Nord & Stevens were more or less partners on the Swiss/UK run. Stevens complained that they were supplying all te trucks so Nord put on some Swiss subbies then Stevens drivers complained that the Swiss boys were stealing all the UK work. The Swiss lads hated the ■■■■■■ job. They could make more money running to Spain & no ferries.
Thanks for the welcome folks, I’m only a youngish lad, never been a truck driver for a living but my Dad tought me how to drive using a Daf 95, Ford Cargo and an ■■■■■■ van ha ha . Truck Driving has been in our family for a long time. Dad started out driving concrete mixers for Steetley’s way back in the late sixties early seventies. Then he took a job at Remploy in about 1972/73 and retired there in 2008. In that time he’d started out in Ford D Series, Leyland Terrier, Ford Cargo, Leyland Roadrunner. Then he took his Class One and he got a Daf 1900 rigid but every month the company would hire a Daf 95 artic to fulfil a special order for someone. As well as driving for Remploy he took a job with an owner driver in Bradford called James Pickup. He drove weekends for Pickups running out of Morrisons at Cutler Heights. every now an then he’d land a long distance run somewhere exotic.
vastly exp:
hi there,i remember your uncle terry,i worked with him at UFO before he started that air france job with steve cooke(plane trucking)i think i remember that accident was something to do with the vin rouge at the restaurant at le bourget.in the late 70’s i once did a change over in with terry in poole docks with a special trailer that loaded with cylinders of gas from the ICI,the gas smelled of fish,they could smell it in the docks and shut the whole place down.
Hi there mr.vastly exp, good to here from someone who remembered Terry. I wouldn’t be suprised if the vin rouge was a factor as he liked a drink, very silly though if indeed he did drive under the influence. You will probably remember a fella called Shaun then? He used to do the Air France job too but I think his Daf Spacecab was done out as ‘Plane Trucking’ - I think. I remember one trip to Calais when he took my Dad with him. Terry was having a fortnight holiday and wanted my Dad to cover for him, so off they went so Terry could show him the ropes. It was the first time my Dad had seen Terry’s truck with the trailor on as when he brought it home it was only the unit he brought. Well my Dads jaw dropped when they arrived in London and standing there was a his container trailor that was near on 50 foot long. The very trailor he was expected to drag around France for 2 weeks. Anyway he did the job and loved it.
jj72:
that be the customs in muttenz steve, notice one of billy jackson’s 111s in the background, but don’t know b.marshall - hully gully registration so maybe wheelnut will know them
The blue and red Scania 111 was bought new by Dow Freight reg no ANC 933 T dow ran her on middle east for a few years until the driver Len bought her on a Dow owner driver sceme . Len ( snowman ) Frost ran the old girl for a few years untill Dows demise and they owed him money . When I bought her off Len she was Painted Brown & biege ( bloody awful) .
So we gave it a QUICK coat of blue and red me and Malc Evans started to paint it on friday morn on its return from Italy and sent it out mon afternoon to load rotherham and go to swiss ( a Roba load ) we then ran Anne has she was named by Len untill She died circa 1994 ish . Snowman was one of the best drivers i ever employed his papaer work was superb , And no matter what the problem ( breakdowns customs )or any thing else we never heard from him untill the job was done . Top driver was Len . I used to have few beers in MUttenz with Terry Smith he was very Good at throwing his voice and along with Lenny Bowker John Mollloy Ossie Dickson Harry & Terry Charles used be great fun and great company .
kings 260:
jj72:
that be the customs in muttenz steve, notice one of billy jackson’s 111s in the background, but don’t know b.marshall - hully gully registration so maybe wheelnut will know themThe blue and red Scania 111 was bought new by Dow Freight reg no ANC 933 T dow ran her on middle east for a few years until the driver Len bought her on a Dow owner driver sceme . Len ( snowman ) Frost ran the old girl for a few years untill Dows demise and they owed him money . When I bought her off Len she was Painted Brown & biege ( bloody awful) .
So we gave it a QUICK coat of blue and red me and Malc Evans started to paint it on friday morn on its return from Italy and sent it out mon afternoon to load rotherham and go to swiss ( a Roba load ) we then ran Anne has she was named by Len untill She died circa 1994 ish . Snowman was one of the best drivers i ever employed his papaer work was superb , And no matter what the problem ( breakdowns customs )or any thing else we never heard from him untill the job was done . Top driver was Len . I used to have few beers in MUttenz with Terry Smith he was very Good at throwing his voice and along with Lenny Bowker John Mollloy Ossie Dickson Harry & Terry Charles used be great fun and great company .
Hi Kings 260, I can’t remember who’s photo this was 
it could of been one belonging to Trucker Ash so I hope that he won’t mind me reshowing it. I was informed that it was Micky Dunston who was driving it at the time coming out of Dover Eastern Dock, Tony Gibbons ( Big T ) drove it before Micky.
Lennie ( Frogman ) Frost ( who was christened by Mick Cosgrove ) was an ex helicopter winchman/ diver in the Fleet Air Arm, Len did a couple of trips to Russia for Dow in the early 80’s to the Lada car factories. Len left Dow and went working for A.C.H. for a while and then came back, before that he was working for Ski International from Manchester doing the Commie Block and for a time he drove for Duckhams Oils.
R.I.P. Len.
240 Gardner:
Wheel Nut:
Yes. My mate Howard drove one of them, there is more fat on a greasy chip so he was ok. Anyone with a beer belly would never be able to drive them. The seat back was against the plywood
Hmmm, I remember a Howard, but his surname escapes me for the moment.
