MFI went into administration & closed their stores in 2008.
Hi everyone
Do you have photos of trucks from various countries of Europe surely:
-France
-Spain
-Portugal
-Italy
-Germany.
Thank you very much. 
sm240:
Hi everyone
Do you have photos of trucks from various countries of Europe surely:
-France
-Spain
-Portugal
-Italy
-Germany.
Thank you very much.
Krupp from Van Steenbergen, Arendonk in Belgium for you.
There was a John Deere tractor on a couple of pages ago, here are one or two more with differing front axles, taken on Prince Edward Island, Canada three or four years ago. (oh happy days!!!)
Tyneside
dave docwra:
“DEANB”
I miss seeing Corralls on the road. Heres one of there Roadtrains from the Poole depot on the docks seen here between
Poole and Bournemouth.Have some great memories of Corralls who my Father drove for from 1964 until they become P.D.Wharfeage & Transport based in Portslade near Hove actually.
I agree Dave. Dont know if you ever went to the Poole depot but it was just as you entered Poole docks and had the only
public weighbridge. So it was very busy with trucks weighing that had loaded off the docks or were bringing loads into ships
like grain etc. The weighbridge was small and would take a 8 wheeler but artics had to split weigh. 
A few odds and sods.
Click on pages twice to read.
windrush:
We simply used the Foden nine speed gearbox ecactly the same as the twelve speed ones, there was no overdrive lockout fitted to any of the ones we operated.I always wanted a small truck like a Lister, Martin or a Bonser to exhibit at rallies but it never happened, there is still a very active club relating to them though. When I worked for a BMC dealership in Reading we used to do MOT tests on three wheel Lister trucks owned by British Rail as they travelled across a public highway between the goods yard and station so had to be taxed and tested. They had no electrics so Ever Ready cycle lamps were hung on the front and rear, brake testing (they only had one brake) was difficult using a Tapley meter but we managed to get some sort of a reading that satisfied the ‘powers that be’ and everyone was happy!
Pete.
“Ever Ready cycle lamps” Classic ! 
Here’s the Bonser brochure.
Click on pages twice to read.
Advert from 1964.
coomsey:
I’d been doing 20 + loads to sidings a day for Tarmac, after a surprisingly short time I’d had my fill, asked Jeff Ireland, transport manager, for a swap. No problems have you drove a Foden ? Yes no problems. Jumped into the S39 pictured, whoa they’ve moved the lever onto the gearstick. Away I went, about 6 MTH later I was put on a S83 n while waiting to load I noticed the shift pattern on the gear knob,it turned out that I’d been driving mine as a 12sp when there was no such thing. The shift pattern had worn off mine, kept using the same shifts though. The 9sp must have been designed for ninnies
20 loads a day !!
Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.
I think Brook Motors were from Huddersfield and Crompton Parkinson had a site at Doncaster on the Wheatley Hall estate.I used to take steel strip in there from Aldridge.
Thanks for the info Chris.
Just found a clipping from 1967.
Kempston:
"Chris Webb"Hi Dean.
I think Brook Motors were from Huddersfield and Crompton Parkinson had a site at Doncaster on the Wheatley Hall estate.I used to take steel strip in there from Aldridge.They were indeed in Huddersfield, I used to pick up electric motors in there for Allen’s.
Cheers Dave.
Kempston:
Hi Dean, don’t know when MFI packed up but I can tell you where they were based, originally on elms farm industrial estate in Bedford but they then needed bigger premises and moved to brackmills ind estate in Northampton. The Bedford distribution centre was then taken over by Debenhams until they moved to a bigger premises in Peterborough. Forget who’s got it now.I would guess that colour scheme on the MFI unit in your photo was a later colour when they had moved to Northampton, it also looks like an old Hoarne paper trailer who I believe were based in Northampton. The photo below is the colour scheme they had when based in Bedford.nmp
Thanks for the info/comments Dave. Alot of companies changed colours so i am sure you are right.
dave docwra:
MFI went into administration & closed their stores in 2008.
Cheers Dave.
sm240:
Hi everyone
Do you have photos of trucks from various countries of Europe surely:
-France
-Spain
-Portugal
-Italy
-Germany.
Thank you very much.
Heres a few.
tyneside:
There was a John Deere tractor on a couple of pages ago, here are one or two more with differing front axles, taken on Prince Edward Island, Canada three or four years ago. (oh happy days!!!)
Tyneside
Nice pics Tyneside.
