Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

ramone · 23 May 2012 19:10

bubbleman:
Hi again chaps,heres some real old AECs,I bet Harry Gill and Chris Webb have done graft loading lorries like in these pics,Cheers Bubbs,

My dad remembers the Longs Mandator , it was mainly wool and Courtaulds work there ,then they got Heinz work amongst many other contracts

saviem · 23 May 2012 22:17

newmercman:

Saviem:
Evening all, is the ICI AEC in Gloucester?? and is the (staged) Scania shot, Scantrucks Purfleet workshop? Bubbs, you do get the “geriatic” grey matter moving! Cheerio for now.

Can’t be Purfleet, the fitter ain’t wearing a big chunky gold bracelet

Evening all, Ive had a little think about that photo, maybe it was perhaps Unit Commercials little "shack", anybody know for sure?? Does anyone remember their demise, and the receivers confusion finding less registration numbers than actual vehicles,(the habit of several vehicles happening to have the identical registration number was not the exclusive domain of certain Gloucestershire, and Mancunian operators)!! and even a 111,that turned out to be a Rolls Royce!! Oh deary deary me. NMM, your comment reminds me of my first morning at the Dallas Mack Branch, 3611, Irving Boulevard, when I was shown the "shop", staffed exclusively by "Rednecks". I realised from the assembled looks, that this little "pond jumper", with his "diddy trucks", (Mack /Saviem 2000 series) was not welcome," hell this was a class8 shop", so finding my company demonstrator blocked in by a new Superliner, and an aged R series I quickly got the picture. Both started easily,( I was surprised being used to used stock having flat batteries), and shot both out and around the yard, using as many gear changes as possible, up, and down. Suddenly everyone was smiling, and "my demos" were never blocked in again. One of my first trips to meet a customer of the branch , was to an operator, Freighters, out towards Mesquite, who was traditionaly a Kenworth man. Their President, (6ft 6in, crisp white shirt, pin stripe trousers, and pointy toed boots), drove myself, and new boss across to the "pump island" to see his new Mack R series tractors. On the way we passed the new shift clocking on, metal sandwich tins, blow up air cushions, and plug in CBs, on the way to a long shift in the shortest BBC bumper to back of cab, KWs, (this I was to learn was the reality of the "American Dream". Arriving at our destination, I was shown a visually uninspiring line of R Series 6x4 Mack tractors. As we walked around these trucks, in the hammer heat, my new friend described how Mack had finally wrested "his" business from KW, "because they gave me what I wanted, ■■■■■■■■ Fuller, Rockwell, at I price I wanted to pay"!!! Welcome to the US I thought, Ive a lot to learn, and I had! Bubbs, this thread does bring on the memories, of Europe, and my time in the US, Ive got to learn how to post pictures, I have so many, apologies for only text. Cherio for now.

toxic_gas_man · 24 May 2012 15:29

Hi all,great photos Bubbs the ICI with the tote bins on could possibly be from Avonmouth ICI at Severnside they also had six wheeler Atkis on the CO2 job to Dungeness .They all had Teeside reg no .The ICI Scammell trunker was one of ours at Runcorn on the Vynyl Chloride job running mainly to Newton Aycliffe and Chesterfield.Cheers Ted.

chris_webb · 24 May 2012 17:01

toxic gas man:
Hi all,great photos Bubbs the ICI with the tote bins on could possibly be from Avonmouth ICI at Severnside they also had six wheeler Atkis on the CO2 job to Dungeness .They all had Teeside reg no .The ICI Scammell trunker was one of ours at Runcorn on the Vynyl Chloride job running mainly to Newton Aycliffe and Chesterfield.Cheers Ted.

hi Ted,I remember those ICI Scammells with VCM in Vinatex,part of Staveley Chemicals, as well as Calor Transport who ran it in from Baglan Bay,via a Worcester changeover IIRC. Tankerman will remember that job as well when he worked for Gilbraith.

wheeltapper · 24 May 2012 20:23

240 Gardner:

marky:

mrken:
Marky didnt they once have a highline cab F10 with a L10 ■■■■■■■ in it I am sur I remember reading about it once

I think you’re right Ken - I’m sure I read something similar in Commercial Motor. Was it Bass or Scottish & Newcastle?

