That seems to be an excuse I never thought of, elfin safety. 2 marriages and never worn a ring, anywhere, in my life. 
Buzzer, Carrs Flour Mills 2 pedal Leyland Beaver, I worked alongside it frequently one of its drivers worked for me in later years.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Star down under.:
Thatâs a decent diversion, Dig; and some of the fellows on here complain about having to leave the motorway.
For the blokes from whom I am light heartedly extracting the urine, thatâs about the same distance as driving from Landâs End to John OâGroats. I hope the remuneration was adjusted accordingly, Dig.
Yer Mate I was asked by the company to verify the distance it turned out to be 1004 kms farther via the Nullarbor and Stewart Hwy, I was lucky too their was a swag load of oil field freight in Darwin for the Dampier off shore facility so I pigged out on that and made my way back down the coast and only got held up for a couple of days just north of Fitzroy Xring until the flood subsided enough and a couple of detours constructed by Main roads.
Dig
Thanks Buzzer definitely a beast at its time similar in size to the Rotinoff not as big a cab but a good bodybuilder could have matched that obviously Leylands resting on their export morals.
I recon 90 head of meatworks bullocks .
Dig
A lad who I was working with in the eighties was loading somewhere in Holland and they told him that the load would not be ready until the following morning. He asked them if he could park in their yard for the night and if he could sleep in his truck and they said no problem. They even recommended a good restaurant just down the road that he should go to.
Ken arrived back at the yard just before midnight only to find that the gates were closed and all the workers had gone home.
He decided to climb over the gates and as he dropped down on the other side, he caught his wedding ring on a piece of wire. His wedding ring and his finger were both ripped off his hand.
It was a reason why I have never wore a ring so I wonder how many other stories like this are out there.
It was great to see Buzzers photo of the Woolworths mobile shop which came around our area in the 1950âs. Our mobile shop was not as posh as that, it was a converted van with a counter at the back and come to think of it, it was owned by The Coop.
B.T.W.
Woolworthâs are still going in Australia and New Zealand but they donât have their own drivers now, their transport is all on contract work.
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kevmac47:
grumpy old man:
That Henry Long tipping wool bales into a warehouse, those crane hoists were bloody lethal. I remember long ago a driver called Keith Brown (Harrisons of Dewsbury) tipping a load of baled rags into a Dewsbury warehouse, he was shunting a London trunk motor, the empty hoist came down, Keith clamped it onto a baleâŚâOK, take it upâ, but one of the hooks caught in his wedding ring, up went the bale AND Keith, complete with finger, the finger didnât last long (he was a big fella), up to Dewsbury Hospital he went and that was the last he saw of his wedding ring finger.Lucky it was just the finger not the tackle.
Before the days of enclosed top decks on livestock boxes a lad I knew had been on the roof dropping the sides.
While climbing back down he slipped and his wedding ring snagged on a hinge of one of the ventilation vents, the wound was so deep what was left of his finger had to be amputated.
Tyneside
Last of the Playerâs bonded warehouses finally being demolished
It was left standing for a few years as Players had to honour a contract with a telecommunications company who had some masts situated on the roof
The land was bought by the University of Nottingham for more teaching and science buildings to be built
Itâs iconic now that from Derby Road all land and buildings along Triumph Road to Wollaton Road/Ilkeston Road is now all owned by the University apart from the CooP funeral directors
Similar from where the massive Raleigh Cycle Factory was which again ran from Derby Road along Faraday Road to Wollaton Road is also owned by the university sadly 2 more famous Nottingham landmarks gone and also 2 former large employers gone
Some good old photos there Buzzer. I remember the HB&H wagon and drag well as I used to see it knocking about frequently in the 60s , normally loaded with Calor Gas bottles. The HB&H stood for Hutchinson Barton and Hutchinson I believe and they were based in Earlestown.
Re: the North West Freighters motors , although Iâve never met the lad personally , I believe Tommy Jensen is the chap that posts on here occasionally using the synonym âVikingâ , although I havenât seen him on here for a while.
