BIGRIG:
Like them Fodens Bubs ,anymore like that
Never thought i would say this about a Foden but they do look the gonads .
Can remember BRS running them on the UBM/Glaseal contract .Were they called Haulmasters ?
The rigids were Haulmasters and units were Fleetmasters i think but i could be wrong.
Davnic:
The rigids were Haulmasters and units were Fleetmasters i think but i could be wrong.
We had Haulmasters & Fleetmasters tractor units at BRS, IIRC the Fleetmaster had a one piece windscreen and the Haulmaster had a two piece screen. I don’t know what other differences there was I done my best to keep away from them !
Trev_H:
Davnic:
The rigids were Haulmasters and units were Fleetmasters i think but i could be wrong.We had Haulmasters & Fleetmasters tractor units at BRS, IIRC the Fleetmaster had a one piece windscreen and the Haulmaster had a two piece screen. I don’t know what other differences there was I done my best to keep away from them !
COWARD!!! Anon.
Davnic:
The rigids were Haulmasters and units were Fleetmasters i think but i could be wrong.
I reckon you have it correct as we had fleetmasters tractor units at Sykes
Bewick:
Trev_H:
Davnic:
The rigids were Haulmasters and units were Fleetmasters i think but i could be wrong.We had Haulmasters & Fleetmasters tractor units at BRS, IIRC the Fleetmaster had a one piece windscreen and the Haulmaster had a two piece screen. I don’t know what other differences there was I done my best to keep away from them !
COWARD!!! Anon.
Ha 
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No coward Dennis, more crafty, them plastic drafty Fodens had rollers in them, My J with the big ■■■■■■■ had 20mph more on top speed !
What an ideal combination for you, a Foden with a roller, cable gearchange, think Foden lost the plot with them!
Trev_H:
Bewick:
Trev_H:
Davnic:
The rigids were Haulmasters and units were Fleetmasters i think but i could be wrong.We had Haulmasters & Fleetmasters tractor units at BRS, IIRC the Fleetmaster had a one piece windscreen and the Haulmaster had a two piece screen. I don’t know what other differences there was I done my best to keep away from them !
COWARD!!! Anon.
Ha
No coward Dennis, more crafty, them plastic drafty Fodens had rollers in them, My J with the big ■■■■■■■ had 20mph more on top speed !What an ideal combination for you, a Foden with a roller, cable gearchange, think Foden lost the plot with them!
Pass the sick bucket and the asprin please and PDQ!!! Dennis.
737 Pilot:
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Dennis (bewick) had afew scanias with similar reg no to G935 DKC
Cheers Malc
737 Pilot:
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Nice photos of the Hinchcliffe motors Pilot, thanks for posting them. I remember driving past what may have been their depot when I was on night trunk to the TNT depot in Ramsbottom. There was always a line up of Dennis rigids on the side of the road there, I think it may have been on a A66 but it was a long time ago, about 1979-83.
BB
You would be correct but it was the A56 Walmersley Road. They also owned the cafe by the entrance to their yard
Excellent pics Pilot 737,some nice roping and sheeting.
What did the 814’s carry?
Davnic
The white 814 had a 17ft flat and the red ones had 23ft flats. We use to carry insulation boards for the building industry although we did carry other stuff as well. We would have loads nearly as high as 16ft and overhanging the bed but a couple of ft and in total would only be carrying maybe a max of 2-3 tonnes.
As I went through school, all I wanted to do was be a truck driver. When I went for the interview at Hinchliffes aged 19, the boss Burt Hinchliffe asked me if I could handle driving their 814s. I said give me a chance and I am sure I will learn fast. I told him I had never roped or sheeted and I offered to work a week without pay to learn it. He said no need, can you be in for 8am next morning.
On my first day, I did a few deliveries in a small transit van, then in the afternoon I went out in that white 814 and picked a few pallets up from Manchester.
