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pyewacket947v:
800 pages… Well done Oily.
Thanks pyewacket947v 
joint effort from members like yourself and others.
Cheers
Oily
stargazer148:
Hi Oily well done on 800 pages
Thanks stargazer148 all down to yourself and fellow members.
Cheers
Oily
Ray Smyth:
What a great thread this is, 800 pages, best wishes Oily, Ray Smyth.
Thanks Ray it’s the support of fellow members like yourself that’s got us there.
Cheers
Oily
DEANB:
Congratulations Oily & Buzzer on 800 pages.Heres a bit on the Scottish show from 1969.
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Thanks Dean combined efforts of participating members gets us there I just do a wee bit o steering now and again 
Cheers
Oily
ERF-NGC-European:
8) 800 pages Oily. Good work!
Thanks Robert , a well oiled thread thanks to the maintenance of members.
Cheers
Oily
Not forgetting Buzzer who has played a blinder in getting us to 800 and I am sure I speak/write for all with a deserved special thanks for his input
Oily
Thanks to Lawrence Dunbar, Frankydobo, Punchy Dan, pyewacket947v, DEANB, Buzzer, Ray Smyth and coomsey for the pics .
Oily
Heston Services 2017, credit to SCP for the photo.
Keep up the great work Oily it`s appreciated
coomsey:
pyewacket947v:
coomsey:
Here you are Dennis 150G in her, would have been a goer in her day ! What box would she have had ? Gross 20T ?2Both ‘B’ and ‘D’ reg Invincibles i drove had the long door…
Bet you were glad about that P, Did you rate them? What engines n boxes ? Cracking pictures mind ! Cheers coomsey
Sadly Coomsey, i did not rate them. They both had Gardner 6LXs, David Brown 6 speed constant mesh boxes.
On paper they would have climbed a tree, but unfortunately both where single drive with a dead trailing axle.
For Peak District haulage they where in my opinion a dead loss. They struggled to climb up into Ashwood Dale
Quarry in the damp, let alone snow or ice. On more than one occasion i ran up to Buxton with several bucket
loads of snow over the rear axles in a effort to get some grip.
Neither was fitted with shock absorbers so the ride unladen was grim, loaded was ok.
The brakes where wishful thinking, heavy braking empty caused the axles to jump like startled rabbits, loaded,?
well i did a lot of praying …
The brakes on the one in the colour pic EVP, went on strike, Easter Sat, 1969, descending the hill into Ashbourne.
I used the solid wall by the church to stop her. The engines gave no trouble, as you would expect from Gardners.
Both gear boxes began to jump out of 3rd, oh, and the lovely curved windscreens would shatter for the fun of it.
They looked good though, squat, tough and brutal, oh, and the 4 headlight system was great.
Never judge a book by its cover eh. Keep safe.
pyewacket947v:
coomsey:
pyewacket947v:
coomsey:
Here you are Dennis 150G in her, would have been a goer in her day ! What box would she have had ? Gross 20T ?2Both ‘B’ and ‘D’ reg Invincibles i drove had the long door…
Bet you were glad about that P, Did you rate them? What engines n boxes ? Cracking pictures mind ! Cheers coomsey
Sadly Coomsey, i did not rate them. They both had Gardner 6LXs, David Brown 6 speed constant mesh boxes.
On paper they would have climbed a tree, but unfortunately both where single drive with a dead trailing axle.
For Peak District haulage they where in my opinion a dead loss. They struggled to climb up into Ashwood Dale
Quarry in the damp, let alone snow or ice. On more than one occasion i ran up to Buxton with several bucket
loads of snow over the rear axles in a effort to get some grip.
Neither was fitted with shock absorbers so the ride unladen was grim, loaded was ok.
The brakes where wishful thinking, heavy braking empty caused the axles to jump like startled rabbits, loaded,?
well i did a lot of praying …
The brakes on the one in the colour pic EVP, went on strike, Easter Sat, 1969, descending the hill into Ashbourne.
I used the solid wall by the church to stop her. The engines gave no trouble, as you would expect from Gardners.
Both gear boxes began to jump out of 3rd, oh, and the lovely curved windscreens would shatter for the fun of it.
They looked good though, squat, tough and brutal, oh, and the 4 headlight system was great.
Never judge a book by its cover eh. Keep safe.
Bit of an eye opener there P. thanks for that. My first lorry was a 8whlr S21 with 150g 679 BAY , now I rated her ,if only she’d have kept me warm ! She was still earning her corn in 85 not many Guys would have managed that I bet ?
Great photo of the Darlows Volvo Buzzer, they were quite a nice colour with red paint and gold sign writing, I think they moved from Sandy up to Peterborough but couldn’t swear that, their original yard was on the side of the A1 just south of the Sandy roundabout. I’ll pop the photo on the Bedfordshire thread.
Congratulations on reaching 800 pages Oily an enjoyable thread.
Cheers, Leyland 600
27 April 1986
Droitwich Spa
Worcs
Eng.
Once a familiar sight scurrying about our towns and cities.
A unidentified ex parcels carrier, a BMC ‘Noddy’ van,
Ugly, but i guess they did what it said on the tin,.!
