ramone:
A bit off topic here but i saw 1 of Newsholmes (i think) from Settle 2 days on the trot last week with a scania wagon and drag with a canopy over the top of the cab loaded to the hilt with straw ,it was a tall load and it was straight as a dye ,i would guess it had been hand balled too ,but could be wrong
“Newhouse’s” I think “ramone”,Bayrams from Newbald were/are the “Kings” of Hay and Straw haulage and what a grand set of lads they were as well !! Cheers Dennis.
Thanks for that Dennis i knew it began with New , it certainly was a neat load and the bales were small so it would have taken time to load
Bewick:
We used to fetch about 7 or 8 loads of straw every year from Sam Smiths farms at Tadcaster to the farm next to our depot at Milnthorpe.
The 2 loads i mentioned on here had very similar sized bales to those on your trailers Denis but were loaded 2 longways across and 1 narrow with no overhang then staggered all the way up a bit like gun shot and rolling wool but with an extra bale ,obviously tieing everything in all the way up from front to back,and like i said the loads were like a block of flats straight as a die ,must have been backbreaking and quite time consuming work,incidentally i saw the same drawbar heading out of Bradford this morning empty no doubt going for another load , i noticed there was no headboard on the trailer which was quite unusual with such a high load .I didnt envy him as the black clouds were gathering
This is an old shot,probably about late '71/early '72 of one of our first York SL 40footers,standing loaded at the Paper mill in Beetham,IIRC it would have been fleet no.7 or 8.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well said Dennis, Those photos of the old Atkis a great & also proves the class of drivers that you employed, Regards Larry.
Hiya Larry,thanks for that mate,some of the “empty vessels” that spout on here haven’t a clue of how a decent operation ran,and by the intelligence of some of the comments,we wouldn’t have given them a job pushing a barra’ around the yard to fill the pot holes in !! PS Me and Rotweiller did that job,he drove the JCB and I was on the RB1 !! Cheers Dennis.
Reading that mate i must admit i have been on the road quite a few years retired 2005 i am 72 now and there were not a firm on the the road with a better kept fleet and the lads i met were helpful too. RAY
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well said Dennis, Those photos of the old Atkis a great & also proves the class of drivers that you employed, Regards Larry.
Hiya Larry,thanks for that mate,some of the “empty vessels” that spout on here haven’t a clue of how a decent operation ran,and by the intelligence of some of the comments,we wouldn’t have given them a job pushing a barra’ around the yard to fill the pot holes in !! PS Me and Rotweiller did that job,he drove the JCB and I was on the RB1 !! Cheers Dennis.
Reading that mate i must admit i have been on the road quite a few years retired 2005 i am 72 now and there were not a firm on the the road with a better kept fleet and the lads i met were helpful too. RAY
Thanks for the kind remark Ray,who did you drive for and where did you come across the Bewick drivers ? Cheers Dennis.
It would be good to see some photos of nicely roped and sheeted loads of wool has anyone got any ,the loading was an art in itself especially if loading from an overhead crane
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well said Dennis, Those photos of the old Atkis a great & also proves the class of drivers that you employed, Regards Larry.
Hiya Larry,thanks for that mate,some of the “empty vessels” that spout on here haven’t a clue of how a decent operation ran,and by the intelligence of some of the comments,we wouldn’t have given them a job pushing a barra’ around the yard to fill the pot holes in !! PS Me and Rotweiller did that job,he drove the JCB and I was on the RB1 !! Cheers Dennis.
Reading that mate i must admit i have been on the road quite a few years retired 2005 i am 72 now and there were not a firm on the the road with a better kept fleet and the lads i met were helpful too. RAY
Thanks for the kind remark Ray,who did you drive for and where did you come across the Bewick drivers ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi I used to work for MYATTS/MASONS thn JB MYATT we used to have a lot of paper reels out of IPSWICH& Felixtowe and DEPTFORD to places up and down the country met one or two of your lads at ithink it was Garstang them lads always gave a hand with the sheets always admired your fleet and i believe if they worked for you they stayed with you, used to see your lads up at Kendal and Glasgow would that be WILLS,s long time ago now eh, i am chuffed my missus got me online am enjoying Trucknet all the best pal . RAY
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well said Dennis, Those photos of the old Atkis a great & also proves the class of drivers that you employed, Regards Larry.
Hiya Larry,thanks for that mate,some of the “empty vessels” that spout on here haven’t a clue of how a decent operation ran,and by the intelligence of some of the comments,we wouldn’t have given them a job pushing a barra’ around the yard to fill the pot holes in !! PS Me and Rotweiller did that job,he drove the JCB and I was on the RB1 !! Cheers Dennis.
Reading that mate i must admit i have been on the road quite a few years retired 2005 i am 72 now and there were not a firm on the the road with a better kept fleet and the lads i met were helpful too. RAY
Thanks for the kind remark Ray,who did you drive for and where did you come across the Bewick drivers ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi I used to work for MYATTS/MASONS thn JB MYATT we used to have a lot of paper reels out of IPSWICH& Felixtowe and DEPTFORD to places up and down the country met one or two of your lads at ithink it was Garstang them lads always gave a hand with the sheets always admired your fleet and i believe if they worked for you they stayed with you, used to see your lads up at Kendal and Glasgow would that be WILLS,s long time ago now eh, i am chuffed my missus got me online am enjoying Trucknet all the best pal . RAY
Here you are Ray,this was the firm you mentioned at Garstang,Walki Converters Ltd.We ran out of there for many years with a number of dedicated motors,this one was driven by one of our top drivers Lenny Richards it was the third of four new motors Lenny had on the Walki contract. I hope that you are/will be extremely grateful to your “better 'alf” for getting you onto this Premium site,TNUK !! You should give her a nice treat and start doing as your told from now on !!! Cheers Dennis.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well said Dennis, Those photos of the old Atkis a great & also proves the class of drivers that you employed, Regards Larry.
