Hi rigsby, Would this be Jimmy Krankie alias Wee Burney with a bandana roond her heid restricting clear thinking.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
Hi Dennis, Everyone appeared to work direct with Ricky Donnan. Good rates outbound with fish but poor (3d. per empty box return) which did not amount to a lot on the return journey. 300 boxes @ 3d = 900d = £3-15s (£3.75 today) enough to buy about 16 gallons fuel at 4s-6d per gallon. enough for 210 miles running lightly loaded.
Aye the good old days. Cheers Leyland 600
Oh! there’s always a catch Gerald eh!( excuse the pun!) My euro fleet used to do a job from Barrow Docks for some Dutchmen when they came right down the West coast dredging shell fish, Cockles and Mussels, and the boat would put into Barrow on a Friday and all the catch was in those big one ton bags. They hired a crane and the bags were slung into our trailers with open top roofs. They had to be on the fish market in The Hague by Sunday AM sharp, which they always were 
But I always said them Dutchmen will eat 'owt ! would you eat summat that had been dredged up near the out fall of Sellafield? no and nowther would I ! I reckon they needn’t have bothered Micro waving them as they’d already been done ! Cheers Dennis.
Mickeyboy:
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Here’s some I’ve done over the last few months, ive read nearly every page of this thread hoping to see someone had spotted me. No luck there so I’ll hope the photos upload (not great with technology, I’m a 32 year old dinosaur)
No doubt there’s bits people would do differently but I can assure you I try my best!
Not bad for a Buxton man ! Where are your ready made corners !
Leyland600:
Hi Lawrence, Yes I used to do similar work hauling herring when in season out of Whithaven to Mac Fisheries at Fraserburgh, Tyne Brand at North Shields, Leith and Hull. As you say load and go just be sure you are there for 8.00 am latest that is when leaving Whitehaven about 4.0am after sitting on the dock all night waiting for the boats to come in. I can remember regularly meeting the Lochinver wagons on Stainmoor heading south as I returned loaded from BOCM at Selby back in the mid 1960s. Aye the good old days, Nae tachographs then just elastic log sheets. !!!
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Morning Gerald,
A mention of BOCM Selby, used to collect the Linseed Flakes out of there,CWT hessian sacks had to keep your collar up as the dust would take the skin off your neck. the Mill I worked for in Wolverhampton got put on stop there so it was Pauls at Wincolmlee in Hull after that, 5 ton of Linseed Flakes from there and 5 ton of Fish Meal from St Andrews dock I think it was called,used to be plenty of Goodiers from Preston loading in there, happy days? not on that run!!
You mentioned on another thread using layers mash for traction, we always had a couple of bags of the “Chick Grit” and a bag of salt on the lorry, Cheer’s Pete
Hin Pete, Aye the BOCM at Selby was a great place to load bags back in the early 1960s the chutes were just the right hieght and with a good guy putting the bags down from above loading 10 or 15 ton was no problem, young and fit then as well. !! The mill was knocked down about two years ago and the Selby Heritage group have produced a book detailing the mill’s history, I was given a copy by a fellow TNUK member which I found very interesting, I did not realise just how many folk were employed there back then in its heyday.I also used to go to Hull Fish Meal Co (Provimi) on Stoneferry Rd for fishmeal back to ■■■■■■■■ The first ergo Albion belonged to Jacmil Transport, Hull and the LAD example belongs to David Duncan of Alyth. Who can remember these old companies, Jacmil were a light red not unlike National Bus Co Poppy Red and Duncans were a dark maroon or cherry red with lighter red relief.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Hin Pete, Aye the BOCM at Selby was a great place to load bags back in the early 1960s the chutes were just the right hieght and with a good guy putting the bags down from above loading 10 or 15 ton was no problem, young and fit then as well. !! The mill was knocked down about two years ago and the Selby Heritage group have produced a book detailing the mill’s history, I was given a copy by a fellow TNUK member which I found very interesting, I did not realise just how many folk were employed there back then in its heyday.I also used to go to Hull Fish Meal Co (Provimi) on Stoneferry Rd for fishmeal back to ■■■■■■■■ The first ergo Albion belonged to Jacmil Transport, Hull and the LAD example belongs to David Duncan of Alyth. Who can remember these old companies, Jacmil were a light red not unlike National Bus Co Poppy Red and Duncans were a dark maroon or cherry red with lighter red relief.