Any idea why the first one was built with the engine on one side like that ?
Could you release more trucks soon?
They are very beautiful anyway …
DEANB:
I agree Dave. Dont know if you ever went to the Poole depot but it was just as you entered Poole docks and had the only
public weighbridge. So it was very busy with trucks weighing that had loaded off the docks or were bringing loads into ships
like grain etc. The weighbridge was small and would take a 8 wheeler but artics had to split weigh.3
Hi Dean, Can’t say I remember going to Poole depot but I was fairly young, My father did a lot of his work going North, I remember he did drive a Dennis like the one in the picture & didn’t like it,
I think they had two of them, he wanted back onto a Super Comet which he did get when some new ones were brought into the fleet, but he did not approve of the pink steering wheel it came with.
So you can see the rows when planting or hoeing
Rich
So you can see the rows when planting or hoeing
Rich
DEANB:
sm240:
Hi everyone
Do you have photos of trucks from various countries of Europe surely:
-France
-Spain
-Portugal
-Italy
-Germany.
Thank you very much.Heres a few.
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Why is the tilt stripped back on the GB reg F88 ?
Suedehead:
Why is the tilt stripped back on the GB reg F88 ?
Would hazard a guess that they have just tipped close to their next pick up.
dave docwra:
Suedehead:
Why is the tilt stripped back on the GB reg F88 ?Would hazard a guess that they have just tipped close to their next pick up.
Yes, I would agree with that. There are loose boards in the side so we can rule out any ‘high winds’ scenario.
tribsa:
So you can see the rows when planting or hoeing
Rich
I am guessing you could be correct. We were on holiday over there and came across a small field on the roadside at the front of a small holding with about 15 / 20 tractors and implements just standing there. There wasn’t a soul around to ask so I just took some photos and went on my way.
Tyneside
sm240:
Could you release more trucks soon?
They are very beautiful anyway …
dave docwra:
“DEANB”
I agree Dave. Dont know if you ever went to the Poole depot but it was just as you entered Poole docks and had the only
public weighbridge. So it was very busy with trucks weighing that had loaded off the docks or were bringing loads into ships
like grain etc. The weighbridge was small and would take a 8 wheeler but artics had to split weigh.Hi Dean, Can’t say I remember going to Poole depot but I was fairly young, My father did a lot of his work going North, I remember he did drive a Dennis like the one in the picture & didn’t like it,
I think they had two of them, he wanted back onto a Super Comet which he did get when some new ones were brought into the fleet, but he did not approve of the pink steering wheel it came with.
Good memories Dave, Sunseekers now own the old Corralls yard at Poole.
tribsa:
So you can see the rows when planting or hoeing
Rich
Never thought of that,cheers Rich.
ERF-NGC-European:
“dave docwra” “Suedehead”
Why is the tilt stripped back on the GB reg F88 ?Would hazard a guess that they have just tipped close to their next pick up.
Yes, I would agree with that. There are loose boards in the side so we can rule out any ‘high winds’ scenario.
Thanks for the comments Ro,Dave & “Suedehead”
Think the MAN is a Carline motor.
Dont think we have had a Swinny International motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■
No idea who the haulier is but that must be the neatest load of logs i have ever seen.
Birmingham Boards Scania.
Cooper DAF from ■■
Anyone recognise the Scania with what looks like a food tanker ■■
Trevor, One from your way and dont remember having a Reg Gregory motor on before ■■
Cant remember if we have had a Cecil S Allen & Sons motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■
Elliott Blackmore ERF.
Dont remember if we have had a Stregis motor on before,anyone know anything about them ■■
Cant make out where the B.T.Cullum MAN is based ■■ Looks like a Crusader is going to pass him.
Shell Seddon Atkinson tanker.
Osgerby’s Haulage Volvo F86 who i think were from Hull ■■
Rays of Bedford who i think were part of the Dawon Group.
E.Curran & Son Foden from Northallerton.
Morey’s DAF from Ringwood.
Cinsidering how many thousands of photos we have had on here,we have not had many Ford Cargo’s.
Heres one of Scotts. I bet the driver got fed up having to keep fill up as the diesel tank looks tiny ■■
Think it says Perfect on the door ■■ But has the initial A on both sides of the front so not sure who’s motor it is ■■
Shepherds Transport AEC Mercury ? Think they were from the Midlands.
Anyone know anything about the Leyland Reiver of N.M.Macdonald ■■? Seen here on the A35 between Dorchester and
Bridport.
