catfan 14,793 Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 2/3/2019 at 11:13 PM, meeowed said: Anyone remember Andrews haulage I believe it was the firm that Clearways took over from when they were on triumph road meeowed Their yard was off Wilford Road I believe, a bus diver mate left there to come back n the buses. W.E. Andews. Ltd ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 they used to pick up a trailer at canterbury it was a tight schedual because some ran out of hours at leicester forest and they wouldnt pay a night out you were told bring it in They had the old british waterways wharehouse on wilford road we used to carry calor gas and heaters it was a marvellous wharehouse solid oak inside meeowed 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 I saw an old photo of Thomas gray on palin street a motley looking crew indeed it was in some archive pictures meeowed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 You wouldnt want to argue with that lot ha ha meeowed 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 792 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 GAshley is saw a picture of skills bus in the nottingham history book i think it was travelling through Austria.The road it was on was surrounded by swastikas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 John A Stephens,still down the Meadows area, building supplies Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Most of their wagons have got personalised plates now ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 The Stephens are cousins.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Good set of drivers too, they used to come into the quarry I worked at, always friendly with well turned out lorries Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted May 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 22 hours ago, IAN123. said: The rental depot down Lenton? Castle Meadow Road. used to do a bit for them when I was with Mayday; bloke called Keith McEnallen was the manager. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted May 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 11 hours ago, IAN123. said: Cheers Scriv...never forgot Mayday Agency! Kevin was a bit of a lad wasn't he? Mind you, the pay rates might have been rubbish but they were always better than Staffline, and Mayday always kept me in work. Used to do a lot for BRS, Carrington Street , Langley Mill and even Melton Mowbray; Randalls, Fords, Parceline, Clearway and a load of others. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 My kind of truck 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Reivers, and Claymores, but I think there was another model out too. Any ideas ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Clansman? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Sounds appropriate Brew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted August 7, 2019 Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 I know this shouldn't be on this thread but cannot find where to post it. This is the lorry I used to drive When I worked for F.H.Whittle.,Bulwell. They were green in those days, but when Grove garage bought him out thet painted them the colour shown. That's my dad behind the wheel, next, in the middle is his brother, my uncle Ken and on the left is Frank Fisher. Grove garage was on Gilead street, it was also a scrap yard. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Nice pic; and it certainly does belong here, thanks for sharing it. I though it was a Leyland at first but a closer look reveals it to be a Dodge 300; they shared the same LAD cab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Cheers Scriv, your right, Dodge 10 wheeler with twin speed axle. That's about all I can tell you. There was three lorries in the fleet, with a tare weight of six tons and gross weight of 26 tons. When I worked there, it was me, my dad and a lad named Pete Anscombe I believe. Used to carry bulk coal and on odd occasions we did contract work, e.g.stone ballast and once when delivering to Richardsons paper mill near Ascot, called in a scrap yard to pick up a load. The crane driver seemed to lift the complete weight in one lift and when I unloaded in Notts., it was found i had three broken springs!! Worked on Rutland water for three days, moving spoil. I can always boast that I helped to build that reservoir. Beekay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Not sure you have the terminology or configuration right BK but it's interesting stuff... Suffice to say if you went over the weighbridge at 26 tons it's not surprising you broke three springs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Only drove em Brew, was told when loading, we could go up to 20 tons. On many occasions used load up with washed singles from Gedling colliery, then drive up the hill to the weighbridge at the top. If overloaded, could dispose the extra up there, but if under never bothered going back down for a bit more. Then it was off to FMS, Boston, (Farmers market supply) for delivery. Re broken springs, it was the bloody idiot who dropped a complete load into the back! Thought at the time it went with a massive clunk. "That don't sound too good" sez I. As an aside, our other driver, Pete, had hinged side boards on his lorry so when he went to Avenue coke ovens, he could put extra on, as he could never reach his maximum weight with coke. This he used to deliver to market gardeners in the Norwich area. Open the tail board and drop a bit here then move on to the next and do the same until empty. Poor bugger used his shovel a lot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Those boards were called 'greedy boards'. My drivers used to pinch a barrow full of coke for home then spray the load with water to make up the weight. Dozy boggers thought I didn't know... They soon found out when they saw their wages docked if they took it too far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Brew said: Those boards were called 'greedy boards'. My drivers used to pinch a barrow full of coke for home then spray the load with water to make up the weight. Dozy boggers thought I didn't know... They soon found out when they saw their wages docked if they took it too far. My old man worked for Hoveringham Gravels; when they were building the M62 the lorries used to run ballast up there and backload coal for Staythorpe, so they had greedy boards fitted. If the drivers were too late back they couldn't tip at the power station so they'd park up in Hoveringham yard and go back in the morning. Dad got wind of this and decided a bit of free coal might be just the thing. One evening he "stayed on to finish a job" and once the coast was clear, bagged up some of the slack and took it home. No big lumps of course because it was blown in at the power station; however what he didn't know was that because it was high sulphur coal it was adulterated with slate or some other muck to slow the burn down, so when he banked our stove up that night it set in a crust and it took him ages to dig it out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Scriv said: it was adulterated with slate or some other muck They used to use a lot of crushed limestone down mines to help prevent coal dust explosions turning into a fire, it acts as a flame retardant. They used to be a product called 'petro coke' . I don't know about now but back then they used coke as filters in refineries. The waste product was coke with a high petrol residue that was supposed to be mixed with standard coke, supposedly to make it easier to light' Smarty pants here didn't mix it, just used it as it was. It lit quite easily with just a match but burned so hot it set the chimney on fire and burned the grate out. Not long after that they they stopped selling it... I wonder why... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
renovo 2 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hello not posted anything on here before but this subject of companies with trucks puts me in there ,i used to work for H&S Distributors in longeaton in the 70's i was a truck driver there for many years until they went bust i use to love doing the night trunk down to london in the wagon and drag no engine restrictions in them days so we could get a bat on we delivered to just about every builders merchant in the uk we were always very busy never enough time to get it all delivered sometimes but we got on with it 35 trucks we had plus one or two agency when really busy hard to believe they when bust happy days i was only young then retired now but would do it all again cheers Steve 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hi Steve, I did some agency work for H &S mid seventies, bathroom supplies to West Midlands. Not much fun delivering a cast iron bath on your own, it took four of us to lift it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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