oiltreader:
A9 Easter Ross.
Oily
I used to load fertiliser out of Shell @ Ellesmere Port,a lovely easy load to rope and sheet well,most looked akin to the above load,but others left looking a mess,no pride in the job.
David
If you were going to use the fly sheet off your four wheeler you could at least have bought (sorry for swearing!) another one. 
Retired Old ■■■■:
If you were going to use the fly sheet off your four wheeler you could at least have bought (sorry for swearing!) another one.
Good one Rof ,you’ve catched him out 
Retired Old ■■■■:
If you were going to use the fly sheet off your four wheeler you could at least have bought (sorry for swearing!) another one.
Well it’s like this ROF ! I had sold my D1000 recently and I was waiting for a couple of new York trailers to be delivered for the new Mastiff in the shot, so York lent me that trailer to use until they produced the new trailers. This was a 33ft long flat as you can see so as money definitely didn’t grow on trees in those days I just used the ex 4 wheeler sheets and if you notice there is a new main sheet at the back end and the fly sheet is covering it’s old mate off the D1000. Not long afterwards the new trailers arrived and were kitted out with new tackle and from memory I got my sheet supplier to stick two new panels in the centre of the old 4 wheeler sheet and it continued in service on the trailers for a few more years ! Waste not want not was my mantra ROF ! I’ll not ask what yours is 
Cheers Bewick.
Punchy Dan:
Retired Old ■■■■:
If you were going to use the fly sheet off your four wheeler you could at least have bought (sorry for swearing!) another one.Good one Rof ,you’ve catched him out
I suppose you would just “nick” one of an empty motor you were happened to be parked up by 
Bewick:
Punchy Dan:
Retired Old ■■■■:
If you were going to use the fly sheet off your four wheeler you could at least have bought (sorry for swearing!) another one.Good one Rof ,you’ve catched him out
I suppose you would just “nick” one of an empty motor you were happened to be parked up by
That must be why so many of the old pics I have the lorry is parked on the sheet
Punchy Dan:
Bewick:
Punchy Dan:
Retired Old ■■■■:
If you were going to use the fly sheet off your four wheeler you could at least have bought (sorry for swearing!) another one.Good one Rof ,you’ve catched him out
I suppose you would just “nick” one of an empty motor you were happened to be parked up by
That must be why so many of the old pics I have the lorry is parked on the sheet
Those were the days Dan’l a dodge which I used to notice most out east in London, around Purfleet and Tilbury in particular Cheers Dennis.
Looking closely at that shot of the tandem axle trailer it was fleet No.11 and when that shot was taken it would be 20 year old and still running on the fleet ! IIRC it was an SL34 which I bought in '72 and new trailers were hard to come by at the time, and this one came from a York dealer called Robertsons of Aberdeen IIRC and, very strange as I recall it was just 39ft long and only had a 1ft high headboard but we could still get 20 pallets on to it although it spent most of its time running out of the Paper Mill so never any problem ! Cheers Bewick.
I spent part of my varied career driving for Bunny Hill Motors based between Loughborough and Nottingham, and I seem to remember that they had 39 foot trailers. This would have been in the 70s I reckon. Must have been some quirk of the law at the time as the units weren’t long. Leyland Beavers with semi-automatic boxes, but no sleepers to explain the odd length.
We carried outward bound their own products which were clay and concrete products, mainly cable covers. These were the size of roofing tiles and all handball 
No wonder we loaded ouselves away from home all week.
A bit of an oddball, the bloke who owned it, we kept our wagons at home all year round, but they had to be in the yard on bank holidays etc., but not weekends, they were ok at home. 
That reminds me of the time that I rang the owner of a sizeable Herefordshire fleet to enquire about a job. His first question was, “Where will you keep the lorry?” I didn’t proceed with my application!
Retired Old ■■■■:
That reminds me of the time that I rang the owner of a sizeable Herefordshire fleet to enquire about a job. His first question was, “Where will you keep the lorry?” I didn’t proceed with my application!
"Behind me shed on me allotment " Where do you think I’ll park it ? Cheers Bewick.
^^ ^^ Sounds about right!
I think that a lot of us kept the truck either at home or somewhere close by which was one of the attractions of me transferring to driving as it saved a 24 mile round trip daily! Alas, after a couple of years they insisted we park up at the quarry unless you lived in Ashbourne where the company had use of a yard, it rather spoiled the job then. 
When working nights I used to park outside the house if I finished around 2am and get some kip before going back to the quarry for the mornings load, quite noisy those ■■■■■■■ L10’s when you fire them up at 4.30 am especially when the air has dropped!! Never had any complaints though.
Pete.
With another of my jobs I kept my MAN opposite the fire station near the centre of the town. One quiet Sunday morning took my young son down with me to load the cab for the next morning.
What’s this for Dad he asked, and before I could reply grabbed hold of the twin horn lanyard and pulled, without letting go.
Bet the locals, who must have been used to the fire engines turning out all hours, nevertheless were pleased that I was on European runs and not there often.
Part of the M/T trailer rank at the depot, much of the time there was only 2 or 3 in the line but it used to ebb and flow like the tide ! Cheers Bewick.
This is an early '73 shot of T11 the 39ft York SL34 trailer with it’s first load of Paper, one coupled to an Atki MEC 98K, and the other prior to coupling up. The back end of the first new car I bought just sticking into the shot a Hillman Hunter GT ( with O/D
) cost me £1500 and about two months later my younger brother smashed it up in a “head on” on the A6 outside the Paper Mill entrance ! no one hurt and it was rebuilt at a cost of £1400 !! needless to say I sold it on as soon as I got it back! ■■■■ that ! even though it seemed OK I wasn’t taking any chances ! I bought a new 2000E then at a cost of £1850 IIRC ! Cheers Bewick.
iirc a late 2017 shot of a right load bits n bobs