Hello again,heres another dose of real old stuff,apologies if the things I’m putting on are too old…
For the younger lads who view this thread and are unaware of Davis Brothers…well like Eddie today they had loads of wagons,but thats where the similarity ends in fact they were legendry for bending every rule in the book…I heard from an old boy that standing instructions for a days work were “first steal 2 sheets!!!”… 
Cheers Bubbs, 
Hi Bubbs
Remember the Day in the 60s I think it was when the Van was brought in to Davis Bros Yard in Wapping and saw them working on it,if i remember right they cut out the Windscreen and got in to it, and there was a big cheer went up. it was that long ago I was beginning to think I was imagining it but as soon as I saw the Picture I knew what it was before i read it. Great Site Bubbs, keep them coming.
Cheers Ben.
Hi Bubbs
Remember the Day in the 60s I think it was when the Van was brought in to Davis Bros Yard in Wapping and saw them working on it,if i remember right they cut out the Windscreen and got in to it, and there was a big cheer went up. it was that long ago I was beginning to think I was imagining it but as soon as I saw the Picture I knew what it was before i read it. Great Site Bubbs, keep them coming.
Cheers Ben.
Going back over a few pages of this thread & spotted this.
Haven’t seen one of these for years, Volvo F12 Swiss style with an F7 cab.
As far as I can remember the F10/F12 cab was too wide for Swiss regs.
bubbleman:
Hello again,heres another dose of real old stuff,apologies if the things I’m putting on are too old…
For the younger lads who view this thread and are unaware of Davis Brothers…well like Eddie today they had loads of wagons,but thats where the similarity ends in fact they were legendry for bending every rule in the book…I heard from an old boy that standing instructions for a days work were “first steal 2 sheets!!!”…
Cheers Bubbs,
Hello,more old stuff. 
Hope these are of interest.
Cheers Bubbs,
bubbleman:
Hello,more old stuff.
Hope these are of interest.
Cheers Bubbs,
Hi Marc,
Great stuff once again,my old man was one of the first in this area to have a sack loader fitted on a lorry,you had to catch those 2 cwt sacks right,otherwise you would have been badly hurt.I wonder what the health and safety executive would makke of those now.
Cheers Dave.
hi marcus,you have posted another great selection motor’s and trailer adverts, when you look at them you wonder where the years have gone, worked for a company that bought seddon like the one posted, drove one for 1 trip bristol and back, asked for the old leyland back, the seddon would not start unless you bled the pump every morning, they got rid of it after 6 months, i been sent this photo of a foden have you or anyone else seen one like this, nearside door and mirror looks odd, bumper
I am quite impressed with the Carrimore curtain siders built in 1965, fours years before Gerald Broadbents Tautliner.
But why Carrimore 6 wheelers?
Edgar Waine owned and ran that Foden for 40 odd years and modified it to suit his type of work. I used to see it a lot around Brum, following Edgar’s death it was sold as derelict and is now being preserved I believe.
Pete.
this is not really a comment but just trying to nudge this thread onto page
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Wheel Nut:
I am quite impressed with the Carrimore curtain siders built in 1965, fours years before Gerald Broadbents Tautliner.But why Carrimore 6 wheelers?
That was just the registered name of the company “Wheel Nut” because when they would start up they only converted rigid motors as there wasn’t many artics then.There were quite a number of “curtainside” bodies appearing before Bo-Alloy launched their Tautliner in the late 60’s.But I understand that Gerald studied the various shortcomings of other designs and then came up with the ultimate “curtainsider” which Bo-alloy continuosly improved upon over the years.IMO the Boalloy Tautliner was never surpassed no matter what the competition tried,and I employed a lot of drivers who let me know “loud and clear” whenever I stuck another type of curtainsider into the fleet!!Cheers Dennis.
Hope you don’t mind me sticking these on, they fit in with your latest postings.
Bewick:
Wheel Nut:
I am quite impressed with the Carrimore curtain siders built in 1965, fours years before Gerald Broadbents Tautliner.But why Carrimore 6 wheelers?
That was just the registered name of the company “Wheel Nut” because when they would start up they only converted rigid motors as there wasn’t many artics then.There were quite a number of “curtainside” bodies appearing before Bo-Alloy launched their Tautliner in the late 60’s.But I understand that Gerald studied the various shortcomings of other designs and then came up with the ultimate “curtainsider” which Bo-alloy continuosly improved upon over the years.IMO the Boalloy Tautliner was never surpassed no matter what the competition tried,and I employed a lot of drivers who let me know “loud and clear” whenever I stuck another type of curtainsider into the fleet!!Cheers Dennis.
Thanks Dennis. I do remember Carrimore, just never heard that name before.
I remember the ones from Blackburn or Bury. Primrose Third Axle Company.
It is quite strange because recent Boalloy boalloy.org/default.aspx advertising is suggesting that their fortunes were due to Stobart, when reality probably meant the Edward Stobart link was actually the final straw for Boalloy
It wasn’t my idea, it was Hunter Davies and Wikipricks 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautliner
dennis , i can appreciate the info about boalloy & carrymore , but who invented carryfast ■■?
hi windrush, you have started the old gray matter to churn up a bit, there was a old guy can’t remember his name 
with a old north east reg 8 leg foden,used to deliver sand and gravel to bob davis’s yard at astwood bank,he really looked after at motor it was always ■■■■ and span, think that motor was ex salkeld bros, they had 3 of them on contract to consett iron & steel company to move the slag,twin under floor rams and speedo was in the centre of steering wheel, sold them when steel work’s got nationalised, could be same guy!! bumper
Wheel Nut:
I remember the ones from Blackburn or Bury. Primrose Third Axle Company.
Primrose were in Ewood, Blackburn. I think I’m right in saying that they were an associate company of TGB Motors of Clitheroe, one time Guy agents. I’m not sure whether Primrose had originally been in Clitheroe themselves.
rigsby:
dennis , i can appreciate the info about boalloy & carrymore , but who invented carryfast ■■?
Do I feel the making’s of an abusive thread coming on I ask my-self!!! A sample of “Carryfast’s” DNA would surely throw up some very interesting findings!!! I’ll scrape some of his B******t off one of his posts and send it to the Lab!Cheers dennis.
Wheel Nut:
It is quite strange because recent Boalloy boalloy.org/default.aspx advertising is suggesting that their fortunes were due to Stobart, when reality probably meant the Edward Stobart link was actually the final straw for BoalloyIt wasn’t my idea, it was Hunter Davies and Wikipricks
Apart from Stobart buying a lot of Boalloy products during their period of great expansion in the 1990s, wasn’t there also a Stobart/Boalloy link with the short-lived factory in Skelmersdale, Drawbar Engineering Ltd.? This was at a time when Stobart’s drawbar fleet was being greatly expanded.
Hello,heres some more old stuff.
Hope these are of interest.
Cheers Bubbs,
