coca cola kid:
Muckaway:
to Coopers still run a fleet of ageing Fodens?ageing Foden 05 plate, i have seen a lot older trucks running about & newer trucks in a lot worse state
I remember an article in a truck mag about 10 years ago and they had a lot of oldish Fodens back then.
A couple of photos of an older Foden
I found this today, the last eight wheeler that I drove. Rolls/Perkins 335, 13 speed Fuller g/box. Based at Ballidon Quarry near Ashbourne I had it new in November 1996, it replaced the Foden in my Avatar pic, and photo taken in October 1997 a few minutes before I left the company and went driving a six wheeler for a local firm. A good last day, a load of tarmac to Castle Vale, Birmingham, then tarmac to Balderton near Newark, a load of dust to Hulland Ward and to finish off a load of tarmac to Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, on hand lay! Started off at 5 am and parked it up at 7.pm, gaffer had gone home so put keys through letter box and that was the end of 22 years service.
Pete.
windrush:
I found this today, the last eight wheeler that I drove. Rolls/Perkins 335, 13 speed Fuller g/box. Based at Ballidon Quarry near Ashbourne I had it new in November 1996, it replaced the Foden in my Avatar pic, and photo taken in October 1997 a few minutes before I left the company and went driving a six wheeler for a local firm. A good last day, a load of tarmac to Castle Vale, Birmingham, then tarmac to Balderton near Newark, a load of dust to Hulland Ward and to finish off a load of tarmac to Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, on hand lay! Started off at 5 am and parked it up at 7.pm, gaffer had gone home so put keys through letter box and that was the end of 22 years service.Pete.
They never got around to the 3 series at the Gore Pete,the last new one was on a C plate about 1985 on a C plate which was the same as your Avatar which had a 290 ■■■■■■■ in.Thet sold most of the lorries soon after,then sold the quarry to Minorco who ha already purchased Nash Rocks.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
windrush:
I found this today, the last eight wheeler that I drove. Rolls/Perkins 335, 13 speed Fuller g/box. Based at Ballidon Quarry near Ashbourne I had it new in November 1996, it replaced the Foden in my Avatar pic, and photo taken in October 1997 a few minutes before I left the company and went driving a six wheeler for a local firm. A good last day, a load of tarmac to Castle Vale, Birmingham, then tarmac to Balderton near Newark, a load of dust to Hulland Ward and to finish off a load of tarmac to Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, on hand lay! Started off at 5 am and parked it up at 7.pm, gaffer had gone home so put keys through letter box and that was the end of 22 years service.Pete.
They never got around to the 3 series at the Gore Pete,the last new one was on a C plate about 1985 on a C plate which was the same as your Avatar which had a 290 ■■■■■■■ in.Thet sold most of the lorries soon after,then sold the quarry to Minorco who ha already purchased Nash Rocks.
Cheers Dave.
It wasn’t owned by Tilcon Dave, the Transport Manager at Ballidon took the truck’s over when Tilcon sold them (and us! 
) off. He bought three P regs, mine and one other similar, and a cancelled order one from elsewhere which had a ■■■■■■■ and 9 speed box. Mine was sold to a Tarmac O/D near Bristol when STB Transport closed down. My Avatar Foden was the last new one that Tilcon put into Ballidon, May 1986.
Pete.
windrush:
Dave the Renegade:
windrush:
I found this today, the last eight wheeler that I drove. Rolls/Perkins 335, 13 speed Fuller g/box. Based at Ballidon Quarry near Ashbourne I had it new in November 1996, it replaced the Foden in my Avatar pic, and photo taken in October 1997 a few minutes before I left the company and went driving a six wheeler for a local firm. A good last day, a load of tarmac to Castle Vale, Birmingham, then tarmac to Balderton near Newark, a load of dust to Hulland Ward and to finish off a load of tarmac to Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, on hand lay! Started off at 5 am and parked it up at 7.pm, gaffer had gone home so put keys through letter box and that was the end of 22 years service.Pete.
They never got around to the 3 series at the Gore Pete,the last new one was on a C plate about 1985 on a C plate which was the same as your Avatar which had a 290 ■■■■■■■ in.Thet sold most of the lorries soon after,then sold the quarry to Minorco who ha already purchased Nash Rocks.
Cheers Dave.It wasn’t owned by Tilcon Dave, the Transport Manager at Ballidon took the truck’s over when Tilcon sold them (and us!
Pete.
Much the same happened at the Gore Pete.All the Tilcon drivers were sent on a course to get there standard national cpc,all bar two passed and started up as O/D’s.A couple didn’t operate for long because they couldn’t hack the worry.They went to drive for other firms,a couple were nearing retirement.
Three former Tilcon drivers and a former Tilcon fleet mechanic are still running their own lorries out of the Gore.
Cheers Dave.
TIPIT:
Are these still running ? if so what do they use nowadays.
ye watts still going they were foden users till 2006 now there got mostly dafs now
Sniffy:
A few more fitted with Drum engineering tipper kits
any one remember pat mccann the tipper man run a fleet of very smart fodens 8 wheelers maroon n red gold leaf sign writin on demo and muckshift work all had crome bumpers air horns spot lites orange lites all over they all had steal townend bodies very smart fleet late 80s throw 90s early 2000s
Dave the Renegade:
A few more seen on the Welsh Borders.
hi dave you are right it did belong to goughs of telford, it left ennstones to work out of bardons haughmond hill quarry after a fall out, it has now been sold to L.E talbot of telford now back working at ennstones telford.
tony pugh:
Dave the Renegade:
A few more seen on the Welsh Borders.
hi dave you are right it did belong to goughs of telford, it left ennstones to work out of bardons haughmond hill quarry after a fall out, it has now been sold to L.E talbot of telford now back working at ennstones telford.
Hi Tony,
The Ennstone quarries have now been taken over by Marwyn Materials and named Breedon Aggregates as you probably know.Tim Hall who you no doubt know is the chief executive for the England area,with a lot of the blokes from Tarmac this way going to join him.
Cheers Dave.
Spotted these today at Dove Holes parked up just opposite the quarry Cemex no names on them so I havent a clue who they belong to,prehaps someone like Bonkey will know.
A few tippers here that may stir the old memory boxes.
transportphotos.com/road/photos just type in tipper in the search box theres loads of them
Here is just a sample of pics that I got.
And one from the 1950s for you.
■■■■■■■ 325 L10 - despite what the badge says – and sounding very good!
This is a tipper…
John Pearson’s Foden in action at Welland yesterday
