Lawrence Dunbar:
Would I be correct in saying ANCO trailers were made by Sam Anderson from Newhouse, ANCO meaning Anderson & Co, ■■, Regards Larry.
I’ve got mixed up here Larry and yes the Target did have that outer frame but I’m thinking there was also a trailer that used a single centre spine as the chassis ? it must be this parky weather Larry that’s fuddling me brain! Cheers Dennis.
Well Dennis that means only one thing, Antifreeze made from Barley wouldn’t you agree, A few shots & you will be back on form, Regards Larry.
Hiya… did …Roco nr Bradford make trailers or just tautliner bodies we had a trailer at Chester with Roco on the back cross member
it was a good bit of kit…good brakes just forgot about it till now
John
Target Trailers made by Arrow Construction Blyth Northumberland, they were around for quite a while, in the 33ft days, Single and Tandem axle and into the 40ft era. Three firms I worked for all ran them, Ouseburn Transport, Van Hee and Fergusons as did other Northeast companies although they tended to be mainly seen up there, in fact Ferguson had them made with the company name profiled into the rear member on almost all their trailers. The original idea was for container traffic hence the main members being on the outside.
They were extremely hardy because of this, had good brakes and if I recall fitted with spring brakes before any of the other big hitters, hand brake released with a button. There was a short length of inner chassis for the running gear and though the flooring was quite strong when new you had to be careful how you positioned unpalleted loads on older models. They were heavy due to the construction which also put some off and rope hooks were in a awkward position which made it a pain to get a good pull on the dolly at times. The legs had two speed gearing like most trailers although Targets seemed even lower geared and a hexagonal winding handle was needed for the leg shafts connected through a couple of holes in the side members, a wheel brace could be used also. Definitely an unusual beast and avoided like the plague by some drivers as the axles were right at the rear so cut in on corners until you got used to them. 33ft Tandem examples below. Franky.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Would I be correct in saying ANCO trailers were made by Sam Anderson from Newhouse, ANCO meaning Anderson & Co, ■■, Regards Larry.
I’ve got mixed up here Larry and yes the Target did have that outer frame but I’m thinking there was also a trailer that used a single centre spine as the chassis ? it must be this parky weather Larry that’s fuddling me brain! Cheers Dennis.
Mr Bewick
Are you thinking about the monoframe trailers that Chris Hudson International was involved in during the 1970’s
I’ve just remembered King, but I don’t know if low loaders count?
Or Broshuis & van Hoole. Not strictly British but there were an awful lot of them in British companies.
In the early 70’s on Thompsons of Moretonhampstead we had, amongst the 32 footers, a number of Thompson Trailmobile trailers. I do not know if Robert brought them because of the name but they were good enough trailers.
Trailer Manufactureres listed in the 1962 edition of the Goods Vehicle Yearbook, edited by Charles Klapper. Some of these might have been mentioned already.
Alperson from Newmarket
Boden from Oldham
Boys from Walsall
Bramber from Cricklewood
Brockhouse from West Bromwich
B.T.C from Trafford Park
Carrimore from North Finchley
Crane from Dereham
Crane Fruehauf from Dereham
Dixon-Bate (D.B) from Chester
Duramin from Lydney
Dyson from Liverpool
Eagle from Warwick
Eezion from Kempston
Fox from Liverpool
Glover, Webb, & Liversedge from Bermondsrey
Hackney, from London
Hands from Letchworth
Interconsult from London
Lolode from Bedford
Mann Egerton from Norwich
Merriworth from Dartford
Metro-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co. from Birmingham
Multiwheelers from South Harrow
Northern from Glasgow
Pitt listed as Hampshire
Rice from Cosby, Leics
Roadrailer from Paisley
Robertshaw from Bletchley
Rollalong from Ringwood
Scammell from Watford
Scot from Dumfries
Scottorn from New Malden
Taskers from Andover
Villiers from London
Wheatley from Peterborough
Whitlock from Great Yeldon
York Trailers from Corby
escortg3:
Prailes. Hereford made trailers, can’t think of the name. Lol
Praills (Hereford) made ‘Fleet’ trailers. My dad had 2 of them, including what was apparently the first trailer they built. It was a bit odd - in that it was 39’ long, but with the wheelbase of a 40’, so the axles were pretty much right at the back. It was a coil carrier, and was built so strong that it was about 1 ton heavier than anything else. It ran on ROR running gear, and was probably nuclear bomb proof. He acquired it in 1971 when he bought an existing transport company in Hereford - Conifer Transport. A couple of years later he bought another Fleet, this time a 40’ coil carrier that was much lighter - and looked it too. I remember walking through the workshop at Praills and seeing this one in various stages of being built - I was about 6 years old at the time- bet you wouldn’t be able to do that now.
Overall, they seemed to be as good as any other trailer - but Praills gave up building trailers by the mid 70’s.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Would I be correct in saying ANCO trailers were made by Sam Anderson from Newhouse, ANCO meaning Anderson & Co, ■■, Regards Larry.
I’ve got mixed up here Larry and yes the Target did have that outer frame but I’m thinking there was also a trailer that used a single centre spine as the chassis ? it must be this parky weather Larry that’s fuddling me brain! Cheers Dennis.
