haddy:
adr:
No doubt some of our senior members will recognise this!Last year there was one for sale at an antiques and collectors fair at Norwich,and although I’ve never used one I wish I had bought it now to go with my collection of old bits and pieces. I think the bloke wanted about £35.00 for it. Cheers Haddy.
Yes, £35 not bad really, I’d have made him a offer I think, can’t be many about now! Regards Chris
Dave the Renegade:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Dave the Renegade:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Dave. All our Bedfords at that time were bodied in our own workshop except for the A-model tipper that my old chap drove which had a “factory” dropside body. Later TKs came with mostly Thornes bodywork with their own detachable livestock containers but I remember some flatbed TK Bedfords had Greenhous bodies.Did you work for Vincent Greenhouse Casey ? Passey Nott had a load of new Bedfords of them.
Cheers Dave.No, Dave, that was during my time at Gouldings, Newent. They always had a multi-skilled garage staff consisting of two fitters. These would be supplemented by the new drivers who spent some time helping in the workshop before they were allowed on the road. Since my old chap spent most of his working life there, I could usually be found hanging around the place after school and during weekends & holidays helping drivers or fitters or maybe cleaning up around the yard. I suppose it was inevitable that I should drift into haulage despite my parents’ insistence that I should “learn a proper trade” by going into the workshop at the Bristol Omnibus Company’s Gloucester depot.
Passey Notts must have come from Luton,unless someone in Hereford fitted the body.They didn’t have a fitter in those days and the bodies on their Bedfords looked identical to the one in the pic.
Cheers Dave.
Yes, Dave, they were Bedford’s own body, although I don’t know if they were actually made in their own factory or if they had a bodybuilder make them before fitting them to their chassis.
And I should apologise to oily for highjacking his thread with my ramblings 
Fridged Freight AEC Mk 3’s all had those recorders in, but they didn’t have a clock in the front, just a blank plate. They also had mileage meters on the driver’s side front hub. I don’t think anybody paid any attention to them until David “tiddy” Garnham bought 3 of the old wagons off “sticks” (Johnny Wyatt) and they’d been removed after viewing!
adr:
No doubt some of our senior members will recognise this!
I worked for Mat Fleet Services (Hull) based at Trafford Park Manchester. We had an Atkinson Borderer reg. SYL212C that had similar service 7 day recorder fitted.
Cheers to bma finland, Stanfield, adr and kevmac47 for the pics another fine lot 
Now to something just a wee bit controversial these days… Limiters. On the A1(M) and south of Newton Aycliffe turn off , followed these two wagons for over two miles, neck and neck, 54mph/55mph, I’m thinking nearside man ease up. which he finally did, allowing the backlog free road, the lorry drivers are no doubt as frustrated as the motorists in the queue behind. You HGV men of today and yesterday what are your views 
. I am neutral, having in days gone by been at the head of a queue when wagon and drag legal limit was 20mph, though rarely stuck to, the only limiter was lack of power under the bonnet 
Oily
“And I should apologise to oily for highjacking his thread with my ramblings”
Not at all ROF, keep it coming
Oily
Here’s 1 for the H&S Police to froth at the mouth about 
. No hard-hat/hi-viz/safety harness/landing-net etc etc 
! Fantastic, get up there my son 
Oh Behave . What’s going on here then
Hi adr, This company must have had a lot of staff when to help loading / unloading while undertaking a removal hence a 3-4 man cab up above or else the driver and his mate liked to keep to tradition and go upstairs to bed. !! Is this what the yanks call a "Cab Over "
Cheers Leyland 600.
I have spent a good deal of time in a similar position with a wooden “collar rake” pushing poor flowing material, grain, soya, hen meal etc up into the top circumference of the tank just to get my weight on, luckily not falling off or banging my head.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Not sure I’d have gone a lot on the suicide doors 
3 hour wait to tip 
, am I bothered 
