Impressive run Dean,n probably cost effective. Cushy number for the operators as well, there’s an old saying " while you’re marching you’re not fighting "
DEANB:
Anyone recognise the ERF seen here in Poole. I dont think the driver cleaned it too often ?9
R.C.L. Constructor in Poole. Not sure if they were a local company,someone may recognise the motor ■■
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Jose Carrillo Mercedes from Spain. They had a massive fleet at one time in the 80’s early 90’s. Not sure what happened to them.
Someone told me that they could stand over 400 fridges in there Cadiz depot plugged in ! Never went there so cant confirm if
true but that’s impressive if i is. Buzzer will certainly know this company.7
Harcross Chemicals Seddon Atkinson.
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Anyone recognise the ERF bulker on the M54 ■■?
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Eaton ERF.
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Anyone recognise the Scania on the M54 ■■?
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Anyone recognise the MAN tipper ■■
2J S Evans from Four Crosses
Don Transport Foden bulker.
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Cawley Bros ERF bulker from North Wales.
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pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Raymond Brown have been bought out by Rod Collett,
The Newbery Volvo is from Tiverton, they may have more depots but I that is the only one I have visited,
robthedog:
pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Raymond Brown have been bought out by Rod Collett,
The Newbery Volvo is from Tiverton, they may have more depots but I that is the only one I have visited,
Hi Robthedog,
I have just logged in to correct the above, Rod Collett is one of my drivers 
I just hope I have not paid Rod Collard! Cheer’s Pete
My first collection point this morning was Sharpness Dock,
snapped these old girls whilst waiting to load, day off for the shutters.
Good job the MOT expiry dates have put off for a bit,
plenty to do on these to get them through test.
pete smith:
Thanks for the Sellers and Kent pics Dean,
Sellars and Kent always had Gardners fitted and must have bought a Foden with a ■■■■■■■■ the driver told my Dad that was the end of the line for Gardners as it cut over 30 minutes off the time from Peak District to Wolverhampton!Morning Pete,
Out of intrest what were the engine sizes re the gardner / ■■■■■■■ ? That’s alot of time to save !
Hi Dean,
The Gardners would have been 180’s in Foden S80’s, I’m presuming the ■■■■■■■ would have been L10’s? This was early 1980’s, it was a hard road from off the Peak’s in to the Black Country, still is in my opinion!
Thanks for the info Pete ! 
coomsey:
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Impressive run Dean,n probably cost effective. Cushy number for the operators as well, there’s an old saying " while you’re marching you’re not fighting "
Certainly a mission in one of those “coomsey” 
turbo ted:
“DEANB”Anyone recognise the MAN tipper ■■
J S Evans from Four Crosses
Thanks for the name for the MAN tipper ! Cracking name “turbo ted”
robthedog:
pete smith
Morning Dean,
Raymond Brown have been bought out by Rod Collett,
The Newbery Volvo is from Tiverton, they may have more depots but I that is the only one I have visited,
Thanks for the info Rob.
pete smith:
“robthedog”
Morning Dean,
Raymond Brown have been bought out by Rod Collett,
The Newbery Volvo is from Tiverton, they may have more depots but I that is the only one I have visited.
Hi Robthedog,
I have just logged in to correct the above, Rod Collett is one of my drivers
boardo96:
My first collection point this morning was Sharpness Dock,
snapped these old girls whilst waiting to load, day off for the shutters.
Good job the MOT expiry dates have put off for a bit,
plenty to do on these to get them through test.
Thanks for the pic “boardo96” bearing in mind how old those 3 motors are they all look in pretty good condition chap ! 
Some odds and sods.
Click on pages twice to read.
This clipping from 1965 states that this was possibly the first 32 ton artic running on 5 axles. Does anyone know what year the law
changed and you could run on 4 axles at 32 tons ?
Albion from 1965. Anyone know what’s in the sacks,cant make the name out ?
Transport Development Group advert from 1965.
Express Boyd Leyland Buffalo from 1975.
Scammell Routeman from 1976.
Scania advert from 1981.
A.M.Walker Seddon Atkinson from the 1970’s.
Anyone recognise the Atkinson Venturer from 1974 ■■?
Anyone recognise anyone from 1986 ■■?
I remember Alan White who was an owner driver with a red Iveco Turbostar 480. From memory i think it was the one in the UK.
One of your ERF’s from 2007 Graham.
Sawyers Volvo. Are they still going ?
Weir Seddon Atkinson,anyone know where they are from ■■?
“boardo96” One from your home town. Parsons Scania.
Maidens of Telford Volvo.
Daltons Transport Mercedes from Southampton i think ?
R.M.Faulkner MAN from Wales.
McGill International Scania. Irish ■■
Cant remember if we have had a C.H.Bennett & Son motor from Wales on before.