CRF 808 T , the NWF motor in the top photo was I understand his regular motor for quite some time . He had it labelled up Mersey Clipper and has a model of it at his home. The unit ended up at Pennington Haulage.
gazsa401:
Last of the Playerâs bonded warehouses finally being demolished
It was left standing for a few years as Players had to honour a contract with a telecommunications company who had some masts situated on the roof
The land was bought by the University of Nottingham for more teaching and science buildings to be built
Itâs iconic now that from Derby Road all land and buildings along Triumph Road to Wollaton Road/Ilkeston Road is now all owned by the University apart from the CooP funeral directors
Similar from where the massive Raleigh Cycle Factory was which again ran from Derby Road along Faraday Road to Wollaton Road is also owned by the university sadly 2 more famous Nottingham landmarks gone and also 2 former large employers gone
Some interesting, if sad, history there Gary. My own recollections of Nottingham are similarly slipping from memory. 
Still, thereâs always Boots, if not as Jesse would have remembered itâŚIsnât there? 
I remember with great fondness a large, clean city. Having moved in 1950 from Manchester, where you darenât brush against the gatepost for fear of spoiling your clothing, the lack of pollution was remarkable.
DIG:
kmills:
DIG:
Buzzer:
Buzzer SunIt certainly looks like an Oz unit Buzzer I tried to blow it up to get a better view of the front number plate which would have the state the vehicle is licensed in.The road Train signs and bull bar are pretty much the norm.
What is strange is what appears to be an "Oversize"flag tied on the bull bar as the permits for an oversize road train are issued for indivisible loads only.
Perhaps Mushroom man or Star down under may know the truck or company I havenât seen or heard of them here in WA but that docent mean much theseDig
I can sort of answer the Oversize sign there Dig, here in South Oz you can apply for a permit to run âoversizeâ with a âdivisibleâ load - the most common cases are farmers & hauliers carting bales of hay & straw- which generally hang or even just bulge an inch or two over the edge of the trailer.
The overall width limit of 2.5m is rigorously enforced- as are most rules here, so anything past the edge of the trailer is Oversize. If itâs indivisible, standard oversize terms & conditions apply as per the gazzette, if itâs divisible you can apply for the permit- but generally they are granted to rural & agricultural freight.
As for Smithâs, we use them at work occasionally if we have something small destined for Tumby / Port Lincoln that doesnât need one of our crane trucks- Iâve been in their Adelaide yard a few times. Theyâre a typical country hauler, running between their local area and the nearest big city, thereâs plenty like them around the country.Cheers all
Keith
Thanks for that Keith,looling at the pic it appears the flanges are over the combings a tad.
The rules and regs state to state are a joke at times,
I Recall loading for Darwin out of Perth with Sub sea equipment which was engage but overheight a permit was issued so I could run in 2 trailer road train configuration but my rout was via Nullabor Port Agusta and then up the Stewart as a cyclone had closed the coastal hwy in the west my load was then legal in WA and the NT but not in South Oz.
I managed to avoid any open weigh bridges etc but it certainly put some strain on the log book.
Actually, I should have spotted them earlier- but if you look closely at the front & back of the load, you can see his âOversizeâ flags - although theyâre looking rather well usedâŚ
Now, oversize flags- another anomilie between states. When I was doing interstate oversize trips, the flags had to loose & flapping in the breeze here in South Oz- but in Queensland they had to be tied tight & not flappingâŚsolid fixed signs were preferred in Qld.
And another oddity - in every state except NSW your orange beacon / flashing light on the front & back was sufficient- I got pinged in NSW as my lights âwerenât visible through 360 degreesâ - I kid you not. Apparently that rule was clearly written on 1 of the 85 pages in the NSW gazette- I canât recall which page it wasâŚSeriously, each Stateâs gazette was a handful of pages- then NSW made you carry their full 85 page 'encyclopedia â gazetteâŚCheers all,
Keith
Dig
kmills:
Actually, I should have spotted them earlier- but if you look closely at the front & back of the load, you can see his âOversizeâ flags - although theyâre looking rather well usedâŚ
Now, oversize flags- another anomilie between states. When I was doing interstate oversize trips, the flags had to loose & flapping in the breeze here in South Oz- but in Queensland they had to be tied tight & not flappingâŚsolid fixed signs were preferred in Qld.
