PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[retired_old_fart]

gingerfold:

moomooland:
1RH Stevens Transport went bust in 2011 this article appeared in Commercial Motor back in July of that year…

“Abbey Logistics Group boosted its bulk powder transport division by picking up assets from the collapsed haulier RH Stevens Transport and customers from its successor company Macclesfield Transport.
Under the deal, Abbey will take on the firm’s powder tanker fleet of 25 trucks and 40 tankers, as well as all drivers, planning staff, and some workshop employees, from 31 July 2011.
RH Stevens Transport put its three subsidiaries into liquidation in February 2011 following several large contract losses and established Macclesfield Transport to satisfy the remaining contracts”.
Full article here
0That horrible shade of pink was even registered as ‘Stevens Pink’.

There’s more to that article than meets the eye, but unfortunately I cannot comment further for confidentiality reasons.

Go on, Gingerfold, go for it!
As an employed driver for the firm at the time, I can reveal that none of it’s employees were told about a firm called “Macclesfield Transport”. The writing had been on the wall for some time, with the firm hanging on by it’s fingertips until a deal had been done with a property company for the depot.

[smallcoal]

Dieseldog66:

ERF-NGC-European:

gingerfold:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the AEC ■■

No, don’t recognise the AEC but he’s pushing the maximum height. A Motorway bridge allows 16 ft 6 inches of clearance and I reckon his height is 16 ft. And I’d want at least one more chain on the trailers. Not impressed.

I’m with you there, Gingerfold. I used to assemble and haul a good few tri-stack empties to the docks in the '80s. Looking at that stack in the picture, it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. A lot of trailers in those days still didn’t have spring-brakes and they leaked air like sieves. You only needed an air-leak to risk the top trailer becoming a loose canon when you applied the brakes on the unit. This is why you needed to strap (or at least rope) each trailer down murder tight and secure the bogies from shifting both forwards and backwards on each trailer in the stack by judicious use of straps. There was a simple and logical way of doing that and you took short cuts at your peril: that top trailer could crush your cab if it plummeted forward. Robert

Here’s a pic of my mate Phil in Folkestone with topped trailers cheers John
Would have been safer if he had wound the legs down on each trailer.

[deanb]

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Cant make the name out on the Borderer ■■?

Winsford Transport?

Thanks for the name “240 Gardner”

moomooland:
0Taken at the junction of the A350 Westbury Road and West Ashton Road at Yarnbrook near Trowbridge. The Longs Arms in the background on Hawkeridge Road Yarnbrook is still there today.

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Thanks Paul,for the info where the pic was taken. What i find unusual in that photo is its paint work looks
fresh no scuffs/marks on bumper etc ! Where is the tipper body ■■? Maybe it was involved in an accident
and was going to have another tipper body fitted ■■ Only reason i am saying that is i only ever remember
seeing tipper bodies on EEC trucks ? The quarry chaps on here may know more.Another explanation could be
that it was an owner driver possibly who had bought a second and chassis and was putting a tipper body on
it

gingerfold:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the AEC ■■

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No, don’t recognise the AEC but he’s pushing the maximum height. A Motorway bridge allows 16 ft 6 inches of clearance and I reckon his height is 16 ft. And I’d want at least one more chain on the trailers. Not impressed.

I have to say there have been a few loads in the photo’s that dont look that well secured !!

bob-lad:
that erf with the single axle is one of vincit carriers of Trafford park they were a part of carborundum they ran an ageing fleet sometimes recabing until jas f aidley of Urmston took over the transport , Trafford park storage motors were owned by smiths of eccles tdg they had a crusader as well , ken elsby had an interesting fleet with cancelled export fodens and experimental ones

Thanks for the information !

Chris Webb:

moomooland:

lespullan:
L P G Batley, logo on door a bit vague.

1 Think your right Les LPG Transport from Batley Yorkshire looks like it had been sold on when the picture was taken.
0Photograph courtesy of Leslie Wilson.

That F86 artic with tar tank would have worked out of BSC Chemicals at Orgreave Sheffield int 70s.

Thanks Chris !

