bubbleman:
Hi again,Wow those Italian pics Fergie,magic mate and the 1 from 240…priceless.The last couple are for 240.
Cheers Bubbs.
Thank you very much!! 
Never seen a pic before of an N.I.T. motor with a tartan band!
Oh and the FIAT was photographed in West Africa in 2001 by one of MOL’s sales guys.
Nice to see Genral Foods of Banbury, they later had a nice fleet of F88’s
a nice easy number,am i right in saying this would have been pre a45.how many loads would you have done in a day ?
Hello once more,I’ve been having a bit of a tidy up and found several bits and pieces to put on over the next few days…I came across some Northern Ireland Trailers related bits which Iintended to PM then to 240 Gardner but then I thought I’d share them with everyone…hope its of interest. 
Right then,Iexpect 240 has seen that before but I am puzzled by the next couple and wondered what his thoughts are 
To me thats a Rottinoff with a big A shoved on the front,the final pic is an Atkinson Omega.
Anyway ,if anyone can shed some light on these last 3 pics I’d be interested.
Cheers Bubbs.
bubbleman:
Hello once more,I’ve been having a bit of a tidy up and found several bits and pieces to put on over the next few days…I came across some Northern Ireland Trailers related bits which Iintended to PM then to 240 Gardner but then I thought I’d share them with everyone…hope its of interest.Right then,Iexpect 240 has seen that before but I am puzzled by the next couple and wondered what his thoughts are
To me thats a Rottinoff with a big A shoved on the front,the final pic is an Atkinson Omega.
Anyway ,if anyone can shed some light on these last 3 pics I’d be interested.
Cheers Bubbs.
Fabulous Marc, thank you very much!! 
Now, the first ERF pic is an ERF publicity shot, I think, taken on Preston Dock. If I remember rightly, it was used in an ERF advert.
Northern Ireland Trailers did seem to get excited about Kysor shutters - there was a similar article at the same time in the Atkinson house magazine: “The Cold Facts of Engine Heat” (but without any mention of pics of ERFs!). I think they may even have retro-fitted some motors with the shutters. My H-reg N.I.T. Atki still has its Kysor shutter fitted.
When George Rotinoff died, Atkinson apparently acquired the rights to the Atlantic and Super Atlantic tractors, and the brochure you have (I’ve got one too ) is a re-jig of the Rotinoff one, with the Big A applied to the photograph by an artist. I’m not clear if Atkinson ever actually built a Rotinoff, or even assembled one from Rotinoff stock.
As you say, the last is an Atkinson Omega. Only seven were ever built, and they were designed for carrying 90 ton payloads in the desert. At that time,these 6x6 tractors were said to be the most powerful steered vehicles in the world.
Hey,I knew 240 would know all about that lot,well done mate
So how about a few more then.The first ones from a 50s AEC brochure when handball was the name of the game.
From the same brochure,this ones for Rob(Rapidgem)
The last 2 are for Steve(mushrooman) and Paul(moomooland)
Cheers Bubbs.
The Dodge and the KM Bedford bring back some memories from the sixties Marc, good times.
Cheers Dave.
Hello ,heres another mixed bunch.
And finally,who on here remembers these things 
Before tachographs and didgi’s way back in the 60s these were the spy in the cabs,come on then you old buggers tell us how you fiddled them
Cheers Bubbs.
does any know how many of the high roof version of these motors were made i think they look the part
First time I’ve seen a Robson’s Thames Trader unit, cheers Bubbs!
Anyone ever drive one of those?
From the same brochure,this ones for Rob(Rapidgem)
Hey!! Thanks agains Bubbs another nice one,it’s nice to see some local round timber haulage, quite a noble AEC too - Pulford Estates is part of the Duke of Westminster’s empire 
A tough job in the old days - The late Maurice Sanders really covered the subject of round timber haulage well in several of his books, and well worth a read. I’ll open a thread on the subject i’m sure there are some great tales to be told.
Cheers - Rob.
PS :- I Have now opened a new thread - see Stories (and Pictures) of Round Timber Haulage.
I reckon the first motor carried the crisps,and the one behind carried the little blue bags of salt.
Uh! Oh!,better shut up Williamsy,you’re showing your age! 
Hi I remember the recorder on the left as identical to the one my dad had on his 1950 AEC mammoth major 8 wheel tipper reg HAY492 ( inexplicably had maudsley badges all over it but it was indeed an Aec).This device was more an employers tool and not a legal requirement.A circular piece of grease paper was fitted in the back of the clock which was marked by the end of a swinging metal pendulum…when the truck was moving a line was drawn when stationary it went blank.My dad never used it as such and it was merely a clock to him.However I do remember being in transport cafes and seeing drivers having removed the clock sitting in the cafe moving it around to indicate vehicle movement while they enjoyed their food!!
Hello,just sorting through some cuttings and looking at some small vans and lorries and got to thinking how things have changed since I was a nipper,here are a few motors that got me wallowing in nostalgia,the Walls pie van…no high street was complete without one,the Brooke Bond tea vans and the R.Whites lemonade wagon that would flog their stuff off the back of the lorry and finally the good old AA van with the proper AA box…the good old days
Proper lorries next time,shame not to put these on because they’re small fry…they have their place in our transport history.
Cheers Bubbs.
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And finally,who on here remembers these things
Before tachographs and didgi’s way back in the 60s these were the spy in the cabs,come on then you old buggers tell us how you fiddled them
Hey Bubbs, it would seem that the spy in the cab has been with us since the dawn of time, here’s an ad I came across in ‘Motor Transport’ mag February 28th, 1927, Price 3D:-
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bubbleman:
This motor finished up on Simon International.
I think the first driver was a Greek guy who went by the name of Hercules.
From memory,the only trip he did was about 25 drops all over the M/E,took him a couple of months.
After that it was driven by Johnny Hunt,(Black John).
John was going out to Baghdad one trip and ran out of Ferodo going down the hill into Damascus.Took the slip road at the bottom much too fast and rolled the drag.
On another ocassion,John picked me up at Athens Airport in this rig to take me up to Gevgelia to recover SI’s F89 roadtrain that had been dumped.
ian do you remember johnny when he got that motor i think he was the first driver to have a red light in the cab with the big turkish rug hanging on the back of the cab with his disco gear all on hangars he was lad was john
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And finally,who on here remembers these things
Before tachographs and didgi’s way back in the 60s these were the spy in the cabs,come on then you old buggers tell us how you fiddled them
Hey Bubbs, it would seem that the spy in the cab has been with us since the dawn of time, here’s an ad I came across in ‘Motor Transport’ mag February 28th, 1927, Price 3D:-
Rugby Cement had those time recorders fitted.
Various methods were used to disable these recorders.
1 get your mate to distract whoever was putting the chart in, and when he wasn’t looking push the needle through the chart.
2 Use a powerfull magnet to disrupt the recorder.
3 Apply heat to melt the chart.
4 Place a piece of wood over the front & whack with a hammer.
5 Best of all, have a spare key & remove chart.
The charts in these recorders usually lasted eight days.
Dave.
What I’d like to know,is how the hell they fitted one of those to a horse,and where?
Thanks Marc great stuff as usual and thanks for thinking of me.
Will add all the info and picture to the Blue Dart Transport section on the Northwest trucks site
Regards Paul Anderson
