HRS, Harvey check your private messages chap ! 
Linpac Volvo F88
Renwicks Atkinson bulker.
Evans Vanodine Bedford.
Johnston Bros Scania
Yale Industrial Volvo F86
BSCC Volvo F7 tanker.
BICC Cables ERF
Texaco Marathon.
Joseph Ash & Sons Bedford.
Reed Transport MAN
DEANB:
oiltreader:
"Does anyone recognise where this pic was taken ? "
Hi Dean, I’ll kick off with the market square in Sandbach, parked there many a time with digs at The Iron Grey pub.OilyCheers Oily, was there a cafe nearby or just the digs ■■
Stanfield:
Was Forresters the firm from Whixall John? IIRC they were like an orange colour?Thats the same firm Chris yes mate
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Come on,pay attention Chris !! The pic of the orange Volvo may have given it away chap !
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I missed that set of photos Dean,not like me to do that.Put it down to old age and poverty. 
BSCC Volvo F7 tanker.
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That BSC Chemicals Volvo F7 is one of LPG Transport and would be based at BSC Chemicals,Orgreave,Sheffield.
Texaco always ran an own account British built fleet.
I remember back in the late 1970’s Texaco ran a prototype Leyland T45 out of Avonmouth on test running 24/7 before they actually went into production in 1979.
Photograph courtesy of John Wakely
I think Texaco early Marathons had the L12 engine rather than the TL12,I’m sure I read it somewhere. 
gingerfold:
DEANB:
Very tidy Foden. Name is not easy to read looks like Moreflake Oats ■■?
Does anyone recognise where this pic was taken ? There are a few in this spot so i imagine thereMornflake Oats of Crewe. Still in business today
must have been a cafe there ■■
Paul is on the ball,still taking pics ! He took this pic of a Mornflake Oats truck this morning,personally
i prefer the original colour scheme !!
Chris Webb:
BSCC Volvo F7 tanker.That BSC Chemicals Volvo F7 is one of LPG Transport and would be based at BSC Chemicals,Orgreave,Sheffield.
Back on form then Chris ! I would imagine that LPG Tpt were a fair size company as we have
had alot of pics of there trucks !
"moomooland:
Texaco always ran an own account British built fleet.
I remember back in the late 1970’s Texaco ran a prototype Leyland T45 out of Avonmouth on test running 24/7 before they actually went into production in 1979.
A 1977 registered Leyland Marathon see here at the Texaco garage in Colliers Wood High Street in 1981.
Good stuff Paul and some nice pics ! I remember tem running marathons from there Poole depot at
Poole docks,and heres one coming through Poole on its way back to base. !
Chris Webb:
I think Texaco early Marathons had the L12 engine rather than the TL12,I’m sure I read it somewhere.
Thanks for your comment Chris !
R.Henly Marathon. Thats a tall tipper body ? Maybe load sawdust,cant be anything too heavy ■■
John Dorse tidy DAF
Ivanoff Ford Transcon.
S.Protheroe Seddon Atkinson. I think Dennis may have something to say ■■?
F & D Burton Atkinson.
DEANB:
R.Henly Marathon. Thats a tall tipper body ? Maybe load sawdust,cant be anything too heavy ■■4
John Dorse tidy DAF
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Ivanoff Ford Transcon.
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S.Protheroe Seddon Atkinson. I think Dennis may have something to say ■■?
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F & D Burton Atkinson.
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Hey Dean, at least they have a rope on the front reel this time… never rains in South Wales, most of there truck dont even have wipers for that very reason, more payload…ask Coops! 
Ex Chevron fuel unit?
Chris Webb:
I think Texaco early Marathons had the L12 engine rather than the TL12,I’m sure I read it somewhere.
Not sure if it was necessarily early ones - had the developed the L12 then? - but I do recall reading that they had bought some with the L12 and the 6-speed box, same spec as the Buffalo
DEANB:
RDP-PE21:
DEANB:
Upsall Bros ERF
Superb pic! First proper Lincolnshire produce truck pic I’ve seen on here.
There used to be loads of these cage-siders doing the rounds in the 70s until curtainsiders took over in the 80s.
G.Thanks G ,will answer your PM in a bit.
Big thanks to Dean & Paul for the hi-res of this truck, it’s given me the detail I need to start working on a model of a similar truck.
