erfguy:
Adr says do you know what it is yet!!!. Aye its a BLOODY mess, did I get it right. Eddie.
Hi Eddie, ok so itâs a Mercâ, but what makes me laugh is that they do them up like this to disguise them, & they attract more attention than they ever would if they actually just left it as it is with the prototype cab on & painted normally 
average man/woman in the street wouldnât notice anyway, & from what I see of most wagon drivers nowadays if you took the badge off the front of their own motor they wouldnât know what it is, such is their interest in the job, so most certainly wouldnât notice a new design if it parked next to them at the lights 
. Regards Chris
harry:
adr:
Load it then sheet it! Imagine what your modern driver would say if you asked them to do it todayDonât forget to rope it - & the fly-sheet?
Oh behave, Iet them work out what a sheet is 1st, then next week tell them about ropes & fly-sheet 
adr:
erfguy:
Adr says do you know what it is yet!!!. Aye its a BLOODY mess, did I get it right. Eddie.Hi Eddie, ok so itâs a Mercâ, but what makes me laugh is that they do them up like this to disguise them, & they attract more attention than they ever would if they actually just left it as it is with the prototype cab on & painted normally
Aye you have hit the nail on the head Chris no interest only in it for a wage. I never wanted to do anything else I bought my first Commercial Motor magazine in a newsagents in Dumfries at the age of 11 in 1952 It was 1/3d in old money and was my weeks pocket money gone. And I still read all the mags weekly/monthly vintage and modern oh aye and build models of them as well so I am well hooked and canny see me changing now eh. Eddie.
Todays is a Ford, it has a plate on the front which says Water Cress line which is based in Arlesford Hants. Buzzer.
just a jolly red Foden loaded with beer, Buzzer.
Cheers Buzzer 
, hereâs another with a wish for those who like myself can only dream 
and with thanks to Ronnie Cameron.
Oily
These on the A466 at Chepstow and with thanks to Mark Hobbs.
Oily
Hi Oily, Referring back to the W Colquohoun ERF CHH 817 posted a week or so ago my mate checked his local ERF records and came up with the following informatio. CHH 817 was first registered to Walter Colquohoun, 13 Scawfell Rd, Carlisle on 26th May 1948. He also bought another ERF BHH 548 on 8th Dec 1944.
Cheers, Leyland 600
erfguy:
adr:
erfguy:
Adr says do you know what it is yet!!!. Aye its a BLOODY mess, did I get it right. Eddie.Hi Eddie, ok so itâs a Mercâ, but what makes me laugh is that they do them up like this to disguise them, & they attract more attention than they ever would if they actually just left it as it is with the prototype cab on & painted normally
Aye you have hit the nail on the head Chris no interest only in it for a wage. I never wanted to do anything else I bought my first Commercial Motor magazine in a newsagents in Dumfries at the age of 11 in 1952 It was 1/3d in old money and was my weeks pocket money gone. And I still read all the mags weekly/monthly vintage and modern oh aye and build models of them as well so I am well hooked and canny see me changing now eh. Eddie.
Hi Eddie, too old to change & wouldnât want to anyway mate! Iâm lucky I have a good job with good conditions etc, & even after 32 years driving heavies I still enjoy driving them, the wagons have never been better (although for all their luxuries that are totally characterless), but with Management today in my opinion being very weak/petty & un-imaginative, & all the technology that gives them more information/feedback than ever, most planning Departments still couldnât distribute their own Pi(water)ss in a Hurricaine, & itâs the driver that gets the sticky end or the blame 99% of the time . The old saying âgot diesel in my veinsâ & âitâs not a job itâs a way of lifeâ are applying to less & less of us nowadays . Regards Chris
hi Oily some great pics coming on here from you and the lads
just looking at the N reg D series and thinking how small it looks now 
i cant remember the # of the tippers i drove around in before i passed on a 2014 Nreg âŚbut what still sticks is driving a P reg 1614 on tarmac what a flying machine before i got a near new Clydesdale just as fast but no diff lock Always reconned the mirrors on the D series as shown were excellent.
lolâŚjust remembered the 2014 had an umbrella type handbrake ,and the 1614 had a stubby handbrake right next to the tipping gear stubby⌠
not good when unloading into a spreader and pulling the brake on âŚsmiling now at the memory .
jimmy.
Leyland600:
Hi Oily, Referring back to the W Colquohoun ERF CHH 817 posted a week or so ago my mate checked his local ERF records and came up with the following informatio. CHH 817 was first registered to Walter Colquohoun, 13 Scawfell Rd, Carlisle on 26th May 1948. He also bought another ERF BHH 548 on 8th Dec 1944.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Hi Leyland600, cheers for that, yourself and others may find this worth bookmarking with regard to tracing ERF vehicle registration
docstoc.com/docs/161294612/S ⌠mited-REVS
Cheers
Oily
foden 01:
hi Oily some great pics coming on here from you and the lads
Thanks for that foden 01, itâs very much the input of others that keeps it going, caught this 2003 Foden still going strong couple of days ago.
Oily
kevmac47:
Oily hereâs a few from Beamish today,
Cheers for the pics kevmac47, the Fordson tractor got me going again, that one has the full mudguards and prior to or early WW2 the mudguard size was reduced (as in pic) all in the drive to concentrate saving metal for the war effort ie manufacture of armaments, the posher houses with railings had them cut off, also public park boundary railing came downâŚlondongardenstrust.org/featu ⌠lings3.htm. were they actually used is another story.
Oily
Thanks to neversweat1 for the pics I have a contact who has a few at the same venue, wont duplicate but might be that he has some different from yourself.
couple of Dutch flower wagons, thanks to kenjonbro.
Oily
