As far as Im concerend Harry Peverely was handy at whatever he turned his hand to, he had a Foden Stroka at Hewits with a 12 speed FGB, He could make that gear box talk, I m a Foden man myself & I could manage the Foden 12 speed no bother, but when I got talking to Harry he was used to the 2 stickers, whilst just being a boy learner I had to admit to him my first Foden that I bought in 1973 was an air shift movement for the 12 speed, His comments were If you can drive a Foden you will do for me, well not many drivers have said that to me, so I took It as a real compliment from a driver who was a lot older than me, & served all his employers during his lifetime very well [RIP]Harry your mems will go forever, Regards LARRY.
Lawrence Dunbar:
As far as Im concerend Harry Peverely was handy at whatever he turned his hand to, he had a Foden Stroka at Hewits with a 12 speed FGB, He could make that gear box talk, I m a Foden man myself & I could manage the Foden 12 speed no bother, but when I got talking to Harry he was used to the 2 stickers, whilst just being a boy learner I had to admit to him my first Foden that I bought in 1973 was an air shift movement for the 12 speed, His comments were If you can drive a Foden you will do for me, well not many drivers have said that to me, so I took It as a real compliment from a driver who was a lot older than me, & served all his employers during his lifetime very well [RIP]Harry your mems will go forever, Regards LARRY.
Hi Larry,I drove a Foden VJR546H with the 12 speed box for Fergies for some time and thought i new all about the gearbox and could make it talk.Then some time later Vince Billham told me that {for talks sake]if you were in any gear climbing a hill and you just let it pull till it nearly stalled, it would automaticley select 1st gear.This is something i never knew if it was true,You may well know the answer.
Yes it was very true, the bloke that explained the 12 speed Foden layout was a second cousin of mine, he had quite a few Fodens Him & his younger brother were fanatics about Fodens, My first Foden 8 wheeler Gardner 150 12 sp,Fbox with a gear for every hill I remember hauling stone from Newlandside Quarry at Stanhope, & overtaking Gordie Henderson driving a Fergy wagon loaded with cement, It may have been a 6 wheeler AEC ?, BLOODY HELL THATS A LONG TIME AGO, we are all retired now or even long gone, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Yes it was very true, the bloke that explained the 12 speed Foden layout was a second cousin of mine, he had quite a few Fodens Him & his younger brother were fanatics about Fodens, My first Foden 8 wheeler Gardner 150 12 sp,Fbox with a gear for every hill I remember hauling stone from Newlandside Quarry at Stanhope, & overtaking Gordie Henderson driving a Fergy wagon loaded with cement, It may have been a 6 wheeler AEC ?, BLOODY HELL THATS A LONG TIME AGO, we are all retired now or even long gone, Regards Larry.
Larry ,i took these photos from the big lorry blog, i thought you would like to see them .
Hi Lawrence
I can remember my dad drove a foden 8 wheel bulk blower for an agricultural merchant,it had a gardner 180 and foden gearbox. He was the only one who could drive it properly no one would drive when he was on holiday. He also worked for fergys for a short while he drove a dennis four wheeler leading out of eastgate on cement. he also used to do paper reels from blyth docks with either a foden or aec mandator artic. this was in early seventies.
he died at age 58 but would have been 76 this year
cheers
mick
night shift bri:
harry_gill:
harry_gill:
hiya,
What did Ridleyâs carry â â , canât have been much industry out in the sticks where they was based,
used to see loads of them up and down the A1 but never got to know any of the drivers, they did
seem to have plenty of motors and was they all vans??,canât remember seeing any roped and sheeted
loads, but canât remember 10 minutes ago, so they might have had them and I hadnât noticed.
thanks harry long retired.hiya,
Howay Ridleys havenât been finished all that long, surely somebody must know
the above information after all Iâm only curious, bet Larry knows.
thanks harry long retired.Ridleyâs used to load out of Cape Insulation at Washington as well Harry. I believe thereâs a Ridleyâs thread on TNUK somewhere where you might get more info from.
