robinswh:
I bet the driver didnt walk away from the Bedford TK…they were death traps if I remember correctly
They were death traps even with no one in them ! the stupid transmission brake failed on one parked in the yard and it rolled away, I didn’t hear it coming and it squashed me against a wall. Yes I’ve never been a big fan of TK’s since !
Lovely neat motor that Spillers Albion and a nice livery too, working close to the Tyneside Mill I often saw the different vehicles in the fleet coming and going, always clean and smart. I know the LAD cab wasn’t everyones favourite to drive but it did have style. Franky.
Trev_H:
robinswh:
I bet the driver didnt walk away from the Bedford TK…they were death traps if I remember correctlyThey were death traps even with no one in them ! the stupid transmission brake failed on one parked in the yard and it rolled away, I didn’t hear it coming and it squashed me against a wall. Yes I’ve never been a big fan of TK’s since !
Your right there Trev what a stupid brake that was, If you pulled it on a bit to soon, it rocked you back and forth enough to make you travel sick 
Hi boys
Trev_H:
robinswh:
I bet the driver didnt walk away from the Bedford TK…they were death traps if I remember correctlyThey were death traps even with no one in them ! the stupid transmission brake failed on one parked in the yard and it rolled away, I didn’t hear it coming and it squashed me against a wall. Yes I’ve never been a big fan of TK’s since !
Trev I know exactly what you mean I had this one on the road the day I was 17.It had a disk transmission hand brake. One day I delivered fertilizer to a farm in Wales and unloaded half of my load onto the farmers trailer then the rep turned up. I stood there talking to him for 15/20 mins then without warning it started to run backwards down the hill. I ended up backwards in the hedge after flatening the farmers transport box and a pile of bricks 
The hand brake was still on, It had been parked there for 3/4 hour, the truck was 4 ton lighter and I was out of pocket for the week. We came to the conclusion the disk had cooled and contracted letting it go. 6 months later while unloading after just passing the MOT I noted the truck give a lurch but because of the runaway episode I always left it in gear. It had only done 20mile after being tested. Shortly after we changed the disk for the drum type which was a lot better and did not require ajusting every week. 
Regards Keith
I remember a 21 year old lad doing his first driving job fell asleep on the southern end of the M1 and hit a bridge I think .it was the last thing he ever did…he was from hometown coalville leicestershire he had a 4 wheel Bedford TK tipper loaded with roadstone he was working for a company called Bill Isaac of coalville, this was about 1965 and before HGV licences .
Hello again,Heres todays stuff,a bit of colour for a change plus a few more modern pics as not all who view this thread are old drivers.
Cheers Bubbs, 
a couple of old photos!
bazztrucker:
well that seemed to work, so lets try another one.0
All that’s stopping three tractors from landing on the bunk is a tiny headboard, all that’s stopping them going off the back are two 2" ratchet straps 
I doubt you’d get away with that today
bubbleman:
Hi again,I do like it when the smallest detaill gets noticed…yep Mark R a T reg Atki,I dont know if this is the truth but someone told me that it was origanally owned by John Raymond who bought a few but didnt put them on the road til well after the 400 series was introduced…by then no one wanted to drive one of them so they got sold on.
Then Eagle-eyes Suedehead spots the Mercury with no n/s mirror…I’ve had that pic for donkeys years and never spotted that
Ok…todays pics,now then look at the drivers windscreen on this old Leyland,this was late 50s extras…an electric demister with 2 suckers to hold it to the glass…this driver was lucky and had 2 of them
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Cheers Bubbs,
hiya,
Another one i’ve had the pleasure of in days of yore and i do remember the leccy demisters they usually started to work after about half an hour so you’d normally done a few miles before you knew which way you was going, happy days.
thanks harry long retired. PS i’ve a good idea who nicked my knights head now if only i could remember who’s steed it was and here’s me been blaming Dennis
Hello again,Nice to see some more pics from a different source,well done Deaneerr.I thought Harry would remember the old Bowkers Atki
Heres another mixed bag 
A couple of Derek Linch’s to finish as they’ve recently called it a day 
Cheers Bubbs,
Hi Bubbs, more excellent pics, nice to see you’re still posting them after reaching the 200 mark. Would I be right in thinking that Keedwell Scammell has an F88 cab on it? How did that come about, you would think a well established firm like them wouldn’t have to resort to importing cabs from Sweden.
altitude:
Trev_H:
robinswh:
I bet the driver didnt walk away from the Bedford TK…they were death traps if I remember correctlyThey were death traps even with no one in them ! the stupid transmission brake failed on one parked in the yard and it rolled away, I didn’t hear it coming and it squashed me against a wall. Yes I’ve never been a big fan of TK’s since !
