JO Treasure are still on the go, mainly with Space cab DAF 85s in green & silver.
dafdave:
I went by the aka bilko,
Hey Bilko is this you?
With the help of Ken i have now started a Ken Harvey gallery on the Northwest Trucks site
Just click on the red Northwest Trucks logo below and then scroll down to Harvey Transport Ltd Farnworth
Regards Paul
Thats me mate about 15yrs ago in my prime lol lol lol.
regards dave.
Evening Mr Bilko
I don’t see Paul or Geoff very much as I have moved to the Middle East now and not been on the road since 1998
I did see Paul on Saturday just gone as he came to my evening wedding reception. I also saw Paul’s brother Tony who is now back working for NFT at Whitefield. He use to work on Tesco’s at Middleton until it closed and moved to that new Stobart warehouse in Widnes. Tony said the drop in pay was not worth the hassle.
Paul is doing very well I am pleased to say.
I don’t think our paths crossed
I was at Hinchliffes around 86 for about 2 years
Sheldon’s, gosh I remember them
When I left school at 16, I got a job in the garage at Dewsbury haulage on Tile Street in Bury. I was allowed to shunt motors around and I was in my element.
The job at Hinchliffes was a dream come true. The tankers were unbelievable. Stobarts was the easiest job I have ever done, but the money was crap. Working on the airport was good as I love planes LOL
G/Evening pilot.
Good to hear from you,glad to here you are doing well. Paul is the type of guy who will always do well sound man.I used to marvel how well he kept his motors,spotless inside and out despite being in and out of waste paper mills[not the cleanest places]
regards dave.
Hi Bubbs
Many thanks
Cheers Fin
bubbleman:
Hello again,to Finnly300 and Daibootsie…yes I have pics of what you want but where they are is anyones guess…if I come across them then they will get put up…ok.
Old Volvos today.
Hope these are of interest,
Cheers Bubbs,
bubbleman:
Hi again,great pics Pat…I wonder where the church is too,trouble is most of them look the sameERFs today.
Some of these firms are history now.
Cheers Bubbs,
I think that this motor is one of the ones W H Malcolm inherited when they bought out Wilfred Holden. Unusual to see a Malcolm motor with an English reg!
I had a D reg 1986 Foden 4 x 2 with Gardner 320, it wasnt the fastest at around 62mph ,pushing it at 65mph but it could pull, the geraring was spot on
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 !
Is that Richard Nuttalls Dave??, I remember them with a 6 wheeler Leyland Retriever ergo cab and a few ERFs a 6 wheeler and mostly 8s
dafdave:
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]
Hello again,Fodens today…a bit of a treat for the “older” lads…heres a few from my pal Adrian Cypher,the first few were taken on the A4 before the M4 was built…all shot through the windscreen of his old Austin…he’s parked in the lay-by opposite the old Ridgeway cafe (who remembers that) near Marlborough. 
Look where the headboard starts on this one. 
One very rare Foden.
Loaded all on the bed,a real lorry. 
One for Muckaway at the end.
Cheers Bubbs, 
Good pics of proper lorries Marcus! I remember the Harveys TwinLoad very clearly as it used to come through Reading on a regular basis, had the MK V11 stroker in it I guess judging by the front grille vent’s. Harveys also had a 3 wheeled Scammell Townsman artic that did the same journey at times (Bristol-London and back) which was possibly a longer trip than Scammell’s had envisaged when they constructed it!!
Also used to call at the Ridgeway with my old man on our journey’s to and from Avonmouth Docks in the 60’s, I THINK that it may still be operating, maybe someone can confirm this?
Pete.
ramone:
Is that Richard Nuttalls Dave??, I remember them with a 6 wheeler Leyland Retriever ergo cab and a few ERFs a 6 wheeler and mostly 8sdafdave:
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]
No mate william nuttalls clifton,swinton m/c.Used to .mainly load out of little lever for west aukland and load waste back.
bubbleman:
Hello again,Fodens today…a bit of a treat for the “older” lads…
Onward and Upward maybe?
Cream Job
Them lads certainly earned their dough running up bakers steps.From the registration number it could be Soya flour
May seem a stupid question but was the trailer on this truck on a fifth wheel? As it looks a bit odd
Stupot:
May seem a stupid question but was the trailer on this truck on a fifth wheel? As it looks a bit odd
Your right there it does, think it maybe a close coupled trailer.
Trent Wharfage is a blast from the past,I remember their Gainsborough based wagons well. IIRC VP Wines and Coalmoor Refractories ran those twin load Fodens as well in the 70s.
altitude:
Stupot:
May seem a stupid question but was the trailer on this truck on a fifth wheel? As it looks a bit odd
Your right there it does, think it maybe a close coupled trailer.
The coupling arrangement
Tim C:
altitude:
Stupot:
May seem a stupid question but was the trailer on this truck on a fifth wheel? As it looks a bit odd
Your right there it does, think it maybe a close coupled trailer.
The coupling arrangement0
Blimey never seen anything like that, so it is more or less a fifth wheel. 
windrush:
Good pics of proper lorries Marcus! I remember the Harveys TwinLoad very clearly as it used to come through Reading on a regular basis, had the MK V11 stroker in it I guess judging by the front grille vent’s. Harveys also had a 3 wheeled Scammell Townsman artic that did the same journey at times (Bristol-London and back) which was possibly a longer trip than Scammell’s had envisaged when they constructed it!!
Also used to call at the Ridgeway with my old man on our journey’s to and from Avonmouth Docks in the 60’s, I THINK that it may still be operating, maybe someone can confirm this?Pete.
The site of the Ridgeway cafe is now a small car park for people using the Ridgeway walking path which crosses the A4 at that point. Adrians lay-by
is still there.
Phil.
altitude:
Tim C:
altitude:
Stupot:
May seem a stupid question but was the trailer on this truck on a fifth wheel? As it looks a bit odd
Your right there it does, think it maybe a close coupled trailer.
The coupling arrangement0
Blimey never seen anything like that, so it is more or less a fifth wheel.
If my memory serves me correctly it was Foden’s means of using the proposed 32 ton limit, it didn’t catch on but I thought that it seemed a sensible set up and a brave experiment for the manufacturer. Trailer length would have been restricted though, but at least you could have left the trailer at the first drop to be unloaded while you took the rigid to point B. It may get reinvented “one day”?
Thank’s for the info on the Ridgeway cafe Phil.
Pete.