ERF-NGC-European:

Buzzer:

ERF-NGC-European:
Are they vents in the front of that tilt - I mean those black discs on the sheet. If so, what might they have been transporting to warrant puncturing a tilt canopy? Or is it just a random design? Robert

0

Robert years ago before all fruit went into frigo’s because the super markets wanted that many loads of oranges were brought from Spain in tilts, some had vents like that in the picture or they used to fold the front corner of the tilt to let air flow to keep the load cool, also some frigo’s had little pop holes at the top each side of the motor to vent, when we loaded strawberries down the bottom of Spain they used to gas the load and shut the door, then after 12 hours you were told to open the back doors also to vent. Not sure if the gas was to kill any creepy crawlies or what, Buzzer.

Thank you Buzzer! Yes that makes sense. Cheers, Robert

Yes,its amazing what you learn on here !

Bewick:

gingerfold:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the AEC ■■

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No, don’t recognise the AEC but he’s pushing the maximum height. A Motorway bridge allows 16 ft 6 inches of clearance and I reckon his height is 16 ft. And I’d want at least one more chain on the trailers. Not impressed.

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0

ERF-NGC-European:

gingerfold:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the AEC ■■

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No, don’t recognise the AEC but he’s pushing the maximum height. A Motorway bridge allows 16 ft 6 inches of clearance and I reckon his height is 16 ft. And I’d want at least one more chain on the trailers. Not impressed.

I’m with you there, Gingerfold. I used to assemble and haul a good few tri-stack empties to the docks in the '80s. Looking at that stack in the picture, it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. A lot of trailers in those days still didn’t have spring-brakes and they leaked air like sieves. You only needed an air-leak to risk the top trailer becoming a loose canon when you applied the brakes on the unit. This is why you needed to strap (or at least rope) each trailer down murder tight and secure the bogies from shifting both forwards and backwards on each trailer in the stack by judicious use of straps. There was a simple and logical way of doing that and you took short cuts at your peril: that top trailer could crush your cab if it plummeted forward. Robert

Cheers for your comments Robert !

moomooland:
2 L Woodward & Sons Ltd of Crossley Stud Farm Buxton Road, Congleton, Cheshire are still very much in business today running a few artics.
1Back in 1987 they bought this brand new Seddon Atkinson 401 eight wheeler.
0In September 1988 added this ■■■■■■■ powered ERF E14 6x2 tractor unit to their fleet.

Thanks Paul,some good pics again !

bob-lad:
woodwards were behind the flower pot pub in them days not far from reg stevens original yard

Thanks again Rob, “flower pot pub” ,thats an unusual name for a boozer !

Dieseldog66:

ERF-NGC-European:

gingerfold:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the AEC ■■

0

No, don’t recognise the AEC but he’s pushing the maximum height. A Motorway bridge allows 16 ft 6 inches of clearance and I reckon his height is 16 ft. And I’d want at least one more chain on the trailers. Not impressed.

I’m with you there, Gingerfold. I used to assemble and haul a good few tri-stack empties to the docks in the '80s. Looking at that stack in the picture, it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. A lot of trailers in those days still didn’t have spring-brakes and they leaked air like sieves. You only needed an air-leak to risk the top trailer becoming a loose canon when you applied the brakes on the unit. This is why you needed to strap (or at least rope) each trailer down murder tight and secure the bogies from shifting both forwards and backwards on each trailer in the stack by judicious use of straps. There was a simple and logical way of doing that and you took short cuts at your peril: that top trailer could crush your cab if it plummeted forward. Robert

Would have been safer if he had wound the legs down on each trailer.

Suedehead:

ERF-NGC-European:
Are they vents in the front of that tilt - I mean those black discs on the sheet. If so, what might they have been transporting to warrant puncturing a tilt canopy? Or is it just a random design? Robert

0
The unit looks the same colour scheme as WH Malcolms.

Thanks for your comments “Suedehead” or possibly a owner driver ■■

Retired Old ■■■■:

gingerfold:

moomooland:
1RH Stevens Transport went bust in 2011 this article appeared in Commercial Motor back in July of that year…

“Abbey Logistics Group boosted its bulk powder transport division by picking up assets from the collapsed haulier RH Stevens Transport and customers from its successor company Macclesfield Transport.
Under the deal, Abbey will take on the firm’s powder tanker fleet of 25 trucks and 40 tankers, as well as all drivers, planning staff, and some workshop employees, from 31 July 2011.
RH Stevens Transport put its three subsidiaries into liquidation in February 2011 following several large contract losses and established Macclesfield Transport to satisfy the remaining contracts”.
Full article here
0That horrible shade of pink was even registered as ‘Stevens Pink’.

