Punchy Dan:
Surely any firm that’s still going today that’s got evidence of starting in the horse & cart days is worth a vote ?
Shore porters ?
Any Haulage firm that don’t use Agency have my vote 
stevejones:
gotta av brian yeardley up there original continental haulier. ooh dont forget waberer ha ha
Yea yeardleys getting better with age ackworth transport was a good firm and my first job from school…
Harry Monk…End of .
tango boy:
Any Haulage firm that don’t use Agency have my vote
Thats my mob out the window 
If given 2 choices I think it must be between WJ Riding or JR Adams .
prob not the best but c.butts and sw wreford northampton still going strong.
Not saying they were the best but they must be up there Ackworth/onward group ! long established firm from the 30,s owned building firms, run tippers ,tarmac gangs,i was told by an old hand Eric Lamprey who worked there from early on that at one time Bill Storey employed 1000 men at various companies he owned.
Plus they were one of the first to run into Europe and the iron curtain.
The photo has the date 1958 on it wouldn’t fancy going abroad in this 
In all the time I worked there I only knew of one man getting fired and that was for marking a tacho
very family run nearly everyone that worked there was known to another.
Seven pages and not one mention of that icon that is WS Transportation!
London Carriers - my dad worked for them and taught me all I know and a lot of what I didn’t ought to know! Always took me in on a Saturday morning to sort his motor before leaving for the ‘smoke’ on Sunday night or Monday morning.
HOME JAMES HAULAGE FORMELY EMMERDALE HAULAGE !!! 
My vote Is w h Malcolm started with a couple of tippers to a national haulier
Seeing as a couple of old hauliers have already been mentioned…im gonna mention one that hasnt : Beck & Pollitzer, and just for a little information I worked for them in the 60s, and i met Mr Pollitzer and asked him who his partner was ie Beck he told me it was his wife ( Rebecca ) who he calledBeck ` for short…that was just before he gave half a crown to get my breakfast for keeping his truck clean.
For me it has to be Prestons of Potto
I expect opinions have changed since the start of this thread… 5 years ago 
We want to know which company should be crowned Greatest British Haulier Of All Time — and we need your help to do it. And to thank you for giving us your nominations we’ll enter everyone into a draw to win the Corgi Hauliers of Renown models shown on this page.
So what makes the Greatest British Haulier? Well, that’s entirely up to you. It doesn’t matter whether you opt for a firm that is still in business or one that shut its doors decades ago.
You might want to draw upon personal experience and choose a haulier you work(ed) for, but this certainly isn’t necessary.
Think about the types of trucks operated, cargoes carried, destinations travelled to and how the firm treat(ed) drivers. What about those who run/ran the companies and the image they portrayed? Has your winner helped raise public awareness for the industry? Does it have a livery that promotes a particular region?
Ultimately the decision is yours.
Hiya…I,ve drove for some good bosses with average motors and bad bosses with good motors and have good memories.
The last couple of weeks i,ve read all the obituries on the Bob Paul thread and been onto the Astran site many times.
i don,t know if i ever sat at a cafe table with this man and maybe out paths crossed but when it comes to the great
british haulier Bob Paul (Astran)must be on the top…How many people will agree with me out there.
John
I was just about to say Astrans as well! They were pioneers for UK international haulage and surely must be top contenders IMHO
hes got to be in there 
205:
hes got to be in there
might not be considered great by hundreds of drivers and many O/D’s who he put out of business over the years
I think maybe BRS or Pickfords for their pioneering when steam trucks were a lad and some of the heavy stuff they somehow managed