Hi Andrew ,TVT a stoke Reg perhaps ? I dread to think where or how you’d get parts for one these days ,cheers Dan .
Punchy Dan:
Hi Andrew ,TVT a stoke Reg perhaps ? I dread to think where or how you’d get parts for one these days ,cheers Dan .
Hi Dan,
I think? It was armitt’s who had it new,Brown motors.I should imagine parts are obsolete now.
Regards Andrew.
kingswinford kit:
DEANB:
Anyone recognise the F88 bulker ■■
Hi DEAN ,the F88 bulker could be Clive Price Hay on wye ,regards Keith
Cracking pic of Michael Fowler’s Atkinson.
Hello Keith,thanks for the name. I agree i think thats a brilliant pic of the Atki. 
Punchy Dan:
gingerfold:
Lowe of Paddock Wood ERF 6x4 E16 with Gardner 6LYT acquired by Turners in August 1996 when they bought Lowe’s transport division. There were two of these and IIRC they had Eaton twin-splitter gearboxes. We didn’t keep them for any length of time at Turners.
0My Dad was mad about those 16 litre things ,we used to meet a bloke from up Oldham way drove a liquid tank for I think nexus ,the Erf E16 was green with the juggling balls logo ? Tom I think his name was ,It sheared a fare few spigot shafts , I’ve never met anyone including Gardner fans with a good word to say about the lyt ,can’t see them being that good a match for twin splitter as they don’t exactly shut down quick ,however I do like to see and hear them on the show scene .
Thanks for your comments Dan.
pete 359:
Hi Dan,A mate from the Forest Of Dean on the truck show circuit,Adrian Reed owns this Foden.Has an LY 16 litre Gardner fitted.A coach driver friend of mine drove an LY powered Neoplan for Rapide.Thats all I can say tbh,Sorry I am not the biggest Gardner fan.Though I did admire the longevity of some of their engines.Regards Andrew.
Nice pic Andrew. 
Kempston:
http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/download/file.php?id=239768&mode=view
Good one DEANB, great photo, can’t make out the reg or fleet no. Don’t know if your eyes are better than mine?
“Kempston” The Foden reg looks like SNK 319R . Is the number on the door the fleet no DGSB5 last digit could
be 5 or S ? Paul sent me the blown up pic.
revman:
hi Dean great pics again,re day cab Volvos Ye they were quite rare here’s a couple I drove at BSC Rotherham Bulmers cider also ran them out of Hereford,the sleeper cab model couldn’t couple legally to our 40foot trailers but I suspect most operators disregarded that,cheer Alan
Alan’s post about Bulmers got the old memory going as i posted an article about them back on page 122 !
I knew i had some other stuff on them and here it is. A bit from Volvo’s IROLL magazine that they used to
send out in the 1970’s/80’s.
Bulmers certainly worked there Volvo’s hard working on average 22 hours out of every 24 !
Click on pages twice to read.
Some oldies.
Foden.
Foden.
Foden.
Atkinson.
Tidy old Scammell.
AEC
Atkinson at The Great Dorset Steam Fair.
Scammell.
ERF
Scammell.
“windrush” One for you Pete !
One for “moomooland” I think you know this company Paul ? 
Ross Foden.They must have bought a batch of these at the same as these 2 number plates are only 2 digits apart.
Olympia Testing Co Scania.
Cant make the name out on the ERF bulker ■■
Chilton DAF. Whats the shed over taking ,Citroen ■■
Stabshot Maggie.Strange name ■■
John Raymond Seddon Atkinson.
DEANB:
One for “moomooland” I think you know this company Paul ?0
Hi Dean, I think the Harrison lorry is from Tarleton, near Preston, Lancashire, Paul will know for sure. Regards, Ray.
I have had another look at the Harrison lorry, and it shows “Blackpool” on the trailer…I will go to Specsavers tomorrow.
Perhaps they did have a depot at Tarleton. Ray.
DEANB:
“windrush” One for you Pete !0
Driver is Harry Glover based at Ballidon quarry near Ashbourne. His brother David ran Glover’s coaches in Ashbourne. A steady driver, very rare we had anything major to attend to on his trucks (apart from the usual Gardner engine issues!) and he could get a few years out of a set of brake linings. His previous tank was a Foden S39, TRA 243K and his last one a Y reg Haulmaster with a ■■■■■■■ 250 and one of two fitted with a sleeper cab although Harry didn’t night out. Phillip ‘Hovis’ Brown drove it after Harry retired. Can I use the pic on the Ballidon Quarry Facebook page please Dean?
Pete.
DEANB:
I wonder if this is an ex Ensors ERF ■■
Hi Dean,
This truck I think is a Swansea truck Rewson Transport…I don’t know who it may have belonged to before Rawson had it.
Regards Mark
DEANB:
Olympia Testing Co Scania.4
Cant make the name out on the ERF bulker ■■
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Chilton DAF. Whats the shed over taking ,Citroen ■■
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Stabshot Maggie.Strange name ■■
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John Raymond Seddon Atkinson.
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Hi Dean, The Olympia Testing Scania is a very smart motor. Regards, Ray.
Came across this photo some time ago, I’ve lived in kempston all my life but have never heard or seen anything of this company before seeing this photo, don’t know if anyone else knows anything about them?
gingerfold:
ramone:
moomooland:
smallcoal:
Hi Paul,one of ridings motors looking a bit sorrySeddon Atkinson 401 Series 4x2 tractor unit Reg No C50 OBV Fleet No 72 ‘Vulcan’ was powered by a Gardner 6LYT 16 litre 320 engine.
Registered new on the 1st of June 1986 at a cost of £27,468 plus vat it was driven from new by Alan Bretherton.
The picture above shows it at Longridge after being recovered following an accident coming out of Edinburgh when it went off the road into a ditch.
The damage included a badly bent chassis resulting in the vehicle being totally written off and scrapped.
Fortunately the Gardner 6LYT 320 engine was saved and later transferred into Seddon Atkinson 401 Series tractor unit Reg No D400 SRN.How did the 320 Gardners perform in the Riding fleet were they well regarded ?
Lowe of Paddock Wood ERF 6x4 E16 with Gardner 6LYT acquired by Turners in August 1996 when they bought Lowe’s transport division. There were two of these and IIRC they had Eaton twin-splitter gearboxes. We didn’t keep them for any length of time at Turners.
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I would think the 6x4 configuration coupled to a 16 litre engine would make them quite heavy and the mpg would be down too with that set up Graham
marktaff:
DEANB:
I wonder if this is an ex Ensors ERF ■■2
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Hi Dean,
This truck I think is a Swansea truck Rewson Transport…I don’t know who it may have belonged to before Rawson had it.
Regards Mark
Hello Mark and Dean …yes Mark my old man agrees with you …and he says Rewson as well …he adds they occasionally hauled out of Addis …Geraint .