Hiya Larry,thanks for that mate,some of the “empty vessels” that spout on here haven’t a clue of how a decent operation ran,and by the intelligence of some of the comments,we wouldn’t have given them a job pushing a barra’ around the yard to fill the pot holes in !! PS Me and Rotweiller did that job,he drove the JCB and I was on the RB1 !! Cheers Dennis.
Reading that mate i must admit i have been on the road quite a few years retired 2005 i am 72 now and there were not a firm on the the road with a better kept fleet and the lads i met were helpful too. RAY
Thanks for the kind remark Ray,who did you drive for and where did you come across the Bewick drivers ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi I used to work for MYATTS/MASONS thn JB MYATT we used to have a lot of paper reels out of IPSWICH& Felixtowe and DEPTFORD to places up and down the country met one or two of your lads at ithink it was Garstang them lads always gave a hand with the sheets always admired your fleet and i believe if they worked for you they stayed with you, used to see your lads up at Kendal and Glasgow would that be WILLS,s long time ago now eh, i am chuffed my missus got me online am enjoying Trucknet all the best pal . RAY
Here you are Ray,this was the firm you mentioned at Garstang,Walki Converters Ltd.We ran out of there for many years with a number of dedicated motors,this one was driven by one of our top drivers Lenny Richards it was the third of four new motors Lenny had on the Walki contract. I hope that you are/will be extremely grateful to your “better 'alf” for getting you onto this Premium site,TNUK !! You should give her a nice treat and start doing as your told from now on !!! Cheers Dennis.
Thanks for the pic Thats the firm right enough, aye she,s agood lass and she makes yorkshire pud as big as 900x20 Iam taking her down to Cornwall Monday for afew days get her in a good mood for when we go to Fuerteventura (Canarys) cos i will be doing some fishing keep up the good work you and the rest of the lads are doing. RAY
Yeah I remember treasured days as a lad with my old Dad ( God Rest ) At BRS Kay street Bolton !
AEC Mandators ( With the Park Royal Cab ) and the Guy Big J’s Does anyone ever remember corner boards ?
When we were at Metal Box Company at Westhoughton we had to put corner boards under the ropes to prevent damage. I bet many an older
driver on here who did that job will remember them !! Sometimes the same at Hienz at Kitt Green !
I remember once we had handballed a full trailer of blue circle cement in sacks. The sheets were on and my dad went for a leak ! He was away for what seemed ages and I roped up the whole thing and when he came back he tore the whole bloody lot off and started again . I was too young and not stong enough to pull the dollys tight enough for a safe load !! Happy days god bless Dad !!
This was a load I had to secure from New Holland a few weeks ago. It was a ball-ache to work on. The loading took nearly five hours to complete.
I was told not to start fastening down until it was all finished and the paperwork tallied with the load. As you can see I took a chance on it being ok and got stuck in to the job. As most of the load was covered in plastic sheeting I was a bit twitchy about cornering, but obviously the time I spent strapping down paid off. I think I would have been happier with this load on a flat trailer (even with having to sheet it) as I would be able to watch for any movement of the load. Regards Kev. Ps Carlsons very smart motor parked next to me was in, loaded, and gone in an hour.
gezt:
Used to rope an sheet 5 trailors a night then park em up for day lads (heinz wigan) had to pull last one back to hollinwood (jim nuttals).
was good at ropin etc cos i got taught by the “old boys” when i was in early 20@s (im 59 now) .
loved to see a well sheeted/roped load especially when i had done it.
i do miss that side of our job nowdays,its all taut.bos etc.
I was day shunter in Kitt Green for John Ditchfield in the mid eighties, at 6 in the morning when they were not too busy they would let us put two or three trailers in to load, you would pull these out and un roll the sheets then go and join the queue. The other drivers would move your motor up as you went outside to start sheeting. By the afternoon it would get really busy Riding’s were doing a lot of transport out of Heinz at the time and they had a full time shunter in there (think he was called Mick) Last job at night was to haul a trailer back to Walton Summit yard, oh happy days, I am retired now and spend my time chasing steam trains and lorries with my trusty Canon 600D I frequent motorway bridges around the Preston area (sad or not I enjoy it) regards Big Al
Wheel Nut:
I think I would have preferred a couple of straps over the 4th stack as well
That was only half of the load, when I finished there were 22 internal straps and 8 spansets. enough for any load IMO. The proof being it travelled 150miles without incident, and ALL the straps were still tight. Kevmac47.
Well done Kev, You are still on the ball my man , The Irish Mist Must Be Doing You Good, In small measures off course,Keep On Trucking, Or in the old days we would have said just get stuck in & go for it Eh, Regards Larry.
!0 minutes extra fastening down is always better than time spent picking it up off the roadside or , heaven forbid, off some innocent motorist. I agree with what you say about having that load on a flat.
Cheers Bassman
