b.waddy:
Hi, Folks, There is some fine roping and sheeting on this thread my dad would give me a rollicking iff i didnt put the sheet over the headboard and past the window ,As we carried a lot of paper no mater if it was sunny or not them were his orders and had to be obeyed,He would say over the headboard then no rain can get under the load ,Just a bit of usless info ,Cheers BARRY
I would agree that you needed to sheet over the headboard to make a load watertight but the headboard on the MAN in the picture would make that rather awkward, the above the cab height of it with 2 protruding angle irons would soon put 2 unsightly holes in that new sheet.
Was it designed to carry high volume loads?
I think the guy done a good job and made the best of an awkward situation.
Yes he carries wool,timber fabs,large cardboard boxed items,and 40 ft lengths to name a few,which is why he has a full size headboard and is only worth sheeting over when the goods require so ,this size also protects the cab when being loaded on london sites via tower crane,when I need Roberts services I know he will do an excellent job be it the flat body ,curtainsider ,or crane unload delivery .the only person to zb this topic mr bewick is your self!
b.waddy:
Hi, Trev H , WHERE are you based ? and do you remember a firm from Rugley Richards Transport ,Cheers Barry
Hi Barry, I’m in Penkridge opposite where the Sunset cafe was, yes I remember Richardsons ? Rugeley, red motors that done a lot of BRC work carrying reinforcing mesh,they are all finished now and the usual new housing estate in it’s place.
As I recall, Richardsons (two brothers?) were quite a large concern with interests not only in transport but in commercial garages and property. They had a big depot/garage on the Birmingham New Road near where M5J2is now back in the 1960s.
Evening all, ROF, you are remembering Roy, and the late Don Richardson…Richardsons of Rugeley, Fenton Garages, (Foden Agents)Richardson Garages Oldbury,( AEC, and BMC Agents), and of course Richardson Developments…creators of Merry Hill Shopping centre, (like Paul Sykes later Meadowhall)…and still developing the old Black Country today…and making a good job of it.
Masters of “the deal”…
bought all the BMC “Municipal” Boxer chassis…plated at 14.5 tonnes for Municiple work…but when you, as a hire and reward haulier working out of Rowley Quarries… took them in for their first test…the Ministry knocked them down to 14.25 tonnes!!
Purchased all of the failing Fodens S39 stock powered by Leyland .680s, and were able to sell them at 30% less than the rest of Fodens dealer network.(The begining of the end for Foden)!
Bought all of Bedfords TK standing stock, selling them at 40% discount over the Bedford Dealers…Tesco, before Tesco got off the ground!!!
Then of course there were the other “deals”…
Worthy of a book…and it would make great reading…if anyone were brave enough to publish it!!!
Hi, Saviem,
Yes, they were certainly savvy dealers. They seemed to make a success of everything they touched. As for the book, it’s doubtful if anyone would believe some of the things they got up to. And got away with!
One more small Jura before I turn in!
Dan dennis was sheeting loads 40 yrs before you were born old son and is a massive contributor to t,net with massive knowledge and an incredible memory so come on give him some respect please matey
i do agree that sheeting trouble shooting loads on 7.5tonners and 3.5 tonners can be difficult but every sheet has 4 corners so a tidy job can be done in my eyes and thats the way i was taught
come on lets get some more pics on here
cheers
Mike Ponsonby…
quote=“Dan Punchard”]Yes he carries wool,timber fabs,large cardboard boxed items,and 40 ft lengths to name a few,which is why he has a full size headboard and is only worth sheeting over when the goods require so ,this size also protects the cab when being loaded on london sites via tower crane,when I need Roberts services I know he will do an excellent job be it the flat body ,curtainsider ,or crane unload delivery .the only person to zb this topic mr bewick is your self!
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Hi R T O ,and Trev H , thanks for the info ,We bought one of there old ATKIS,it did us proud just wundering iff any one had worked for them ,Cheers Barry
Dan Punchard:
Don’t bother Robert you can obviously tell mr Berwick anywhere but you can’t tell him owt !