There’s more to that article than meets the eye, but unfortunately I cannot comment further for confidentiality reasons.

Go on, Gingerfold, go for it!
As an employed driver for the firm at the time, I can reveal that none of it’s employees were told about a firm called “Macclesfield Transport”. The writing had been on the wall for some time, with the firm hanging on by it’s fingertips until a deal had been done with a property company for the depot.

Thanks for your comments “ROF”

smallcoal:

ERF-NGC-European:

gingerfold:
Anyone recognise the AEC ■■

1

No, don’t recognise the AEC but he’s pushing the maximum height. A Motorway bridge allows 16 ft 6 inches of clearance and I reckon his height is 16 ft. And I’d want at least one more chain on the trailers. Not impressed.

I’m with you there, Gingerfold. I used to assemble and haul a good few tri-stack empties to the docks in the '80s. Looking at that stack in the picture, it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. A lot of trailers in those days still didn’t have spring-brakes and they leaked air like sieves. You only needed an air-leak to risk the top trailer becoming a loose canon when you applied the brakes on the unit. This is why you needed to strap (or at least rope) each trailer down murder tight and secure the bogies from shifting both forwards and backwards on each trailer in the stack by judicious use of straps. There was a simple and logical way of doing that and you took short cuts at your peril: that top trailer could crush your cab if it plummeted forward. Robert

Here’s a pic of my mate Phil in Folkestone with topped trailers cheers John
Would have been safer if he had wound the legs down on each trailer.

Thanks for the pic John !

[deanb]

Some pics.

Allison F88 well loaded with steel.

Manor transport MAN.

Smart Seddon of Massey Wilcox. Whats the car overtaking, it looks like a Maxi but i think they made one
very similar with a different grill ■■ Was it a Woosley ■■?

2 x Moerton’s BRS
Who’s Seddon Atkinson 400 is that in the top of the pic ■■

Anyone recognie the DAF tipper ■■?

Laing freight Mercedes.

D & A transport Borderer,we had these in the first batch of pics, Doris & ■■?

Bailey’s of Westbury. Looks like they did a bit of middle east work looking at the air con unit on roof.
A Borderer of Distillers Co behind.

John Bradley & Sons ERF

[erf-ngc-european]

Here’s another shot of that ^^^ Baileys Crusader with the Kysor air-con. Robert

[hrs]

Can not believe I was ever this young !!! anyone remember E J Thomas of Lasham near Alton Hampshire, A very good customer of mine for many years, also ran this company and Macnamara Tpt. PS, The hair and waist line have long gone. Harvey

[moomooland]

HRS:
Can not believe I was ever this young !!! anyone remember E J Thomas of Lasham near Alton Hampshire, A very good customer of mine for many years, also ran this company and Macnamara Tpt. PS, The hair and waist line have long gone. Harvey

Can see that hair and waist line a bit clearer now Harvey.

[moomooland]

An Atki Borderer operated by D & A Transport Ltd from Longton Lancashire, aka Doris & Albert.

Another Atkinson Border operated by D & A Transport of Longton Lancashire,
Seen here parked up for the night at the Brickmakers Arms lay-by Woburn Road just off the A421 at Kempston Bedford in 1978.
Photograph courtesy of Mike Tebbutt

[mark_r]

Fantastic photos again today… Nice to see Allinson’s F88 and that their livery has remained virtually unchanged for over 40 years. Most of the other firms I’d never heard of (except Massey Wilcox) which makes this page so Interesting!.. Many Thanks.

[240_gardner]

DEANB:
Smart Seddon of Massey Wilcox. Whats the car overtaking, it looks like a Maxi but i think they made one
very similar with a different grill ■■ Was it a Woosley ■■?

Wolseley 18/85, based on the 1800/2200 ‘Landcrab’ and sharing its doors with the Maxi, not to mention the Austin 3 Litre and the Panther DeVille!

[moomooland]

That ERF LV tractor unit had a long life from 1972 until 1995.
Operated by John Bradley & Sons Ltd of Bilsthopre Notts their livery was white brown and orange with the ‘Chubby Chicken’ logo on the side of some of their trailers.
They were bought out by Buxted Poultry around 1981/2.