hiya lads gary smith hear i think clive bells, relation i think his name was arther worked at ridleys then 4 martin olivers shunting if marcus gets in touch with clive im sure he tell u more about ridleys cheers lads gary smith
v7victor:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Yes it was very true, the bloke that explained the 12 speed Foden layout was a second cousin of mine, he had quite a few Fodens Him & his younger brother were fanatics about Fodens, My first Foden 8 wheeler Gardner 150 12 sp,Fbox with a gear for every hill I remember hauling stone from Newlandside Quarry at Stanhope, & overtaking Gordie Henderson driving a Fergy wagon loaded with cement, It may have been a 6 wheeler AEC ?, BLOODY HELL THATS A LONG TIME AGO, we are all retired now or even long gone, Regards Larry.Larry ,i took these photos from the big lorry blog, i thought you would like to see them . 1
Geat stuff thank you, Larry.
I was driving this old beast last week,
And im driving this one this week,
One extreme yo the other, eh.
KinkyHiab:
I was quite interested in the earlier posts about Cape Insulation. I worked for a small company called TR Transport in the early 80âs. I had an ex Elddis 1619 Merc which was WFT 754T and later an ex Elddis F10 with a very similar registration number. Perhaps someone knows who drove them originally. They also had a 16.232 MAN which I think was ex Monarch Transport. We later got two new Seddon Atkinson 311âs with 10 litre â â â â â â â â Most of our south bound work was out of Cape, Washington, we mostly did the south west. Back loading out of Western Freights Bristol or Bartletts Bridgwater and also Quantock Preserving, Bridgwater. We also did a lot of polystyrene packaging for a company called Trondex at Northampton. I certainly remember Ridleys of Allendale ran out of Cape Insulation as well as Capes own Bedfordâs and also Shepherds did quite a lot out of there. I remember one of their drivers was a character called (i think) Sammy Livermore.
These are the only two that I have pictures of.
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Is that the yard at double row Sunny Delightful ? Phil Moody would he happen to have owned a Triumph Trident
T150 in the 70`s.
Yes,that was the yard next to Delcor furniture. Phil did have a trident in the 70,s and so did I. Iâm pretty sure Phil has still got his. He works at Pughs as a site foreman. Iâm driving an eight legger.
This is 1968. How things have changed since then, Regards Larry.
marcus 22:
SCOTTISH LAND AEC-690
BASED IN NEWCASTLE AND GLASGOW
I have only just seen this post. This takes me back.
I drove a few of these Scottish Land AECâs on an opencast many years ago, some of them had the Leyland 505 engine fitted and I am pretty sure some were badged as Euclidâs as well . I have some pictures somewhere I will try to find them out and get them posted.
thechink1968:
anyone recognise these old motors on the valley
Spot the Bubble car.
thechink1968:
anyone recognise these old motors on the valley
Looks like a ghost town compared with today
Yes, & the Heinkle Scooter Car, Bedford CA Van, BRS Leyland Comet Artic. Tilcons Mickey Mouse S.21 Foden, Happy Days Eh, Regards Larry.
Leaving AAF at Cramlington on a sunday morning on route to Southampton Docks,
Load was 18ft 6ins high,usually arrived in Southampton on a friday morning if all went well.
f troop:
F&F Robinsons Foden.
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hiya,
Would this little Foden have a four pot Gardner in it a firm I worked for had a similar one
used round the doors on collection and delivery work think that one had a Gardner4 LK,
I was never in the driving seat, it didnât look as tidy as this though.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
f troop:
F&F Robinsons Foden.â
hiya,
Would this little Foden have a four pot Gardner in it a firm I worked for had a similar one
used round the doors on collection and delivery work think that one had a Gardner4 LK,
I was never in the driving seat, it didnât look as tidy as this though.
thanks harry long retired.
Hello Harry,
I obtained this photo off Fred Robinson when i was delivering to his depot many years ago,
I may be wrong but i think it would have a 4 cyl two stroke diesel.
I think we will have to wait for the experts to advise us.