jmc jnr:
Cattle Wagon Man’s photo of “Little and Large” shows how lorries have become over-sized, ridiculous, complicated fashion statements these days.
That nimble little F86 would do 90% of road haulage in the UK and Continent today and a competent driver could fix it should it let him down. Jim.
Got to agree. There is a few of the new Merc and Renault 8 wheel tippers knocking about now. Would not like to be doing 12/15 loads a day on a muck shift getting up and down into those cabs. Would need an auto tailgate !!!
Retired Old ■■■■:
Gives me the shivers thinking about all those bricks handballed at building sites!
Now don’t you try throwing us off the scent ROF,just because you were parked up next to the AEC with your little yellow motor,I bet the driver of the AEC soon moved when he got a whiff !! Cheers Bewick, PS How come the word “verbal” was missing off the door
You can’t beat a drop of the “organic”, Dennis! Smells of the countryside, eh?
truckfing:
In the late 60s I had a try at taking pictures on the motorway but neither me or the camera were ready for
the move and I stuck to taking static wagons for years. The picture is rubbish but I think it tell’s a story
with the empty lanes. It was taken just south of what is now Junction 35 of the M6 at the bottom of
Nether Kellet where we lived at the time and in those days the motorway finished at Carnforth, about
2 miles north of this spot. In the background can be seen Warton Crag Quarry which was owned by Wimpeys.
That bring back memories, leaving the motorway at Carnforth, at different stages from Cowley we headed north, Coventry, Stonebridge roundabout (The Malt Shovel Pub) right towards Lichfield, Cannock, Stafford, Stone and Stoke and the M6 just south of Keele Services, later it was straight on the A45 at Stonebridge joining the A5 at Brownhills then on to the motorway at Gailey Corner.
I’ve just been down that way yet again in bloody awful weather, M74, M6, M5, 2 days of it going south and 1 day of it coming north, a wall of spray, I have a job coming to terms with the stupidity of drivers in such conditions, and sadly a lot of them are so called lorry drivers and coach drivers, motors running on sidelights or none at all, cutting out and indicating at the same time, I have and will always give way to HGV and coach, seldom get acknowledgement.
There are still some of “the old school” drivers out there when giving them the middle lane and taking to the outside they put the hand up or flash you back in. I appreciate that today the HGV job is far more stressful than days gone by, for sure compared to my time rules and regulations(VOSA) now abound, just in time deliveries, traffic congestion. tachos, etc. etc/
will this be the answer dailymail.co.uk/news/article … paign=1490
Oily
Our latest acquisition, the boss has done more miles in her since he’s had her than any other one in the last 10 years lol.
In Black & white for nostalgia
Now back a bit earlier - I was up in Biddulph today and took some snaps of albums with my phone - not the greatest quality but not bad either
My great uncle Fred’s collection of vintage wagons - a 1926 Leyland (in yellow/maroon & green) a 1929 Albion and a 1939 Albion - finally a shot of them all together
Oiltreader:
Thanks for keeping the shop open, stalwarts all truckfing, Buzzer, lurpak, Jazzandy, cattle wagon man and Jakdaw (every little turn helps )
Ade(lurpak) mentioned having a look in at John Panes during my travels to Malvern, so Sun am earlyish on the way home.
Oily
The mystery lorry in the last photograph is almost certainly an American Kenworth M1 or Ward LaFrance M1 6x6 Heavy Recovery Vehicle,
which is an ex-military vehicle of World War Two 1939-1945,but in this case this motor vehicle dates from 1940-1945.
Ward LaFrance and Kenworth M1 Heavy Recovery Vehicle-Wreckers .Tankograd photographs:-
lurpak:
Our latest acquisition, the boss has done more miles in her since he’s had her than any other one in the last 10 years lol.
In Black & white for nostalgia
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And Colour for the younger ones
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Cheers Ade
Hi, Ade,
Young George had a tipper with the same year’ registration. My screen’s resolution isn’t the best so I can’t quite make out the badge. I’m presuming it has a 150 with DB6?
lurpak:
Our latest acquisition, the boss has done more miles in her since he’s had her than any other one in the last 10 years lol.
In Black & white for nostalgia
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And Colour for the younger ones
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Cheers Ade
Thanks for the pics Ade, there’s a few different snaps at various shows of this wagon, originally new to Girling Brakes in 1967, tho’ this ref says 1968 see here flickr.com/photos/26458066@N03/9452415980.
Oily
Thanks to VALKYRIE for pics and info also Buzzer, kevmac47 and Jazzandy for the pics the cartransporter, well Dependable Delivery was a Luton based firm and their livery was a very dark red and white signing, they were the same firm as Dealers Deliveries and ran mostly Bedford TK and MK.
more up to date, in fact brand new at Gaydon Landrover Experience last week a Hunwick trailer, formerly Transporter Engineering.
Oily
A circus has set up in a field right next to the A1M northbound right next to the services.
The magnum is part of the circus but I think the Bedford is local and just parked there.
truckfing, Buzzer, lurpak, Jazzandy,
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