Only a few cwt there Dan, a couple of barrow loads and half an hours work for those lads on General Asphalte to get that down and rolled. I suppose you are hankering after some daywork at around Ā£40 per hour though? Canāt beat that, I could sit there all day!:lol:
Oi will guarantee Sur that it will take more than three months for the dandelions to sprout and if we are back in the area we will, of course, rectify any problems ( i.e. Weāll be 300 ā ā ā ā ā ā ā moil away !) Now , can we ā ā ā ā ā ā you to the nearest Cash Point as you canāt be too careful nowadays ! Cheers Dennis.
Oi will guarantee Sur that it will take more than three months for the dandelions to sprout and if we are back in the area we will, of course, rectify any problems ( i.e. Weāll be 300 [zb] moil away !) Now , can we ā ā ā ā ā ā you to the nearest Cash Point as you canāt be too careful nowadays ! Cheers Dennis.
Mmm, that canāt be either Roy Derbyshire or John Wayne as they were never waiting that long to tip!
Pete.
My apology To John as he sent me this picture so it is by the courtesy of him.Iāve asked a lot of them but theyāve many pics but as usual stored in the loft.
Mmm, that canāt be either Roy Derbyshire or John Wayne as they were never waiting that long to tip!
Pete.
My apology To John as he sent me this picture so it is by the courtesy of him.Iāve asked a lot of them but theyāve many pics but as usual stored in the loft.
Haha, yes it is John! He must have been having a bad day then sitting there browning his right arm and earning nowt while doing it! An āin jokeā at Ballidon was that the āBreadvan ladsā got all the best work, but they also did their fair share of waiting around just like the rest of us on the black stuff with plenty of late finishes and ruined tea! That pic is from before they stretched them to 26 tonnes as the wheelbase is still as standard, and then the goalposts were changed and they didnāt need stretching after all!
malmic:
I wonder how long some of todayās drivers would last if you took the Scanias and Volvos off them and gave them a Cargo to jog round in
I wouldnāt have wanted to drive one even when they were new Mick! Have to admit that they served their owners well (yourself included) but they just werenāt really my cup of tea.
malmic:
I wonder how long some of todayās drivers would last if you took the Scanias and Volvos off them and gave them a Cargo to jog round in
I wouldnāt have wanted to drive one even when they were new Mick! Have to admit that they served their owners well (yourself included) but they just werenāt really my cup of tea.
Pete.
I bet they made more brass with them and could work on them in the yard( I suppose some bright spark will say they needed to).Pete did you ever drive one or are you a bit snooty with the blue oval on the grill. If you said you wouldnāt want to drive one even when it was new, why.The first ones did have a brake problem though but it did get sorted.I sold a lot to Tarmac for their owner drivers and not just round here but in the North West.
Sign the order here Pete and Iāll include a couple of tanks of Diesel which should be enough for a month
rastone:
I bet they made more brass with them and could work on them in the yard( I suppose some bright spark will say they needed to).Pete did you ever drive one or are you a bit snooty with the blue oval on the grill. If you said you wouldnāt want to drive one even when it was new, why.The first ones did have a brake problem though but it did get sorted.I sold a lot to Tarmac for their owner drivers and not just round here but in the North West.
Sign the order here Pete and Iāll include a couple of tanks of Diesel which should be enough for a month
Tony
No snobbery Tony, I just talked to those drivers (not owners as they spent the money so were biased!) who drove them and felt as though their spine was being pushed through their chest! They did the job OK though and had a decent enough payload, mechanically they were very much the same as the Fodens I drove and maintained so easily repaired without any fancy tackle but I preferred the roomier and comfier sprung Foden cab that didnāt rot away after only about ten years! I did drive one of Paylings 7.5 tonners briefly though, the brakes on that scared me when empty as it felt like it was going to stand on its nose with only gentle pedal pressure.
malmic:
Cargoes had a good driveline and a very good payload but very little thought was given to the driver who had to spend 10 to 12 hours behind the wheel
Thinking back Mick most of those who I knew that bought them new had previously run Leylands, either Reivers or four wheeler Clydesdales and Freighters, and I suppose the Cargo was just a modern version of a similar vehicle really with no frills and reasonably priced? I donāt remember any replacing them with newer Cargoās though?
Edited to say that to be fair, apart from a couple of lads locally, nobody was buying any new tippers from the mid nineties as the job was just starting to go downhill rapidly so no reflection on the Ford.
Only ever did one day on a Cargo. Never again! It was a 28tonne artic and had very little brakes even when they were cold. In my opinion they were not a patch on the two D-series I had.