Muckaway:
Yes Dave, still on the shovel
Iâm loading the old fashioned way at themoment, the weigherâs packed up and they cant fix it 'til Monday.
âŚWhen Iâm on holiday.
You seem to have more holidays than David Cameron Nathan !! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Muckaway:
Yes Dave, still on the shovel
Iâm loading the old fashioned way at themoment, the weigherâs packed up and they cant fix it 'til Monday.
âŚWhen Iâm on holiday.
You seem to have more holidays than David Cameron Nathan !! Cheers Dennis.
Father ChristmasâŚ
I saw an ex Smiths Foden 6 wheeler on the A443 north of Worcester today, I had just loaded at Ball Mill Quarry, so he may have been going in there.
altitude:
I saw an ex Smiths Foden 6 wheeler on the A443 north of Worcester today, I had just loaded at Ball Mill Quarry, so he may have been going in there.
W845 ULN (4000 series)? Thatâs based near Gt Malvern, Fryske got a pic of it a while ago and posted it on here. Howâs things, John?
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti ⌠leet-going
From the CM archive.
Ball Mill is still in operation then, I remember that from my tilcon days though I never went into it. Used to be called Ball Mill sand and Gravel at one time, though I guess that Tarmac have it now? I kept well away from sand and gravel wherever possible! 
Pete.
Not long to go now before Foden artic units in Smiths colours are consigned to the history books⌠
One of the 03 reg Fodens tipping â20mm Oxford Blue Flintâ into the bays at Gill Mill.
Muckaway:
altitude:
I saw an ex Smiths Foden 6 wheeler on the A443 north of Worcester today, I had just loaded at Ball Mill Quarry, so he may have been going in there.W845 ULN (4000 series)? Thatâs based near Gt Malvern, Fryske got a pic of it a while ago and posted it on here. Howâs things, John?
Yeah that would be the one mate, it looked tidy. Things are OK still busy.
cheers
John.
windrush:
Ball Mill is still in operation then, I remember that from my tilcon days though I never went into it. Used to be called Ball Mill sand and Gravel at one time, though I guess that Tarmac have it now? I kept well away from sand and gravel wherever possible!Pete.
Still there Pete, someone said they have a few years left yet. I back load out of there quite often. Itâs one of the best I have ever loaded out of, all very happy and helpful people, not like most places these days where all you get is a glare and grunt.
cheers
John.
Hi Nathan , is your dad and old phil on the cb ?
JAKEY:
Hi Nathan , is your dad and old phil on the cb ?
Phil is, ch36.
Iâm currently drinking a beer watching a Red Funnel ferry leave Southampton for the Isle of Wight
Saw smiths 6 wheeler on m25 this morning by the m11 you run quite far then
Chewyboy:
Saw smiths 6 wheeler on m25 this morning by the m11 you run quite far then
About as far as you can with day cabs mate. Some âdistance jobsâ Iâve done are Dawlish Warren (Devon), Caerphilly Castle, Bury St Edmonds, that place where the Haywain was painted in Suffolk, Bognor Regis, Igtham, Wincanton, Stratford on AvonâŚ
Before the LEZ went Euro 4 Iâd do London quite a bit, pre mineral tax Iâd do shingle to Kent and Sussex at least once a week to private houses.
Bognor Regis way was quite regular as some ex Oxfordshire people moved down there, had their drive done and then their neighbours and friends copied.
Used to backload from Thatcham, Woolhampton, Padworth, Ringwood, Southampton Docks, Wick, Wickwar.
Made a change to do Oxford city deliveries.
The 8wheelers also backloaded cobbles from Dungeness.
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti ⌠etchington
Another gem from Commercial Motorsâ archive. I remember the Ford Cargo trial truck; It was white with Smith and Sons signwriting in red/black. From what drivers have said, it had a great payload but wasnât as tough as the Leylands and Fodens.
The Foden 6x4 unit âon orderâ was Uncle Allans
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Found on the ânet; Taken in Stratford on Avon, this is the artic based at Smiths Concretesâ Stratford plant at Atherstone on Stour. It appears to be on itâs way to load at Smiths Concretesâ Bubbenhall Quarry.
The Stratford-based artic tipping type 1 at Gill Mill. The sheds in the background are the precast concrete works of TT concrete, who use about 100tonnes of 10mm ballast per day.
Found on the net, looks like it was brand new when the picture was taken.
Is the Scania unit on the road yet?
