Thanks for your postings guys, it’s good to hear about oldies that have given long service. It would be good to see photos too - thanks for the Mansell Davies photo Gnome, It’d be good to see piccies of the oldies he’s still using. I see a fair few of his modern motors regularly passing locally along on the A483/A55/M53/M56.
Cheers.
Hi I am still running this 1988 Scania143 450 6x4 on lowloader work all over the country and sometimes to Europe!
Regards Pat
rapidgem:
R Pardoe & Sons of Ledbury were still using this immaculate Borderer on Hay and Straw delivery in 1999 as they took the opportunity, en route, to visit the Atkinson Gathering at Chorley, Lancs. I have seen it a couple of times since going up the M6, but not for a while now - anyone spotted it recently?
Cheers - RR
I’d be a little apprehensive driving a truck carying straw loaded that high with a truck,(lovely motor),with a vertical exhaust!
spotted this old girl the other week up at stracathro 
and yes it still works every day had a good natter with the owner and his lad
I saw a blue Volvo F88 today fly past me on the M6 pulling trailer full of logs didnt get chance to get a picture tho
Andydisco:
I saw a blue Volvo F88 today fly past me on the M6 pulling trailer full of logs didnt get chance to get a picture tho
there was a thing in one of the magazines about him
bestbooties:
rapidgem:
I’d be a little apprehensive driving a truck carying straw loaded that high with a truck,(lovely motor),with a vertical exhaust!
Yes indeed! He put that up because he suffers from asthma, and reckoned he was getting fumes in the cab
from the original exhaust. Fumes in an Atki cab? Surely not!!
I think he had to modify it after we made the sleeper pod for him - before that, he was cabbing it overnight in the day cab.
I seem to recall the bottom of the stack was clamped to a rather odd shaped section of that ripple pipe stuff.
up until 2004 we had a subby running a 1978 volvo F10 (XHH805S) but it was a bit like the proverbial farmer’s hammer - she’d had 2 new cabs (last one a gobstopper) 3 drive axles, a new front axle, 2 blocks, 2 gearboxes etc
mind you he was still doing instanbul and baku for us up until getting rid, and now drives for another subby of ours instead
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i dont know his name, but that Scania was new to a bloke who used to deliver round timber to Kronospan at Chirk, he had a profesional studio photo taken of it, which he gave a copy of to my dad when he drove for Roberts Transport. i think he sold it and bought an american lorry after.
botch:
took these photos today of this SA 400 loading grain. it is the first time i have tried this hope it works ok.<img%20src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif”%20alt=“:roll:”%20title=“Rolling%20Eyes”%20/>%20%20<img%20src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif”%20alt=“:roll:”%20title=“Rolling%20Eyes”%20/>%20%20<img%20src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif”%20alt=“:roll:”%20title=“Rolling%20Eyes”%20/>%20http://i491.photobucket.co
wheres that?
I have a sneaking suspicion that’s a motor I saw a good few years ago, just after it’d been bought.
It was a 4x2 back then, with an E290 in it - and had spent a good number of years pulling a bulk tipper in Derbyshire.
If it’s a T-reg, its highly likely it’s the same wagon, as the guy who’d bought it was planning to put a Granning tag axle under it.
fryske:
botch:
took these photos today of this SA 400 loading grain. it is the first time i have tried this hope it works ok.<img%20src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif”%20alt=“:roll:”%20title=“Rolling%20Eyes”%20/>%20%20<img%20src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif”%20alt=“:roll:”%20title=“Rolling%20Eyes”%20/>%20%20<img%20src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif”%20alt=“:roll:”%20title=“Rolling%20Eyes”%20/>%20http://i491.photobucket.cowheres that?
photo taken at HEMSCOTT FARM DURIDGE BAY NORTHUMBERLAND. 
bumper
S & A 400 owner driver is les baston he has had it from new 1980 v reg this vechicle was featured in truck & driver 2003 junuary issue., it is still going strong, hauling grain and steel 
ry 
bumber
Thanks for the additional picture and information - he’s done a great job keeping the old girl going for this long.
killsville:
I’m sure Terry Godbold is still working this on the Sugar beet.
yes he still is…opr he was earlier this year but I dont think it was pulling sugar beet
No quite as old as the first one but worth a look anyway
I think its still working.
DC Thomson have a few of these at their Kingsway depot.
I’ll try and take some pics next time im in for the Beano
Some nice oldies there! Here’s another contender - run by showman Dave Guest of Wigan which I took in 2006 at Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village which is a regular pitch for Dave’s fairground rides.
Lovely to see some traditional sign-writer’s work too:-
Hi All,
Called at Reid Freight this morning on my rounds and spotted these two in the yard, H reg still works hard on low loaders, nice to see a then and now pair, personnally I still think the F cab is better than the FH
Regards
Ant