[deanb]

ERF-NGC-European:
Here’s another shot of that ^^^ Baileys Crusader with the Kysor air-con. Robert

0

Good pic Robert, i thought the motor look familiar must have seen that pic on one of the middle east
threads on here !

HRS:
0

Can not believe I was ever this young !!! anyone remember E J Thomas of Lasham near Alton Hampshire, A very good customer of mine for many years, also ran this company and Macnamara Tpt. PS, The hair and waist line have long gone. Harvey

Thanks for the pic Harvey ! Tidy looking motor but i cant remember them,but was only a kid !

moomooland:

HRS:
1

Can not believe I was ever this young !!! anyone remember E J Thomas of Lasham near Alton Hampshire, A very good customer of mine for many years, also ran this company and Macnamara Tpt. PS, The hair and waist line have long gone. Harvey

0Can see that hair and waist line a bit clearer now Harvey.

moomooland:
1An Atki Borderer operated by D & A Transport Ltd from Longton Lancashire, aka Doris & Albert.
0Another Atkinson Border operated by D & A Transport of Longton Lancashire,
Seen here parked up for the night at the Brickmakers Arms lay-by Woburn Road just off the A421 at Kempston Bedford in 1978.
Photograph courtesy of Mike Tebbutt

Thats it Albert,very strange name for a haulage company “Doris & Albert” !
Great pic Paul.

Mark R:
Fantastic photos again today… Nice to see Allinson’s F88 and that their livery has remained virtually unchanged for over 40 years. Most of the other firms I’d never heard of (except Massey Wilcox) which makes this page so Interesting!.. Many Thanks.

Mark, I particularly like seeing all of the old traditional paint jobs and sign writing unlike all of the white
crap running around today !

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Smart Seddon of Massey Wilcox. Whats the car overtaking, it looks like a Maxi but i think they made one
very similar with a different grill ■■ Was it a Woosley ■■?

Wolseley 18/85, based on the 1800/2200 ‘Landcrab’ and sharing its doors with the Maxi, not to mention the Austin 3 Litre and the Panther DeVille!

Thanks for confirming that “240 Gardner”

moomooland:
1That ERF LV tractor unit had a long life from 1972 until 1995.
Operated by John Bradley & Sons Ltd of Bilsthopre Notts their livery was white brown and orange with the ‘Chubby Chicken’ logo on the side of some of their trailers.
They were bought out by bought out by Buxted Poultry around 1981/2.
0

Cheers Paul, thanks for the info and pic.

[deanb]

Dont know if you have seen these Paul ■■

Edward Beck’s motors.

This was taken on the 20th May 1962.

An ex Beck’s Foden.

[moomooland]

DEANB:
Dont know if you have seen these Paul ■■
Edward Beck’s motors

Thanks for those Dean all but one are all ready on my Edward Beck website

[deanb]

moomooland:

DEANB:
Dont know if you have seen these Paul ■■
Edward Beck’s motors

Thanks for those Dean all but one are all ready on my Edward Beck website

Ok Paul, i will have a word with a mate and see if he has any.

[deanb]

Harry A Skelton,Foden.

BRS DAF

Air products Seddon Atkinson 400

W.M.Vaugan

Dunlop Kilsyth Transcon.

New Foden.

Anyone recognise the Crusader ■■?

Cadwallader Scania. Is this a different one to Owswetry,as different colours ■■?

G.D.Allen, Seddon Atkinson

The general chip company, DAF

[kevmac47]

moomooland:
1An Atki Borderer operated by D & A Transport Ltd from Longton Lancashire, aka Doris & Albert.
0Another Atkinson Border operated by D & A Transport of Longton Lancashire,
Seen here parked up for the night at the Brickmakers Arms lay-by Woburn Road just off the A421 at Kempston Bedford in 1978.
Photograph courtesy of Mike Tebbutt

Well remember The Brickmakers Arms, had a few ‘lockins’ there in the seventies .We used to load out of London Brick Stewartby, just along that road next to the M1. We regularly loaded from there, for the then “New” Power Station at Heysham, then load spuds out of the Heysham Dock for Team Valley market. Regards Kev.

[smallcoal]

Wm Vaughan was a Bridgend based haulier I see if I got pics of them cheers John,this from Andrew cooper a wm Vaughan leyland

[lespullan]

Pretty sure the Crusader is George Davis or Davies started in Liverpool then spread all over, think Dual Carriageway took them over. Les.

[moomooland]

A contrast in style.