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R.J.Matthew & Son Mercedes.
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Wincanton Mercedes.
Gibbs Transport Scania.
AAG Distribution Volvo.
Kay - Metzeler Volvo.
Dave Parry & Son Volvo. Looks like the Newbury bypass.
Brennan Transport Scania.
Think it might be a Haulmatic dump truck ?
Berk Spencer Acids Seddon Atkinson.
Bees Transport Scania.
Rugby Cement ERF
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Heres a rare one,Wilson Generators Dennison.
“JAKEY” BRS Midlands Scania.
Robert will like this ERF of Turner Bros.
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Thorn Maggie.
Thank you for the photo of the blue BRS scania and White trailer ,any one know what depot it was from ? 
The blue Scania 3 Series belonged to Clearway Distribution Nottingham
They ceased trading some years ago
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Hi Dean.
The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris “240” Gardner knows about them. 
Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris “240” Gardner knows about them.
Am I having delusional memories again, or did Gist used to be BOC and before that Baker’s?
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Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris “240” Gardner knows about them.
Am I having delusional memories again, or did Gist used to be BOC and before that Baker’s?
You are correct on all points ROF! I drove these (briefly) for Gist. They were spoiled by their crap Eaton ‘S’-type synchromesh boxes. Robert
Yes indeed Dean, these 5MW-cabbed ERFs were an interesting alternative to the LV-cabbed ERFs: at least they were sleeper cabs! Robert
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Hi guy’s, The LV ERF straw transporter looks like possibly J Richards of Newent, I could of course be completely wrong. Looks like a tidy outfit whoever it is. I will show a mate of mine tomorrow as he was from over that way…Cheers, keep up the fantastic photo’s and chat. Always look forwards to looking in as you can never predict what’s coming next…
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Hi guy’s, The LV ERF straw transporter looks like possibly J Richards of Newent, I could of course be completely wrong. Looks like a tidy outfit whoever it is. I will show a mate of mine tomorrow as he was from over that way…Cheers, keep up the fantastic photo’s and chat. Always look forwards to looking in as you can never predict what’s coming next…
I never thought of John Richards, Paul. He and I drank in the same watering hole many years ago. At that time he was asking my advice on whether or not to invest in some ex-BRS LAD Chieftain units with half a dozen Scammell-coupled trailers for his fledgling hay & straw business. I tried to put him off the idea due to the fact that he was planning on dropping the trailers in various Cotswold farmers’ fields and I pointed out that a) they weren’t suitable for dropping on a field where, if it rained heavily he may have to dig them out and b)I could imagine that stability would be a problem when he had loaded bales eight or nine high on such a vehicle. I never did find out if he took my advice as I politely refused his kind offer of becoming his transport manager (“Driver”, to me & you!) preferring instead the better-paid and easier work offered by BRS at Merrin End.
Silly note: On his nightly visits to the said premises, John would open the sliding driver’s door of his Morris LD van, whereupon his collie would leap out and they would race the final half mile to the bar. I don’t think John ever came first!
DEANB:
Watch out the Swede’s are coming !Two iconic trucks from the 1970’s, Volvo’s mighty F12 and Scania’s mighty 141 !
Will do a bit about these 2 in the near future.
Article from 1977.
Click on pages twice to read.
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The chrome 88 grille on the pre-production F12 looks cool.
The LS141 driver is lucky- there is daylight under the inside rear tyre of his trailer.
That Redlands Octopus with the concrete pipes… 2 ropes through the back pipes… I don’t think you could get away with that now…
Jeff…
Good morning Dean,
I dont know who the truck belongs to but, it is out side of the Frog & Frigate pub down the docks in Southampton.
3 storeys of what would have been bedrooms and living rooms many years ago it attracted some very interesting customers in its day, you needed to be very friendly when passing people on the narrow stairways, think thats what did for it in the end under H&S rules, whole pub was no more that 18 feet wide… all this i was told about of course.
Windebank Haulage was owned by a chap called Arther Porter, ran out of Dundas Lane Portsmouth, finger in many pies as well as owning a Jeep Franchise.
Collected old trucks and kept them in a barn in the middle of a large field. A high chainlink fence arround the barn with 3 very unfriendly Rottweilers on 24-7 duty.
Note on the gate saying the padlock key is around one of the dogs necks, good luck. dont make um like that any more eh !! Harvey
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Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris “240” Gardner knows about them.
Am I having delusional memories again, or did Gist used to be BOC and before that Baker’s?
Indeed I do, Mr Webb - I once wrote about a week of it, on another place we used to frequent!
And yes ROF, Gist was a re-brand of BOC Transhield, and G L Baker was also under the BOC umbrella. When I endured a few months with them in 2010, the smaller facility at Mayfield, Hemel Hempstead was actually was still branded as G L Baker.
The wider BOC DIstribution Services did have a go at ambient distribution in the 90s, when they took over Beecham Foods’ in-house distribution network, together with some of the interests of the Onward group and a little other traffic, but they made a complete pig’s breakfast of it and lost the Beecham business to Wincanton at the end of the first contract term, so that was the end of that.
Oh, and of course, they bought Spalding Haulage. That went well…
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anorak:
An interesting snippet from the Truck magazine article posted above:
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Was that a valid criticism?
I have no experience of anything made overseas but one haulier (who ran neither make) once told me that Volvo were a poor mans Scania! “Volvo use rivetted chassis, Scania are bolted and that’s a sign of quality!” he used to say, Volvo were perhaps cheaper to buy as well? To be fair many UK built trucks had trim (and especially seats!!! 
) that were not exactly built to last but I don’t think that would be the most importand criterior when purchasing a new truck! 
Pete.
240 Gardner:
And yes ROF, Gist was a re-brand of BOC Transhield, and G L Baker was also under the BOC umbrella. When I endured a few months with them in 2010, the smaller facility at Mayfield, Hemel Hempstead was actually was still branded as G L Baker.The wider BOC DIstribution Services did have a go at ambient distribution in the 90s, when they took over Beecham Foods’ in-house distribution network, together with some of the interests of the Onward group and a little other traffic, but they made a complete pig’s breakfast of it and lost the Beecham business to Wincanton at the end of the first contract term, so that was the end of that.
Oh, and of course, they bought Spalding Haulage. That went well…
Thanks, chaps. It’s nice to know that not ALL my memories are cider-induced dreams!
Dean, once again, thank you for taking the time to putting it all on here, highly appreciated .
This part made me laugh, we have come a long way indeeed
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anorak:
An interesting snippet from the Truck magazine article posted above:Was that a valid criticism?
The electrical cover, the dash and grille did last actually quite long, I presume, because they were made of plastic in stead of metal, it might have given the first impression of being flimsy.
So, with hindsight (allways easier ), I do not think it was valid.
