Hi Gaz
to clarify I spent a hole day in turkey repairing a whittle truck and helped out with new spares I used to carry I didnt ask the driver for payment but wanted my parts back i agreed to invoice Whittles on return
the driver who I will not mention as it was not his fault signed a invoice I made out with his name and truck Number I was happy he was greatful we both carried on together he was going to Baghdad I was going to Doha.On my return I sent Whittle the invoice 5 days later I had a phone call to say that it was the resposability of the driver to give me the money back as he had not had permission to repair the truck what
Wa—rs 
how did they expect the driver to contact them in the middle of nowhere ,after that I kept my spares to myself other than Astran Drivers or close freinds I could trust I say no more
Roger (Rita) Haywood
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Hullo Roger,
Youre quite right, sometimes you can get a right kick in the nuts, just because youve got the sort of nature that thinks everybody else is like yourself. This has happened to me a few times in the past. I dont applaud the attitude taken by Whittles at all. I agree that it was the responsibility of the driver concerned, as we were all Owner drivers on there. But I am sure that they will have spoken to the driver about it and even passed on your invoice. The driver himself knew all this Im sure when he was accepting your help at the time, and still accepted your help both in time and parts supplied. It seems to me that hè`s the bad guy in this tale. Just one of the few we all meet, a right ■■■■■
Cheers, Archie.
p.s. Come on show us the photo`s now, you old bugger.
sinbin31:
Hi Gaz
to clarify I spent a hole day in turkey repairing a whittle truck and helped out with new spares I used to carry I didnt ask the driver for payment but wanted my parts back i agreed to invoice Whittles on return
the driver who I will not mention as it was not his fault signed a invoice I made out with his name and truck Number I was happy he was greatful we both carried on together he was going to Baghdad I was going to Doha.On my return I sent Whittle the invoice 5 days later I had a phone call to say that it was the resposability of the driver to give me the money back as he had not had permission to repair the truck what
Wa—rs how did they expect the driver to contact them in the middle of nowhere ,after that I kept my spares to myself other than Astran Drivers or close freinds I could trust I say no more
Roger (Rita) Haywood
An average Whittle stunt, I am sure! A local haulier agreed to shunt some trailers back to Central Trailers at Haydock for them (Whittle owned naff all - even the office block was leased!) and then never got paid because Whittle refused to pay without an “official” purchase order being produced.
The man was in denial right till the last day, I reckon. Interesting to watch some of the reposession merchants in the yard some days 
Oooops
Sorry about that roger, didnt mean to bring back some bad memories for you mate, i know you do get a few ba***rds in road haulage, which makes it worse for those who are good blokes.
cheers
gaz
,A 1977 volvo f88 290 operated by my dad when trading as star trucking in the early 1980,s
UMM329S was a 1626 merc,bit of a dog to drive but never went wrong ,more reliable than volvos and dafs at the time
.NMS913T was a daf 2800dks 310 which was bought from ferry freighting with an allocation of permits
.UMM329S before we repainted it in our livery,this photo was taken after cleaning fuel filters for 4 th time that trip,before climbing Mt cenis
,A457PHK a brand new 3300 in1983,i took this photo on a saturday morning waiting for the dealer to come and fit the sun visor spray deflectors and air kit that we"d orderd and they forgot to fit.this particular truck turned out to be a wrong un with lots of problems
.lastly myself as o/d in 1989,this unit WON363T was ex dave stanway from walthamstow.It had a3406 cat,fuller box with F89 rear axle,and the turkish cut and shut 1400 litre twin comp fuel tanks and nigh on a double bed.Its a poor pic but the only one ive got
Europleb… back in 85/86,on reaching St Omer I was approched by a driver who was abit short on cash for the toll, said he needed a tenner, anyway i lent him a tenner, but he could hardly speak to me on the boat, I thought well probably the last i’ll see of it, after we docked and with this playing on my mind, I found his truck and asked for abit of insurance for getting my cash back, so I took his pink card, fair enough his boss came down next morning, a Saturday gave me the tenner all was well, well this guy drove for Star Trucking but I can’t remember there being any logo on his truck, like in your pics, in fact I can’t remember seeing that logo anywhere, I must be getting to old.
the person bringing money to dover on saturday mornings was usually me,they always ran out having left uk with enough but when doing ex"s on the monday they were always £25 out.The job was a proper weeks work in those days and no one begrudged it,trouble was if we gave them an extra bit of money they"d still manage to run out.We had some proper drivers back then,derick moore[lichfield]dennis badham[kings heath]jessie weldon[dagenham]eddy benn & arnie daniels[ex seabourne barking]a guy named mike[with a degree in politics,wakefield].used to ship for ferry freighting 6 or7 drops 5 collections 2 clearances at dogana and back sat morning.Job was a plesure back then,it was more a lifestyle choice than career back than
found another picture of A457PHK a 3300 on its 1st trip to italy
.A457PHK brand new with new trailer ready to ship out
.found another of WON363T,still awfull quality.this was taken on NIII on the way to madrid,spent the weekend at freds then loaded jean to stockholm
Lookin for any 1 who remembers Phil Tidmarsh of Fransen s had scannie 141 reg TNX607R owned by Leighton Trans Kidderminster