The name is “Bewick” Mr.Punchard! and you for one cannot tell me anything about roping and sheeting and certainly not if your age on your profile is correct! However,I certainly don’t claim that we were “the best” at sheeting and roping at Bewick Transport but I would certainly claim we were up there with the best and I would be insulting our former drivers and shunters,many no longer with us,if I was to do otherwise.We always took a pride in the appearance of our motors as well as the quality of our sheeting and roping so for you and your 4 wheeler pal to pass comment about the capabilites of the staff at Bewick Transport I will treat with the contempt it richly deserves.To put it bluntly I was sheeting and roping,properly,long before you two were born and many of our valued drivers were operating their craft many years before me,so fair comment to your 4 wheeler pal,he appears to have a good grasp of sheeting and roping but having said that,for every load he actually sheets and ropes Bewick Transport was probably doing two or three hundred in the same time,and all shapes and sizes as well!.So keep your elbows in and your ears pinned back,pip.pip,Cheers Mr.Bewick.
Oh dear Mr. Bewick you do seem to have started something with your derogatory comments about “The Big Wheel Road Runner” and ■■■■■■ Hauliers (zb)ing up a hitherto sensible thread, I was always taught to respect my elders’ and as you rightly point out you are older than both myself and my friend and work colleague Mr. Punchard, but, as you seem to belittle us both without knowing anything about either of our backgrounds in road haulage I find it hard to show you the respect you think you deserve, however I will fill in the details to allow you to make amends in your ill informed judgement of us. We do not belong to some second class small haulier club who would (zb) up a sensible thread, we are both owner operators in our own rights, we both learnt the skills needed to run a successful haulage business from an early age, from people similar to the ones you refer to in your previous post who were valuable members of staff at Bewick Transport. We both own our vehicles outright and mostly work for our customers on a direct basis, we are both CPC holders and each have an operators licence to run from our operating centres which we also own outright, we both have full workshop facilities to maintain and repair our own vehicles and the ability to do this too, we both take a pride in our vehicles and in the service we offer to our customers, we are also proud of the heritage behind our respective firms, which goes back longer than Bewick appear to have been trading, however if the information I have been given with regard to your trading status is misinformed I apologise, we are both Class 1 heavy goods licence holders and also hold licences and certificates for various other types of plant and machinery used in connection with our business’s, we generate our income through hard work and a keen eye for business, I feel sorry for you that you seem to think you could judge us without knowing us and worse still the fact you think so little about small vehicle operators, as I said in a previous post, sometimes less is more, we do not run these vehicles because we can’t drive a “proper lorry” or we can’t sheet up a full load of paper, because, I have done both when the need has arose, we run them through choice, have you ever heard the phrase “Big Wheels = Vanity but Small Wheels= Sanity”? To prove a point about driving a big lorry Mr. Bewick, although I don’t have to sheet it up, here is a picture of vehicle I drive for another friend of mine when he needs my help, you see you can poke fun at us mini wheeler men if you like, but when we have a quick change of overalls most of you are glad to see us, (Mike P you don’t know its me but I always flash my lights & put my hand up if I meet you)
I await your informed reply Mr. Bewick
Mr Bewick I have not told you how to do the job you once did,and I have to my knowledge never commented on one of you posts ,I do not feel the need to prove my self to you,and I can’t see why you felt the need to post unwanted comments towards my self ,Robert and other tnet hauliers that I am involved with,as for my age I will still be doing my job when David Hall is roping and sheeting you on to his Leyland Beaver.
Dan Punchard:
Mr Bewick I have not told you how to do the job you once did,and I have to my knowledge never commented on one of you posts ,I do not feel the need to prove my self to you,and I can’t see why you felt the need to post unwanted comments towards my self ,Robert and other tnet hauliers that I am involved with,as for my age I will still be doing my job when David Hall is roping and sheeting you on to his Leyland Beaver.
Unfortunately for you Dan and my other detractors,only the good die young so I believe I have many more years in front of me ,and although I’m in rather poor health nowadays, my goodlady Wife,and my Cardio consultant,take good care of me And I would assure you of one thing,I will not be attending my own funeral on the back of a Leyland Beaver A Mercedes hearse maybe,or possibly a hand barrow So how would you be fixed to get between the shafts of the barrow and “do the honours” Cheers Mr.Bewick.