And another oddity - in every state except NSW your orange beacon / flashing light on the front & back was sufficient- I got pinged in NSW as my lights âwerenât visible through 360 degreesâ - I kid you not. Apparently that rule was clearly written on 1 of the 85 pages in the NSW gazette- I canât recall which page it wasâŚSeriously, each Stateâs gazette was a handful of pages- then NSW made you carry their full 85 page 'encyclopedia â gazetteâŚ
Ha ha, I reckon my days on Econofreight in the 70s would not have fitted in well there. High, wide, long and heavy. It made no difference, not even a whirligig, all we had to warn the populace were 2 ordinary flashing turn lights on the roof.
Some photos I took this afternoon at a local fair in Arnold Nottingham where I live 2 of the 8 wheeler Fodens are Gardner powered (my personal favourite) music to my ears
The other 8 wheeler Foden with spot lights is Rolls Royce powered
mushroomman:
A lad who I was working with in the eighties was loading somewhere in Holland and they told him that the load would not be ready until the following morning. He asked them if he could park in their yard for the night and if he could sleep in his truck and they said no problem. They even recommended a good restaurant just down the road that he should go to.Ken arrived back at the yard just before midnight only to find that the gates were closed and all the workers had gone home.
He decided to climb over the gates and as he dropped down on the other side, he caught his wedding ring on a piece of wire. His wedding ring and his finger were both ripped off his hand.It was a reason why I have never wore a ring so I wonder how many other stories like this are out there.
It was great to see Buzzers photo of the Woolworths mobile shop which came around our area in the 1950âs. Our mobile shop was not as posh as that, it was a converted van with a counter at the back and come to think of it, it was owned by The Coop.
B.T.W.
Woolworthâs are still going in Australia and New Zealand but they donât have their own drivers now, their transport is all on contract work.
Jim Pearson does interstate for Woolies and Brisbane DC to SEQ store deliveries. The store fleet is Mercedes Benz, Iâve heard they were the only manufacturer who could supply the volume required, previously Pearsons always operated Freightliners, also owned by M-B.
Woolworths in Australia (and itâs NZ subsidiary) is in no way related to Woolworths in the UK, which is/was a wholly owned subsidiary of Woolworths USA.
Spardo:
gazsa401:
Last of the Playerâs bonded warehouses finally being demolished
It was left standing for a few years as Players had to honour a contract with a telecommunications company who had some masts situated on the roof
The land was bought by the University of Nottingham for more teaching and science buildings to be built
Itâs iconic now that from Derby Road all land and buildings along Triumph Road to Wollaton Road/Ilkeston Road is now all owned by the University apart from the CooP funeral directors
Similar from where the massive Raleigh Cycle Factory was which again ran from Derby Road along Faraday Road to Wollaton Road is also owned by the university sadly 2 more famous Nottingham landmarks gone and also 2 former large employers goneSome interesting, if sad, history there Gary. My own recollections of Nottingham are similarly slipping from memory.
Still, thereâs always Boots, if not as Jesse would have remembered itâŚIsnât there?
I remember with great fondness a large, clean city. Having moved in 1950 from Manchester, where you darenât brush against the gatepost for fear of spoiling your clothing, the lack of pollution was remarkable.
Hey up Spardo Boots is just about still there itâs a quarter of the size it used to be
Itâs American owned now I think a lot of the manufacturing is done in Bulgaria nowadays
I donât thing itâll be long before Boots moves out of Nottingham
Cheers Gary
Nmp off Facebook can you recall this transport firm from Nottingham Spardo?
gazsa401:
Nmp off Facebook can you recall this transport firm from Nottingham Spardo?
I canât, though the name seems somehow familiar. Strange though as I was an active RHA member and thought I knew all the smaller hauliers back in the day, but canât place them. Do you have any history on them? When they were operating for instance?
What kind (year?) of a number plate is that? JV10 is it?
Spardo wrote;
What kind (year?) of a number plate is that? JV10 is it?
Itâs just the starting handle is hiding the second letter which is likely JTV a Notts reg area number. June 1947 to May 1948 so would be about right for this Aki. Iâm sure Iâve seen other photoâs of Treadwellâs motors, the name certainly rings a bell, Iâll ask my Brother he did live in Underwood. Franky.
J?V 101.