I’ve swapped my chipliner for a Skelly this week. Makes a pleasant change from dirty dusty recycled. I now have lots of dirty dusty, er, dust!
Not sure why, all the photos are in the wrong order! bloody tapatalk!
A dirty stobbie truck that’s a sackable offence surely 
. This weathers nice but it’s a Sod with the dust it’s doing my head in!
I’ve never been guilty of having a clean wagon! Inside clean, outside dirty!
Looking good.
If this was a “Where am I?” question, the first one is just past Marrbury smokehouse about a mile north of Bargrennan church.
Yep a few miles north of bargrennan bridge, obviously heading South. I love that area, especially the walk around loch trool, with a pint in the House O Hill on the way back!
House o’ the hill has gone down the nick for me. It’s too pricy and we only feel welcome if you’re eating. Loch Trool is stunning
Has been a bit dusty this last few weeks, had to tip in Kronospan today next to a chip liner having a pushoff, bloody door was only open 2 seconds and cab was covered in dust.
BUT, I’d rather have this weather than the usual wind, wet, snow we normally have.
Ever get near Igglesund with the C/Ls? I may have passed you a few times.
How many stobarts motors are pulling jenky skellys now? 7 is it ?
I’ve not been to iggesund for years, don’t take bulk in there, just occasional paper reel. Other jobs I have had I was in there regular!
Currently there are 3 Stobarts pulling skellies for Jenkinsons.
Keep the photos coming it’s interesting where you lads get to once you leave the tarmac. I was only once in a big forrest south of Dalmellington I was with Hyslop Skips and had to go and pick up a fuel tank for a contractor and luckily he went with me. It was 7 or 8 miles from the road and we must have past about the same number of wee junctions doing left here right here sort of thing if I had been on my own hell I would have been there yet. Eddie.
happysack:
Yesterdays views from a different wood. This is up above gatehouse. Nice and peaceful!0123
looks like the fleet basin (or puncture central as its known just now),see one of yours parked in c-d tonite,not you is it ?
How do you go on for traction with a mid lift , Happy ?
I’ve seen some of yours with a tag axle for forest work, seen some of them struggle as well.
Do you ever go to Kielder for wood chip ?
Jim
GOG47:
happysack:
Yesterdays views from a different wood. This is up above gatehouse. Nice and peaceful!0123looks like the fleet basin (or puncture central as its known just now),see one of yours parked in c-d tonite,not you is it ?
yes that’s me, dry weather never good for the roads!
JFC999:
How do you go on for traction with a mid lift , Happy ?
I’ve seen some of yours with a tag axle for forest work, seen some of them struggle as well.
Do you ever go to Kielder for wood chip ?
Jim
mid lift is terrible especially with the poor quality tyres we use! Because my unit is a chipliner fleet normally it is the same spec as the general fleet…motorway motors! The biomass fleet get tag axles, spotlights and inverters fitted because they “go to farms and of road”!!
I used to load timber many years ago out of kielder, but never been in with Stobarts.
happysack:
JFC999:
How do you go on for traction with a mid lift , Happy ?
I’ve seen some of yours with a tag axle for forest work, seen some of them struggle as well.
Do you ever go to Kielder for wood chip ?
Jimmid lift is terrible especially with the poor quality tyres we use! Because my unit is a chipliner fleet normally it is the same spec as the general fleet…motorway motors! The biomass fleet get tag axles, spotlights and inverters fitted because they “go to farms and of road”!!
I used to load timber many years ago out of kielder, but never been in with Stobarts.
I thought you would struggle with mid lift,I had a hired one for a couple of months earlier this year. Smashing wagon to drive, but let me down a few times on site work.my regular motor is double drive. Which is ideal but very thirsty.
Jim
For some reason we are currently working through another company (dingo will know who:wink:!)
Last couple of days we have been loaded out of a wood above Killin. Lovely scenery, but the road is bloody steep to the job, with a lovely hairpin bend. A bugger going up with the midlift. For some reason two of our motors were fitted with offroad tyres on the drive, but mine wasn’t. I got part worn road tyres fitted last weekend 
. Oh well you can only ■■■■ with the ■■■■ you were given as they say!
Was that you I seen the day on the A90 between Dundee and Perth, in tandem with another Stobart timber wagon? First time I’ve seen stobarts timber wagons that far north.