Anyone recognise the Brennan Volvo tipper ■■?
Dean, Daltons have now ceased trading but they were from Southampton think the main man died and the firm with it, they used to do a lot of work to Scotland from AC Delco in the Docks IIRC, cheers Buzzer.
Evening all, thanks Dean for the comments on the 3 shunters, your right, there probably is a lot worse around and these still are all working trucks so I’m told.
As for Parsons, well I know the firm pretty well, or did back in the 80’s and 90’s, their yards nots 5 mile from where I’m based now and I spent a lot of hours there back when I was about 8 up till I was about 20.
My father used to help there on weekends rebuilding engines etc before they had a workshop, he knew Mr Parsons son in law who was the boss of the haulage side of the firm from an old place they’d worked together at back when my father was an apprentice on the spanners, Mr Parsons mainly dealt with the farm. I can remember spending many cold weekends handing over tolls and spares trying to see what was what and getting oil bound in the process, didn’t do me any harm as I was soon helping out most weekends and some of my school holidays which lead on to working ther full time when I left school as my father went self employed a few years before and was in there workshop full time and it was full time, got to take my hat to man Mr Hoskins ( the son in law), he certainly made the firm grow in the matter of 10 to 15 years. I can remember him having a pretty much all British built fleet for some time with an odd Bison and Clydale on quarry work for ECC which in time got replaced with a Freiter and some Constructors, had a Lynx, a TM and 2 B series on general which soon expended to several Freiters, C series’s, and artic E series, Roadtrains and not to long after came a couple second hand Volvos, a F12 and F16, then stopped messing about and got 3 new 143’s, still kept in with ERF and bought some EC’s but then came the Merc’s, and then some version 1’s and on and on it went. I left there in about 95 and have lost track with it all, obviously most of the old drivers have moved on or retired and they had some really good blokes (there not saying they haven’t now) still see plenty of motors around just don’t recognise many of the drivers.
Mr H died must be back in the late 90’s so fair play to the rest of the family’s members and staff for keeping the company going.
Had some good times and learnt a lot whilst I was there, didn’t give it thought at the time, always to dam busy, just like many on here have said before " I wished I’d kept my camera with me"
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Morning Dean,
Weir Waste were from Birmingham got taken over by Biffa a couple of years ago.
That Sed Ak was still working in 2013 as I used to see it on Ufton Landfill most days, Cheer’s Pete
Morning Dean.
The Albion on previous page has a GB Glasgow reg and Glasgow on door.Can’t identify the operator though and not sure of the load unless it’s shot blast.
DEANB:
One of your ERF’s from 2007 Graham.9
Sawyers Volvo. Are they still going ?
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Weir Seddon Atkinson,anyone know where they are from ■■?
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“boardo96” One from your home town. Parsons Scania.
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Maidens of Telford Volvo.
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Daltons Transport Mercedes from Southampton i think ?
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R.M.Faulkner MAN from Wales.
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McGill International Scania. Irish ■■
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Cant remember if we have had a C.H.Bennett & Son motor from Wales on before.
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Anyone recognise the Brennan Volvo tipper ■■?
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Hello DEAN ,yes Faulkners from Llandegla Moor which is on the A525 between Ruthin and Wrexham ,dont think you have had C H Bennets from Newtown ,not sure if they are still around now ,they had their own quarry ,but i think it was taken over by Tudor Griffiths group .
Thank you DEAN for the article on Woodward bros they went on to establish Iceland and relocated to Deeside ,their cold storage area in Oswestry was then taken over by Coldmove who ran ERFs ,and now at present it is Moran ,but i think they want to relocate to Wrexham the last i heard ,thank you Trevor
Buzzer:
Dean, Daltons have now ceased trading but they were from Southampton think the main man died and the firm with it, they used to do a lot of work to Scotland from AC Delco in the Docks IIRC, cheers Buzzer.
Thanks for the info Buzzer.
boardo96:
Evening all, thanks Dean for the comments on the 3 shunters, your right, there probably is a lot worse around and these still are all working trucks so I’m told.
As for Parsons, well I know the firm pretty well, or did back in the 80’s and 90’s, their yards nots 5 mile from where I’m based now and I spent a lot of hours there back when I was about 8 up till I was about 20.
