Ooops ! that last pic should’ve said " just tipped lawford heath "… 
I used to see alot of your lads at BB Garretts Green, Erith etc
the big un:
I used to see alot of your lads at BB Garretts Green, Erith etc
Yes the big un" we still do a few of the BBs, garrats green, erith, leicester and forest gate e london. We have waste bread and dough bins in all…
gunnerheskey:
the big un:
I used to see alot of your lads at BB Garretts Green, Erith etcYes the big un" we still do a few of the BBs, garrats green, erith, leicester and forest gate e london. We have waste bread and dough bins in all…
Are the loverley Forest Gate scene of mainly argement between me and BB drivers lol
here the one i drive
liking the pics chaps
especially that Albion Super Reiver
sea frog:
here the one i drive
nice i’ll keep an eye out for you on the 48 
although MVF have been predominantly volvo with a smattering of DAF & 2 scania’s , in the last few months MVF have been quite pally with scania & have had a few arrivals
couple of years ago we had 2 scania 8wheel P380’s
as well as 3 of these tractor G480’s
over the last few weeks we’ve had these join us
2 ex- BFS tractor R420 highline although the 3rd which was to be mine didn’t have a retarder fitted so was cancelled
2 new G360 8x2
1new G440 6x2
one of the new G’s with a 58 plate P
also got a new renault 8x2 floating about at the moment but has not been put on the road yet
sea frog:
here the one i drive
will keep an eye out for ya if ya ever in greenhous at shrewsbury… im the big apprentice lol cant miss me
A question for Molepower are your trailers donkey engines or like ours air-vacs
Bloomin eck, thats my dads boss Andrew, no doubt on his way too or from a show. 
fryske:
Albion Super Reiver TAW677J by fryske, on Flickr
Albert Davies Volvo DX05AUJ by fryske, on Flickr
Hells teeth…^^^^Thats my dad!^^^^ 
the big un:
A question for Molepower are your trailers donkey engines or like ours air-vacs
we have 3 trailers on the fleet which are powered by donkey engines mine & 2 others but to be quite honest i’ve never taken much interest in the 5 bigger trailers as the units need PTO packs to run them so am not really sure what is required to run them , i’m not familliar with the term air-vac , mind you we now have an inside toilet & an alectrik lite !
Did two days a week in this and 2 in an Artic for BOCM out of Selby about 4 years ago
couple from this week
loaded at MVF huntworth
at avonmouth docks
thought i’d take this pic during the 2 hour wait at G shed avonmouth 
johno1:
Bloomin eck, thats my dads boss Andrew, no doubt on his way too or from a show.fryske:
Albion Super Reiver TAW677J by fryske, on Flickr
Albert Davies Volvo DX05AUJ by fryske, on FlickrHells teeth…^^^^Thats my dad!^^^^
The pic of the Volvo was taken just before the Lydiate Ash junction of the M5.
And the Super reiver - Andrew was driving it on the Bournemouth to Bath run this year.
The Buffalo was along for the ride:
Leyland Buffalo 2 JFD48V by fryske, on Flickr
Here’s the Buffalo at the yard along with a Foden.
Albert Davies Bulkers - old and new by fryske, on Flickr
Excelent stuff Mr Fryske Sir.
If youve any more pics of Albert Davis trucks please post them up.
I’ll show my dad this thread on Sunday, Im trying to teach him about computers…Its a long job!
Hes been at Albert Davis Transport for about 15 years now.
johno1:
Excelent stuff Mr Fryske Sir.
If youve any more pics of Albert Davis trucks please post them up.
I’ll show my dad this thread on Sunday, Im trying to teach him about computers…Its a long job!Hes been at Albert Davis Transport for about 15 years now.
Here’s the rest -
Thanks for that, I’ll ask dad about the Constructopus tomorrow.
I see you have a pic of WLR Gwilts ERF from Baschurch, I assume that was taken at the Bulkrite workshop in Dorrington?
I used to drive their artic for while many moons ago.
I started truck driving at Launchburys at Harmer Hill doing bulk tipper/blower work.
Sadly I dont have any pics from those days, the mad ex tore them all up thinking this would hurt me…She was right!
johno1:
Thanks for that, I’ll ask dad about the Constructopus tomorrow.I see you have a pic of WLR Gwilts ERF from Baschurch, I assume that was taken at the Bulkrite workshop in Dorrington?
I used to drive their artic for while many moons ago.
I started truck driving at Launchburys at Harmer Hill doing bulk tipper/blower work.Sadly I dont have any pics from those days, the mad ex tore them all up thinking this would hurt me…She was right!
yes - the pic was at Dorrington.
This is the Constructopus
The Constructopus by fryske, on Flickr
This was the story as told to me by Andrew
The Constructopus was one of the last ( if not the last ) TL11 Octopus off the production line in about 1981/2. We bought two.
The first went on the road in 1982 as a ‘Y’ reg (UUJ 840Y) and was run till 1988, when the body was removed and fitted to a Mercedes 8 wheeler F830 BUJ.
The Constructopus was fitted with a new body straight away, but was not registered until 1986 and went on the road as D567 PUX. It was straight away an old lorry, as the Constructor was out then.
We ran it for a few years with the ergomatic cab, but then i had the hairbrained idea to update it with a cab off a Leyland Cruiser tractor unit - BIG mistake. It never was much good after that and so after numerous breakdowns, i had enough one day, and scrapped it.
The body was fitted to a Constructor 8 and i sold the chassis to Dave Morris from Pembridge, who was going to put it back on the road as a tipper. This never happened, and i bought it back off him a few years ago.
We now have a reasonable ergomatic cab for it and will rebuild it soon
Hello fryske,
Really interesting this ‘Constructopus’. Is that the ‘true’ poistion (height) of the T45 cab as it was when fitted to the 500 series chassis, or is sat up on some blocks or something? Looks mighty high?
In some ways this is not a million miles away from from the narrow cabbed eight wheel constructor that Leyland offered later on. I always nagged my Dad about having one of them. He ran four Constructor six tippers all 24:21TL11’s, one with Fuller Range-Change the rest were Spicer Splitters, all had the 2 spring rear boggie, they did us very well. Prior to that we had a new Bison on T plate with the 4 spring suspension. Earlier still it was 3 AEC Marshals, what I woundn’t give to have kept one of them!
Looking forward to seeing the restored Octopus. Having seen the two Reivers at the Salop Steam Rally I’m sure the end result will be done to a very high standard.
All the best, Andrew Stone.