Thanks to cattle wagon man for the Albions 
and the others for the encouragement
these from the York area with thanks to Carl Spencer.
Oily
rigsby:
plenty of appreciation from me oily , i know those roads and the lorries like the back of my hand . we wanted to move to sutherland for years , but family ties got in the way . with a dicky heart and vascular problems now it ain’t going to happen , it’s a long way from kinlochbervie to inverness if my health should fail . none of that dims the pleasure i get from this thread . counting down to the launch date on may 31st ,here i come again !if you should happen to see a grumpy looking old sod ( wife’s words ) pulling a hymer caravan , give me a wave , cheers , dave
Hi Dave,
Hospital visits from outlying areas of the Highlands to Raigmore Hospital (Inverness) can be a drag, tho’ all emergencies are by helicopter. Your end of May visit kinda coincides with our favoured time for visiting The Hebrides, before that I plan to journey south over the border, snapping as we go 
… get ready ■■■■■■■■
Oily
rigsby:
plenty of appreciation from me oily , i know those roads and the lorries like the back of my hand . we wanted to move to sutherland for years , but family ties got in the way . with a dicky heart and vascular problems now it ain’t going to happen , it’s a long way from kinlochbervie to inverness if my health should fail . none of that dims the pleasure i get from this thread . counting down to the launch date on may 31st ,here i come again !if you should happen to see a grumpy looking old sod ( wife’s words ) pulling a hymer caravan , give me a wave , cheers , dave
Likewise from me, Oily
I look forward to reading your thread, usually making a daily visit.
Keeping a thread fresh and interesting is not an easy job and you deserve tremendous praise. When you look at the viewing figures it must give you much satisfaction to know so many people enjoy reading. Sadly, as in all things you get people who seem to get pleasure in complaining. Instead of this they should open a thread of their own and then they would see it takes a lot of time and effort.
Keep up the good work
Carl
same here Oily keep it up ,tell me Oily did you no many lads from coventry on transporters
Charles Poulter Ltd. is the name on the Scammell Scarab`s doors and cab roof nameboard.
Photographed on the A 66 near Keswick , during a Road Run , a few years ago.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Keep up the good work Oily, as you say “if you dont like the content why open the thread?” Here’s a few I took today. Regards Kev. Ps that dvd of HMS Trincomalee was worth watching.
Thompson from Holbeach with what looks like a load of spuds, I say this as it looks like a couple of bales of straw ready to be spread on top of the load to stop frost. What truck is it ? Buzzer.
Thanks to cattle wagon man, kevmac47 and Buzzer for the pictures also big thanks to all the rest of you for conveying your appreciation of the thread which is very much a joint effort.
Oily
now a few more from Malta, this time with thanks to Terry Partridge.
Buzzer:
Thompson from Holbeach with what looks like a load of spuds, I say this as it looks like a couple of bales of straw ready to be spread on top of the load to stop frost. What truck is it ? Buzzer.
Hi Buzzer
Pretty sure it is a Foden.
Oily
Edit… The straw bales are a bit puzzling, as the wagon would have been bit before that type of bale was about. ie wire tied straw bales were the first mechanically formed type, I guess some time in the late 30s, must do a bit of Wikipedia delving.
Oily
foden 01:
same here Oily keep it up ,tell me Oily did you no many lads from coventry on transporters
Hi foden 01,
A few but mostly by first name, Dave Logie (shop steward) Johnny Pratt, just about everybody knew John, wagon proud, always clean and his own extras, wheel trims, spotlights and grill badges, radio, properly fitted, not like us with a transistor tied down by rubber bands made from inner tube another name that sticks was Johnnie Pickup, he got assualted one night in Carlisle I think it was, took a bad beating, so bad he was unable to work again, one or two whip rounds for him and his family as I remember. Our manager at Oxford was Harry Hopkins of Coventry, previously he had his own delivery outfit (platers). Larry Port was another Progressive acquisition, wagon and drags (Commer PerkinsR6) and artic Commer TS3s, the Larry Port yard was in Rowley Rd, next to Furness and Parker and his wagons were red liveried, after the takeover Progressive kept the red with new gold letter signing Progressive Deliveries. I had one of the Commer wagon and drags for a while.