Mr Bewick
Are you thinking about the monoframe trailers that Chris Hudson International was involved in during the 1970’s
Spot on there “TBO”,did Hudsons actually build “the” trailer ? Cheers Bewick.
Reed Transport built trailers to their own exacting spec then eventually stopped and handed over the design to Fromont.Other manufactures of trailers were Eagle (Reeds again IIRC).there was also Fromco,was this something to Ford Motor ?,Primraos of Blackburn,AHP,HWP and M & G.Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
Reed Transport built trailers to their own exacting spec then eventually stopped and handed over the design to Fromont.Other manufactures of trailers were Eagle (Reeds again IIRC).there was also Fromco,was this something to Ford Motor ?,Primraos of Blackburn,AHP,HWP and M & G.Cheers Bewick.
escortg3:
Prailes. Hereford made trailers, can’t think of the name. Lol
Praills (Hereford) made ‘Fleet’ trailers. My dad had 2 of them, including what was apparently the first trailer they built. It was a bit odd - in that it was 39’ long, but with the wheelbase of a 40’, so the axles were pretty much right at the back. It was a coil carrier, and was built so strong that it was about 1 ton heavier than anything else. It ran on ROR running gear, and was probably nuclear bomb proof. He acquired it in 1971 when he bought an existing transport company in Hereford - Conifer Transport. A couple of years later he bought another Fleet, this time a 40’ coil carrier that was much lighter - and looked it too. I remember walking through the workshop at Praills and seeing this one in various stages of being built - I was about 6 years old at the time- bet you wouldn’t be able to do that now.
Overall, they seemed to be as good as any other trailer - but Praills gave up building trailers by the mid 70’s.
The later Fleet trailers were spot-on and were aimed at the South Wales steel hauliers with a strong coil well combined with a low unladen weight. Unfortunately they couldn’t make them cheaply enough and lost money on the project, only building them for six or seven years. I had a new one on order (no deposit, I knew the salesman!) until my traffic dictated that I should go back into bulk tipper work.
I have a 30 ft. Corus tipping skelly trailer in the yard, built in 2000 at Darlington. Does anyone know the origins of Corus trailers? This one was bought last Autumn for a job that never materialised in the end and 30 ft tipping skellys are as rare as hen’s teeth. it’s fully tested if anyone wants to make an offer for it.
Thanks for clearing the Corus / Tinsley mystery up for me Dennis. You learn something on this forum every day.
gingerfold:
I have a 30 ft. Corus tipping skelly trailer in the yard, built in 2000 at Darlington. Does anyone know the origins of Corus trailers? This one was bought last Autumn for a job that never materialised in the end and 30 ft tipping skellys are as rare as hen’s teeth. it’s fully tested if anyone wants to make an offer for it.
Hiya “GF”,Corus and Tinsley trailers were one and the same manufacturer,a division of British Steel but I’m not sure if they are still operating,probably not! I recall in 1990 I was desperate for a new Bo-alloy Tautliner tri-axle at short notice to launch a new contract and I couldn’t bring forward some TASK chassis I had on order in time,well good old Bo-alloy they said if it’s any good to you Dennis we have a stock chassis that Tinsley put into us which dosen’t seem to be attracting any takers would you consider it as a “one off” and we’ll get it whizzed through the works for you ! Reluctantly,I said OK (not wanting to appear ungrateful as Bo-Alloy really were a cracking supplier to Bewick Transport) The chassis in question had air suspension and a lifting fron’t axle,I believe that Jim Gibb the Bo-alloy Sales director rev’d Tinsley up as regards the trailer fleet they’d got one “into” so it was reflected in the price of the chassis Well this trailer had the word “TINSLEY” cut into the back plate and I said to Bo-Alloy you can get that word covered up before it leaves the works Anyhow from memory the trailer did OK but was a bit heavier than our similar TASK chassis which had become our preferred supplier.Only problem was I got a regular call over the months following from the Tinsley rep who at first thought he had “swam the channel” by getting a Tinsley into the Bewick fleet,he finally became disabused of the idea especially when he used to see umpteen TASK chassis running about in the Bewick fleet,I believe Jim Gibb had told him we in the market for many many Bo-alloy trailers and he should get his “pencil sharpened” ant get in there,ah! poor lad he really didn’t have a dogs chance unfortunately but that one chassis did get me out of a bit of a bind Bewick.
Well this trailer had the word “TINSLEY” cut into the back plate and I said to Bo-Alloy you can get that word covered up before it leaves the works 
Anyhow from memory the trailer did OK but was a bit heavier than our similar TASK chassis which had become our preferred supplier.Only problem was I got a regular call over the months following from the Tinsley rep who at first thought he had “swam the channel” by getting a Tinsley into the Bewick fleet,he finally became disabused of the idea especially when he used to see umpteen TASK chassis running about in the Bewick fleet,I believe Jim Gibb had told him we in the market for many many Bo-alloy trailers and he should get his “pencil sharpened” ant get in there,ah! poor lad he really didn’t have a dogs chance unfortunately but that one chassis did get me out of a bit of a bind 
