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Hi,dunno much about Dicker,but he subbed work from G.A.Sheperd who at the time were at the bottom of Tog Hill on the A420 at Wick where the photo was taken…The pic is one of mine .
Bubbs.
used touse west brom truckstop quite regular back years ago when subbing fo joint motorways used to load scap from west brom for pot talbot stel works
HI Bubbleman,
thanks for your input on the Dickers truck im not sure where my mate got the photo from perhaps yourself but he is a regular on trucknet so he’ll be glad of the info cheers mate, chris,
Hi Sammy Dog,
I used to work for Maritime at the time i used west brom truckstop used to go from Midlands to Fords Dagenham or to Secon then much the same as you Midlands to Port Talbot steelworks. Seems a long time ago eh! You still driving?
the daf 85 of carlines was around hereford til recently first with toms then evesham transport dont know where it is now tho
Hi Andrrew & Co,
Nice lot of pics once again. Has any of you got any pics of Morfa Transport,there were a few drivers from this area drove for them in the 60’s and 70’s,mainly Atki’s and later a M A N.
Cheers Dave.
pete 359:
Bewick:
pete 359:
hi bewick
i sold that erf in june 2000 to john thomas who then owned ken thomas transport wisbech.she had the fairly rare 14 litre 250hp ■■■■■■■ and a 9 speed fuller.she went well,though was very noisey inside the cab.last i heard that someone called taylor? from the manchester area bought it.
regards andrewThanks for the Info Andrew . I only ever ran one cu250 in a '75 sed-atk sleeper which was aquired via a firm I took over '76 but it was a thirsty motor so we got rid in Jan 77 and replaced it with an F88 !! Cheers Bewick.
hi bewick,
i’m looking at a photo of rec 451r right now.
regards andrew
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Hi Andrew just seen your comment on one of my F88s ! was it in its origional cream/green /silver or had it been repainted red & white ? It came new onto the K.Fell fleet in Sept 76 and driven Lenny Richards and boy could he get through the work .He regularly completed 3 round trips a week which entailed 1st leg Milnthorpe to London tip.2nd leg reload at Reeds Maidstone for Hatlepool up and tip.3rd leg re load on Hatlepool dock for Milnthorpe .No dead milege there boyo !! all that 3 times !! But one week the other top man on Fells Alf Bellamy ( R.I.P.) did the 3 round trips and then shot down to Aintree to pick up a load of new 45 gal drums and back to the depot at Milnthorpe on the Friday afternoon . All sheeting & roped aswell > Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
pete 359:
Bewick:
pete 359:
hi bewick
i sold that erf in june 2000 to john thomas who then owned ken thomas transport wisbech.she had the fairly rare 14 litre 250hp ■■■■■■■ and a 9 speed fuller.she went well,though was very noisey inside the cab.last i heard that someone called taylor? from the manchester area bought it.
regards andrewThanks for the Info Andrew . I only ever ran one cu250 in a '75 sed-atk sleeper which was aquired via a firm I took over '76 but it was a thirsty motor so we got rid in Jan 77 and replaced it with an F88 !! Cheers Bewick.
hi bewick,
i’m looking at a photo of rec 451r right now.
regards andrew
rHi Andrew just seen your comment on one of my F88s ! was it in its origional cream/green /silver or had it been repainted red & white ? It came new onto the K.Fell fleet in Sept 76 and driven Lenny Richards and boy could he get through the work .He regularly completed 3 round trips a week which entailed 1st leg Milnthorpe to London tip.2nd leg reload at Reeds Maidstone for Hatlepool up and tip.3rd leg re load on Hatlepool dock for Milnthorpe .No dead milege there boyo !! all that 3 times !! But one week the other top man on Fells Alf Bellamy ( R.I.P.) did the 3 round trips and then shot down to Aintree to pick up a load of new 45 gal drums and back to the depot at Milnthorpe on the Friday afternoon . All sheeting & roped aswell > Cheers Dennis.
P.S. Andrew we also had the sister F88 REC452R but this tractor had a number of drivers on it during its time on the Fell/ Bewick fleets !! Dennis.
a906 vep was as i remember j.r.'s first 38 tonner,a twin steer 401 with a 320 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ by gethyn owen who i think now drives for owens and lives in france? this picture taken outside cargo van 1985.
the front of j.r.'s landmark yard 1985.
in 1985 when j&m transport finished,most of the management and staff went to john raymond’s to work,including ward jones who is seen here in france in his then new 401 b596 cep.
ward jones tipping colour coated coil in auxerres summer 1985.
calais 1985,that 401 looks out of place amongst all those foreign motors!
loading balers in france for j.g.plant in bridgend.
p.s. sorry not to have posted anything over the weekend lads,we went to the brilliant steel boys 2010 xmas party
near cirencester and had a ball!thanks to team fairford including steve,graham and all the crew,several of you come on trucknet regularly,you deserve a big than you from nicola,myself and the 80 odd others who i know also enjoyed. 
pete 359:
loading balers in france for j.g.plant in bridgend.p.s. sorry not to have posted anything over the weekend lads,we went to the brilliant steel boys 2010 xmas party
near cirencester and had a ball!thanks to team fairford including steve,graham and all the crew,several of you come on trucknet regularly,you deserve a big than you from nicola,myself and the 80 odd others who i know also enjoyed.
Yea you P**s head you could have invited Dave and me along as your guests ( we wouldn’t have got drunk until later!) Cheers hic! hic! Dennis.
Bewick:
pete 359:
loading balers in france for j.g.plant in bridgend.p.s. sorry not to have posted anything over the weekend lads,we went to the brilliant steel boys 2010 xmas party
near cirencester and had a ball!thanks to team fairford including steve,graham and all the crew,several of you come on trucknet regularly,you deserve a big than you from nicola,myself and the 80 odd others who i know also enjoyed.Yea you P**s head you could have invited Dave and me along as your guests ( we wouldn’t have got drunk until later!) Cheers hic! hic! Dennis.
PS next morning Dave and me could have cleared up all the coils that had been left lying around and sold them for scrap !!!
you both would have been more than welcome,i’m off the drink now as i went a bit ott with it fri and sat. with regard to you’r 88’s the picture i have of 451r is red & white.you northerners put you’r motors to work fair play.though i gather oec 17p died when she went fighting near sanquhar!
regards andrew