dieseldog6:
The pic of the old starting box brings back memories, were the lights on that as well, whenever my Dad got out the cab it was always “don’t touch anything”,The pre tacho’s were fitted in Rugby Cement lorries back in the 60’s, used to be fixed to the back wall of the cab
yes the light switch’s were on that box , there was 4 switchs on the box 1starter 2 side lights 3 head liights think 4th was for panel lights. happy days 
hi lads worked for a company that fitted them servis recorder clocks, said we would be paid of clock card, the fiiter that fitted them gave us the spare key, open clock remove card and with a pin, a saucer as a guide scrachted your time in, 
guarantee 11hrs to 14 hrs every day, it was great printing your own overtime company took them out after 2 weeks, blast 
dafdave:
You could slide a credit card in and lift the needle off the card.
I never had a credit card in the 50s and 60s.However a cracking idea.
Chris.
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hi/ chris, it was cawthorne’s but i just remembered it was out of uddingston not bellshill, your up rating was from 24ton to 28 ton, dead man was then made to work on front wheels of unit to give better braking power and was supposed to help stop jacknifing, bloody did’nt work very well if bloody brakes were out of adjustment, or wheels were’nt balanced prop::
hand brake also worked on front wheels then because of extra weight,
if you put h/brake on when drums were red hot, they would’nt come off next
morning, and then the bloody drums had gone oval,
did’nt dare use deadman anymore in case you were!!!
extra weight on pin made steering a bit iffy, were’nt blessed and pampered then, with wheel balancing, usedto shake ■■■■ out of you trying to stop,
hang up now for tonight chris/ missus is upset, / i don’t like mushrooms, and
she can’t get me to taste em/ would they be the ok ones or not, she’s got the insurance policies handy so i’m taking no chances(jesting is allowed)
she loves me still, after 50 years,it is’nt the money, it isnt’ the looks, scarey!!!
ta-ta, byeeeeeeeeeeeee stan 
stan-the-man:
Suedehead:
Is it true that there used to be a type of “time clock” fitted by some firms years ago , like some sort of mechanical “pre tacho”?.
Sure i read about them somewhere and that drivers would jack an axle off the ground and put the lorry in gear to make it look like it was moving whilst it was parked in a tpt cafe or wherever?SO TRUE SUEDEHEAD ABOUT THAT CLOCK, RAN FOR A WEEK,
a bloody good clout across back of cab, lightly cushioned of course,
if it did’nt disintegrate it , it sure made a big jump on the card, boiling water or hot tea over it was another way, after a week the card was all chewed up,
used to tell him, cabs got a bloody big spider in it ,and it must be hungry, you better believe it , ta-ta and 10-4 and all that crap, whats your 10-20 good bud
stan-the-man, 72 yr old nutter, byeeeeeeee
Stan the man you nutter, whats a 10- 20? 
Not trying to extract the urine!!
Suedehead:
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Stan the man you nutter, whats a 10- 20?
Not trying to extract the urine!!
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Spardo:
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Stan the man you nutter, whats a 10- 20?
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HI/ SPARDO/,when we started off with that yankee crap lingo late 70s,it sounded sooooo, hip, but then it was a way of life,
old a.m sets had a range around thirty miles average, a good one a lot farther,
midland 201 was best one i had for distance(no doubt someone would have had a better one, they always do,) anyway as list as many as i can remember,
10-20 ==== where you are ----place
10-4 ===== understood ok affirmative,
10-13 r.t.a fender bender pile-up
smokey’s, bandit’s =====coppers
someone will add to those/ but with these new f.m sets by the time you get to know about a block-up it’s too late ta-ta for now stan, be carefull
My first one Stan was a President Veep, a great little set. Bought it in Concorezzo, Milan and immediately hooked it up to a magmount antenna I already had. No SWR meter though so could only get out a hundred yards or so, although it would receive better than that.
I’d had that antenna a long time, just wating for my first CB. Bought it at a shop called Truckers Paradise, or something like that in south London.
That first trip I ran back in company with a Lancashire driver who used to be a trawler skipper and was driving for the Irish firm Transcontinental. We ran all the way back to the coast together but I had to stick like glue if I wanted to talk to him.
Oh yes the old service recorders bolted to the inside of the back of the cab.
We had the pleasure of these things in the 60’s on Jameson Transport.
We also found a cure for it !! Go into a scrapyard who operated a magnet
crane. Give the crane driver a drink to put the magnet on the back of the cab for a few minutes at full power. RESULT !!!
TIR Original:
Oh yes the old service recorders bolted to the inside of the back of the cab.
We had the pleasure of these things in the 60’s on Jameson Transport.
We also found a cure for it !! Go into a scrapyard who operated a magnet
crane. Give the crane driver a drink to put the magnet on the back of the cab for a few minutes at full power. RESULT !!!
