This one’s for Bewick 
picture taken in the 80s at truckfest p/boro.
Carryfast:
This one’s for Bewick
By the time I read all that Garbage my head was spinningand my teeth were itching!!! I bet that abortion couldn’t pull the skin off of a rice pudding!!! Anyway I heard you had gone to live on the “dark side of the moon” Carryfast? But we will allow you back onto the thread as we have just got rid of a b****r t**t than you ever were!!! The new slogan now is “come back “Carryfast” all is forgiven” providing of course you quit slavering about DDs and let us educate you about “proper motors” OK! Cheers Bewick.
stravaiger:
Usual sources.Hope it’s useful…jimremoved
Hi, new to the site and great to see this pic I worked at the dealer that supplied this truck and did the PDi on it, they took out the passenger seat and no spare wheel amongst other things to get it under weight, Its first test run was with 3 other TMs supplied by us,it was the middle one and ran into the trailer of the one in front,let me tell you they had a heavy old radiator!
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Alex-plode:
stravaiger:
Usual sources.Hope it’s useful…jimremoved
Hi, new to the site and great to see this pic I worked at the dealer that supplied this truck and did the PDi on it, they took out the passenger seat and no spare wheel amongst other things to get it under weight, Its first test run was with 3 other TMs supplied by us,it was the middle one and ran into the trailer of the one in front,let me tell you they had a heavy old radiator!
And crap brakes, obviously 
I worked for United Carriers in the late 70’s and Bedford was the lorry of choice for C&D and drawbar trunking. I am quite surprised they never tried a TM, but the artic fleet was all ERF until they moved over to DAF and Mercedes.
They used the TK and KM, but I don’t recall ever seeing a TM in any of the depots.
Click on the links for a couple of TM for sale ex Military
edisposals.com/is-bin/INTERS … =OfferList
Anyone fancy doing the 2012 Dakar?
Mike Lewis:
mercman123:
Hi my dad wolrked for a man called Bradley. This was his Bedfrod TM. It was one of the first TM’s to have the ■■■■■■■ E 290. It flew !Sorry the picture quality wasn’t very good blame it on the scottish snow and a crap camera !!
Was that Morris Bradley from Telford?
No it was pentre near Shrewsbury. It was Churtons from church stretton used too be his partner.
TMs at rest. by fryske, on Flickr
Bedford TM by fryske, on Flickr
A couple more
I know its only in the background but i thought i’d add it
steptoe:
heres an Italian registered one, 400hp aswell!!!
4400 8V92 Turbocharged Detroit 
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The Italians loved the TM, they were fond of the Transcon too, there was a Bedford dealer on the Tangenziale in Milan, down on the south east side IIRC, a firm I reloaded from in Padova had a wagon and drag TM with the big DD in it, you could hear it coming for miles and boy what a noise, if a Scania V8 were a singer it would be Micheal Buble, whereas the V8 DD is Frank Sinatra 
Here’s a TM I saw last week in Calgary AB
newmercman:
The Italians loved the TM, they were fond of the Transcon too, there was a Bedford dealer on the Tangenziale in Milan, down on the south east side IIRC, a firm I reloaded from in Padova had a wagon and drag TM with the big DD in it, you could hear it coming for miles and boy what a noise, if a Scania V8 were a singer it would be Micheal Buble, whereas the V8 DD is Frank SinatraHere’s a TM I saw last week in Calgary AB
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That’s a good description newmercman. The drawbar versions were built by Tricentrol Chassis Developments which was a division of Bedford and it’s those that were also used for the fire trucks that I was involved with.Given the choice between the V8 Scania (or the V8 Fiat motor) or that big TM you know which one I’d have wanted.
But the Canadian one in that pic looks like a typical ex military one so just a boring small Bedford engine probably.
This brings back some memories turn up the phones or the speakers.
Carryfast, I’ve had a few of each of the V8s you mentioned, if I was buying the fuel my engine of choice would come from Sweden, but if not I’d pick the Detroit and if there were a lot of tunnels on my route I’d pick the Detroit even if I was buying the fuel
as far as i know this unit never actually hauled for Mike Henly (unless he mothballed it in the 80’s) but i do remember walking past the yard on Listers Hill in Ilminster on my way back from school in 83-84 & seeing 5or 6 all lined up in the yard waiting to be reloaded . His main yard was at Winterhay Lane Ilminster opposite the main now demolished POWRMATIC factory.
i think this was bought nigh on the end of trading 5 years or so ago & was done up in his colours , he was then running E & EC series ERF’s , he was an agent or stockist for silkolene oils at one time & had an E10 in silkolene black & gold livery
this is probably the only lorry i ever wanted to drive when i was 13 years old , well that & maybe one of Patten Bros VolvoF10’s
HI MOLEPOWER I THINK HENLEYS FINISHED UP IN M S SMALLS YARD THEY SOLD OUT TO WESTERN HEAVY HAULAGE IN ABOUT 1967 I HAVE A PHOTO OF A GUY ARTIC MUST LOOK IT OUT AND POST IT I WONDER IF ANY OTHER PHOTOS ABOUT
