Found a couple of pictures that I don’t think we’ve seen before.
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hi all
bit of a long shot this , but as anyone got any pics of a yellow transcon reg tya 177r . it was owned by the late ,great john robbins of somerset, i took it to the mid east for him in 1977 when it was new, subbing for bromilow international.
Richardjw1:
Richardjw1:
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[Alan Maunder owned this in saltash, i rode in this when i was 10 to move a Cat D8. I am now 37 and drive for Samworth Bros, if anymore photos of B175 PPW would be great, never had any photos!!Where did that one go after Alan Maunder?..I thought I remembered seeing it owned by another firm after this who did fruit and veg haulage A & GH Harrison ■■? something or other…I really can’t recall the family name…and wasn’t there two?..176 as well?
Found this pic on Bubblemans thread RJ Harrison is this the same firm 
MOC:
Found this pic on Bubblemans thread RJ Harrison is this the same firm
I’m guessing so…was there anything in the Cornish Hauliers thread?
After a long time looking at various topics have eventually registered .
Spent a long time looking through this Transcontinental topic & pics of these motors , ones still with us & others now long gone .
One still in existence which I have not came across on here is a white one reg no. AFB 418V . Does anyone know anything about it , previous owners or workload . Have no photo of it to post , but will put one on soon , although internet searches will provide a pic or 2 .
Another 1 I recall was a double drive unit , used by Wimpey in Scotland , based at Uphall & driven by Tony ■■ , but again photos of this are nowhere to be seen .
On a sadder note , one of the Translink recovery motors has recently been completely broken & crushed for scrap , despite a late attempt to rescue it
Hi Casual Observer & welcome to the forum, look forward to seeing any pics you can post & your thoughts/memories/views. Shame about the Translink Wrecker, I didn’t see it advertised in Classic or Heritage Commercials mags, its a shame cos the Transcon was such an iconic wagon, but so few were made in comparison to the 140/141s & F88/89s of the same era that its good to see them restored etc.
Regards
Hello Casual observer, hope this fills a few holes with AFB 418V. I first came across this one in 1988 based in pontypool south wales working for ‘Durrant Transport’ , it was up for sale oct/nov 1990 , I passed it when trainning for and sitting my heavy goods test at the polo grounds pontypool. From here as far as I know it went to a chap (mr collins I think) at Abergavenny who kept it beside a house where it could be seen from the ‘heads of the valleys’ road. It was used to transport a steam traction engine to various shows.It used to have a picture of a traction engine and a horse if i remember right on its front bonnet, I am sure I saw it november 2010 in a haulage yard next to the main west coast rail line at carstairs .
Tonytranscont.
Many Thanks for above info .
It still has ( for the moment at least ) the Traction Engine & Horse on the cab , & was started up ( started 1st time ) & driven around said yard next to railway . It is in fairly good condition chassis wise & although the cab may be repairable , it will at some point gain a newer better condition cab .
I am aware at least 1 sister Transcontinental AFB 420 V or 421 V worked with Taunton Meat , & wondered it this one had at some point been with them too .
Not overly worked for nearly 20 years doing shows with a traction engine in tow.
adr:
2 old war-horses were still working in 2005!
the one on the right-JAR54N used to be Airflow Streamlines ( Northampton’s main Ford Truck dealer ) wrecker in the 80’s it was painted in a bright fluorescent orange
Don’t have any info on this publicity shot except that it was Lerwick based and tied in with P&O during the oil boom.
AFB 418V was owned by my other half for a while and as far as i know it is still around. I have got pics somewhere i will locate them and post here for you
Richardjw1:
MOC:
Found this pic on Bubblemans thread RJ Harrison is this the same firmI’m guessing so…was there anything in the Cornish Hauliers thread?
Yes there was this Richard,another couple of pics of the same 2 Trucks.Taken from Page 1 of the Cornish Hauliers thread 
out of interest does anyone know how many Transcontinentals Sea-Mar had?..it would seem 4 at least 372, 373, 175 & 176
Richardjw1:
out of interest does anyone know how many Transcontinentals Sea-Mar had?..it would seem 4 at least 372, 373, 175 & 176
Seems we only have pics of them four,but who knows 
a slightly tired looking 372 here later in its life with Harrisons http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/assets_c/2011/01/TrevTrans-113041.html
yes B372SVG certainly does look very tired in that pic Richard,wonder how long ago that pic was taken 
according to the DVLA Its still taxed till May next year,see below 
adr:
Somewhere in South Wales (don’t ask me where!) in the early 90s.
Hello adr,
looks like a layby in Croesyceiliog near Cwmbran south wales, In the late 80’s a yellow volvo f88 and a yellow transcont could be found parked there on weekends.
regards
Tonytranscont
Tonytranscont:
adr:
Somewhere in South Wales (don’t ask me where!) in the early 90s.Hello adr,
looks like a layby in Croesyceiliog near Cwmbran south wales, In the late 80’s a yellow volvo f88 and a yellow transcont could be found parked there on weekends.regards
Tonytranscont
Hi Tonytranscont,
That sounds about right, I know I was on Air Products when I took it, we used to do a lot of Liquid Oxygen to various Steel Works down that way. The busiest one we did was the Tremorfa Works in Cardiff, they had 2 tanks there & had to have a 38 ton load every 4 hours,24/7, as you were filling 1 tank you could nearly see the gauge dropping on the other tank!
Regards
Chris
The satanist. Could this have been driven by Peter Sutcliffe with a name like that
MOC:
yes B372SVG certainly does look very tired in that pic Richard,wonder how long ago that pic was taken
according to the DVLA Its still taxed till May next year,see below