as well, maybe ex TML. Not sure, never been very good with the shipping lines but I remember driving a tiny Iveco unit on Pitters in (was it) Van Ommeron colours. They looked smart and only weighed about 5 tonne I think, it took me ages to get it up reigate hill at 32 tonne and the bunk was like a camp bed. You remember them?

Mike

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Hello Mike
yes i think it was Roger Nunns
HERES ONE IN MAERSK COLOURS

AND AGAIN WITH ROADWAYS ON THE DOOR WHEN THEY LOST THE MAERSK CONTRACT

HERES ONE OF THE EX TMLs ERFs(unfortunatly i dont have it in its original colours but saying that it only had TML on the door)

HERES ONE OF THE TINY IVECOs 175.24 WOULD’NT PULL YOUR FORE … BACK(yours truly at the wheel)


HERES A IVECO 190.30 IN NYK COLOURS(bit better lorry)

Regards Rich

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Cheers Rich,

I knew you’d know the one’s I meant, I forgot the model names/numbers. Yes a really underpowered unit but a real guv’nors motor, was it the same cab on the rigid’s at pitters? I quite liked the bigger ones, and I remember Tony Alford owned a nice Turbo Star with aircon which always made me jealous especially once running home with him in the summer after a night out in Sheffield where we loaded wire. What a pit Tinsley is.

Mike

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Hi All
Mikey the rainbow ERF was ex TML contract lorry & you drove it for a later owner it is now in Malawi

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tribsa:
Hi All
Mikey the rainbow ERF was ex TML contract lorry & you drove it for a later owner it is now in Malawi

Nice one Tribsa, sorry i forgot but the memory works with a nudge! Brain Bleeds, who’d have em?

Yes you are right, I remember a happy day up to Norfolk following your mighty F12 (which you may still own if your good Lady has a say in it) and I took one or more of my kids? remind me?

I think that model was my favorite ERF, I remember my first on Lamberts. It was very blue inside, had a mighy 290 ■■■■■■■ and a fuller roadranger box with 3rd and 4th back to front which I got hang of by the end of my first week a way in it doing Kawasaki’s up the north east.

cheers

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mikey1964:
Cheers Rich,

I knew you’d know the one’s I meant, I forgot the model names/numbers. Yes a really underpowered unit but a real guv’nors motor, was it the same cab on the rigid’s at pitters? I quite liked the bigger ones, and I remember Tony Alford owned a nice Turbo Star with aircon which always made me jealous especially once running home with him in the summer after a night out in Sheffield where we loaded wire. What a pit Tinsley is.

Mike

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Yes Mike the rigids were the same cab as you say a real guv’nors lorry.My first artic was a Ford Cargo with a turbo 250 ■■■■■■■ went like the clappers.(photos to follow when i get round to doing my own thread)along with the smaller Iveco’s i used to do alot of heavy 20ft boxes same rates as a 38tonner(but not for me :frowning: :frowning: )
I had a Turbo Star for a couple of days when the clutch went in the 190.30 wot a motor :smiley:
Is Tony Alford still driving?

Regards Jacko

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R-JACKO:

mikey1964:
Cheers Rich,

I knew you’d know the one’s I meant, I forgot the model names/numbers. Yes a really underpowered unit but a real guv’nors motor, was it the same cab on the rigid’s at pitters? I quite liked the bigger ones, and I remember Tony Alford owned a nice Turbo Star with aircon which always made me jealous especially once running home with him in the summer after a night out in Sheffield where we loaded wire. What a pit Tinsley is.

Mike

…
Yes Mike the rigids were the same cab as you say a real guv’nors lorry.My first artic was a Ford Cargo with a turbo 250 ■■■■■■■ went like the clappers.(photos to follow when i get round to doing my own thread)along with the smaller Iveco’s i used to do alot of heavy 20ft boxes same rates as a 38tonner(but not for me :frowning: :frowning: )
I had a Turbo Star for a couple of days when the clutch went in the 190.30 wot a motor :smiley:
Is Tony Alford still driving?

Regards Jacko

Hi Jacko

Yes Tony Alford is still driving I met and had a chat with him a couple of weeks ago on my way to Le Mans, on a P&O Dover/Calais Ferry he had to take a container across to somewhere in France to tip