The drivers always preferred the FL10s that these Eurotrotters replaced. But this conversion (actually by Estepe) did a lot to improve the space compared with the original cab which, by the way, was shorter than a standard Eurotrotter as well:
Never forget working on these at Volvo & Bowkers, they had a pulley fan/belts set up that was a sod to work on as space was limited, the cab had a short tilt ram and it was difficult to get bits for (Non Standard - overnight).
In fact at Bowkers we fitted an old ammo box on each trailer with a fully made up tensioner pulley and belts etc made up inside, so if they failed over the water or down south the local agent had the parts on the job.
Hi Marathon1975… have you got any more Chambers & Cook photos?
Chris
coffers88:
Hi Marathon1975… have you got any more Chambers & Cook photos?Chris
yes mate gote some more did u use to drive for chambers as i’ve heard of a chris drive for them before i started 7 years ago
This ones for Fred Kelly. That picture on page 15 of thr Roba 142, BKJ 35Y. That was mine not Aubreys. This unit was bought second hand and i had to pick it up from William Nuttalls yard on the outskirts of Manchester.
If my memory serves me well 
Aubrey had an ex scantrucks demo, one of the first in the country.
I also had TNO 142R ( left ■■■■■■ 111) A572 NOO ( Volvo F10).
Kev Langham
Didn’t Yap-Yap have that V8 after Aubrey?
Klanger2:
This ones for Fred Kelly. That picture on page 15 of thr Roba 142, BKJ 35Y. That was mine not Aubreys. This unit was bought second hand and i had to pick it up from William Nuttalls yard on the outskirts of Manchester.
If my memory serves me well
I also had TNO 142R ( left ■■■■■■ 111) A572 NOO ( Volvo F10).
Kev Langham
This is the pic Kev to save people having to trawl back
Gary Hunter:
truckerash:
kerbut:
CarlNice to see the photos of Alan Taylors trucks. I think he used to have a Mack also. I used to know Alan fairly well as we both did traction for GBE and he bought my Globetrotter from me ( HNH 350 Y ) when I bought a Pegasso Troner which was in GBE,s colours, any photos of my old Globetrotter ? ,I did see it about 7 years ago going around Rennes painted orange.
Kerbut: taken a while, but i dug out pic of HNH 350Y
and this wouldnt be your PigsArse Troner would it? H180 KFA.
shouldnt really post it here cuz this 80’s stuff
Woo! I did a fair few miles in H180 KFA before I got my new Iveco K953PBP
So, How many ex GBE drivers are on here?
And whatever happened to Bob Cox, Steve McCloud, oh, so many names…?Gaz Hunter
Was bob cox the brother of frank?
Hi there this is all new to me, can body remember central freight or there drivers, and as anyone got pictures.
theres some central freight pics in the first few pages of this thread birdie,did ya know ian that now owns imr from nottingham
Carl:
theres some central freight pics in the first few pages of this thread birdie,did ya know ian that now owns imr from nottingham
Yes know him very well this ain’t Carl sponcer is it
birdie central freight pics towards the bottom of this page mate ,no mate sorry im not carl sponcer
marathon1975:
coffers88:
Hi Marathon1975… have you got any more Chambers & Cook photos?Chris
yes mate gote some more did u use to drive for chambers as i’ve heard of a chris drive for them before i started 7 years ago
HI
No I never worked for them - but back in the mid 80’s I spent my teenage summer holidays driving with several of the drivers. Bob ? (owner driver), Cyril Stringer (in one of the Transporte International mercs a few times actually), Kevin & Dave Danks are a few of the names I remember
ALways nice to see pics of the trucks from back then…
coffers88:
marathon1975:
coffers88:
Hi Marathon1975… have you got any more Chambers & Cook photos?Chris
yes mate gote some more did u use to drive for chambers as i’ve heard of a chris drive for them before i started 7 years ago
HI
No I never worked for them - but back in the mid 80’s I spent my teenage summer holidays driving with several of the drivers. Bob ? (owner driver), Cyril Stringer (in one of the Transporte International mercs a few times actually), Kevin & Dave Danks are a few of the names I remember
ALways nice to see pics of the trucks from back then…
I’m sure it was Cyril, who two nobs on a moped, tried to rob him in Barcelona while he was waiting to load, he was cooking up some spuds and stew and they opened his door and put a gun to his leg, Cyril picked up the spuds and wacked one of them over the head with the saucepan, he came in the zona franca where I was cooking up a load of eggs before they went off, we sat and ate the lot while he recounted the story. I’m sure it was Cyril!! I did tell he it was Pesatas the wanted, not Potatoes.
The Danks brothers Scooter Boots and Scooter Pumps
coffers88:
marathon1975:
coffers88:
Hi Marathon1975… have you got any more Chambers & Cook photos?Chris
yes mate gote some more did u use to drive for chambers as i’ve heard of a chris drive for them before i started 7 years ago
HI
No I never worked for them - but back in the mid 80’s I spent my teenage summer holidays driving with several of the drivers. Bob ? (owner driver), Cyril Stringer (in one of the Transporte International mercs a few times actually), Kevin & Dave Danks are a few of the names I remember
ALways nice to see pics of the trucks from back then…
Hi chirs
Bob left chamber a couple of years ago he is know pete haulage transport manger smuge is still there only a couple of day a week know johny mac still there and few more cold drivers i’ll take some photos of the trucks for ya and i’ll post um on here they have 3 truck still runin with transporte on a little sticker but the rest of the livery has c+c as the main livery on.
marathon is that the plastic board factory in tielt belgium in ya pic,back in the 90,s i worked for as taylor and he subbed to chambers and cook for a while we would load out of widdowsons with cat diggers or parts for belgium germany or poland one of my reloads was at said factory