Cheers, Leyland 600
When I first started at the Mill all the fish meal was from Scotland,hauliers from Peterhead and Forres area’s,in cwt hessian sacks all had to sack trucked in to mill, then they started using paper sacks on pallets, then it all came in tippers from early eighties. That was a god send,did not mind the handball as I knew know better (young fit and daft!) but it stopped you stinking like a toilet seat off a Grimsby trawler! I can’t remember the name of the place in Hull and I have had a look on Google maps and seem to think it was on right hand side heading in to Hull roughly were a cinema/retail park is now, Cheer’s Pete
How about this one Dennis? Shape of load reminds me of those loads of Irish Peat out of Liverpool or Simmonswood for Pandoro 
( pic off e-bay)
pete smith:
How about this one Dennis? Shape of load reminds me of those loads of Irish Peat out of Liverpool or Simmonswood for Pandoro
This 5MW-cabbed ERF did European work with John Heath at the wheel. It had a Rolls 220 and 10-speed Fuller. They had about 15 of these but this was the only LHD one. Robert
Hiya,
Anyone who ever drove for J&E transport would be an expert doing the perfect
job of the ropes and sheets even if it was only going round the corner or going
to John O’ Groats on all loads there was a heavy duty cotton absorbtion sheet
covering the top of the load this wasn’t waterproof but there to soak up water
should it soak through the main sheet the load was then roped at every hook
and if corner boards were needed were fitted, finally the fly sheet and it was
whoa betide anyone dared put a rope over a fly sheet. John Entwistle was so
concerned about his customers goods in transit the box vans were even often
covered along the top of the load wit an aforementioned cotton sheet if the
goods could be affected by damp,
thanks harry, long retired.
Found this parked at Chatsworth House today - I hope Mr Bewick approves!
I know - crap photography - cut off the back end!
Steve
I used to love roping and sheeting. When I left the Army in the early 80’s with my class 1 hgv book (do you remember your book lol), I punted myself around a couple of local haulage firms and offered my services free for a while to literally learn the ropes and prove myself a grafter… having been used to army wagons I was rather spoilt in that we didn’t need to do that sort of thing.
Heres one of mine. Always liked roping and sheeting. However, moved on to company pulling flat trailers for Wim Voss and they had massive sheets and ratchet straps. No way could you make a good job of it. Especially trying to cover coils after loading out of Shotton Steel Works, North Wales.
Ste46:
Found this parked at Chatsworth House today - I hope Mr Bewick approves!
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0I know - crap photography - cut off the back end!
Steve
A nice shot of my Pal Tom Riding’s fine old Scammell 8 legger. Now as for your quip Steve have you ever heard of the saying “You don’t try and teach your Granny how to ■■■■ eggs” and also my “pay grade” within the Transport industry was way below Tom’s ! Cheers Mr. Bewick.
Bewick:
Ste46:
Found this parked at Chatsworth House today - I hope Mr Bewick approves!
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0I know - crap photography - cut off the back end!
Steve
A nice shot of my Pal Tom Riding’s fine old Scammell 8 legger. Now as for your quip Steve have you ever heard of the saying “You don’t try and teach your Granny how to ■■■■ eggs” and also my “pay grade” within the Transport industry was way below Tom’s ! Cheers Mr. Bewick.
Yes - when I saw it I thought you might know it.
Steve
sandway:
Heres one of mine. Always liked roping and sheeting. However, moved on to company pulling flat trailers for Wim Voss and they had massive sheets and ratchet straps. No way could you make a good job of it. Especially trying to cover coils after loading out of Shotton Steel Works, North Wales.
