On a Truckshow in 1991 at Warrington we see here a DAF-Leyland 45 Topsleeper of John Broads. He was own driver by Frans Maas U.K. at Manchester.
Al the best, Bert 
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Al the best, Bert
This time agen a old photo of the Truckshow at Warrinton. 
On the left a Scania 112M tractor, then the Scania 112M tractor (Steve Neate) Leyland lorry and the DAF-Leyland 45 Topsleeper.( John Broads) Al working fore Frans Maas U.K. Manchester.
Al the best, Bert
hello bert,
what a good read about frans mass.unfortunatly i do not have any photo s of frans mass,but i work with the drivers who were taken over by dsv on the brantano contract out of brownhills depot.
they are:paul spencer (manager) steve swanson. paul sheard(sheba) geoff duke, wyndam jones, chris candlin,lyndon foster adam spencer, rich harrison, glen zarkorski,alan southall has given up driving and frank(cannot remember surname)retired,if any one would like to pass on any messages to them i will gladly pass them on,but you only have a week left as ceva has taken over the contract and we are all taking redundancy,they often talk about brownhills and you can see that they all enjoyed their jobs their when they talk about the old times,when i go into work on monday i will ask if they have any photos to put on hear,once again thank you for a great thread
kevin
ipswich123:
hello bert,
what a good read about frans mass.unfortunatly i do not have any photo s of frans mass,but i work with the drivers who were taken over by dsv on the brantano contract out of brownhills depot.
they are:paul spencer (manager) steve swanson. paul sheard(sheba) geoff duke, wyndam jones, chris candlin,lyndon foster adam spencer, rich harrison, glen zarkorski,alan southall has given up driving and frank(cannot remember surname)retired,if any one would like to pass on any messages to them i will gladly pass them on,but you only have a week left as ceva has taken over the contract and we are all taking redundancy,they often talk about brownhills and you can see that they all enjoyed their jobs their when they talk about the old times,when i go into work on monday i will ask if they have any photos to put on hear,once again thank you for a great thread
kevin
My fleet engineer at Tilbury Paul Eve supplied the trucks for that contract and organised the maintenance so I guess he would have dealt with Paul Spencer, I recognise the name. It’s funny you hear time and time again that everyone really enjoyed working for the company, no matter what depot they came from, must be something in that.
ipswich123:
hello bert,
what a good read about frans mass.unfortunatly i do not have any photo s of frans mass,but i work with the drivers who were taken over by dsv on the brantano contract out of brownhills depot.
they are:paul spencer (manager) steve swanson. paul sheard(sheba) geoff duke, wyndam jones, chris candlin,lyndon foster adam spencer, rich harrison, glen zarkorski,alan southall has given up driving and frank(cannot remember surname)retired,if any one would like to pass on any messages to them i will gladly pass them on,but you only have a week left as ceva has taken over the contract and we are all taking redundancy,they often talk about brownhills and you can see that they all enjoyed their jobs their when they talk about the old times,when i go into work on monday i will ask if they have any photos to put on hear,once again thank you for a great thread in,
kevin
Hi Kevin,
Good to reed that you like this thread about the company Frans Maas. I just collect the storys and photos of this big company fore the history and to remember it fore the old workers who workt by Frans Maas and fore Frans Maas in Europe. You tel to your workings mates to see this thread in TruckNet U.K.
Is it wat i reed that Cevan taks the logistics over of Brantano Footwear from DSV and the drivers dont have here job enymore? 
Here some photos of trucks working fore Brantano Footwear in the time of Frans Maas.
Al the best, Bert
couple for you bert
in the naughty compound at ipsala
and an old one at the bg/ro border at ruse
Willie Roadstar:
Bert,I have a few more photos for you from a freind of mine, who I worked with in the early 90’s - Dave Taylor drove for a sub contractor haulier (Brendan Henvey Int. Tspt) out of Frans Maas Manchester - the following photos are some of the hauliers from that period, thanks to Dave for allowing me to post them.
Taken in Germany
Frans Maas Manchester sub haulier - Mick Parkin - Taken in Spain
Dave Taylor in Brendans Scania Centurion No 77
Taken in Holzhousen Nr Linz - Austria - while driving for Lee Durose
Lee Durose Int - a sub haulier for Frans Maas Manchester for about 9 yearsDave then bought his own truck and hauled for Frans Maas for a while along with another freind of mine Steve Brassington, the following photos are of them on a trip to Portugal
Hope these are of interest to you
Regards
Ant
Ha ha ha Braso !!! i had some mad weekends in Milan with him (he had that 520 Eurostar then) also MWB (Malc broardhurst,Mat Dyker,C&F International,Jones(north wales)
I forgot to say they all worked out of Frans Mass at Wythenshaw
Brasso did - Italy,Germany
MWB did - Poland,Italy,Greece,Spain,Portugal,Germany
C&F did - Italy (me) France (Carl)
Mat Dyiker -Spain
Jones - France,Holland,Belgium
Hello,
@ Thank you Big Dorris to se a reaction from you of that time.
