harry_gill:
bubbleman:
Bubbs,
hiya,
Not guilty Bubbs I do not snore, ask my Missus, and a bed that size
wouldn’t do for me, so no thanks, a mid afternoon nap maybe but
only if the weather was bad and I couldn’t find a decent park bench.
thanks harry, long retired.
He’s been caught here, though, Marc 
BRS at Rest by colinfpickett, on Flickr
bubbleman:
pimmer73:
mr bubbleman was that you on top the bridge on the M4 by the M32 junction this afternoon around 3.30 ish ■■? i did beep !!!Hi again,No mate…I was on the M5 footbridge near Gordano services yesterday from about 2pm til 3.25pm,before I went to work.blasted off a couple of hundred pics…heres a few,including one of your mates
That last pic. of the ERF can’t be one of Sammy’s can it Marc, 
When would that have been taken?
bubbleman:
Bubbs,
That top bunk looks a bit of a challenge bubbs
bubbleman:
pimmer73:
mr bubbleman was that you on top the bridge on the M4 by the M32 junction this afternoon around 3.30 ish ■■? i did beep !!!Hi again,No mate…I was on the M5 footbridge near Gordano services yesterday from about 2pm til 3.25pm,before I went to work.blasted off a couple of hundred pics…heres a few,including one of your mates
only just missed you then mate ! you got our malcolm driving M555 empty aswell he must have forgot to go in the docks haha !! did you see the Dolphin scanny going northbound ?
Juddian:
An old mate of mine used to take his day cab Crusader on continental work, the foreign lads were intrigued when he raised the bonnet, undid the securing wheel and the radiator would swing out on two massive side hinges allowing full access to the front of the engine, brilliant bit of design that, never seen it on anything else.
Scammell copied the hinged radiator design from the 60’s Scania Vabis LB 76 which was rumoured to be one feature BRS had requested they fitted.
Trev_H:
Juddian:
Scammell copied the hinged radiator design from the 60’s Scania Vabis LB 76 which was rumoured to be one feature BRS had requested they fitted.
Well i didn’t know that, never had the pleasure of a Vabis, my first Scania was a 110…lasting memories of which are the brilliant seperate trailer brake and the ridulously low gearing.
BigG-Unit:
bubbleman:
pimmer73:
mr bubbleman was that you on top the bridge on the M4 by the M32 junction this afternoon around 3.30 ish ■■? i did beep !!!Hi again,No mate…I was on the M5 footbridge near Gordano services yesterday from about 2pm til 3.25pm,before I went to work.blasted off a couple of hundred pics…heres a few,including one of your mates
That last pic. of the ERF can’t be one of Sammy’s can it Marc,
Hello all,Big G …The ERF of Jones was taken 2 days ago,my vantage point on the foot bridge over the M5 goes over the Gordano to Portishead road,
so as well as the motorway stuff I can get lorries on this road too ,Thats why its took on an ordinary carriageway.
Ok,todays stuff…the 1st couple of crappy quality pics are from an era when 24 hour transport caffs were the norm
Spardo:
Juddian:
I loved driving that truck, you could be overtaking someone at 75 and just as you got cab to cab slip it into top…that caused some double takes…seems a lifetime ago we used to cruise at speeds like that, it had the usual 290 Rolls Eagle engine and Fuller Ranger box.
Most of the trailers had extra axles fitted to uprate them to 38tons and some stretched to suit, not sure if this one was a stretch.
Thanks for the great memories in this thread all those who post their pics.
Blimey Juddian, I wouldn’t want to tip an extended tipper trailer, not unless it was fitted with stabaliser legs at the back, but they must have been a pain, lifting and lowering.
Agree about the old high speed days, the last time I did 75 in a lorry was around 1965, hairy but exhilerating.
I never drove a Crusader but always thought they looked the bees knees and thought of them as the forerunner of the Magnum in cab design. Would that be a fair description?
I always thought the Crusader was a fine looking motor - and that one looks great in that picture- I did my apprenticeship at a firm that had 5 Crusaders on the fleet - they always sounded great with the Rolls Eagles in them.
I had a Road Commander2 for a while, and remember parking up alongside a Crusader and thought how similar they were in all ways - set forward axle - split screen, Fuller box - same height & same layout - another tough old truck that was - but with a 15 litre Cat in - another great engine !!
bubbleman:
Suedehead:
Great pics as ever bubbs. Got any info on the 4 wheeler “Spanish” Dodge?
Cant recall seeing many(if any) with the sleeper cab.Hi again,Suedehead…sorry mate,no info as the pic is drawn from a Dodge brochure,I must admit that I do recall many with sleeper cabs but this was after a bit of a facelift a few years after they came over here,the rare ones were 4 wheel rigids,there was one near me here in Bristol…a company called Groves Tpt ran one with a dangler on the back…I think I’ve put a pic of it on the scrapbook somewhere.Ok heres todays offering,Cheers Bubbs,
Great picture of the Brevitt’s TK - didn’t they get swallowed up by Tuffnell’s ■■
Cheers for more graet pics Bubbs,
That Orange MAN and spread axle tilt is a cracker,it must have been on Spanish work.
What did the yellow triange and yellow square mean?
You used to see them on Spanish trucks,but not anymore.
NZ JAMIE:
Cheers for more graet pics Bubbs,That Orange MAN and spread axle tilt is a cracker,it must have been on Spanish work.
What did the yellow triange and yellow square mean?
You used to see them on Spanish trucks,but not anymore.
Hiya jamie…i always thought the yellow triangle in the blue square was a portugese law that illustrated you was pulling a trailer.
i’ve seen cars with them on when towing trailers, i dont know about the yellow square although i’ve seen them many times.
cheers john
Toddy2:
Great picture of the Brevitt’s TK - didn’t they get swallowed up by Tuffnell’s ■■
It was Parceline that took them over, which eventually ended up as part of DPD.
Most of their work (Brevitts) went with their ex. TM who started Asprays.
I was lead to believe the square denoted you were over 10 tons and the triangle that you were pulling a trailer, that’s why Spanish car and caravans only had the triangle
bubbleman:
Hiya,heres some old M.A.Ns lifted from a brochure,Cheers Bubbs,
hiya,
That Sibbald’s livery is something else, I always thought it looked well.
thanks harry long retired.
I Agree with you there Harry , as you say they allways looked very smart, & they are still going I saw one the other day, a Scania outfit, on the A 1, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
I Agree with you there Harry , as you say they allways looked very smart, & they are still going I saw one the other day, a Scania outfit, on the A 1, Regards Larry.
hiya,
Didn’t know they was still going Larry but it is good to hear, makes a change
from hearing about firms going under, just hope they have retained that fine
livery and not replaced it with that “faceless” Stobbies type of “wallpapered”
finish, I can’t get away with that, but a sign of the times I guess, yuk.
thanks harry, long retired.
Aye Harry they still have a depot a Bathgate, the next time Im up Scotland on holiday I will try & get some photos of their motors, also Drummonds of Armadale which is close by another old Scotish Co, with nice green livery, Regards Larry.
Saw this one last week
truckfing:
Saw this one last week
hiya,
Still looking good Larry, not too much difference there, I can live with that.
thanks harry, long retired.