Your right there Trev what a stupid brake that was, If you pulled it on a bit to soon, it rocked you back and forth enough to make you travel sick
On multi drop parcel deliveries, the propshaft brake caused more than one heart stopping moment, you had the door open and half way out before the truck had even stopped 
Hi bubbs,
superb pics as usual. The one of the M reg 88 posted on sun may 1st. Is that one of Ma Walkers of cosby’s. I do believe in the new orange livery ?
night shift bri:
Hi Bubbs, more excellent pics, nice to see you’re still posting them after reaching the 200 mark. Would I be right in thinking that Keedwell Scammell has an F88 cab on it? How did that come about, you would think a well established firm like them wouldn’t have to resort to importing cabs from Sweden.
I discovered this in Big Lorry Blog by Bob Tuck
What a sight for sore eyes. Thanks to Peter Searson of Heanor Haulage, the four Scammell based HHTs were something very special during the 1970s and '80s. Peter used the chassis of a lightweight Scammell Contractor which were ex dumper chassis or other old hand me downs. He than put in a variation of Detroit or Caterpillar engines (which Scammell wouldn’t do) and added all sorts of multi speed Fuller transmissions. Top that off with a Volvo F88 cab and you have one huge powerhouse. He made the first one above(ONN 686P) originally as an eight wheeler but this didn’t work and the lead (dead) axle was removed.
As Andrew says, HHT002 (SAL 513R) was passed to Geoff Johnson and then Derek Parnaby before David Weedon bought it - but still kept it in Parnaby’s colours. As Andrew says, another is residing in West South Wales while I saw HHT004 a few weeks back as its being restored in County Durham by Dave Evans and his friends.
The rest is history.
Hello,as I was digging out these pics,Malc sorted a decent explanation so heres what I found.
This was HHT1 ONN686P,originally built as an 8 wheeler,Detriot powered.
HHT2…SAL513R…
HHT3…BAL600T…
HHT4…XRA790Y…
SAL513R in Geoff Johnsons fleet prior to being signwritten.
SAL513R…again,in Parnabys colours.
And finally,heres another conversion of a Contractor
Cheers Bubbs,
Oh yeah,GunnerH that is one of Ma Walkers F88s
bubbleman:
Hello again,Nice to see some more pics from a different source,well done Deaneerr.I thought Harry would remember the old Bowkers Atki
Heres another mixed bag
Cheers Bubbs,
that must have been taken about 1998 - 2000 bubbs !
blimey thats a blast , that was mine for about 4 years. . bought from roundoak services as a selfdrive hire truck in 1998, my boss decided to by it & ran in those colours for just over a year before we had another FL join the fleet. she was then resprayed in a darker shade of cream & re signwritten
Hope these are ok Bubbs,I only took these last week.Thought you may find the in cab shots of the buses interesting.They adapt ergo cab steering binacles and graft them together with great skill.They will probably all be scrapped in the next two months.Maltas loss.Will post more lorry photos from Malta tomorrow if that`s ok Bubbs.Regards Rich.
AEC bus with Leyland 420.
Leyland tipper well loaded.
Plenty of weight on this Constructor.
TK with AEC 505
Rear view of same Leyland.
Octopus still working unloading boats at docks.
Leyland
Bison tipper
Foden in middle of Valletta.
Double drive Iveco.
Familiar British name on trailer.
Ex John Eastaff of Bedford.
ERF unit now a water tanker.
Ooh look a knob behind the wheel for a nut to hold
Some more redesigned Bedford metalwork. Glad I never even sat in one in 43 years driving.
Cheers Phil
Hiya …i know what your saying about the bedfords folding easily, but dont make the truck so bad.
I had 3 (rough)KM.s over a 2 year period and that never happend to any of mine.they’ve made alot
of money for many companys.
John
