PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[rward]

The picture of the Transcon pulling catnic trailor has anybody on year ever pulled loads of these coz believe me if you could chain a multi dropper say 15 drops I salute you when catnic first started they never got further than machen mile loads moved .fell of you would never believe it ministry going nuts I seen the most professinal drivers baffled you could only use dogs and chains no ropes and sheets 22 years I did these and still had problems when I used to do shunting I was 21 I used to try and help the guys on return loads to chain down and they would look and think who’s this clever sod 1hour later phone call machen straight quick load moved try and beat the police Every load a challeng ah ah regards rowly

[coomsey]

Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

[moomooland]

coomsey:
Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

Complete with ‘greedy boards’.

[pete_359]

hi all,
they just keep on coming!

1. the avon seddon was probably from bridgend?a guy i was in school with,his father drove one,based opposite bridgend BRS depot.
2. the atki. thats an illtyd Thomas motor imo.

[cliff_luxton]

Well done Dean fastest growing site on here great pictures as well. Got to add one of these ain’t I.

[coomsey]

moomooland:

coomsey:
Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

0Complete with ‘greedy boards’.

In the 70s our way N W Leics they were called coke boards, always thought greedy boards were a Yank thing would that be so? Cheers Paul

[thelongdrag]

Good morning coomsey,greedy boards on aggregate body tippers for coal in the winter or as at M.Peak for various tippers that ran on the lime plant,also needed for return loads of beet pulp from various sugar factories. Coke boards on Bulkers. That’s how I always new it round here,but I am sure there are regional variations. Mike.

[hrs]

coomsey:

moomooland:

coomsey:
Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

0Complete with ‘greedy boards’.

In the 70s our way N W Leics they were called coke boards, always thought greedy boards were a Yank thing would that be so? Cheers Paul

“Down south” in the horse and cart days the farmers had these detatchable frames they put on the carts for the harvest to get hay on and i remember the old boys called them greedy boards, I was not alone in calling them that during my time in the truck buisnes. Harvey

[deanb]

smallcoal:
The bordere is illtyd Thomas of Swansea

Thanks John,nice pics again !

pete smith:

smallcoal:
The bordere is illtyd Thomas of Swansea

Hi John,
I wonder if that silver knight is the one that is still in the yard,well just the chassis rails and what is left of the cab? The 2 doors are hanging up in the workshop, Cheer’s Pete

rward:
The little blue daf was du Mac transport I think the Bowns Transcon with catnic trailer was a one dropper it wasn’t me coz I had a Dawson’s f12 on hire coming from a 81 scania it was afantastic truck after that I always said I’d get one one day I now I own a stunning f16 regards rowly

Thanks for your comments Rowly ! Pop some pics of the mighty F16 on chap !!!

oiltreader:

DEANB:
This company have always had a very smart fleet !

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Hi Dean the Atki at Truckfest Scotland 1999.
Cheers Oily

Nice to see its been saved Oily !

rward:
The old blue commer rigid du Mac transport regards rowly

jshepguis:
Or was it Swift for service Dean?

I blame Paul mate that’s what he told me !! Have you any pics of Swift ■■

Buzzer:
DEAN we had several globe trotters with the kitchen packs in but they had spirit stoves and that could be dangerous so we replaced ours with two ring gas burners from a caravan store and fitted the bottle out side the cab on the chassis in a little lockable alloy box we had made & the water tank was in one of the side cabinets of the cab. We bought some from Dawsons who supplied Globies to ACH and there govener had them removed for some reason and we retro fitted them, another MH moment Buzzer.

Quality motors Buzzer and yours were very smart !

smallcoal:
Illy td Thomas old and new they bought the blue line unit in the pic

Nice pics again John !

HRS:

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Hopkins Bros Defender.

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The Mk.1 (a Black Knight) was new to Gibbs of Fraserburgh

Hello 240 Gardener,
The time has come, !! could you educate me on the models please, ie Borderer, black knight, Silver whatever as although I remember the trucks I never knew the model line up.
Thanks in advance… Harvey

They are a bloody nightmare Harvey ! Just going to put Atkinson in future !

rward:
The picture of the Transcon pulling catnic trailor has anybody on year ever pulled loads of these coz believe me if you could chain a multi dropper say 15 drops I salute you when catnic first started they never got further than machen mile loads moved .fell of you would never believe it ministry going nuts I seen the most professinal drivers baffled you could only use dogs and chains no ropes and sheets 22 years I did these and still had problems when I used to do shunting I was 21 I used to try and help the guys on return loads to chain down and they would look and think who’s this clever sod 1hour later phone call machen straight quick load moved try and beat the police Every load a challeng ah ah regards rowly

It looks a horrible load to try and secure down Rowly !

coomsey:
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Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

Thanks “coomsey” tidy looking motor that ERF !

moomooland:

coomsey:
Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

0Complete with ‘greedy boards’.

pete 359:
hi all,
they just keep on coming!

1. the avon seddon was probably from bridgend?a guy i was in school with,his father drove one,based opposite bridgend BRS depot.
2. the atki. thats an illtyd Thomas motor imo.

