rward:
hi carl did you ever do any buisnes with f c brooks and sons of caerphilly removals regards rowland
Hi Rowand
Not as far as I can remember, but there was a removal company, that ran Bedford Marsdens from Caerphilly or near in S Wales that we gave many return loads to in the late sixties, early seventies. Mostly to Leicester ad Birmingham area on their way home as backloads. I cannot remember their name and I thought about them several times over the last couple of years to put about them on the W’H’Williams Spennymoor thread. They ra a very tidy small fleet of vans, and I can remember we did work on one of theirs in our workshops when it had deveoped trouble up here in the North East
Carl
AEC thanks to Len Rogers, with M J Parry and Sons Mercury being dual purpose.
oily
An action shot for you, a bit of extra wheel lift, the guy looks like he is hurrying along, he wasn’t really. 
oily
Kenworths from Trev Jones in NZ.
oily
Washington Services back in Sept.
oily
Couple of oldies from the 40s/50s era.
oily
A Dec. 1967 Scania Vabis LB76.
oily
Fodens, Chepstow area.
oily
Other end of the country today.
oily
Bewick:
oiltreader:
Rare’ish, a 6 wheel Thames can’t have been too many of them around.
oily
I wonder what sort of “payload” it would have carried !! I suppose it would have been “gutless” to say the least with only having a 4D engine !! Cheers Bewick.
We had a 4x2 one of those as a cattle truch with the 4D, didn’t they do a 6D as well or was the 6D in the later forward control Thames Trader?
BB
1970commer:
Just a few pictures, alot more can be seen on my website wakefieldsoflongford.co.uk
A lovely picture of the Brewers Grains being loaded by hand there. I well remember helping the drivers unload it when they delivered grains to our farm when I was a boy. I recall feeling glad to get down to the floor of the lorry so you didn’t have to stand in the red hot grains.
BB
Retired Brits in Malta.
oily
Carl Williams:
oiltreader:
flishflunk:
Another Thames 6 wheeler
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Ray
Hi Ray, same motor in a different and latest guise, flickr.com/photos/atkidave/6 … 7361709409
oily
Hi
Like several removal contractors, here in the North East, our first diesel was a Ford 4d 5 tonner with a larg (ish) luton van body on it TPT918, newly registered by us in 1956, and although still young, at the time spent many hours sat on the battery box in between the drivers seat and the single (Occupied) passenger seat.
I know the problems we had with our 4D. great economic running (26 miles to the gallon) but unfortunatly too unrelable to achieve that many miles, and like I have read on here and told a very simple engine, and easy to work on (fortunatly) as it was continually breaking down. Over the years, speaking to our competitors who also tried one at similar times, our experiences were not the exception.
So when I hear quotes about payload, I think 'that wasn’t the problem, you needed to get use multiplied by payload to make a profit, and Ford’s first diesel engine was not the answer
Carl
Aye, there I was, only a young lad, a 4D, Cooper Bridge Huddersfield early one morning and the ■■■■ thing “ventilated” the block. A con rod tried to escape, came through both sides. Oil and water OK, no knocking, just BOOM. 
grumpy old man:
Carl Williams:
oiltreader:
flishflunk:
Another Thames 6 wheeler
0
Ray
Hi Ray, same motor in a different and latest guise, flickr.com/photos/atkidave/6 … 7361709409
oily
Hi
Like several removal contractors, here in the North East, our first diesel was a Ford 4d 5 tonner with a larg (ish) luton van body on it TPT918, newly registered by us in 1956, and although still young, at the time spent many hours sat on the battery box in between the drivers seat and the single (Occupied) passenger seat.
I know the problems we had with our 4D. great economic running (26 miles to the gallon) but unfortunatly too unrelable to achieve that many miles, and like I have read on here and told a very simple engine, and easy to work on (fortunatly) as it was continually breaking down. Over the years, speaking to our competitors who also tried one at similar times, our experiences were not the exception.
So when I hear quotes about payload, I think 'that wasn’t the problem, you needed to get use multiplied by payload to make a profit, and Ford’s first diesel engine was not the answer
Carl
Aye, there I was, only a young lad, a 4D, Cooper Bridge Huddersfield early one morning and the ■■■■ thing “ventilated” the block. A con rod tried to escape, came through both sides. Oil and water OK, no knocking, just BOOM.
Hi,
Usual problems were head gaskets, so I was told,. One just lasting 100 miles, with about 2,000 being the average. However we had the problem of the conrod through the side. Apparently it had snapped. Apparently in our history we had never known conrods wear. On the Ford 4d they had worn so thin that one had snaped and at that time the engine had only done 30,000 miles.
Carl
Another couple of Traders for you.
oily
