Just one “marra” to another nmc.its just our craic eh! Cheers Dennis.
the craic was always good in the Gordan club down in Morcambe, Dennis did you ever get in there in the old days?
I think I should dispel a myth Vic,I grew up and lived in Kendal for 40 odd years and operated out of Milnthorpe with the motors for twenty odd years,it was only in 2004 that we bought a new bungalow in Bare on the edge of M’cambe.We had intended to buy a new property in Madeira at the same time but failing health(me) and a change of heart by “the boss” brought a halt to that part of the plan.So I’m really not a “local” here although we always had a fair number of drivers from the Lancaster and Morecambe areas !! My locals were in Milnthorpe,The Station across the line from the depot and The Coach and Horses in Milnthorpe village. Cheers Dennis.
newmercman:
Here’s something to get the old cogs going, my Dad had a day cab 110, reg no VYG 753G, anyone know where it started out its life
When i was at watkinsons in keighley in the 70s they had just got rid of two of the three original 110s one was AWR…G and the other was XYG819G the one we kept was CWY…H .this had a unity sleeper fit, it was 35years ago and i cannot remember the numbers but i know a man who will ,ill try and find out ,its definatly a west yorkshie reg.
Probably taken about '79,the Bows of SCA owned M V Tunadal when it was ■■■■■■■ at the SCA terminal,44 Berth, Tilbury dock.I became friendly with the master Lars Wikstrom and I occaisionally stayed on board when the ship was in Tilbury.Tunnadal was one of three SCA ships,the others were Munksund and Holmsund and their home port was Sundsvaal,I understand they could break ice 1 mtr thick ! Cheers Dennis.
This 110 was owned by a friend who is sadly no longer with us. I remember as a lad, when he bought it, the hours spent getting to the condition shown in the photo.
Black and white photo night is it bma.This is a shot circa early '73 of 3 of the finest marque of British motors ever built,far better than those fancy Scandinavian makes !!! Cheers Dennis.
I,ve been looking through my photos for a picture of a scania loaded with wool for the book i,m writing and i found this ,you did,nt see many 8 wheelers.
interesting couse you had a very longer tradition of 8 leggers then in scandinavia the first here appered in 77 in sweden?stellan help and from 79 in finland coused of changing in axleweights ,but a lot of 82/112 you had didn,t you hej benkku
The reason we had 8 wheelers in the 1950s was that artics were at 24 ton the same as 8 wheelers but in 1960s the weight went up to 32 ton and the trailers got a bit longer 34feet,so there was an advantage over the 8 wheeler. The 8 wheelers went up to 30 ton in 1972 but all british truck were taxed on unladen weight so the lighter the better the 8 wheel scania would be too heavy for most tipper operators as they were paid on what they carried plus they used more diesel , our AECs did 9 mile per gallon and carried 22ton our scania did 7 miles per gallon and carried 20.50 ton ,but on the work we did you needed the scania to get through it .
or is it 
