harry_gill:
hiya,
Cold Dave??, a small price to pay for peace and quiet wear two pullovers there’s a good chap an old rufty tufty lorry driver shouldn’t feel the cold.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry ,you forgot the old tartan bonnet cover,Regards Larry
hiya,
Larry there’s nowt wrong with a “clippie mat” to wrap round your legs failing that a tattie sack does the job eh’ the olden day heaters were the best
thanks harry long retired.
What did you put across the grille Harry,cardboard or sack to blank it off and get some warmth through the cab ?
Cheers Dave.
warm and comfy be buggered chris . tippers ( foden ) flats ( foden ) tankers ( foden ) brick crane ( foden ) , have i got you in tears yet ? every time i got a decent motor , they took it off me and gave me a foden . they seemed to think that i liked them , cheers , dave
rigsby:
warm and comfy be buggered chris . tippers ( foden ) flats ( foden ) tankers ( foden ) brick crane ( foden ) , have i got you in tears yet ? every time i got a decent motor , they took it off me and gave me a foden . they seemed to think that i liked them , cheers , dave
At least you didn’t have Bedford’s Dave,everytime I got something else I ended up on a Bedford the last a KM.I thought you had been on tankers.I got that bit right .
Cheers Dave.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Cold Dave??, a small price to pay for peace and quiet wear two pullovers there’s a good chap an old rufty tufty lorry driver shouldn’t feel the cold.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry ,you forgot the old tartan bonnet cover,Regards Larry
hiya,
Larry there’s nowt wrong with a “clippie mat” to wrap round your legs failing that a tattie sack does the job eh’ the olden day heaters were the best
thanks harry long retired.
What did you put across the grille Harry,cardboard or sack to blank it off and get some warmth through the cab ?
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave an animal feed bag stiffened up with a bit of shredded wheat box did the job very well, there you go mate another trick of the trade revealed you’ll be turning up for one of my roping and sheeting refresher courses next.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Cold Dave??, a small price to pay for peace and quiet wear two pullovers there’s a good chap an old rufty tufty lorry driver shouldn’t feel the cold.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry ,you forgot the old tartan bonnet cover,Regards Larry
hiya,
Larry there’s nowt wrong with a “clippie mat” to wrap round your legs failing that a tattie sack does the job eh’ the olden day heaters were the best
thanks harry long retired.
What did you put across the grille Harry,cardboard or sack to blank it off and get some warmth through the cab ?
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave an animal feed bag stiffened up with a bit of shredded wheat box did the job very well, there you go mate another trick of the trade revealed you’ll be turning up for one of my roping and sheeting refresher courses next.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
Did drive one without a heater,also without winkers,also remember some of the lorries my Dad drove the didn’t have any heater,so remember the blanking off the grille quite well.Only problem was keeping the windows clear before the vents were put in the lorries.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Had an old long nosed Bedford tractor for a spell back in the late 50s petrol job no heater spent a Sunday fitting a Smiths heater out of an old Morris 8 having fabricated a couple of tee pieces to fit the top and bottom hoses and scroungeing a couple of yards of heater hose and a handful of jubilee clips off the fitters and it worked a treat yeh you guessed it got put back on another bigger motor Gardner engined job yes back to square one another bleedin freeze box never got another sniff of my little Bedford ever again but the driver who got it said it was lovely and warm, cheeky sod.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Had an old long nosed Bedford tractor for a spell back in the late 50s petrol job no heater spent a Sunday fitting a Smiths heater out of an old Morris 8 having fabricated a couple of tee pieces to fit the top and bottom hoses and scroungeing a couple of yards of heater hose and a handful of jubilee clips off the fitters and it worked a treat yeh you guessed it got put back on another bigger motor Gardner engined job yes back to square one another bleedin freeze box never got another sniff of my little Bedford ever again but the driver who got it said it was lovely and warm, cheeky sod.
thanks harry long retired.
Sods law Harry,its no wonder the old boys still drove in army greatcoats in the 1950’s and wore gloves,there wasn’t much warmth in some of those old lorries also plenty of draughts from all over the cab.The young drivers wouldn’t know what its like to drive one back to base with a windscreen out either in mid winter,no autoglass to come out to you then .
Cheers Dave.
