I wasn’t going anywhere Paul,… I was coming back, lol !!! I think !!
He turned up at Gaydon Classic Truck Show with a load of logs on and caused quite a Stir,Bob the owner is
said to have told the Volvo rep with the new FH 700 that he did`nt think it was up too much,nice man Bob
and good too see someone making a living with such an old truck Good Luck too the man.
Bob is in the first picture holding the flask…
Saw him yesterday at Sleaford heading towards Ruskington on the A153, gave him a wave and thumbs up 
G’day,
It’s great to see the old '88 still going strong. A little bit off thread but still old Volvo’s doing their bit,Kinsman contracting from Waimate,which is about 200ks south of Christchirch on the South Island are still running six G88’s on silage and hay. I saw one go past me in the opposite direction when I was down south last year,but sadly didn’t get a chance to take any photos. These are taken from a great magazine called Truck jounal,which is avalable here in NZ.
Cheers Jamie
Great pics Jamie,never seen a lorry working with a forage harvester in this country,let alone an 88. Different way,also looks as if you get a lot of acre’s done in a day.
Cheers Dave.
Yeah mate,it’s the prefered way of doing silige down here,there are some pretty big paddocks and with a fleet of trucks with silage bins fitted you can cover a bit of ground fairly quickly. When your done,take the bin of and run the truck as a flat or fit a stock crate for carting stock.
Cheers mate Jamie
Finally found the pics that started me off on this thread and have got round to scanning them - these are from 2003 on the farm.
Bobs F880004 by steve_grose, on Flickr
Bobs F880003 by steve_grose, on Flickr
Bobs F880002 by steve_grose, on Flickr
Bobs F880001 by steve_grose, on Flickr
Bobby in action.
Picture was taken 2 years ago, He loaded us a few times near Huntingdon for Italy.
Hi All, Ive seen this lovely old truck twice in one week on the M3 just outside Southampton and on the M27 west bound, now then if you go on you tube put in “OVERTAKING A VOLVO F88” you’ll see her on the move !! the bset trucks ever built in my eyes !! ( plus the Scania 141)
Regards Jimski
Been sorting out my photo collection this week and it’s really great when you come across something interesting
The original company who had her; For more stories and pics check out the PLANT & ENGINEERING thread.
I seem to remember the lorry in Pontrailis Timber during the great storm
Well done Ash that confirms my earleir post on this thread about this Volvo, Brings home Just how old I am now Great thing is the old girl has worked hard all its life and is still on the go.
the f88 has been working out of the kingston lacy estate this week , and it looked like it was being loaded up by an aec matador timber crane ! , or what was left of one ! .