300 Series brochure:
414 UBV 414V by Chris Gardner, on Flickr
Unregistered, no trade plates… 
Bought secondhand as a workshop MOT shunter, previously owned by Oswald Ingham of Manchester:
UGB 639R SA400 Series by Chris Gardner, on Flickr
Seen here when relegated to a yard shunter
Bought secondhand for a local shunting job, ex-ICI and, unusually for ICI, fitted with a Gardner 8LXB
MHD 380T SA400 Series by Chris Gardner, on Flickr
Later sold on to John Killingbeck for further service
One of a pair of 38T 301 tractors bought direct from John Smiths at Tadcaster, to be local shunters. Fitted with 290bhp engines and Fuller gearboxes, and geared to achieve around 77 mph, they’d been used for trunking between Tadcaster and Wandsworth, apparently. Cost was £5,500 each in 1989.
C635 CUA SA301 by Chris Gardner, on Flickr
This one was kept as a 38-tonner, and ended its days as a yard shunter for W & J Riding:
C635CUA by chris.farnah, on Flickr
The other (never as good) was downplated to 28T and was later sold on to be a bus company recovery vehicle, and is now preserved in that guise:
(Preserved) Merseybus 8071 C486YWY by Alan Sansbury, on Flickr
Despite the grille, this is a 32T 300 Series tractor, new to Carton Carriers of Farnworth, and bought secondhand as an MOT shunter to replace the 400 Series, UGB 639R (see above)
NBV 588X SA300 Series by Chris Gardner, on Flickr
As the cab deteriorated, it was relegated to yard shunting and then scrapped before the cab finally fell off. It had a 2’ wheelbase extension in its yard shunting days, for handling 13.6m trailers
DEANB:
Just wondered if anyone recognised the number plate on this one. My grandad bought it second hand from
up North. Possibly the Liverpool area from memory ■■? Reg TTU448R0
Only thing I can tell you Dean is that the reg is 1976 Cheshire C C.
No prob 240 Gardner .
Stanfield:
Another Sed Atki belonging to J L Townson Tankers and on contract to Esso Trafford Park driven by the late Wally Faulkner
CNB159T
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Parked in a yard in Middleton Manchester
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This one belongs to Richardsons of Oldham
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G Thursby of Carnforth
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Stiller Group
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Is that a Mercury at the side of the SA ?
Where they belong
windrush:
GCR2ERF:
Punchy Dan:
0make mine a babychamThat looks a rare 'un! Can anyone confirm is this is a 200 T/unit, rather than a 300 please?
It will be a 200 series unit, they were available with sleeper cabs as well.
Pete.
Thanks Pete, summat else I’ve learned!
Cheers,
Tony
Chris Webb:
DEANB:
Just wondered if anyone recognised the number plate on this one. My grandad bought it second hand from
up North. Possibly the Liverpool area from memory ■■? Reg TTU448R0
Only thing I can tell you Dean is that the reg is 1976 Cheshire C C.
Cheers Chris,hopefully someone may recognise the reg. 
These pics are great, thanks to all who post them 