Maurice Cox
forster:
Associated Lead-- parked at Throckley.
Hi Eric I got to the bottom of the mystery driver, It was Bill Bates home on a dodgy He finished his time out there as Mr cooksons chauffeur
Regards Davie
Anyone remember or got photoes of H Oldham & son of Darlington?, Couple of Ford D1000, and F86 6- wheeler, all tippers, , Used to have a saturday job in me teens, at Freds place, cleaning the motors,. Most of his work was leading ash out of Dton power station , and owt he could get hold of,
thechink1968:
forster:
Associated Lead-- parked at Throckley.Hi Eric I got to the bottom of the mystery driver, It was Bill Bates home on a dodgy He finished his time out there as Mr cooksons chauffeur
Regards Davie
Hi Davie, Pleased to hear that you solved the mystery of the Associated Lead driver!
Regards, Eric.
Kev,can you remember another AEC Tractor unit that Muats had, AAO…J, it had a hub reduction back end, my mate at Seaton Burn, Arthur Lowdon bought it he ran quiet a few years on journey work, a good puller as I recall, Regards Larry.
f7sidd:
DJ2353:
R R Hands, KnowesgateHello David,
do you have any of the 02 that i used to drive, or any other Hands photos.
cheers Brian.
I’ll have a look. David
Lawrence Dunbar:
Kev,can you remember another AEC Tractor unit that Muats had, AAO…J, it had a hub reduction back end, my mate at Seaton Burn, Arthur Lowdon bought it he ran quiet a few years on journey work, a good puller as I recall, Regards Larry.
Yes Larry, AAO891J was the other one. I did drive it for a while but it didnt seem to pull very well as it was regularly loaded with 20t.
instead of 15t. Alec didn’t seem to care that it a Mercury not a Mandator. 
regards Kev
Aye Kev your probabley right it worked mostley out of Fields at Killingworth, no heavey loads from there, Regards Larry.
DJ2353:
f7sidd:
DJ2353:
R R Hands, KnowesgateHello David,
do you have any of the 02 that i used to drive, or any other Hands photos.
cheers Brian.I’ll have a look. David