My father used to help there on weekends rebuilding engines etc before they had a workshop, he knew Mr Parsons son in law who was the boss of the haulage side of the firm from an old place they’d worked together at back when my father was an apprentice on the spanners, Mr Parsons mainly dealt with the farm. I can remember spending many cold weekends handing over tolls and spares trying to see what was what and getting oil bound in the process, didn’t do me any harm as I was soon helping out most weekends and some of my school holidays which lead on to working ther full time when I left school as my father went self employed a few years before and was in there workshop full time and it was full time, got to take my hat to man Mr Hoskins ( the son in law), he certainly made the firm grow in the matter of 10 to 15 years. I can remember him having a pretty much all British built fleet for some time with an odd Bison and Clydale on quarry work for ECC which in time got replaced with a Freiter and some Constructors, had a Lynx, a TM and 2 B series on general which soon expended to several Freiters, C series’s, and artic E series, Roadtrains and not to long after came a couple second hand Volvos, a F12 and F16, then stopped messing about and got 3 new 143’s, still kept in with ERF and bought some EC’s but then came the Merc’s, and then some version 1’s and on and on it went. I left there in about 95 and have lost track with it all, obviously most of the old drivers have moved on or retired and they had some really good blokes (there not saying they haven’t now) still see plenty of motors around just don’t recognise many of the drivers.
Mr H died must be back in the late 90’s so fair play to the rest of the family’s members and staff for keeping the company going.
Had some good times and learnt a lot whilst I was there, didn’t give it thought at the time, always to dam busy, just like many on here have said before " I wished I’d kept my camera with me"
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Good memories “boardo96”. Its amazing the memories a pic brings back.
Where was the ECC quarry out of intrest ? I do miss seeing their lorries on the road.
pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Weir Waste were from Birmingham got taken over by Biffa a couple of years ago.
That Sed Ak was still working in 2013 as I used to see it on Ufton Landfill most days, Cheer’s Pete
Cheers Pete “The Knowledge” Smith !
Should have put that Seddon in the landfill. 
Chris Webb:
Morning Dean.
The Albion on previous page has a GB Glasgow reg and Glasgow on door.Can’t identify the operator though and not sure of the load unless it’s shot blast.
Mr Webb, where have you been ! Now you could well be right.
tastrucker:
“DEANB”R.M.Faulkner MAN from Wales.
Cant remember if we have had a C.H.Bennett & Son motor from Wales on before.
Hello DEAN ,yes Faulkners from Llandegla Moor which is on the A525 between Ruthin and Wrexham ,dont think you have had C H Bennets from Newtown ,not sure if they are still around now ,they had their own quarry ,but i think it was taken over by Tudor Griffiths group .
Thank you DEAN for the article on Woodward bros they went on to establish Iceland and relocated to Deeside ,their cold storage area in Oswestry was then taken over by Coldmove who ran ERFs ,and now at present it is Moran ,but i think they want to relocate to Wrexham the last i heard ,thank you Trevor
Good stuff as normal Trevor. I thought you may know about Woodward !
Anyone recognise the F88 ■■
H.C.Miles & Sons Atkinson overtaking a Big J. Not sure if we have had a Miles motor on before,anyone know where they were based ■■?
Leyland Lynx artic. Why did they offer the Lynx as an artic when they had the Buffalo ■■?
“boardo96” One from your part of the world. W.F.Miners & Son DAF. Looks like the pic was taken in Southampton.
Barber Road Services GUY big J.
Anyone know where the Nicholls ERF is from ■■?
RMC Aggregrates DAF.
Doccombe Mercedes from Downton.
Leatherbarrows Removals Iveco based at Bournemouth airport.
Anyone recognise the livestock MAN truck ■■?
EH Nicholls are from Sittingbourne in Kent… They run an all Iveco fleet now.
DEANB:
Anyone recognise the F88 ■■9
H.C.Miles & Sons Atkinson overtaking a Big J. Not sure if we have had a Miles motor on before,anyone know where they were based ■■?
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Leyland Lynx artic. Why did they offer the Lynx as an artic when they had the Buffalo ■■?
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“boardo96” One from your part of the world. W.F.Miners & Son DAF. Looks like the pic was taken in Southampton.
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Barber Road Services GUY big J.
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Anyone know where the Nicholls ERF is from ■■?
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RMC Aggregrates DAF.
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Doccombe Mercedes from Downton.
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Leatherbarrows Removals Iveco based at Bournemouth airport.
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Anyone recognise the livestock MAN truck ■■?
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Hi Dean ,H Miles were from Malvern ,but also had a depot at Ledbury they did a lot of steel and tinplate out of south Wales with a lot going to Metal Box Worcester ,i think they became part of the Nuttal group ,regards Keith
Morning Dean,
Henry Venables is a very old timber supply company based in Stafford, looks like the pic is taken in Stafford town centre.
The Lynx tractor units would be for 24 ton train weight hence the Albion hub reduction axle and the Buffalo would be for 32 ton and would have the heavier Maudsley design? axle, both would have had the headless wonder engine fitted, Cheer’s Pete
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Morning Dean.
Barber Road Services were from Sheffield.
I remember that when I drove for Tilcon we did some work in Henry Venables yard at Doxey, Stafford, many years ago and I wonder if they are still trading?
Pete.