One from the Beamish fleet, slighty unconventional.
oily
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
Hi, Peter, thank you very much for your interesting reply . I think i can remember BRS at the Bowyers works . Also i was interested to know that Swindon had an allocation of Bristols .
Were Scibbons and Kunzle based in that area ? , as i always thought the latter were Brum based . anyway many thanks regards keithHi Keith. In the 50’s and 60’s BRS Contracts had over 2400 lorries. A high proportion were 3 ton vans including large fleets for Cadbury, Frys, Mackintosh, Kunzle Cakes, Scribbons Kemp, Bowyers and AEI. They varied from 1 or 2 per depot to 100 or more in the London depots some of which were Contract only. They even had the odd van for Pan-Am and Barclays Bank! In the early 60’s they took over the Grimsby Fish contract and the Austin dropsides arrived everywhere. East Angia had a fleet of 20 tippers working for the British Sugar Corporation, firstly Mammouth Majors and then Bristols. Oxford District had the large fleet of Pressed Steel/Morris artics and South Wales had the fleets of Briton Ferry Steel first Octopus 8 wheelers then Bristol. Hope this helps. Peter
glenny54:
i had to show you’se lot a photo of my NEW wagon (so i can go into London),i got it last friday,this was taken on monday when it was off the road all day because of a metal water pipe that was so corroded it had about 20 holes in it.i’m baffled how the driver did’nt know it was leaking???mind you the bottle of water on the trailer was’nt there for f******g drinking.
Glenny you have 2 private messages
oiltreader:
Dug out some more , Len Rogers and Richard Mohr have kindly given me permission to post from their large collections (some transporters) so one or two to be going on with.
oily
autologic wx55 cvs driven by tommy douglas. not many drivers would have got that load on with the big white transporter van !!. tommy has been doing the job for over 30 years and retires this summer.
well,for all those eddie lovers outthere,now i know why i had to try a stobart type shirt on last month?.we now know the stobart group is buying into autologic,so watch this space for developments
Notalot, in fact nowt at all. Regards Larry
glenny54:
what do you’se think of the new vehicle
Hi Glenny, that must be the only motor Stobart has that hasn’t got a girls name, so lets give her a name i say we call her …AVRIL… 
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I think Marina would be more fitting, they were crap from day one Eh, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
I think Marina would be more fitting, they were crap from day one Eh, Regards Larry.
Like that one Larry i will PM you, cheers Davey …
Read your pms Glenny
good photo shop 
oiltreader:
Tilbury Docks. Me being outa touch, Toleman I know, is Ford Direct of Ford Motor Company?.
oily
I delivered that MAN to Tilbury when we started Ford Direct (I was working for Axial at the time)…
Does anyone have any photos of Hazelwood Haulage transporters? I started there in 1982, we subbed for Car Removal (Datsun) out of Middlesbrough and Southampton, and did a fair bit for Minster Motors too.
Dieseldogsix:
The story as I heard it was, after this was rolled only 100 yds from the depot gates, the driver who was known for being carfull with his money, asked if he would be paid for the time it took to clear up.
My friend, who has since passed away, was working for MIRA at the time of this accident. He told me an identical vehicle with an identical load went to MIRA test track and was driven around the track by a professional driver to see if he could turn it over. Martin asked why they use brand new Jags and he was told it had to be identical because the insurance had to know if it was driver error or not. I should point out the truck had stabilizers fitted so it wouldn’t actually go over and the driver never got near to turning it over. Not sure of the outcome.
daveymk:
glenny54:
what do you’se think of the new vehicleHi Glenny, that must be the only motor Stobart has that hasn’t got a girls name, so lets give her a name i say we call her …AVRIL…
I think Doris, Isabella, or Gertrude may be more fitting 
oiltreader:
Ta for that transporterman.
Now going back a bit again, Carfax Transporters, same load going around for photo shoots. I remember them but can’t think where they were based.
oiltreader
think they used to be based in brackley
Hello Paul,
In some of my earlier posts on this thread I have mentioned a Ken Booker, who I worked with in the '60s, any relation? He had all the skills of a general haulage driver, specially reversing a wagon and drag, he was on BRS at Sandy Lane before coming on Progressive Cartransporters, I learned a lot from him.
Oily
lightswitch:
Any ex BRS boys know where these 2 trucks were parked ?
Give you a clue 2 brothers10
near chippin norton were drivers gordon and pat finley