It was Bass - Mr Roger Denniss and the Brewery Transpor Advisory Committee. It was lightened too, even down to having a Bedford CF seat for he occasional passenger

Knew I had a pic somewhere of this Volvo (L10 ■■■■■■■ & Eaton axle fitted)
Spot on chaps it was done by BASS for the IRTE / Brewery Transport Advisory Committee Trials at MIRA, they got nearly a tonne off the motor, the work was carried out by Alan Bellamy’s workshop at Sheffield.

paul_john · 25 May 2012 11:37

Saviem:

newmercman:

Saviem:
Evening all, is the ICI AEC in Gloucester?? and is the (staged) Scania shot, Scantrucks Purfleet workshop? Bubbs, you do get the “geriatic” grey matter moving! Cheerio for now.

Can’t be Purfleet, the fitter ain’t wearing a big chunky gold bracelet

Evening all, Ive had a little think about that photo, maybe it was perhaps Unit Commercials little "shack", anybody know for sure?? Does anyone remember their demise, and the receivers confusion finding less registration numbers than actual vehicles,(the habit of several vehicles happening to have the identical registration number was not the exclusive domain of certain Gloucestershire, and Mancunian operators)!! and even a 111,that turned out to be a Rolls Royce!! Oh deary deary me. NMM, your comment reminds me of my first morning at the Dallas Mack Branch, 3611, Irving Boulevard, when I was shown the "shop", staffed exclusively by "Rednecks". I realised from the assembled looks, that this little "pond jumper", with his "diddy trucks", (Mack /Saviem 2000 series) was not welcome," hell this was a class8 shop", so finding my company demonstrator blocked in by a new Superliner, and an aged R series I quickly got the picture. Both started easily,( I was surprised being used to used stock having flat batteries), and shot both out and around the yard, using as many gear changes as possible, up, and down. Suddenly everyone was smiling, and "my demos" were never blocked in again. One of my first trips to meet a customer of the branch , was to an operator, Freighters, out towards Mesquite, who was traditionaly a Kenworth man. Their President, (6ft 6in, crisp white shirt, pin stripe trousers, and pointy toed boots), drove myself, and new boss across to the "pump island" to see his new Mack R series tractors. On the way we passed the new shift clocking on, metal sandwich tins, blow up air cushions, and plug in CBs, on the way to a long shift in the shortest BBC bumper to back of cab, KWs, (this I was to learn was the reality of the "American Dream". Arriving at our destination, I was shown a visually uninspiring line of R Series 6x4 Mack tractors. As we walked around these trucks, in the hammer heat, my new friend described how Mack had finally wrested "his" business from KW, "because they gave me what I wanted, ■■■■■■■■ Fuller, Rockwell, at I price I wanted to pay"!!! Welcome to the US I thought, Ive a lot to learn, and I had! Bubbs, this thread does bring on the memories, of Europe, and my time in the US, Ive got to learn how to post pictures, I have so many, apologies for only text. Cherio for now.

Saviem, your text is always interesting any photos would greatly appreciated.
I have lived in the States since 1985, with a break of 3 years back in the U.K. They are so far behind Europe in truck design and transport operations its unreal. No doubt you realised they know it all. and we can not teach them anything.

Regards Paul.

bubbleman · 25 May 2012 13:31

Hi again lads,heres more old stuff,including a Mastiff like Dennis ran on Bewicks ,Cheers Bubbs,

grumpy_old_man · 25 May 2012 14:41

bubbleman:
Hi again chaps,heres some real old AECs,I bet Harry Gill and Chris Webb have done graft loading lorries like in these pics,Cheers Bubbs,

I’m an old man now, licence has long expired, but I would give a hell of a lot to have a day out and about with any of those AEC’s

ramone · 25 May 2012 17:28

Paul John:

Saviem:

newmercman:

Saviem:
Evening all, is the ICI AEC in Gloucester?? and is the (staged) Scania shot, Scantrucks Purfleet workshop? Bubbs, you do get the “geriatic” grey matter moving! Cheerio for now.

