s gates 87:
A great pic of P M REES finest seddon, all his units are plain white now & I think all the ERF’s are on their second lease of life in a 3rd world country by now.
hi,
got a few more from pee wee taken in barry carnival.
pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s a few of Ross garage’s all courtesy of m4 dogwalker.
Great photo of Ross,s AEC, A 1947 Mammoth Major with a Hull Reg, Regards Larry
pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s a few of Ross garage’s all courtesy of m4 dogwalker
That’s a great old photo Andrew,I wonder who it first belonged to with that Hull reg.? Ross had a depot in Sheffield and ran several trunks in the 60s and 70s.
Chris Webb:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s a few of Ross garage’s all courtesy of m4 dogwalkerThat’s a great old photo Andrew,I wonder who it first belonged to with that Hull reg.? Ross had a depot in Sheffield and ran several trunks in the 60s and 70s.
Its quite possible they bought it new from the AEC Main dealer in Hull, Or perhaps acquired it second hand, But nevertheless it looks in good fettle, In fact they were on of my fave motors , Regards Larry.
Chris Webb:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s a few of Ross garage’s all courtesy of m4 dogwalkerThat’s a great old photo Andrew,I wonder who it first belonged to with that Hull reg.? Ross had a depot in Sheffield and ran several trunks in the 60s and 70s.
Hi Chris and larry,
Thanks for the comments.i can’t remember Ross garage’s at all.my ex boss at joint worked for them after he left Llandovery college in the 60’s,he told me alot about them and what they operated,they were a fair size firm in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s.they were Atkinson dealers aswell as a transport company.
Regards andrew.
pete 359:
Paul John:
pete 359:
0Hi all. Andrew, PLEX Freight was Part Location Express iirc with transits painted dark red/rust and yellow.
I am fairly sure it was part of Vaughns of Bridgend. If so I remember a few heated conversations with the owner.
They rented from us at Gullivers often.Once again great photo’s being posted.
Regards Paul.
Hi Paul,
Good to hear from you.i’d say you were right vaughan’s became part location which became plex freight,Leighton ? From porthcawl owned them.then a few years later ,plex freight were bought for a £1 by S&k in mid- late 90’s?
I think his surname was Issacs. He did seem to enjoy a good discussion and was always right!
pete 359:
Class shot.
Evening all, Andrew, that is a beautiful photograph of a beautiful outfit. If Im not mistaken that looks like a Highway Multiwheeler 28ft coiler behind the Mk 1. Nice bit of sheeting and roping.
Yes Ross were a fair outfit, I bought and sold a fair few of their old ones, but always tried to view, and do the business before Stan got me in the Cattle Market bar…for obvious reasons. Ive left Cardiff by some very circuitous and varied routes after a couple of hours in his entertaining company!
Thanks for the memories, Cheerio for now.
Technical question here,what make of drive axle is on the Ross Atki,it looks like a hub reduction to me ? Cheers Dennis.
Well spotted Bewick.
Bewick:
Technical question here,what make of drive axle is on the Ross Atki,it looks like a hub reduction to me ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
Well spotted that man I hadn’t noticed that 
an early kirkstall 
bit before my time to know for sure tbh 
Regards andrew.
Hi all,
Here is another batch of pictures courtesy of m4 dogwalker .i have a feeling that I might have painted this strato for Charles footman,she was ex bnfl I think around 1995-ish.damask red and arum white,very classy colour combination .
pete 359:
Chris Webb:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s a few of Ross garage’s all courtesy of m4 dogwalkerThat’s a great old photo Andrew,I wonder who it first belonged to with that Hull reg.? Ross had a depot in Sheffield and ran several trunks in the 60s and 70s.
Hi Chris and larry,
Thanks for the comments.i can’t remember Ross garage’s at all.my ex boss at joint worked for them after he left Llandovery college in the 60’s,he told me alot about them and what they operated,they were a fair size firm in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s.they were Atkinson dealers aswell as a transport company.
Regards andrew.
I think they finished up with Scanias Andrew. I had a 0600 drop at Monsanto Newport from Staveley Chemicals,must have been early/mid 70s and one of their night lads log booked me somewhere near Raglan.He’d run out of time,left it in a lay-by for some one else to collect.I know he’d changed trailers in Sheffield but I think he’d done a night drop somewhere else - maybe West Midlands - and got held up.
pete 359:
Bewick:
Technical question here,what make of drive axle is on the Ross Atki,it looks like a hub reduction to me ? Cheers Dennis.Hi Dennis,
Well spotted that man
Regards andrew.
Maybe the axle was an experimental one,as IIRC Atkis were still using the Kirkstall BDR drive axle in’71,the D85 HR axle appeared on “L” reg tractors 12 months later along with the “dreaded” Group axle! Come to think of it I’ve seen Atki single drive 8 wheelers with an identical drive axle end like the Ross Garages tractor unit ! Ah! the mists of time are closing in fast nowadays ! 
Cheers Dennis.