Talking of heaters the MK5 AEC I drove had the heater on the passenger side, by the time it got to me It was just blowing cold air, so I took it out, rerouted the hoses & fitted in front of the steering colum, it worked a treat, the other drivers did the same, but the best one I had was in the old Foden I bought, the S 36 Tractor unit It had a Kaizor shutter on, It was great it kept me warm no problem. Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Talking of heaters the MK5 AEC I drove had the heater on the passenger side, by the time it got to me It was just blowing cold air, so I took it out, rerouted the hoses & fitted in front of the steering colum, it worked a treat, the other drivers did the same, but the best one I had was in the old Foden I bought, the S 36 Tractor unit It had a Kaizor shutter on, It was great it kept me warm no problem. Regards Larry.
I had a MK5 the same Lawrence,the fitters moved mine and it was like heaven wi t’door shut after that.
I remember I was driving an AEC MK3 back home over Woodhead and it started snowing.The wiper - only one on the motor - couldn’t cope with the stuff,so I opened the front screen outwards and squinted through the gap.I got it back to the yard,frozzen stiff,but at least I didn’t hit owt.I thought about sliding the door back and peering round but was a bit mithered about falling out.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Talking of heaters the MK5 AEC I drove had the heater on the passenger side, by the time it got to me It was just blowing cold air, so I took it out, rerouted the hoses & fitted in front of the steering colum, it worked a treat, the other drivers did the same, but the best one I had was in the old Foden I bought, the S 36 Tractor unit It had a Kaizor shutter on, It was great it kept me warm no problem. Regards Larry.
I had a MK5 the same Lawrence,the fitters moved mine and it was like heaven wi t’door shut after that.
I remember I was driving an AEC MK3 back home over Woodhead and it started snowing.The wiper - only one on the motor - couldn’t cope with the stuff,so I opened the front screen outwards and squinted through the gap.I got it back to the yard,frozzen stiff,but at least I didn’t hit owt.I thought about sliding the door back and peering round but was a bit mithered about falling out.
I remember the wagons with the windscreen opening Chris.My old man used to say to me " don’t open that bloody thing,it will let the wet in when it rains ". Things have moved on a bit since then .
Cheers Dave.
i can remember in the 60s driving the old fg foden in winter , long bus drivers coat , wooly balaclava , elbow length gauntlets and oversize wellies stuffed with newspaper . we used to carry plenty of newspapers to set fire to and hold in front of the windscreen to get the frost off the inside . cheers , dave
rigsby:
i can remember in the 60s driving the old fg foden in winter , long bus drivers coat , wooly balaclava , elbow length gauntlets and oversize wellies stuffed with newspaper . we used to carry plenty of newspapers to set fire to and hold in front of the windscreen to get the frost off the inside . cheers , dave
And you had to supply the lot yourself Dave,nothing off the firm’s in those days.
Cheers Dave.
you’re right there dave , gaffers gave nowt away then , still wouldn’t if elf n safety didn’t force them . we always helped brs lads to get their sheets off so we could cadge a decent bit of rope off them . we had it hard , not spoiled like the red and rust mob or certain sheffield drivers , cheers , dave
rigsby:
you’re right there dave , gaffers gave nowt away then , still wouldn’t if elf n safety didn’t force them . we always helped brs lads to get their sheets off so we could cadge a decent bit of rope off them . we had it hard , not spoiled like the red and rust mob or certain sheffield drivers , cheers , dave
I used to “borrow” timbers and ropes off BRS trailers at SPT,they had more than enough the red and rust men.Eyup Dave I weren’t spoilt,not many dee-dahs were in them days.
rigsby:
you’re right there dave , gaffers gave nowt away then , still wouldn’t if elf n safety didn’t force them . we always helped brs lads to get their sheets off so we could cadge a decent bit of rope off them . we had it hard , not spoiled like the red and rust mob or certain sheffield drivers , cheers , dave
I used to “borrow” timbers and ropes off BRS trailers at SPT,they had more than enough the red and rust men.Eyup Dave I weren’t spoilt,not many dee-dahs were in them days.
I did manage to get a jack and a wheel brace,we didn’t carry a spare at the last firm I drove for,but after a couple of flats about sixty miles from base I asked for a spare wheel plus the jack & brace.Changing wheels never bothered me,young and daft and strong in the arm,weak in the head .False economy not carrying a spare for the sake of two cwt extra payload.
Cheers Dave.
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