Can’t be Purfleet, the fitter ain’t wearing a big chunky gold bracelet

Evening all, Ive had a little think about that photo, maybe it was perhaps Unit Commercials little "shack", anybody know for sure?? Does anyone remember their demise, and the receivers confusion finding less registration numbers than actual vehicles,(the habit of several vehicles happening to have the identical registration number was not the exclusive domain of certain Gloucestershire, and Mancunian operators)!! and even a 111,that turned out to be a Rolls Royce!! Oh deary deary me. NMM, your comment reminds me of my first morning at the Dallas Mack Branch, 3611, Irving Boulevard, when I was shown the "shop", staffed exclusively by "Rednecks". I realised from the assembled looks, that this little "pond jumper", with his "diddy trucks", (Mack /Saviem 2000 series) was not welcome," hell this was a class8 shop", so finding my company demonstrator blocked in by a new Superliner, and an aged R series I quickly got the picture. Both started easily,( I was surprised being used to used stock having flat batteries), and shot both out and around the yard, using as many gear changes as possible, up, and down. Suddenly everyone was smiling, and "my demos" were never blocked in again. One of my first trips to meet a customer of the branch , was to an operator, Freighters, out towards Mesquite, who was traditionaly a Kenworth man. Their President, (6ft 6in, crisp white shirt, pin stripe trousers, and pointy toed boots), drove myself, and new boss across to the "pump island" to see his new Mack R series tractors. On the way we passed the new shift clocking on, metal sandwich tins, blow up air cushions, and plug in CBs, on the way to a long shift in the shortest BBC bumper to back of cab, KWs, (this I was to learn was the reality of the "American Dream". Arriving at our destination, I was shown a visually uninspiring line of R Series 6x4 Mack tractors. As we walked around these trucks, in the hammer heat, my new friend described how Mack had finally wrested "his" business from KW, "because they gave me what I wanted, ■■■■■■■■ Fuller, Rockwell, at I price I wanted to pay"!!! Welcome to the US I thought, Ive a lot to learn, and I had! Bubbs, this thread does bring on the memories, of Europe, and my time in the US, Ive got to learn how to post pictures, I have so many, apologies for only text. Cherio for now.

Saviem, your text is always interesting any photos would greatly appreciated.
I have lived in the States since 1985, with a break of 3 years back in the U.K. They are so far behind Europe in truck design and transport operations its unreal. No doubt you realised they know it all. and we can not teach them anything.

Regards Paul.

OMG dont let Carryfast hear you say that ,the US truck makers were the only people who could have saved the British lorry manufacturers from extinction due to them being light years ahead of us … oi stop laughing at the back i can hear you

bubbleman · 26 May 2012 18:16

Hello again,heres some more old pics,Cheers Bubbs,

emmerson2 · 26 May 2012 20:12

Chris Webb:

Spardo:

Chris Webb:
Good stuff as usual Bubbs. The town where the ICI Mammoth Major with the pellet bins on looks familiar,any idea where it is? I thought it might be Ludlow but I don’t think ICI ran plastic pellets down that neck of the woods.I know they did Pontypool and some other places that I have forgotten

Looks familiar to me too Chris, but I thought that they were all Chinese Six units.

I thought the same David,I only ever saw them with Mammoth Minor units on that bin job.

Hutchinsons of Cardiff bought an ex ICI Mammoth minor reg FVN 131D, very close to the number in the pic. Btw, I think it’s in Ludlow.

bubbleman · 27 May 2012 16:05

Hi again,heres more old stuff,Cheers Bubbs,

bubbleman · 28 May 2012 11:42

Hi again lads,heres some more cuttings,not the best quality as we’re now in the box of rejected pics,stuff I was’nt going to post …scraping the barrell now ,Cheers Bubbs,

240_gardner · 28 May 2012 11:56

bubbleman:
Hi again lads,heres some more cuttings,not the best quality as we’re now in the box of rejected pics,stuff I was’nt going to post …scraping the barrell now ,Cheers Bubbs,

That’s where the juicy stuff is, Marc! And then you have to turn the barrel over and scrape the outside as well

saviem · 28 May 2012 22:56

Hey up Marc, this is good stuff, and even better for being a bit “grainey”. That AM Garages SM36.280, didnt they run from a pretty big building just off the M5, just down from Chriss Scania emporium at j1? Seem to remember meeting Arthur Mosley in Blainville, about 1979, with a part Belgian guy, who I think ran the parts operation for Renault at Ashburton Rd, Trafford Park. Seemed a gentleman, and didnt his operation spawn something called Berl European, running red, white, and blue TR280 Berliets? See Bubbs, these old cuttings get the little grey cells going, Thank you. Cheerio for now.

alexbennett · 29 May 2012 09:51

Hi saviem

Did you supply Adam Jones with their Saviem ? I know the one my father used had a floor mounted gearlever instead of coloum . and the turbo on it was very loud lool.
Nice motor.