i worked for stobarts in the 90s out of normanton trampin and i also did a bit for andy harley who was a subby ,i havent got a bad word for neither;
JB:
Jimmy as in Jimmy Butler?
Jimbo, is a different jimmy, my dad’s Jimmy Butler!
Give the old bugger my regards please. Tell him Jon Hallam says hello.
JB:
Give the old bugger my regards please. Tell him Jon Hallam says hello.
Will do. Retired now, remarried and enjoying it.
I’ve never had anything to do with hauling steel but the 5 trucks I saw last week were all 4 leggers,which looked as I passed by to be g-cabs,now I was under the impression the ywere brought to do light work,store deliveries,chilled etc.
I’ve no doubt a massive blue- chip company would of specced trucks that were up to the job,but it did make me wonder,probably just showing my lack of knowledge of hauling steel.
dozy:
I’ve never had anything to do with hauling steel but the 5 trucks I saw last week were all 4 leggers,which looked as I passed by to be g-cabs,now I was under the impression the ywere brought to do light work,store deliveries,chilled etc.
I’ve no doubt a massive blue- chip company would of specced trucks that were up to the job,but it did make me wonder,probably just showing my lack of knowledge of haulingSurely if you are operating in a country where the gross weight is 40t for both 5 and 6 axles then a 4 wheeler will offer the greater payload. It also depends on what sort of steel they are carrying, if it’s coils for car plants a lot of these tend to be around 15tonnes so you can only put one on, so not as heavy as you might imagine.
Good luck to them, we would all moan if Johnny Foreigner was hauling British loads on the continent. Don’t much care for stobart but nice to see a BRITISH haulier flying the flag in Europe.
Thereal-john:
Good luck to them, we would all moan if Johnny Foreigner was hauling British loads on the continent. Don’t much care for stobart but nice to see a BRITISH haulier flying the flag in Europe.
+1.
Thereal-john:
Good luck to them, we would all moan if Johnny Foreigner was hauling British loads on the continent. Don’t much care for stobart but nice to see a BRITISH haulier flying the flag in Europe.
Spot on.
acd1202:
dozy:
I’ve never had anything to do with hauling steel but the 5 trucks I saw last week were all 4 leggers,which looked as I passed by to be g-cabs,now I was under the impression the ywere brought to do light work,store deliveries,chilled etc.
I’ve no doubt a massive blue- chip company would of specced trucks that were up to the job,but it did make me wonder,probably just showing my lack of knowledge of haulingSurely if you are operating in a country where the gross weight is 40t for both 5 and 6 axles then a 4 wheeler will offer the greater payload. It also depends on what sort of steel they are carrying, if it’s coils for car plants a lot of these tend to be around 15tonnes so you can only put one on, so not as heavy as you might imagine.
Thanks ,that clears it up then,I just wondered as I’ve had a issue or two over weight lately to be met with that’s the only trucks we’ve got,took 6 leggers off of us,with that in mind I obviously put 2+2 =5
hanson:
puntabrava:
I saw a stobart lorry pulling a car transporter from the Honda factory in Swindon with a CZ number plateheres more that will shock you best sit down they also have them on polish plates, dutch plates,belgium plates and probably most other countries aswell nothing unusual its regular sight
Sure is,see no end of there transporters over the water with all different plates on.
Had 8 of them the other week collecting from a Toyota event we did at Berlins Tempelhof airport.
One snuck into my pic below grrrr
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It’s quite true. They’ve just won a huge contract apparently (fact)… If rumours are true they gonna need 300+ units over in Europe very soon 
Roll up roll up get your supermarket wages and ninjas turtle uniform here.
Btw im out here now and bloody loving it. Not seen any g cabs yet. Legal mgw in Germany is 40ton so the extra axle is a waste over here
Spotted one today on the ‘40’ near Wachtendonk(D) heading in the Venlo direction…
hanson:
puntabrava:
I saw a stobart lorry pulling a car transporter from the Honda factory in Swindon with a CZ number plateheres more that will shock you best sit down they also have them on polish plates, dutch plates,belgium plates and probably most other countries aswell nothing unusual its regular sight
Eddie Stobart bought Walton Automotive Transport so Walton Automotive had Czech and Dutch divison so they just keep drivers to work for Stobart Automotive now