crazy days. did any get brake fade and crash. some boys them lads back in day. Is it the same slaters that had the fodens in Tilcon colours. when did they finish.
Different Slaters.
If you were to ask a Slaters driver about brake fadeâŚâwhatâs brake fade ? the brake do smell a bitâ 
Note the âgreedy boardsâ , Peter liked greedy boardsâŚâfillâem upâ.
âwhat do you mean Iâm 5 ton overloadedâ
That Volvo has been owned by Van ât Kruis from new, they only take it out to shows and runs nowadays though.
This Scania A-frame drawbar was another classic that they had. Went on the road in â94 or â95 and covered more than 2 million clicks until it was written off in a accident just a couple of years ago. They definitely got their moneyâs worth out of that one!
As an unashamed anorak, the first thing I noticed about that picture was the untidy arrangement of cardboard on the radiator grille of that Mark 5 AEC Mammoth Major 8.
Then I noticed the girlsâŚ.
Itâd be like pulling apart a cheese toastie
The Mk 5 is well wrapped up, warm and cozy driver. 
I wouldnât know mate, Iâll take yer word for itâŚ. my past sexual experience ainât as varied and unselectivey adventurous as yours.
Picked the photo up from F/B. Not sure what happened but it would be lucky if no pedestrian was hit. Reels of paper I think.
Wonder what the response from the police etc would be nowadays. Close the entire town centre down, fleet of ambulances and the fire service to hose the road down at minimum.
It would not have happened today as H & S at the loading point would have made sure it was secured properly before the journey began 
As the driver would have been wearing hi-viz, safety glasses and a hard hat, while he secured it.
Obviously the tarp wasnât rated for the load it was supposed to be securing.
Strikes me those are all quite narrow reels of paper(?) being stacked up.
If there is any gaps at all then it would not take much for the upper layers to work down and separate the lower layers. Then the whole load would become unstable.
If say 5 or 6 reels were wrapped together, it would be much more stable.
Alan Firmin was/is a haulier, but was he a farmer too? I have in my brain a little ditty I picked up from somewhere âFarmer Firminâs Fine Applesâ. Is there a connection?
