240 Gardner:
“windrush” I drove a 7.5 tonne Cargo curtainsider belonging to a local fruit and veg merchant in Matlock Bath Carnival back in the eighties. The local primary school used it and asked me to drive it as the driver they had lined up decided at the last minute to drive a Commando for a local pub as they promised him free ale all day. We won first prize and the kids wrote me a nice letter of thanks, the brakes were horrible on the Cargo though and you only had to breathe on the pedal and the back wheels locked!
Pete.
I once rode on the back of a D Series 7.5T coal lorry in Bradford in the late 70s, for the Rag Week procession - I guess the Cargo inherited the D Series brakes! I was playing in a band, and it was chaos every time the chap braked
Classic Chris,few wrong tunes played by the sound of it !
ArcDaz:
Thank you Dean for posting these nice set of mixed photos top stuff as always from you guys on this thread Daz
Poor old picture someone gave me - Queen’s silver jubilee, Fulham 1977, for you football fans, Craven Cottage just out of sight to the right. I was already entered in the parade, wife’s mate was Brown Owl, was told she couldn’t have a float, they’d have to march. Couldn’t have that, it was a long way and they’re only little. So I gave 'em a lift. On the way round one of the cheeky little sods put her head round into my window and asked if I couldn’t be a bit smoother on the clutch! To be fair it was getting a bit hot and juddery with all the stopping and starting.
D series brakes! They were fine on my big brother’s D800 that I drove in the late ‘60s. But in 1979 I had an opportunity to move two of my mates’ parents who were downsizing from houses into flats in exchange for having all the left over furniture for our first house me and my wife had just bought. So I hired a nearly new 7.5 ton D series drop-well luton from a local firm. As turned out of their yard gate I checked the LH mirror and just in time spotted a big lump of iron sticking out of the gate about to poke a hole in the side, so I hit the brakes. My little brother who was portering ended up in a little bundle in the footwell. He got his own back later when he was driving in traffic on the North Circular by doing the same to me. They brakes were definitely on or off, nothing in between.
Bernard
albion1938:
Poor old picture someone gave me - Queen’s silver jubilee, Fulham 1977, for you football fans, Craven Cottage just out of sight to the right. I was already entered in the parade, wife’s mate was Brown Owl, was told she couldn’t have a float, they’d have to march. Couldn’t have that, it was a long way and they’re only little. So I gave 'em a lift. On the way round one of the cheeky little sods put her head round into my window and asked if I couldn’t be a bit smoother on the clutch! To be fair it was getting a bit hot and juddery with all the stopping and starting.
D series brakes! They were fine on my big brother’s D800 that I drove in the late ‘60s. But in 1979 I had an opportunity to move two of my mates’ parents who were downsizing from houses into flats in exchange for having all the left over furniture for our first house me and my wife had just bought. So I hired a nearly new 7.5 ton D series drop-well luton from a local firm. As turned out of their yard gate I checked the LH mirror and just in time spotted a big lump of iron sticking out of the gate about to poke a hole in the side, so I hit the brakes. My little brother who was portering ended up in a little bundle in the footwell. He got his own back later when he was driving in traffic on the North Circular by doing the same to me. They brakes were definitely on or off, nothing in between.
Bernard
Morning Dean,
The Scania hook looks like one of 3C demolitions,
STC have a depot in Cannock 1 mile up from the Hollies Cafe, they collect, grade , pack and distribute eggs. I think its the old Thames Valley Eggs and Stonegate eggs.
Enfield recovery are from Llanymynech just south of Oswestry, the lad who owns it has a good collection of ERF’s, Cheer’s Pete
coomsey:
Too true Dean, stick it on the back of a Foden running on Michelin n Gardner n you’ll not go far wrong
Cheers “coomsey”
ArcDaz:
“DEANB” Some odds and sods.
Daz, Hargreaves Routeman.
Nice one Dean Regards Daz
Cheers Daz.
pete smith:
Morning Dean,
The Scania hook looks like one of 3C demolitions,
STC have a depot in Cannock 1 mile up from the Hollies Cafe, they collect, grade , pack and distribute eggs. I think its the old Thames Valley Eggs and Stonegate eggs.
Enfield recovery are from Llanymynech just south of Oswestry, the lad who owns it has a good collection of ERF’s, Cheer’s Pete
I irked the Tasktip advert Dean , I was blessed with one in 1982 , converted to triable for 38tons . It carried a full 25tons but when tipping the chassis between the ram and the pivot point flexed up several inches . After I left the job the front of the body bent at the ram mounting point , good trailer , but just not robust enough .
Punchy Dan:
Dean that looks to me like Denzils Marra an ex Malc Woodhouse unit pulling an ex Collinson trailer ?
Thanks for the possible name Dan.
rigsby:
I irked the Tasktip advert Dean , I was blessed with one in 1982 , converted to triable for 38tons . It carried a full 25tons but when tipping the chassis between the ram and the pivot point flexed up several inches . After I left the job the front of the body bent at the ram mounting point , good trailer , but just not robust enough .
Thanks for your comments Dave,there were thousands of trailers running around back then with a added axle.
neversweat1:
Hi Dean - PSS is Potterton Site Services Thatcham.
We won first prize and the kids wrote me a nice letter of thanks, the brakes were horrible on the Cargo though and you only had to breathe on the pedal and the back wheels locked!
