revman: first bsc Rotherham road train at Wolverhampton wks with me at the wheel & my brothers marathon inside alan
is this picture at msc round the back??
hi ian ye but then it was called wolverhampton osier bed wks access under the arch bridge and then it was the front regards-alan
its luke yeh thought it lookd like the wolverhampton site i was finkin its just a stockholder place these days all work got transfered to aldwarke now.
well it is nearly 30 years ago luke-regards to u & kieth
i dont think the marathon was any worse than the other english offerings of the time ,quite a smart looking lorry
Howay Bonny Lad there is no way you can compare the Marathon to the Atki/Sed Atk or ERF!! Leyland had lost the plot years before and the Marathon was just one of the final “codge ups” they attempted in order to carry on receiving the state aid they enjoyed for far too long,IMO.Cheers Dennis.
i dont think the marathon was any worse than the other english offerings of the time ,quite a smart looking lorry
Howay Bonny Lad there is no way you can compare the Marathon to the Atki/Sed Atk or ERF!! Leyland had lost the plot years before and the Marathon was just one of the final “codge ups” they attempted in order to carry on receiving the state aid they enjoyed for far too long,IMO.Cheers Dennis.
I remember my dad getting a new 1 on a w reg ,1 of the last ones and probably assembled at Scammell watford it had a E290 ■■■■■■■ and very little went wrong with it but he was a very steady driver ,@ £16000 it wasn`t dear either.Compared with the F86 he had before it,it was like a Rolls Royce
hodgeturbo:
the last new leyland peter greggains bought B238 JHH 250 ■■■■■■■ jake brake factory fitted fold down bunk calor gas night heater went like a train
albert hicks bought this painted it and put it on muck shift work digger drivers hated the bulker when pile of muck whent down they coudent see over bak door and they was always over loaded one of alberts 8 wheelers is on here in a yard rotten its white cab blue body blue bumper red wheels with blue strips up across doors
hodgeturbo:
the last new leyland peter greggains bought B238 JHH 250 ■■■■■■■ jake brake factory fitted fold down bunk calor gas night heater went like a train
hodgeturbo:
the last new leyland peter greggains bought B238 JHH 250 ■■■■■■■ jake brake factory fitted fold down bunk calor gas night heater went like a train
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if a lot of hicks trucks got exported B238 might be having a good retirment somewhere hot my old e reg 6 wheeler constructor went to barbados
hodgeturbo:
the last new leyland peter greggains bought B238 JHH 250 ■■■■■■■ jake brake factory fitted fold down bunk calor gas night heater went like a train
th
if a lot of hicks trucks got exported B238 might be having a good retirment somewhere hot my old e reg 6 wheeler constructor went to barbados
ye think it went to cyprus hicks had alot of blue circle costructors converted to tippers for sum reason blue c would cut the chassis and they never came with the tanks on hicks had a ■■■■ load for spares he put 1 or 2 on road every mounth every truck was always for sale a lot export his drivers was always getting a differant truck cause he would ave sold the one they was driving at his hight he had about 24 to 30 on road at least 10+ round back for speares only 1 six wheeler a bison2 he ran for many years sadley it was sold to a scrap yard they used it as yard shunter it was wrecked in 6 mounths
I spent many years in the 60’s with my Dad in one of these, Friday night up to Salford depot, then dad would get me steak pudding and chips and I would sit in the cab while he went in the pub. Happy Days.
first bsc Rotherham road train at Wolverhampton wks with me at the wheel & my brothers marathon inside alan
yeh thought it lookd like the wolverhampton site i was finkin its just a stockholder place these days all work got transfered to aldwarke now.
still prefered the marathon
