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Evening 5thDragoon, is that breakdown on a Foden, or AEC Crane chassis? Interesting bit of kit. Cheerio for now.
The same as the previous 26 tonne tanker but a bendy one and 3ft longer. Designed to be permanently coupled until replacement.
What sort of a payload, is it about the 12ton mark?
bigtruck:
What sort of a payload, is it about the 12ton mark?
This one being the proto type is just shy of the 12 tonne mark but that’s the aim for any further ones
Three contract tankers, Grace; ICI and Border Chemicals, the latter just after the take-over of the contract from Road Services (Forth)
The pics of the two contracted cylinder carriers show the Hino units which were assembled just outside Dublin airport, Calor owned a good few of this model, but Ive misplaced my pic. The cab rot is maybe an indication of a short life!
The side of the vw van would have read calor kosangas power that’s part of your day. This was later changed to calor kosangas the superpower in the mid 80’s before the kosangas was eventually dropped altogether.
Hi Guys ,just a shot in the dark but do any of you ex Calor men Know the whereabouts of a driver named Ken Probert whom I believe drove for Calor in the Swansea area several years ago ? If so I would be obliged for any info as an old mate of his has a surprise reunion looming .Thanks and regards Noel Minchew
Calor had two vehicles on spot hire to Russian Oil Products, I think they were based at the Isle of Grain
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Brings to mind the old ‘Not the Nine o’Clock News’ Sedwish Chemist sketch… “ball or aerosol?”!!
The first pic, shows Andy Bell in the ERF on his regular journey to Belgium with additive for Duckhams oil from BP Grangemouth. Between 1974 and 1984 world wide chemical disasters (Flixborough,Seveso, Los Alfaques and Bhopal) brought a new raft of legislation, Amended ADR, COMAH,CIMAH, vehicle marking, codes of practice, which were mainly used from existing Calor procedures.
Under the guise of “product awareness , training” spent many a day with ERF, Leyland, trailer and tank manufacturers and other suppliers. These pics were from a couple of great days at Gardners, Patricroft, although I must say that the foundry was the exact opposite of the tidiness of the assembly area.
5thdragoon - Did you ever have any dealings with Eddie Tomlinson from Arrow ?
5thDragoon:
There were twelve, believe it or not the T1 steel was a by product of world war 2 technology with attempts to create a lighter armoured plate for tanks. These ran behind AEC mandators, and had a narrow track, and a good number were involved with rollovers, but any creases came out with hydraulic pressure testing. Nearly all of these operated out of Millbrook or Eston (Teesside). There fleet numbers were 97016 to 97120. The first number 9 was gas tank semi trailer, the next two numbers 97 identifies trailer type (ie Mississippi) the next three/four numbers identify the numbers in the range (ie 01 or 02 up to 12)(9701 - 9712) the last digit gives the vehicle a unique personal number. Easier to explain by word of mouth than by print. The tanker that caused mayhem in the Spanish caravan park that burst open was of T1 steel and the reason for failure was stress corrosion cracking, due to seasonal changes in its use, going from propane to anhydrous ammonia service. It was decided to limit their use after this.(Added later) If you go into wikipedia (Los Alfaques Disaster) there is a full page on the incident.
we had two at Briton Ferry depot in the 1970s 97037 and 97058.
Re Arrow, when Calor took over Arrow, there was total employment for all ex Arrow personnel, John Coyle was the depot manager, and Eddie Tomlinson went into a transport sales advisory job at Head Office although home based until retirement.
brown bomber:
5thDragoon:
There were twelve, believe it or not the T1 steel was a by product of world war 2 technology with attempts to create a lighter armoured plate for tanks. These ran behind AEC mandators, and had a narrow track, and a good number were involved with rollovers, but any creases came out with hydraulic pressure testing. Nearly all of these operated out of Millbrook or Eston (Teesside). There fleet numbers were 97016 to 97120. The first number 9 was gas tank semi trailer, the next two numbers 97 identifies trailer type (ie Mississippi) the next three/four numbers identify the numbers in the range (ie 01 or 02 up to 12)(9701 - 9712) the last digit gives the vehicle a unique personal number. Easier to explain by word of mouth than by print. The tanker that caused mayhem in the Spanish caravan park that burst open was of T1 steel and the reason for failure was stress corrosion cracking, due to seasonal changes in its use, going from propane to anhydrous ammonia service. It was decided to limit their use after this.(Added later) If you go into wikipedia (Los Alfaques Disaster) there is a full page on the incident.we had two at Briton Ferry depot in the 1970s 97037 and 97058.
I used to fill up at Calor Briton Ferry in the 70s when I worked for A E Evans.