I always knew that you were a crafty so and so.I used to pour hot tea in mine. worked ok up to a point
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lol: hi/, fellow breaker, had small mag mount myself on a daf tin cab/ shallow base about an inch high, with a short thin stick, you had to be within 3or 4 yards of the cab to see it, we ran to paddy land twice a week, the cops around dumfries were devious buggers, they had sets of their own and broke in to talk to you ,find out where you were,then they pulled you in and if you did’nt let them confiscate your set, the option was a visit to court for illegal transmission, did’nt happen to me but quite a few of "dukes"men had theirs swiped, used to go over to the emerald isle without one in, buy one there then use it coming home and flog it over the airwaves, cash only at meeting point ,you had to be careful and make buyer describe themselves, had a lot of top auto drivers buying them, jags and mercs, pin stripe suits even, i was surprised when my own local magistrate showed up for one,but he put his finger to nose and said this is between me and you only, i pocketed the shekels, got aboard my camel and fled stan
charlie one:
dafdave:
You could slide a credit card in and lift the needle off the card.I never had a credit card in the 50s and 60s.However a cracking idea.
A DRIVER WHO WORKED FOR SMILES FOR MILES GOT HOLD OF SOME DRY ICE PUT IT ON THE RECOREDER WRAPPED STRIPS OF CLOTH AROUND IT STOPPED THE CLOCK FOR QUITE A WHILE NEVER GOT FOUND OUT NO TRACE OF BEING TAMPERED WITH WELL DONE GEORDIE SKINNER RJR 347 HAD BOB SMILES DEMMENTED CHEERS LARRY
because they were movement sensitive another ploy was to slacken one injector pipe so that it caused the cab to rock,therebye replicating the driving movement,and you were still sat in the cafe having your breakfast…simple peeps!!
Take it easy,
David
Had to laugh when I saw what someone had written in the dirt on the rear of a trailer. = Mummy has daddy left home? No dear he works for A One Transport.
maxhagar:
Had to laugh when I saw what someone had written in the dirt on the rear of a trailer. = Mummy has daddy left home? No dear he works for A One Transport.
Aye,or “Mummy,Mummy,is Daddy dead?”
“No love,he’s waiting to load at Stanlow”. 
Chris Webb:
maxhagar:
Had to laugh when I saw what someone had written in the dirt on the rear of a trailer. = Mummy has daddy left home? No dear he works for A One Transport.:
Aye,or “Mummy,Mummy,is Daddy dead?”
“No love,he’s waiting to load at Stanlow”.
The one I liked was " Mummy,is Daddy dead? No but he soon will be.Hes working for Tower Hill Transport"
Regards Charlie
charlie one:
Chris Webb:
maxhagar:
Had to laugh when I saw what someone had written in the dirt on the rear of a trailer. = Mummy has daddy left home? No dear he works for A One Transport.:
Aye,or “Mummy,Mummy,is Daddy dead?”
“No love,he’s waiting to load at Stanlow”.The one I liked was " Mummy,is Daddy dead? No but he soon will be.Hes working for Tower Hill Transport"
Regards Charlie
Tower Hill Transport are a blast from the past Charlie,from Boston. They’ve been mentioned on here several times and I remember them well - not enough hours in t’day for them lads.
Chris Webb:
charlie one:
Chris Webb:
maxhagar:
Had to laugh when I saw what someone had written in the dirt on the rear of a trailer. = Mummy has daddy left home? No dear he works for A One Transport.:
Aye,or “Mummy,Mummy,is Daddy dead?”
“No love,he’s waiting to load at Stanlow”.The one I liked was " Mummy,is Daddy dead? No but he soon will be.Hes working for Tower Hill Transport"
Regards Charlie
Tower Hill Transport are a blast from the past Charlie,from Boston. They’ve been mentioned on here several times and I remember them well - not enough hours in t’day for them lads.
Best one I ever saw in the 60’s was chalked on the back of a cockney motor—“Barbra Castle has one Harold Wilson is one”
charlie one:
Chris Webb:
maxhagar:
Had to laugh when I saw what someone had written in the dirt on the rear of a trailer. = Mummy has daddy left home? No dear he works for A One Transport.:
Aye,or “Mummy,Mummy,is Daddy dead?”
“No love,he’s waiting to load at Stanlow”.The one I liked was " Mummy,is Daddy dead? No but he soon will be.Hes working for Tower Hill Transport"
Regards Charlie
I remember when Tower Hill ran S type Bedfords petrol engines they also had Scammell coupling trailers converted to tandem axles a pal of mine Laurence Bamford drove for them & he told me they had vouchers to get fuel funny set up I reckon . he got sick of tramping the country side & packed in Regards Larry D.
another name from Moores …airchie gibson drove for them in late 60s ish ,must have been in late 20s then .
used tae tell some stories about them.
■■? were the gearboxes strange ,remember him saying you started in 1st and had to follow the patern up through the gates?
jimmy old enough to remember them ayrshire firms when sitting on a Reiver engine hump wae ma wee brother on it too,ma in passenger an faither driving …
ps…how yae keeping Eddie (erf guy).