That night, they piled a load more drops onto the 814 and stuck a load of insulation on top. That was it, my first long distance trip. I was Southbound with 7 drops on all along the South coast of the UK and I had never been further than Stoke before this. That night, I had my first ever night out and it was the night of the great storms in the UK when Michael Fish got it wrong. I was parked up on Bracknell services getting blown like a kite.
I took great pride in my sheeting and I loved that job.
If it was not for Hinchliffes, I am not sure I would have done the 10 years of driving that followed those wonderful days at Hinchliffes
By the way, that high load on that picture of the white 814 was insulation boards for the roof of the DVLA in Swansea.
After spending 16yrs working for J&H Hinchliffe grandson Paul decided to go it alone.
Pictured here with his dad Geoff and his Daf XF105 super space cab(Truck&Driver oct 2010)
Both Paul and Geoff are good friends of mine. Great blokes.
Paul is a top guy and pleased he is doing well
737 Pilot:
Davnic
The white 814 had a 17ft flat and the red ones had 23ft flats. We use to carry insulation boards for the building industry although we did carry other stuff as well. We would have loads nearly as high as 16ft and overhanging the bed but a couple of ft and in total would only be carrying maybe a max of 2-3 tonnes.
As I went through school, all I wanted to do was be a truck driver. When I went for the interview at Hinchliffes aged 19, the boss Burt Hinchliffe asked me if I could handle driving their 814s. I said give me a chance and I am sure I will learn fast. I told him I had never roped or sheeted and I offered to work a week without pay to learn it. He said no need, can you be in for 8am next morning.
On my first day, I did a few deliveries in a small transit van, then in the afternoon I went out in that white 814 and picked a few pallets up from Manchester.
That night, they piled a load more drops onto the 814 and stuck a load of insulation on top. That was it, my first long distance trip. I was Southbound with 7 drops on all along the South coast of the UK and I had never been further than Stoke before this. That night, I had my first ever night out and it was the night of the great storms in the UK when Michael Fish got it wrong. I was parked up on Bracknell services getting blown like a kite.
I took great pride in my sheeting and I loved that job.
If it was not for Hinchliffes, I am not sure I would have done the 10 years of driving that followed those wonderful days at Hinchliffes
By the way, that high load on that picture of the white 814 was insulation boards for the roof of the DVLA in Swansea.
Quite an induction to the job Pilot but the quickest and best way to learn.
Pretty similar to myself,i left school and went to work for a company,loading/unloading/washing lorries and helping drivers/fitters etc. until i was 17 and then given the keys to a 307D Merc van.
After 18 mths i was ‘promoted’ 
to a Ford D 7.5t box van,covering the SW of the country.
Like yourself,a Merc 814 then followed until i passed my class1 and progressed from there.
BTW,i enjoyed driving that little 814 as much as any lorry.
A cracking little motor.
Hi Marc couple of Baker Transport Southampton pics for the Scrapbook courtesy of Chris Hill
As you are all such frequent church goers 
Does anyone recognise what/where this church is/was?
Hi again,great pics Pat…I wonder where the church is too,trouble is most of them look the same 
ERFs today. 
Some of these firms are history now. 
Cheers Bubbs, 
Great pictures as usual Bubbs,I especially like the one of J.O.Treasure,does anyone know if they are still going?
737 Pilot:
Both Paul and Geoff are good friends of mine. Great blokes.Paul is a top guy and pleased he is doing well
Hello pilot.
Looking at your posts i feel our paths must have crossed over the yrs.I worked for a few com, over the yrs that used to work out of the trinity mills regularly.I also knew the hinchcliffes very well inc.geoff and paul.I worked for nuttalls[clifton] in the 70s,sheldons [buryi] in thke 80s and kenny harvey till i ret injured 2001.I went by the aka bilko,let me know.
regards dave.
P.S. Next time you see paul and geoff give them my best regards thanks dave[bilko]
bubbleman:
Holtons long established family firm that is now gone as they got amalgamated into City group.
Would love to see more pictures of Holtons fleet