Just to add … it doesn’t half take some time to post a comment on this site just lately … Jeez !
I was under the impression that it was being sorted .
Eddie Heaton:
Just to add … it doesn’t half take some time to post a comment on this site just lately … Jeez !
I was under the impression that it was being sorted .
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Well its the same here, Its taking ages to log on and its saying TNUK Didnt respond quick enough, 
, Regards Larry.
Spardo:
kevmac47:
This is sure to get the keyboards heated! This was my motor loaded from the cable plant at Wigan circa 1996. This was a regular job for us for the Color Line boat from North Shields to Norway. The loading was done by an experienced gang, every row of timbers wedged and nailed down, chained and strapped. This old trailer was an exception as the rest of the fleet were all new triaxle curtainsiders and flats (with headboards)
Did any of those reels ever shift under extreme braking Kev? I realise that a taut strong strap forcing them downwards to stop them rising over the scotches was the plan, but things have been known to break and give way. However, I never had any problems with concrete pipes and drain caps from Stanton and they were loaded in a similar way with the specialist gang in the works doing all that was necessary with wood, nails and hammers, although on one occasion, with an Invincible 8 wheeler a 6 inch nail was driven right through an air tank underneath the bed.
Our only job was roping down, and I do mean roping, I never saw a strap till the '70s, in fact I still have several of my own here now doing other jobs, namely as something to grab hold of at either end of my swimming pond in the woods.
As seen here top right in the picture
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David,
I have loaded cable drums out of BICC at Prescott,I used to thread a chain through the centre hole and tighten with a dwang,would check the tension with a scaffold tube never tightened more than a couple of chain links,it was a good way to secure the load.
Looking at the stag beetle,I’ve just relocated a stage beetle from my workshop to some vegetation near by,very slow and docile things.
David
Eddie Heaton:
I’m guessing that Kev could have been loading out of the old BICC plant off Spinning Jenny st. in Leigh, close to the David Brown plant, although I would have thought that both places had been long gone by 1996.
The former Leigh Casino a few hundred yards away on Lord st. used to have grab a granny nights and the café that Kev recalls may well have been the New Island café near the lights at Lowton. It’s just a guess mind, and I could well be wrong on all three counts, but it’s the only place near Wigan that produced cable that I’m aware of. You could try typing Spinning Jenny Way into Google street view, but it bears little resemblance to how it used to look in former days.
You are probably right about the cable plant being BICC Eddie, I know the year is correct, I’ve written 1996 on the back along with Wigan. I think the cafe at the lights was gone by then, but it was a good overnight stop for many years. Regards Kev.
Yeah , you’re right of course Kev . I should have checked my facts before posting , as it appears the place was still up and running until 1998 at least , according to this newspaper cutting .
You’re right about the New Island café having been built on in 1996 as well , although I can’t pinpoint the year that it was flattened , but it must have been sometime after 1980 , as there’s a photo somewhere on this site of a red Atki belonging to that outfit from Barnsley that shed its load of timber near the fuel pumps . The name will come to me the second I press the submit button . They had premises in Wigan at that time , and we were called out to sort the mess out and put the rig back on its feet … Was it Sharps ?
Bloody hell … this site’s slower than a tax rebate .
5thwheel:
David,I have loaded cable drums out of BICC at Prescott,I used to thread a chain through the centre hole and tighten with a dwang,would check the tension with a scaffold tube never tightened more than a couple of chain links,it was a good way to secure the load.
Looking at the stag beetle,I’ve just relocated a stage beetle from my workshop to some vegetation near by,very slow and docile things.
David
Yes me too David, when I finally managed to get myself some chains, was never issued with any ‘till I got to Econofreight. At Midlands Storage we had to buy our own because they were only used for the drivers’ own return loads. The usual source was McElvie’s while filling up with diesel. 
Lovely little lady, the Stag, I must have rescued her unwittingly when I was swimming in the pond, as I found her in my hair when I came out to towel off and decided to fetch the camera. Didn’t see her mate though, much more fearsome, but harmless, with the big horns. Found one in the wife’s slipper one day, not a bit of room left for her foot with him in there.
Bloody hell … this site’s slower than a tax rebate .
Glad several of you have mentioned that Eddie, I was beginning to think it was my computor, or the router which has been iffy of late. 
Good Paper Mill in the day Guard Bridge they made fine writing paper which was that expensive their wrapping paper was made by James Cropper on their No2 twin wire MG PM and it was duplex i.e. Glazed grey on the top and blue on the underside. How do I know this well as a teenage lad I worked on the paper making machines starting on No3 the single wire MG then moving on to No2 and then onto the small No1 Fordrinier machine before leaving to begin my career in the transport business. Guard Bridge’s two PM’s were single wire Fordriniers so they were unable to make the bespoke wrapping paper they used on some of their product. They must have had a good margin on their writing paper because the wrapping paper that Croppers made for them was also expensive product. Cheers Bewick.
Buzzer:
Bewick school of Roping & Sheeting
By the state of that motor he was probably ■■■■■■ before he went into the boozer ! 
Les Sylphides:
Why rope them to the deck when you can sling 'em on the roof?0
Quite a few people used to put them on the roof years ago but I think I’d have done it a bit better than that, can only imagine he’s only going round the corner to load otherwise one of them is going to fall off if he brakes hard.
Kempston:
Les Sylphides:
Why rope them to the deck when you can sling 'em on the roof?0
Quite a few people used to put them on the roof years ago but I think I’d have done it a bit better than that, can only imagine he’s only going round the corner to load otherwise one of them is going to fall off if he brakes hard.
Typical BRS easy come easy go plenty more where they came from !
Here’s a chap slinging his rope over the top. And a day-cabbed B-series was a good workhorse in its time.
Les Sylphides:
Here’s a chap slinging his rope over the top. And a day-cabbed B-series was a good workhorse in its time.0
A great action shot that, the bloke that caught it with his camera should be very proud. We did have great throwing arms in those days though, didn’t we?
A caution though if doing it on a busy road, could find yourself dragged for miles.
