Scriv 168 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 On 09/01/2018 at 0:29 AM, Rob.L said: And yet, for many car, a full-sized spare wheel is now deemed an optional extra. As indeed is a fag lighter and an ashtray! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,088 Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 10 hours ago, Scriv said: As indeed is a fag lighter and an ashtray! True. My car has two round sockets, but one is used for the dashcam and the other for charging mobile phones or the satnav. My wife now has to bring her own lighter when she wants to pollute the air in the car. Her ashtray is a plastic pot that fits into a cup holder, which came with a car I bought ten years ago and which has stayed with us ever since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Keetch had a hauliers but I think its the same one who was wiped out when they formed BRS He then set up an engineering firm on Bramcote street Radford He did all our reboring and crankshaft grinding in the sixties Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 7:58 PM, IAN123. said: Hoveringham Leyland for Scriv Were they underpowered? The Clydesdale I occasionally drove for Clearways didn't have a lot of grunt in it, specially loaded to the gunwales with Glow-worm boiler parts! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 I thought I'd posted this before, but I can't find it, so..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 My grandson was a haulage fan ... from about the age of 4! His favourite toy was a Longs of Leeds truck. Our journeys were punctuated by cries of .. Foden! Volvo! Iveco! from the back seat. Could spot a radiator badge from a mile off! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Ewan McColl recorded a song many years ago called The Old AEC. Wagons are much more interesting than cars anyway. When on the Mway, I always notice foreign reg plates. Such variety. Even one from Belarusse the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 12 hours ago, IAN123. said: Sounds a sensible lad Affergorritt, me too- I don't know why I loved wagons...maybe the locale as a kid; watching BFI,BRS,Atlas Express etc ..come to Dennis & Roberts. Up until a few years ago Limerick Racecourse did vintage haulage shows... acres of Fodens,Antars , Guys. Mark Knopfler recorded a beautiful song a few years ago 'Border Reiver' a tribute to the Albion,marvelous piece of music. Here you go youth ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Many times Ian ! Loved em. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Not Nottingham,but you just got to love the old Fodens Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I'm amazed that non of the loaded vehicles had tarpaulins, ropes, nets or straps. They must have been well stacked. Also, they look so tiny to what's on the roads today, but they pale into insignificance when you see the rigs on Ice Road Truckers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Fly we often went with a tail only rope when carrying bagged cement for short distance's. Did get caught out once though, coming back down the Ashbourne road into Buxton heading for my favourite café. Went round into Dale road a wee bit to fast and lost 4 bags of hydrated lime forgot they only weighed 56lb not 112lb, damn nearly an hour with the brush never made to café. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 On 2/19/2018 at 2:05 PM, IAN123. said: Cleanest units in Nottm were Stirlands. Smiths of Eccles wagons were popular at one time. Legend has it that when Jack Stirland was in charge, any driver whom he saw leaving the yard with a dirty lorry was for the high jump when he got back. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 William Stobart is most particular about his wagons being spotless too, but somehow, it's extremely difficult in weather conditions such as we're currently experiencing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Always remember when I was on NCT, a bus could be washed & hit the streets at 4am. A few hours later the windows could be filthy, twelve hours later really filthy. Then the moans & complaints would start ! Some situations you can never win. Same thing with litter on the bus floor, nice & clean first thing but like the windows were badly littered a few hours later, bleddy passengers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Just HGV's Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 I'm sure that was a Bartons bus at 5.19,Shipstones on the side Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Spot on Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Not exactly Nottingham but not far away, Ambergate, this is one for you old school lorry drivers Rog 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Cracking video and truck, Sammy Longstone was nearly all 8 leg Fodens. Remember one particular occasion back in the late 60s, one of the drivers had took his truck home ready for an early start in the morning and as usual had raised the back end slightly to run any rain off. Got up half a sleep and off he went forgetting the PTO, 200 yards railway bridge, back end in the road, came clean off the chassis, back to Sammy's pick up your cards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 I bet they wish that all the lorries were that clean nowadays. I have never seen an 8 wheel tipper that clean. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 ^^^Funny you should say that Rog when I was watching the video of the restored Foden, that very thought sprang to mind watching him using the splitter doubt now many would know what it is, never mind how to use it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 9:39 PM, NewBasfordlad said: Lost art these days Ian I would take a bet not many of todays drivers could rope and sheet a load. They're not damn well allowed to! Some great genius a few years ago decreed that roping and sheeting was no longer suitable for securing flatbed loads because (you're not going to believe this) the ropes haven't been individually strength tested. Anyoner who's done it (I could but would not claim to have ever mastered the art) knows that if it's done properly, you can tip the damn lorry upside down and shake it and nowt will move! 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 ^^^^^^Might have known HSE would get involved. Wonder if the person who made that particular ruling had ever seen the tension on the ropes when its done properly... the answer of course would be a resounding NO!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 The end result is that roads are now littered with broken ratchet straps, the hooks and tensioners of which are lethal to motorcycles. Everything now has to be secured to the loadbed; internal straps on curtainsider trailers are pretty much banned. VOSA, or DVSA as rhey're now called, are self-financing and much depends if you get pulled on how well you pass the attitude test. I got my first lessons at BRS Langley Mill about 1984; I was FLT driving there for Mayday.Liverpool trunk used to roll in 20 ton of John West tinned goods all stacked on pallets. Driver used to reload with Hammonds sauce and after I'd watched him sheet up in awe a few times he started letting me help him. That bloke was an absolute master, at the back of the trailer two fins went down to the corners inch-perfect and you could swear he'd ironed it. Trust me you'll be glad you don't drive HGV these days.As we both know there was no finer sight to an experienced driver than to stand back from roping and sheeting a load and seeing every fold, crease and dolly perfectly positioned. Horrible job on a cold wet day I admit but it certainly separated the drivers from the steering wheel attendants. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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