That load looks “dog rough” at the front end and that dangled sheet would probably lift in the wind and let the rain in to the load. Just my opinion, others will no doubt have a different view. Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
sandway:
Heres one of mine. Always liked roping and sheeting. However, moved on to company pulling flat trailers for Wim Voss and they had massive sheets and ratchet straps. No way could you make a good job of it. Especially trying to cover coils after loading out of Shotton Steel Works, North Wales.That load looks “dog rough” at the front end and that dangled sheet would probably lift in the wind and let the rain in to the load. Just my opinion, others will no doubt have a different view. Cheers Bewick.
Evening Bewick. It may not look quite right but in the 2 months we had that hired trailer with a low headboard we never had a load get wet. All our other lorries had high head boards and we used the same procedure on them that we used on the hired trailer. We had a sheet that we placed against the headboard before we started loading. When finished this sheet was then pulled over the top of the load and came down the length of the body about 10 feet. We then put the main sheet on which had a drawcord built into the leading front edge and this was pulled down either side. We then continued working the sheet back in the normal way finally roping the load. As the trailer was only going to be with us for a very short time the company was not going to spend out on new purpose made sheets. Regards sandway.
sandway:
Bewick:
sandway:
Heres one of mine. Always liked roping and sheeting. However, moved on to company pulling flat trailers for Wim Voss and they had massive sheets and ratchet straps. No way could you make a good job of it. Especially trying to cover coils after loading out of Shotton Steel Works, North Wales.That load looks “dog rough” at the front end and that dangled sheet would probably lift in the wind and let the rain in to the load. Just my opinion, others will no doubt have a different view. Cheers Bewick.
Evening Bewick. It may not look quite right but in the 2 months we had that hired trailer with a low headboard we never had a load get wet. All our other lorries had high head boards and we used the same procedure on them that we used on the hired trailer. We had a sheet that we placed against the headboard before we started loading. When finished this sheet was then pulled over the top of the load and came down the length of the body about 10 feet. We then put the main sheet on which had a drawcord built into the leading front edge and this was pulled down either side. We then continued working the sheet back in the normal way finally roping the load. As the trailer was only going to be with us for a very short time the company was not going to spend out on new purpose made sheets. Regards sandway.
I hear what you say Sandway but it wouldn’t have done for me, fair enough you say you never got anything wet ( it might never have rained on those occasions ) and I understand your explanation about using high headboard trailers in the main, but that shot just looks a mess to me Bewick.
Bewick:
sandway:
Bewick:
sandway:
Heres one of mine. Always liked roping and sheeting. However, moved on to company pulling flat trailers for Wim Voss and they had massive sheets and ratchet straps. No way could you make a good job of it. Especially trying to cover coils after loading out of Shotton Steel Works, North Wales.That load looks “dog rough” at the front end and that dangled sheet would probably lift in the wind and let the rain in to the load. Just my opinion, others will no doubt have a different view. Cheers Bewick.
Evening Bewick. It may not look quite right but in the 2 months we had that hired trailer with a low headboard we never had a load get wet. All our other lorries had high head boards and we used the same procedure on them that we used on the hired trailer. We had a sheet that we placed against the headboard before we started loading. When finished this sheet was then pulled over the top of the load and came down the length of the body about 10 feet. We then put the main sheet on which had a drawcord built into the leading front edge and this was pulled down either side. We then continued working the sheet back in the normal way finally roping the load. As the trailer was only going to be with us for a very short time the company was not going to spend out on new purpose made sheets. Regards sandway.
I hear what you say Sandway but it wouldn’t have done for me, fair enough you say you never got anything wet ( it might never have rained on those occasions
Hiya,
I’m saying nowt he’s younger than me and my running days are over, it is a mess
though, and I’d have found a different way of doing it get my old Seddon 32/4
at it’s max rate of knots and that effort would resemble a barrage balloon,
thanks harry, long retired.
