Hi all, i wondered if anybody has any pictures or info about Maldon Transport & Grain company of Maldon Essex, they ran numerous GUY’s, Scammell’s, ERF’s ect during the 70’s and early 80’s. The yard at West Station Yard at Maldon went on to be used by Essex International, Cheers, Chris
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Hi all, i wondered if anybody has any pictures or info about Maldon Transport & Grain company of Maldon Essex, they ran numerous GUY’s, Scammell’s, ERF’s ect during the 70’s and early 80’s. The yard at West Station Yard at Maldon went on to be used by Essex International, Cheers, Chris
Somewhere, I’ve a photo of the ex-London Carriers Guy Invincible in Maldon colours, taken in the mid-80s - I don’t know if it actually ran with Maldon Transport, though. Reg was MGP 472D.
HI 240, its very likely that MGP ran on the fleet, as they ran a few second hand GUYs and i believe that very same unit sat down West Station yard for quite some time after the firm had shut, along with a warrior and a scammell Trunker 2. The Trunker actually went back on the road in the late 80s-early 90s after having a coat of paint and a service, it shunted trailors locally for a while, then diserpeared. It had a Scammell box and 220 Rolls ( ex-shell). I’m pretty sure John Mee (fith wheel lorry club) has one of the GUYs in his collection of un-restored lorries on his farm at Tillingham nr Maldon, but i havent been down that farm for years, so it may have gone. The other motors i recall on Maldon Transport were a Scammell Crusader with 280 Rolls and double-drive B series ERF with a 8-pot 240. The B series was passed 1st to Thurogoods Transport (maldon), then it went on the Essex International fleet and i think there’s a pic of it on the ESSEX BOYS thread. 
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HI 240, its very likely that MGP ran on the fleet, as they ran a few second hand GUYs and i believe that very same unit sat down West Station yard for quite some time after the firm had shut, along with a warrior and a scammell Trunker 2. The Trunker actually went back on the road in the late 80s-early 90s after having a coat of paint and a service, it shunted trailors locally for a while, then diserpeared. It had a Scammell box and 220 Rolls ( ex-shell). I’m pretty sure John Mee (fith wheel lorry club) has one of the GUYs in his collection of un-restored lorries on his farm at Tillingham nr Maldon, but i havent been down that farm for years, so it may have gone. The other motors i recall on Maldon Transport were a Scammell Crusader with 280 Rolls and double-drive B series ERF with a 8-pot 240. The B series was passed 1st to Thurogoods Transport (maldon), then it went on the Essex International fleet and i think there’s a pic of it on the ESSEX BOYS thread.
I’m not sure now whether the Invinicible belonged to John Mee, or to James Mann - this was 25 years ago.
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Hi all, i wondered if anybody has any pictures or info about Maldon Transport & Grain company of Maldon Essex, they ran numerous GUY’s, Scammell’s, ERF’s ect during the 70’s and early 80’s. The yard at West Station Yard at Maldon went on to be used by Essex International, Cheers, ChrisSomewhere, I’ve a photo of the ex-London Carriers Guy Invincible in Maldon colours, taken in the mid-80s - I don’t know if it actually ran with Maldon Transport, though. Reg was MGP 472D.
And here it is…
Cheers for that 240, i reckon it was with John Mee at that time because that AEC is part of Johns collection, having been restored by his old fitter, the much missed Reg Turner.
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Cheers for that 240, i reckon it was with John Mee at that time because that AEC is part of Johns collection, having been restored by his old fitter, the much missed Reg Turner.
I suspect so - it was certainly not at work then. That shot was taken in Ardwick at the start of the Trans-Pennine Run (1984, I think), and I also saw it in Battersea at an event accompanying the HCVS Londdon-Brighton Run