Hello guys,
Herewith a rare Belgian Monarch MkIII 6x2 with Bollekens cab, of TRANSIT SA of Ghent.
fryske:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Were fire service personnel trained up on Fuller boxes or did they make it up as they went along? All the engines around our way seemed to be Commers, Bedfords, etc. fitted with the usual synchromesh transmissions.
That was in the old days, of course, before the advent of auto boxes for public servants and other wimps who couldn’t change gear!Only joking!
Honest!
Yes – mind you though - these Constant mesh boxes - they are just for wimps too – surely changing cogs by undoing the chain drive is the “proper” way…
That’s only the range change!
AEC 6x6 ex wd bought at Ruddington auctions as an ex RAF bowser it was converted into a recovery vehicle and operated for 15years plus before been sold minus recovery gear to a timber company to work in a forest. It also did its yearly duties as a snow plough for Northumberland CC on the A68 & surrounding areas from the Durham border north bound.
Cracking photos Transporterman, Keep the rolling, Regards Larry.
transporter man:
AEC 6x6 ex wd bought at Ruddington auctions as an ex RAF bowser it was converted into a recovery vehicle and operated for 15years plus before been sold minus recovery gear to a timber company to work in a forest. It also did its yearly duties as a snow plough for Northumberland CC on the A68 & surrounding areas from the Durham border north bound.
Forgot to mention the bowser that was removed was bought by a quarry operator who cut it in half horizontally through the middle & made it into two tipper bodies for internal use. The cab was a good size when ploughing there was plenty of room for 2 roadmen & when I was a kid used to sit on the junction box between the drivers seat & the door!
Feel sure PTY 99 ended up at a timber yard at Croft. Replaced with Matador FTY 99 L with the Harvey Frost gear on. Was the
guy’s nane Forster? he was a good friend of Henderson’s at Slaley
transporter man:
AEC 6x6 ex wd bought at Ruddington auctions as an ex RAF bowser it was converted into a recovery vehicle and operated for 15years plus before been sold minus recovery gear to a timber company to work in a forest. It also did its yearly duties as a snow plough for Northumberland CC on the A68 & surrounding areas from the Durham border north bound.
paw123:
Feel sure PTY 99 ended up at a timber yard at Croft. Replaced with Matador FTY 99 L with the Harvey Frost gear on. Was the
guy’s nane Forster? he was a good friend of Henderson’s at Slaley
Yes it was Forster he used to drive for WAG long time before. The 4x4 was not as good as the 6x6 even though it had air brakes, its off road capabilities were nowhere near as good either.transporter man:
AEC 6x6 ex wd bought at Ruddington auctions as an ex RAF bowser it was converted into a recovery vehicle and operated for 15years plus before been sold minus recovery gear to a timber company to work in a forest. It also did its yearly duties as a snow plough for Northumberland CC on the A68 & surrounding areas from the Durham border north bound.
This shot,curtesy of Marcus a.k.a.“Bubbleman” is of the last 8wheeler flat that T.Brady & Sons Ltd. of Barrow-in-Furness put into service in June '66.It looks like this shot was taken on a M/way service area,it is confusing in that it has a “Leyland” grille and badge but in fact the motor was an AEC MM,single drive rear axle,so it was never intended to pull a trailer.Another observation is it is lettered TB & Sons but I recall that when the motor was new it was lettered Furness Transport,a haulage firm that ran IIRC about 5 or 6, 8 wheelers on “A” Licence and who Brady’s bought out in the early 60’s so I wonder if this MM had maybe been in an accident sometime in it’s later life.They also put a couple of new Scammell Routman 8 wheelers into the fleet and lettered Furness Transport as well,the MM was brand new when I was a trailer mate at Bradys on one of the Octopus Power Plus 8 wheelers,it would have been great to have sat in the passenger seat of an Ergo cabbed 8 wheeler at the time !! The driver of the MM when it was new was called Ronnie Lomas who came to Bradys with the Furness Transport aquisition.Furness Tpt. main trafic out out of Barrow was from the Shipyard,they may also have also hauled out of the Iron Works and the Steel Works,but their main job was out of the Yard which gave Bradys a major boost as they had then conslidated their position as main haulier in the yard from that time.Cheers Bewick.
Some lovely lorries in the background. It looks like a James Hemphill AEC tanker, and one of Jack Bradley’s International artics. A great period photo.
I’ll have a stab at Forton Services (now called something else, I believe). Anyway, it’s the one with the “flying threepenny bit”! And do my tired old eyes see a bonnetted International in the background?
Retired Old ■■■■:
I’ll have a stab at Forton Services (now called something else, I believe). Anyway, it’s the one with the “flying threepenny bit”! And do my tired old eyes see a bonnetted International in the background?
hiya,
ROF certainly looks like one of Jack Bradleys of Accrington he had
loads of them the colour and the lettering looks right.
thanks harry, long retired.
Retired Old ■■■■:
I’ll have a stab at Forton Services (now called something else, I believe). Anyway, it’s the one with the “flying threepenny bit”! And do my tired old eyes see a bonnetted International in the background?
I think its now called Lancaster Services ■■?, Regards Larry.
Of course it’s Lancaster services! Isn’t it amazing how you can remember things from 60 years ago but you can’t remember going past LANCASTER services a couple of months since?
Who hit the lampost though? 
Suedehead:
Who hit the lampost though?
“H”!!■■ 
Bewick:
Suedehead:
Who hit the lampost though?“H”!!■■
hiya,
Sorry can’t be guilty that’s one service area I never had cause to use,
too many relatives along the A6 into Lancaster where I was always
welcome and a cuppa and a bacon butty would always be available
as would free digs if required, my Mam was one of thirteen so had a
load of aunt’s and uncles on the stretch between the Boot and Shoe
and St Georges Quay to call on so why pay motorway service prices
when a freebie was always available, so bent lamps please point the
finger at someone else, them Brads drivers was a bit dodgy.
thanks harry, long retired.
adr:
What dozy Twonk ever decided that changing the front grill on AEC’s was a good idea
Wasn`t it around the time Leyland updated their cabs and had to decide what to do with all those old grills they had left over■■?
Cost saving exercise. The alloy grille was cheaper. Typical Leyland thinking and policy of the time.