Oily
Here’s another picture of a GWR 10 tonner, cheers Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Here’s another picture of a GWR 10 tonner, cheers Buzzer.
Cheers for the pic 1927 Thornycroft.
Oily
Right Oily now for your next challenge, found this collage twenty trucks please see if you or any one else can go through the card left to right row by row and name them all, no prizes just a bit of fun cheers Buzzer.
oiltreader:
Buzzer:
Thompson from Holbeach with what looks like a load of spuds, I say this as it looks like a couple of bales of straw ready to be spread on top of the load to stop frost. What truck is it ? Buzzer.Hi Buzzer
Pretty sure it is a Foden.
Oily
Edit… The straw bales are a bit puzzling, as the wagon would have been bit before that type of bale was about. ie wire tied straw bales were the first mechanically formed type, I guess some time in the late 30s, must do a bit of Wikipedia delving.
Oily
I might be able to shed some light on this. In the early eighties I used to keep chickens and a ‘traveller’ acquaintance of mine was clearing out his father’s yard. He asked me if I wanted a 1930s-built small-holders’ machine that made bales. I took it and got it working. It stood about 7 feet high, was very heavy and over-engineered, but solid. You simply fed straw or hay into the top, ran twine into the the right places, wound down the flat press and hey-presto, you got a forerunner of the bale. God knows where it is now, but looking at the ragged shape and size of the bales on top of that load, I reckon that’s what they are. I hope this helps. Robert 
Hi Robert as you say those bales on top of that load do look a bit rough and ready. When I was a young lad being brought up on a farm we used to cut the wheat with a binder then stack it in the corner of the field and await the arrival of a contractor with thrashing drum and also a stationary baler, all this was pulley driven buy the tractor. The baler was fed with the thrashed straw and a horse head motion pushed it into a chamber where the ram came up and compressed it, this was before knotters and there used to be two chaps one each side of the exit chamber. One would push through a horse shoe guide first closely followed buy two strands of wire which had loops on one end the same was repeated from the other side returning the wire which was then threaded and twisted and when exit from the machine sprung tight, and they were very heavy to. For a thrashing and baling team you would probably need about ten men, cheers buzzer.
There was a Vintage Rally a couple of years ago which included a “Help for Heroes” appeal eye-catching attraction.
The T.I.T. - sorry 
,… TrottersIndependent Trading :unamused: :laughing: :laughing: were displaying their ownspecial. :sunglasses: Thetrailer is attached via a standard 50 mm coupling. I wouldnt like to drive that outfit on the motorway in a strong crosswind . 
Just summat different to show on here ,…to try and make everyone happy.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Nothing wrong with that, cwm. Wagon & drag, 3 axles, five wheels. You know it makes sense!
Buzzer:
Hi Robert as you say those bales on top of that load do look a bit rough and ready. When I was a young lad being brought up on a farm we used to cut the wheat with a binder then stack it in the corner of the field and await the arrival of a contractor with thrashing drum and also a stationary baler, all this was pulley driven buy the tractor. The baler was fed with the thrashed straw and a horse head motion pushed it into a chamber where the ram came up and compressed it, this was before knotters and there used to be two chaps one each side of the exit chamber. One would push through a horse shoe guide first closely followed buy two strands of wire which had loops on one end the same was repeated from the other side returning the wire which was then threaded and twisted and when exit from the machine sprung tight, and they were very heavy to. For a thrashing and baling team you would probably need about ten men, cheers buzzer.
What a charming picture! It reminds me of my childhood in the '50s with all those stooks in the background. Robert
