MrJake:
Buzzer:
This picture was in our local evening paper, the driver is Lord Montague of Beaulieu’s father of the motor museum fame, cheers Buzzer.Any truth that you went along as navigator ‘Buzzer’?
None at all, if it was with horses maybe, any way im’e not that old Buzzer.
erfguy:
He certainly does not believe in HANGING ABOUT well driven would be fair comment eh. Eddie.
Wind ‘er up an’ haud 'er gaun 
The picture above is SCATS for short still trading today in southern England, this is a shot of an early Taunton Meat Haulage outfit, Buzzer.
My brother drove for these in the 60s,all handball on and off.
Regards. John.
Thanks to Buzzer and old 67 for the pics 
Tried to make out where S Marshall and Sons were from, so opened up old 67’s photo and got this connection
examiner.co.uk/news/business … ce-7238451 interesting about the origins.
Oily
Who, what, where, when, bet some one knows Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Who, what, where, when, bet some one knows Buzzer.
AEC Mammoth Major Eight MkIII,Flat-bodied,8x2 or 8x4 Lorry,TGJ 529,registered in London in 1957.I think this AEC has a
Duramin - built cab, and is powered by an AEC A216 9.6 litre diesel engine.
Possibly an ex- Shell-Mex BP - British Petroleum Tanker Lorry. Owned by Ken Taylor …from the Huddersfield,West Yorkshire,area?
I have yet to see this magnificent AEC on the HCVS - Historic Commercial Vehicle Society Trans Pennine Run Manchester
To Harrogate Historic Commercial Vehicle Rally…how about it for the 2015 Trans Pennine Run - plus the popular and annual South Yorkshire
Transport Rally,Rotherham-Sheffield,in September 2015? What!
great picture of AEC…my dad drove a maudsley badged one just like this …it had a shorter wheel base tipper HAY 492 it was about a 1950…identical engine 8x4 5 speed box flat out at 36mph…lasted until 1964 the motorway M1 was a bit of a challenge.It belonged to the whitwick granite company in Leicestershire…I wish I had a photo.
robinswh:
great picture of AEC…my dad drove a maudsley badged one just like this …it had a shorter wheel base tipper HAY 492 it was about a 1950…identical engine 8x4 5 speed box flat out at 36mph…lasted until 1964 the motorway M1 was a bit of a challenge.It belonged to the whitwick granite company in Leicestershire…I wish I had a photo.
A link to an ebay photo of a Whitwick Maudslay Mogul
ebay.co.uk/itm/1950-Maudslay … 0773432994
a bit pricey but hey no harm in looking at the photo
Oily
Thanks to Buzzer for the pic and VALKYRIE for the info
An 8 legger Maudslay thanks to Ronnie Cameron.
Oily
the erf with the Cornish reg, once belonged to Cornish fish merchant w Stevenson newlyn, I think !!!
oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer for the pic and VALKYRIE for the infoAn 8 legger Maudslay thanks to Ronnie Cameron.
Oily
Thanks to Oily and Ronnie, that brings back Sunday afternoons in 1969. I still lived in Barrow, but hauled timber from the borders around St Boswells and west of there. I usually tipped timber at Riding & Anderton’s sawmill in wigan on Saturday morning, went home to Barrow, then headed back on Sunday afternoon usually up the A74, turning off onto the A702 at Biggar to wherever the caravan was parked ready to load on Monday morning.
‘Truckspotting’ on the way up (well, whenever I drove actually) was part of the enjoyment of the job. Hence the mental connection between the company and the town or city they were from. Allison’s Freightlines must have run hundreds of lorries, mostly loaded with steel, presumably from Glasgow and Dundee and they were a constant stream down the A74. I don’t remember seeing a Maudsley, but their fleet certainly ranged from newish to ancient! All tidy looking though!
John
Thank you very much…I m totally overwhelmed by this…the maudsley mogul was one of several internal lorries at the time…I remember in the days of early television seeing a documentary program about whitwick quarry and seeing a mogul like this …I was very young it was the early 1950s. The eight wheelers were five in number but were really aec mammoth major mk 3 like the green one in the photo . They were HAY492 HJU132 GAY 435/436/437 . All were scrapped in 1964 . Please keep your eyes open for anymore photos…I would gladly pay $20 for the model but a bit nervous about giving out my credit card out on line as I live in Canada…Thank you again MR oil Reader.
BRS eight legger plying its trade, Buzzer.
bazztrucker:
the erf with the Cornish reg, once belonged to Cornish fish merchant w Stevenson newlyn, I think !!!
No, I think you’re thinking of this one: Robert 
Ahh John West … Allison,s Transport Dundee where I learnt the stocking trade roping and sheeting etc the Maudsleys were all gone when I started (64) a great mob who later became Allisons Freightlines there were a lot of worthies drove for them … there was some good gear on the Colvilles steel contract I inherited a Mercedes 1418 when it came off contract and the freightline colors went from blue to green I had an AEC Mandator before that !!
backsplice:
Ahh John West … Allison,s Transport Dundee where I learnt the stocking trade roping and sheeting etc the Maudsleys were all gone when I started (64) a great mob who later became Allisons Freightlines there were a lot of worthies drove for them … there was some good gear on the Colvilles steel contract I inherited a Mercedes 1418 when it came off contract and the freightline colors went from blue to green I had an AEC Mandator before that !!
Hey Backsplice!
Noticed that it was Allisons Transport Dundee, on the Maudsley, but that was obviously before my time.
Loved the ‘Freightlines’ - thought it was very modern sounding!
All the ones I remember were blue, have no memory of any green ones. Trying to grab the mental pictures of those Sunday afternoons. Many AECs I think, but the old style cab, not the Ergo (sorry, I’m not as good with the memory as many on here for detail) mostly 8 leggers I think. Were you still driving for them in summer '69?
John.
