miketdt:
You will find that these companies using older gear are generally paid for and the balance sheet looks to be in profit.
It’s a company which has new trucks on HP who tend to fall into differculties with cash flow when the work gets quiet.
Also the company that uses older trucks will employ their own fitters and have spare trucks to allow for vehicles off the road for repairs.
Just like us. We were running G reg Fodens until early 2005 and were still good motors.
the old fella with the F88 doing timber logs is the oldest one i can think of off the top of my head.
miketdt:
You will find that these companies using older gear are generally paid for and the balance sheet looks to be in profit.
It’s a company which has new trucks on HP who tend to fall into differculties with cash flow when the work gets quiet.
Also the company that uses older trucks will employ their own fitters and have spare trucks to allow for vehicles off the road for repairs.
This /////////\
And the pay ain’t bad neither 
we have a scania 143 1995 used as a spare when our own are in for repair. when not being used as a spare the boss has it out doing local work tipping and reloading trialers for montgomery refrigerated.
See plenty of 113/143 Streamliners on the M-Way.
Also, for ages there was a non Streamliner Scania 113 (reg started P999 IIRC) of Armstrongs parked at Igglsund Paperbound, I thought the Streamliner replaced the regular 3 Series.
No chance for me winning I’ve had a brand new truck every 12 months 10 plate 11 plate and now 12 plate had it for 2 weeks
mutley:
We’ve still got an S and T reg on the road, I had a W until six months ago when I got a ‘new’ 06 plate
Its mine now and you aint havin it back.
My old Volvo A25 dumptruck is still going and still with my previous employer. It was a G reg according to the broken numberplate I found in the cab.
Up until last year we had a couple of EC11’s on the road. X & V reg. nice to drive every once in a while, more than 4 days in a row and the charm soon went 
dew:
Also, for ages there was a non Streamliner Scania 113 (reg started P999 IIRC) of Armstrongs parked at Igglsund Paperbound, I thought the Streamliner replaced the regular 3 Series.
Didn’t actually replace it mate, it was just an option you could have.
I’ve got a '99 T 85CF 380 4x2 by the way, it’s fully road legal but doesn’t get out of the gate too often
cieranc:
cliffton 27:
was a wrecker that had been used to drag units from roachdale to carllise and it looked like it was buffed everydayI don’t believe you. Pictures please
id love to however i dont work there anymore
Up to Jan this year I was running a 91 P cab Scania to Spain and have now moved to a 99 Magnum 6x2, better cab and air susp all round.
Roger Breaker:
dew:
Also, for ages there was a non Streamliner Scania 113 (reg started P999 IIRC) of Armstrongs parked at Igglsund Paperbound, I thought the Streamliner replaced the regular 3 Series.Didn’t actually replace it mate, it was just an option you could have.
I’ve got a '99 T 85CF 380 4x2 by the way, it’s fully road legal but doesn’t get out of the gate too often
That explains it then, it’s just by far the newest none-streamliner I’ve seen.
And thanks to beer, I meant Lawsons of Cockermouth, not Armstrongs of Longtown…
when on redimix a 82 mack dm …and a 99 CH mack hauling a btrain on 101& 161 lol… 
all the full time redimix drivers on 05-11 RDs .
Mechanics mixer is a 69 dmm…
This is still being used 5 days a week, X389 KUT reg scanny 420… Mainly on locals but still ventures down to oxfordshire & chester… 
A Buckingham based OD we use runs a K reg Foden 3000 series with 325Perkins. Not quick or immaculate but as the OD says “Paid the same rate as a new one, and bought with cash.”
Carries more than other 8wheelers too.