This thread’s an absolute goldmine - thanks for sharing your collection with us Paul!
G.
hi all,
great shots again Dean.S.Protheroe were originally based in my home town,Porthcawl.During the early 1970’s they moved to port talbot docks.they finished trading in 1984.Just like my dear friend steelboyf10,i noticed the wrope on this load.
240 Gardner:
Chris Webb:
I think Texaco early Marathons had the L12 engine rather than the TL12,I’m sure I read it somewhere.Not sure if it was necessarily early ones - had the developed the L12 then? - but I do recall reading that they had bought some with the L12 and the 6-speed box, same spec as the Buffalo
It’s all in the Marathon thread…
pete 359:
hi all,
great shots again Dean.S.Protheroe were originally based in my home town,Porthcawl.During the early 1970’s they moved to port talbot docks.they finished trading in 1984.Just like my dear friend steelboyf10,i noticed the wrope on this load.
Speaking technically like “Dai Bach” if those reels were to “leave” that trailer prematurely they would, 99 times out of a hundred, leave by the “side door” and that front top reel wouldn’t go forward from the “hole” it was sat in. Plus if I had caught any of our Lads ( I never did ) with a load of un sheeted Reels or Pulp he would have got his “comics”. It was standing orders that all reels and wood pulp had to be sheeted and roped. The one and only exception was an intensive 7 mile transfer of pulp from a local warehouse to the Mill which one motor completed up to 6 or 7 round trips per day @ £40 per load ( circa 1979/83) Cheers Bewick
steelboyf10:
S.Protheroe Seddon Atkinson. I think Dennis may have something to say ■■?Hey Dean, at least they have a rope on the front reel this time… never rains in South Wales, most of there truck dont even have wipers for that very reason, more payload…ask Coops!
“never rains in South Wales” Quality “Steelboyf10”
steelboyf10:
Ex Chevron fuel unit?
Could be chap,looks the same colours !
240 Gardner:
Chris Webb:
I think Texaco early Marathons had the L12 engine rather than the TL12,I’m sure I read it somewhere.Not sure if it was necessarily early ones - had the developed the L12 then? - but I do recall reading that they had bought some with the L12 and the 6-speed box, same spec as the Buffalo
RDP-PE21:
DEANB:
RDP-PE21:
DEANB:
Upsall Bros ERF
Superb pic! First proper Lincolnshire produce truck pic I’ve seen on here.
There used to be loads of these cage-siders doing the rounds in the 70s until curtainsiders took over in the 80s.
G.Thanks G ,will answer your PM in a bit.
Big thanks to Dean & Paul for the hi-res of this truck, it’s given me the detail I need to start working on a model of a similar truck. This thread’s an absolute goldmine - thanks for sharing your collection with us Paul!
G.
Thanks Graham for your comments ! 
pete 359:
hi all,
great shots again Dean.S.Protheroe were originally based in my home town,Porthcawl.During the early 1970’s they moved to port talbot docks.they finished trading in 1984.Just like my dear friend steelboyf10,i noticed the wrope on this load.
Thanks for your comment Andrew !
gingerfold:
240 Gardner:
Chris Webb:
I think Texaco early Marathons had the L12 engine rather than the TL12,I’m sure I read it somewhere.Not sure if it was necessarily early ones - had the developed the L12 then? - but I do recall reading that they had bought some with the L12 and the 6-speed box, same spec as the Buffalo
It’s all in the Marathon thread…
Bewick:
pete 359:
hi all,
great shots again Dean.S.Protheroe were originally based in my home town,Porthcawl.During the early 1970’s they moved to port talbot docks.they finished trading in 1984.Just like my dear friend steelboyf10,i noticed the wrope on this load.Speaking technically like “Dai Bach” if those reels were to “leave” that trailer prematurely they would, 99 times out of a hundred, leave by the “side door” and that front top reel wouldn’t go forward from the “hole” it was sat in. Plus if I had caught any of our Lads ( I never did
Thanks for your comments Dennis ! “got his comics”
Kirkforthar Volvo F88
H.Lewis & Co Foden
Keymead Maggie.
Evans Transport Transcon. Andrew is that an ex J & M motor looks similar colours ■■?
Barlow & Hodgkinson Foden powder tanker.
