hi all
just thought i’d post this up, if anyone wants the rest of the article out of supertruck mag let me know, i know ward bros from the north east had 1 on heavy haulage.
cheers
gaz
Dear Santa… 
Quite a few of these were built at Guy motors Wolverhampton, IIRC the fuller gearchange was back to front as the stick went direct in the box, with only the Clydesdale G cab they were quite small inside.
tetragaz:
hi alljust thought i’d post this up, if anyone wants the rest of the article out of supertruck mag let me know, i know ward bros from the north east had 1 on heavy haulage.
cheers
gaz
Nice to have seperate accomodation area,what a beast!
This photograph was taken at the Barnard Castle Truck Show last year .
It appears that the Scammell is at its first showing since its refurbishment .
I can remember seeing it in use years ago , - you don`t forget a Scammell of that design and size !
Cheers ,
cattle wagon man.
I delivered a number of these to Felixstowe on trade plates back in the early 80’s.
wow, i remember having a truck magazine poster of the ward bros scammell on my wall as a kid,nice to see it restored.
anyone fancy a yorkie(from the ad)
Hiya there was a nest of them in Nuneaton last year. six i think just sitting for the moment.
the moment was a man with a gas axe.
no one wanted them.
john
Were these the ones that went out to the Falklands for rebuilding after the war? Looks like they have K & J Withey bodies on them.
They look very similar to the Falklands wagons which were used on the runway project, as well as road building.
At the time that job was on, the word was that all the plant which was used was staying there - shipping costs for the return leg weren’t costed into the project. That said, around 1989 I was on the dock road in Liverpool everyday and there were plenty of these sat on Gladstone Dock, some with ropes lashed over the bonnets - just as the Falklands ones were adapted to keep them from flying open.
cattle wagon man:
This photograph was taken at the Barnard Castle Truck Show last year .It appears that the Scammell is at its first showing since its refurbishment .
I can remember seeing it in use years ago , - you don`t forget a Scammell of that design and size !Cheers ,
cattle wagon man.
good to see it saved & restored to its former glory 
cheers
gaz
Hello all, long, and very involved story to those ex Falklands ones, they sat on the Dock at Liverpool, and my old friend Malcolm Harrison ended up owning them. They sold quickly, (and I believe profitably), certainly one was in use at the old Bleak House opencast at Cannock,before it closed in the 90s. Some went to Eire, including one of the tractor units, which was converted to a 6x2! I ended up owning one, and a number of Fiat Daily 4x4s, (what beautiful little cross country vans). Ive still got all the fishing permits that were in one of them! Cheerio for now.
vwvanman0:
wow, i remember having a truck magazine poster of the ward bros scammell on my wall as a kid,nice to see it restored.
Snap! just trying to think who ran them here besides Ward Bros - George Curtis, Marler’s from Stockport way, Econofreight - any others?
ALE, had at least one and a few saw service as wreckers, I think Crouch’s still have a 6x4 S24 along with the 4x2 Unipower version.
Remember seeing Ward’s come into yard where I worked to pick up 2 Cat loading shovels ,was a real headturner,early’ish 80’s.
The ex-Falklands ones were Landtrains, at least most of them. Experts may correct me, but I think they had a lower GVW than S24’s. Either way, what a shame they were cut up. The ones in that yard looked in reasonable condition- the dumper bodies had barely a scratch. You would have thought that Africa or India would have made a good second home for them.
hodgeturbo:
bnfl at sellafield have one
proper that is