@ Euromat, great to see that you are stil thinking af this site to show u photos of Frans Maas trailers in Russia. 
@ Nils, Great to see those photos from Belgium with Frans Maas units.
From me a Frans Maas tanker of the 80 's with a Scania tractor. This unit was working fore Frans Maas U.K. at Manchester. Thoose tanker are always load with G.E. plasicgranule fore the car industrie from Bergen op Zoom. Most times thoose trailers goinig back to Bergen op Zoom empty.
Photo: Steve Naete, U.K.
Al the best, Bert
Here we see the same Scania 142M tractor. Steve Naete was driver on this one.
Al the best, Bert
Bert Wolters:
Who nows samthing abbout this sub contractors off Frans Maas U.K.
Volvo F10 - Sub-contractor: Gordon Wright
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Regards, Bert Wolters
Gordon Wright was from Melton Constable in North Norfolk, he was a general haulier with a dozen or so motor, but had packed up by the end of the 80’s, his 2 boys are still in transport as far as I know. but I have not seen either for a long time.
My 1st hgv job was for Gordons nephew (john daniels) in 89, and that was when I first came accross Frans Maas doing unaccompanied from Great Yarmouth.
Did Felgate Bob operate an FL in the early 90’s .
Nice to see those Ronnie Hart motors, I seem to remember a 112 scania with a globe trotter type roof on it, that was a nice piece of kit(sorry if its allready been posted have’nt been thru whole thread) they had some blokes doing Scanside unacompanieds from Harwich and Immingham in the early 90’s when I was on that same job. 
norfolktrucker:
I drove this one for Frans Haulage of Beccles. We worked out of the Gt. Yarmouth depot.
Blimey forgotten about you lot, didnt you have a Daf Space cabbed Seddon Atkinson at one point.
Wish I’d looked at this thread earlier
eddie snax:
norfolktrucker:
I drove this one for Frans Haulage of Beccles. We worked out of the Gt. Yarmouth depot.Blimey forgotten about you lot, didnt you have a Daf Space cabbed Seddon Atkinson at one point.
Wish I’d looked at this thread earlier
Here it is, & a couple more
Hello Bert,
It’s great looking at this thread about Frans Maas.
I used to drive a Mercedes 2033 in Frans Maas colours (C59 FBW) for Alan Hutt from Witney, nr Oxford back in the late 1980’s, mainly doing groupage work out of Brownhills depot, to and from Spain.
Alan Hutt started in the early 1980’s with just one truck, a MB 2028 (A340 LJO) which you already have pictures of, pulling a Reingold trailer.
Towards the late 1980’s, he operated about five trucks, all of which pulled mainly Frans Maas trailers, doing mostly Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy.
I drove C59 FBW all over Europe, but mainly on Spanish work, of which, I’ve got great memories of, and met some great people along the way.
There used to be a Frans Maas agent in Zona Franca, in Barcelona, run by a guy called Sante, who would always make you a coffee, and would do almost anything for you.
The companies trading name was Rowley Hutt International, and Alan was one of the best bosses I ever worked for.
I have quite a few pictures, but I only have a printer, not a scanner, but I will try and put some on here sometime.
Keep up the good work. Regards, Keith.
continental keith:
Hello Bert,It’s great looking at this thread about Frans Maas.
I used to drive a Mercedes 2033 in Frans Maas colours (C59 FBW) for Alan Hutt from Witney, nr Oxford back in the late 1980’s, mainly doing groupage work out of Brownhills depot, to and from Spain.
Alan Hutt started in the early 1980’s with just one truck, a MB 2028 (A340 LJO) which you already have pictures of, pulling a Reingold trailer.
Towards the late 1980’s, he operated about five trucks, all of which pulled mainly Frans Maas trailers, doing mostly Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy.
I drove C59 FBW all over Europe, but mainly on Spanish work, of which, I’ve got great memories of, and met some great people along the way.
There used to be a Frans Maas agent in Zona Franca, in Barcelona, run by a guy called Sante, who would always make you a coffee, and would do almost anything for you.
The companies trading name was Rowley Hutt International, and Alan was one of the best bosses I ever worked for.
I have quite a few pictures, but I only have a printer, not a scanner, but I will try and put some on here sometime.Keep up the good work. Regards, Keith.
Hello Keith,
Sorry for the late replay. I was on holliday and had a bad internet cornection. Good to reed your story about the time you workt for Frans Maas. Hope you can find sometime to place your photos on this story about Frans Maas.
I have found also a vieuw more and wil place them also on this tread.
Al the best, Bert
eddie snax:
norfolktrucker:
I drove this one for Frans Haulage of Beccles. We worked out of the Gt. Yarmouth depot.Blimey forgotten about you lot, didnt you have a Daf Space cabbed Seddon Atkinson at one point.
Wish I’d looked at this thread earlier
Hi Eddie,
Great to see that you like this thread about Frans Maas. Thanks fore the info about Gordon Wright. Hope that you have some story’ s and maybe some photos of the time you workt fore Frans Maas U.K.
Al the best, Bert Wolters