killsville:
marky:
Chris was right all along - Ethel’s 150 thinks it’s a 240…Ethel went like a 240 with that trailer on. (It definately pulled it better than my ■■■■■■■■
Glad to hear about Ethel’s reputation for pulling! If only the 180 in my Rear Steer Atki had even half the performance of Ethel’s 150. I could have done to switch the engines before Ethel went!!
LOL - it’s the man himself!!
How the devil are you??
Some nice Trucks also Welcome to
Trucknet UK 240 Gardner 
Am I right Marky in assuming that this is the Mr Gardner we all know and love?
Welcome Chris!
You don’t need another guess - the one and only…
marky:
You don’t need another guess - the one and only…
Hello! Made it here at last! Nice photo of JRN, by the way - first time I’ve seen that one - Grappenhall '98? (Before the engine seized!)
240 Gardner:
marky:
You don’t need another guess - the one and only…Hello! Made it here at last! Nice photo of JRN, by the way - first time I’ve seen that one - Grappenhall '98? (Before the engine seized!)
A photo I picked up at the AEC rally last year. How is JRN, by the way?
Who has OMT been selling pictures to?
marky:
Who has OMT been selling pictures to?
The sticker says 'PM Photography, Camberley"
BTW, who is OMT?
Right
Let’s think…
Old Man Tank.
Can you figure it out from that?
Nuff said!
Should have figured it out as the photo was took in Bowkers yard.
killsville:
Nuff said!Should have figured it out as the photo was took in Bowkers yard.
Well, JRN is at least running! It spent last winter outdoors in Norman Offer’s yard in Southampton, but I took it up to Shropshire last weekend, where it is now stabled indoors and is having some minor mechanical jobs done.
It sailed through test in October (having failed the first time because the little black knob was misisng from the handbrake valve - can you believe that??!! “Park Brake Control incomplete” it said on the fail statement. If that’s all they can find wrong with it, then it can’t be too bad)
It’s running well enough, but it’s really just an old tired wagon, and the cab is becoming a bit dodgy, although the screens are still staying in place. Really, it just needs a full rebuild, top to bottom, and which I can’t afford!
240 Gardner:
killsville:
Nuff said!Should have figured it out as the photo was took in Bowkers yard.
Well, JRN is at least running! It spent last winter outdoors in Norman Offer’s yard in Southampton, but I took it up to Shropshire last weekend, where it is now stabled indoors and is having some minor mechanical jobs done.
It sailed through test in October (having failed the first time because the little black knob was misisng from the handbrake valve - can you believe that??!! “Park Brake Control incomplete” it said on the fail statement. If that’s all they can find wrong with it, then it can’t be too bad)
It’s running well enough, but it’s really just an old tired wagon, and the cab is becoming a bit dodgy, although the screens are still staying in place. Really, it just needs a full rebuild, top to bottom, and which I can’t afford!
I bet you said “I’ll just get another year out of it!” I’ve been saying that for the last 5 years and it still goes through the test without any major problems!
killsville:
240 Gardner:
killsville:
Nuff said!Should have figured it out as the photo was took in Bowkers yard.
Well, JRN is at least running! It spent last winter outdoors in Norman Offer’s yard in Southampton, but I took it up to Shropshire last weekend, where it is now stabled indoors and is having some minor mechanical jobs done.
It sailed through test in October (having failed the first time because the little black knob was misisng from the handbrake valve - can you believe that??!! “Park Brake Control incomplete” it said on the fail statement. If that’s all they can find wrong with it, then it can’t be too bad)
It’s running well enough, but it’s really just an old tired wagon, and the cab is becoming a bit dodgy, although the screens are still staying in place. Really, it just needs a full rebuild, top to bottom, and which I can’t afford!
I bet you said “I’ll just get another year out of it!” I’ve been saying that for the last 5 years and it still goes through the test without any major problems!
Well, when I bought from Kev Dennis in '94, I thought it might hold together for a couple of years!!
kv av ya got any pics of that firm from cheshire that ran a fleet of red borderer rigids they were going up till the early 90s but i cant remember the name of em really tidy motors
Carl:
kv av ya got any pics of that firm from chesire that ran a fleet of red borderer rigids they were going up till the early 90s but i cant remember the name of em really tidy motors
You’re talking of ‘Bostock’s’, I think they were from Congleton. Sorry though, don’t have any pictures of their motors.
I’m sure Marky will post some if he has got any! His photo library is a bit bigger than mine!
I have indeed got a picture of one of Bostocks - I’ll post it when I have a chance to resize & upload it
marky:
I have indeed got a picture of one of Bostocks - I’ll post it when I have a chance to resize & upload it
As indeed have I: one Raider (rebuilt from a Borderer) ex Wareings of Wrea Green (DCK 440S), one genuine factory-built Raider new to Lathams Car Transporters in Coventry (GHP 669L) and one 6x2 Searcher ex Wilds of Altrincham (CMB 712L).
I shall look out some pics too. I believe that one of the Raiders (I think GHP) was sold into preservation in Lancashire several years ago.
Here’s the picture of GHP 669L that I found whilst ferreting about last night.
marky:
Here’s the picture of GHP 669L that I found whilst ferreting about last night.
Not sure about 669L, but 668L was built new with an 8-cylinder engine, and was later operated by Donald Sharples, a farmer from Darwen. By the time that he got the motor it had a 180 in it, but the headboard was set back 2’ from the cab where the eight had been.
As 669L has the sleeper pod on front of the headboard, I wonder if it started life the same way.
One of these lorries was featured in Comical Motor when new, demonstrating the unusal feature of coupling a drawbar trailer to the wagon via a fifth wheel