Hi again,good Manchester lorries Jim…and nice pics from Phil also.
How time flies,it was 40 years ago when this Kysor article was written,
Cheers Bubbs, 
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the green or grey!!! erf bulker pic wastaken in staunton heading up from monmouth traffic lights. it was almost certainly going to its own depot of mitcheldean about ten minutes down the road. they ran a lot of tippers out of there. bazztrucker
bazztrucker:
the green or grey!!! erf bulker pic wastaken in staunton heading up from monmouth traffic lights. it was almost certainly going to its own depot of mitcheldean about ten minutes down the road. they ran a lot of tippers out of there. bazztrucker
But were they gray or were they green 
Two of Austin Wilkinson’s FG Fodens pictured below in 1954 parked in the yard entrance on Knott Street in Weaste Salford. Both these Fodens had oil servo brakes which were fine as long as the engine was running…!!
Plenty more images like the one above, which was kindly supplied by James Wilkinson, can be found in the Austin Wilkinson gallery on the Northwest Trucks web site. 
Regards Paul
What a great pic Paul, it reminds me of travelling with the old chap in his Foden FG on Thermalite. His did have the luxury of a n/side mirror though, which my grandfather always altered when riding with my dad so that HE could see what was happening from the passenger seat! 
How would you manage without a mirror these days? 
Pete.
windrush:
What a great pic Paul, it reminds me of travelling with the old chap in his Foden FG on Thermalite. His did have the luxury of a n/side mirror though, which my grandfather always altered when riding with my dad so that HE could see what was happening from the passenger seat!Hiya Pete…just thinking out loud…before we had nearside mirrors is that where the flasing in started.I know you had no mirror
to look through but at night you would see the flash on the road and perhaps know it was safe to pull back in on your ownside.
John
Hi again,another nice few shots Jim…I was waiting for Paul to pop in,about time we had an advert
Heres todays stuff,nothing special
Hope these are ok,
Cheers Bubbs,
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Well I used to work on those BMC’s Jim, the 7 tonner’s were known as the 701 series but seem’s like the smaller model’s were called the FE. LOADSTAR was a bonneted Austin, Morris used code number’s for their model’s, usually designated in cwt’s ie the FFK 140 was a 7 tonner (140 cwt = 7 tons etc) but the artic units (or PRIME MOVERS as BMC called them!) were numbered in gross train weight ie FFK 240 was for a total weight of 12 tons, FJK 360 for 18 tons total. Confusing at times!
Pete.
bubbleman:
Hi again,another nice few shots Jim…I was waiting for Paul to pop in,about time we had an advert
Heres todays stuff,nothing special :roll
Hope these are ok,
Cheers Bubbs,
My brother drove the H.Baker F12 for a while
Hi the brs ERF tippers were grey,they ran out of the Forest Of Dean depot ex George Reads depot.I drove for BRS Bridgend & Margam in the 60’s & 70’s and remember them well.
regards Tony
Hi to all in this room, I am new here as you can probably see.
There are some really great pictures on here and I wanted to contribute to them so here goes…
The colour for BRS tipper’s was grey, unless they were contract motors, but then they should have had the customers name on them. So you are none the wiser now!
Yeah it looks grey to me.
When tar spraying the tar sprayed at a constant rate.According to the type or state of the road
the surveyor would ask for the tar to be laid at a different thickness. This was done by driving faster or slower
and the wheel underneath the lorry drove the large speedo on top the front wing that made it easy to drive at three
or four miles per hour. The chap on the back stood in the fumes looked like he came from Africa after a
weeks spraying.
Cheers Phil.
Hi again,welcome to ERF lover,thanks for the input…keep them coming,good stuff…Phil,love the bit about the tar sprayer.
Heres a road test of an old Mandator,I only drove one as a shunter…good old tool.
Hope these are ok,
Cheers Bubbs,
hiya
Interesting read about the AEC Mandator Marc i’ve driven both the Park Royal and the ergo jobs but must admit i much preferred the older job they had a bit more feel to them and a much better ride when empty/light laden, just my opinion but at my time of life surely i’m allowed that perk, well done.
thanks harry long retired.