Thanks for your comments Andrew,loads more Welsh stuff in this batch of pics !

coomsey:

moomooland:

coomsey:
Coal merchants from Whitwick their yard just around from my house, housing now of course. Didn’t realise they run bulker though mostly T Ks with bags

0Complete with ‘greedy boards’.

In the 70s our way N W Leics they were called coke boards, always thought greedy boards were a Yank thing would that be so? Cheers Paul

thelongdrag:
Good morning coomsey,greedy boards on aggregate body tippers for coal in the winter or as at M.Peak for various tippers that ran on the lime plant,also needed for return loads of beet pulp from various sugar factories. Coke boards on Bulkers. That’s how I always new it round here,but I am sure there are regional variations. Mike.

Cheers Mike !

[jshepguis]

Coomsey in North East I’ve always known them as greedy boards. Remember tippers could get 20 ton of wheat in no problem. Barley was lighter so would be overflowing at 18 ton so put some greedy boards on for the extra 2 ton.

[deanb]

Cliff luxton:
Well done Dean fastest growing site on here great pictures as well. Got to add one of these ain’t I.

Cheers Cliff. The thing i like about that pic is it shows what i have always said about F88’s you must
have the sun visor,makes the truck that much better looking.

With out a doubt one of the best colour schemes i have ever seen on a truck.Definately in my top three
of all time ! The next time you speak with the boss Cliff ask him where he came up with the paint job ■■?

[jshepguis]

Hi Dean there is a thread on here about Swifts. One of the photo’s of them for you.

[ramone]

oiltreader:

DEANB:
This company have always had a very smart fleet !

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Hi Dean the Atki at Truckfest Scotland 1999.
Cheers Oily

The Pollock Atki must have been old stock on a S plate

[deanb]

Some pics.

Volvo F10 of Neil Hobson with a L reg F88 on trailer with a 290 grill on it ? Should be a smaller 240
grill on L reg which goes with the correct air stack at back of cab. At first glance it looked liked a F89 until
closer inspection.

Prim Mercedes.

Gagewell DAF

Anyone recognise the ERF ■■?

Anyone recognise the Atkinson ■■?

Alf Perry & Son Foden going to load steel

Rhys Davies & Sons F10

Anyone recognise the TM Bedford,cant make the name out ■■

R & G transport from Scotland tidy ERF

Walker’s steel tubes ERF

[deanb]

jshepguis:
Coomsey in North East I’ve always known them as greedy boards. Remember tippers could get 20 ton of wheat in no problem. Barley was lighter so would be overflowing at 18 ton so put some greedy boards on for the extra 2 ton.

jshepguis:
Hi Dean there is a thread on here about Swifts. One of the photo’s of them for you.

Reckon you are right chap ! Paul must have had too much red wine when he was cataloging the pics !

ramone:

oiltreader:

DEANB:
This company have always had a very smart fleet !

Click on pages twice to magnify to read !

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Hi Dean the Atki at Truckfest Scotland 1999.
Cheers Oily

The Pollock Atki must have been old stock on a S plate

Cheers Ramone !

[deanb]

Smith & Robinson Volvo F86

Advert,click on twice to read.

[pete_smith]

Alf Parry from Connah’s Quay, them boys could get a shift on along the A41 between Wolverhampton and Whitchurch!
Last motor’s they ran we’re Sed Atki’s, Steelboy F10 will remember them,

[deanb]

Dyfed Sludge Disposal Bedford TM.

Safeway Mercedes 1617

Advert,click on it twice.

[moomooland]

Walkersteel from Blackburn.

Jack Walker was a British industrialist and businessman from Blackburn Lancashire.
Walker built his fortune in the steel industry, amassing a personal fortune of £600 million.
He then went on to become the owner and benefactor of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, winning a Premiership title under his guidance.

Following the death of his father Charles Jack Walker took over the family sheet metal business.
In 1988 the business was making an annual profit of £48m.
By 1990 Walker had built up the business so successfully that it had become the largest steel stockholder in Britain, employing 3,400 people at 50 sites.
Walkersteel completed a major deal with GKN, purchasing subsidiary GKN Steel-stock.
Following this Jack Walker decided that it was the right time to sell and opened negotiations with The British Steel Corporation.
Walkersteel was sold in 1989 for a reported £360m, the highest price ever paid for a private company at the time.
On the 17th of August 2000 Jack Walker died aged 71 from cancer.

[moomooland]

HRS:
The time has come, !! could you educate me on the models please, ie Borderer, black knight, Silver whatever as although I remember the trucks I never knew the model line up.
Thanks in advance… Harvey

The best i can do is this…
The name ‘Borderer’ was dreamed up in May 1970 by the late Frank Whalley who was the publicity manager for Atkinson Vehicles.
It was one of six names used by the company to identify the different models being built at the time.
The range consisted of tractor units ‘Borderer’ (4x2) and ‘Venturer’ (6x4),
Two-axle chassis ‘Raider’.
Three-axle chassis ‘Searcher’
Four-axle chassis ‘Defender’.
The new model for this generation at the time being the twin steer tractor unit ‘Leader’ (6x2).

Anything earlier and Chris Gardner is the man to put you right.