At least you got a reply Dan, I had the courtesy to furnish our sheeting & roping god with enough facts about us, he could tell then we are not some jack the lad rouges who are going to (zb) up one of the threads so dear to his heart, I finished my post by awaiting his informed reply but it appears Mr. Bewick has no more to say on the matter.
Anyway,as Mike P says “get the thread back on track”, so here’s a 74/75 shot of two Bewick trailers and a McGuffie trailer standing on the little trailer park we had adjacent to the A6 at Milnthorpe.The load of Rebar is from Sheerness Steel and heading further north.The other two trailers are loaded with Libby tinned food,Bewick for the S.East and the McGuffie I would think for either Tesco,Winsford,or possibly Kwik Save at Prestatyn.Cheers Bewick.
1970commer:
Oh dear Mr. Bewick you do seem to have started something with your derogatory comments about “The Big Wheel Road Runner” and ■■■■■■ Hauliers (zb)ing up a hitherto sensible thread, I was always taught to respect my elders’ and as you rightly point out you are older than both myself and my friend and work colleague Mr. Punchard, but, as you seem to belittle us both without knowing anything about either of our backgrounds in road haulage I find it hard to show you the respect you think you deserve, however I will fill in the details to allow you to make amends in your ill informed judgement of us. We do not belong to some second class small haulier club who would (zb) up a sensible thread, we are both owner operators in our own rights, we both learnt the skills needed to run a successful haulage business from an early age, from people similar to the ones you refer to in your previous post who were valuable members of staff at Bewick Transport. We both own our vehicles outright and mostly work for our customers on a direct basis, we are both CPC holders and each have an operators licence to run from our operating centres which we also own outright, we both have full workshop facilities to maintain and repair our own vehicles and the ability to do this too, we both take a pride in our vehicles and in the service we offer to our customers, we are also proud of the heritage behind our respective firms, which goes back longer than Bewick appear to have been trading, however if the information I have been given with regard to your trading status is misinformed I apologise, we are both Class 1 heavy goods licence holders and also hold licences and certificates for various other types of plant and machinery used in connection with our business’s, we generate our income through hard work and a keen eye for business, I feel sorry for you that you seem to think you could judge us without knowing us and worse still the fact you think so little about small vehicle operators, as I said in a previous post, sometimes less is more, we do not run these vehicles because we can’t drive a “proper lorry” or we can’t sheet up a full load of paper, because, I have done both when the need has arose, we run them through choice, have you ever heard the phrase “Big Wheels = Vanity but Small Wheels= Sanity”? To prove a point about driving a big lorry Mr. Bewick, although I don’t have to sheet it up, here is a picture of vehicle I drive for another friend of mine when he needs my help, you see you can poke fun at us mini wheeler men if you like, but when we have a quick change of overalls most of you are glad to see us, (Mike P you don’t know its me but I always flash my lights & put my hand up if I meet you)
I await your informed reply Mr. Bewick
Forgive me “Commer” if I fail to comb through every post on the various threads but it’s really only a bit of light hearted banter to me these days.So if I do pass any comments that causes you and others to “take a powder” so what ! I’m no longer involved in the industry even though I spent over 30 years “man and boy” rising from trailer mate to large fleet operator in the process,and no,I wasn’t handed anything on a plate !!My comments and opinions are my own,and just that ! Others will,and do,hold equal and opposite views(mostly wrong ) to mine which they are fully entitled to do.Anyway,I will welcome your comments on this early 1900’s shot of my Great grandfather and great uncle,no doubt you will be able to produce an earlier shot of your forebears! Cheers Bewick. Mr.Bewick.
,and although I’m in rather poor health nowadays, my goodlady Wife,and my Cardio consultant,take good care of me 
A Mercedes hearse maybe,or possibly a hand barrow 
So how would you be fixed to get between the shafts of the barrow and “do the honours” 
