tankerian:
Heres a picture at Manchester Airport when T2 was just new we had the job of flushing out the fuel hydrant system.
Hi was that taken when ESSO ran their own transport as I had a uncle who worked for ESSO for about 30 years out of Trafford Park and a lot of the work was to the airport.
cheers Johnnie
I have just remembered a couple more Chevron, NAFTA ,Nickersons and as any one any pics of Sheaf Fuels they were purple and white part of Sykes Group another was “U.K. Petroleum” which may have evolved from NAFTA as the livery was similar.
cheers Johnnie
Wheel Nut:
This is growing into such an interesting thread and boosts the braincells. In the East Riding Murco and Rix had quite a large presence and ICI Petrol had a few outlets before Q8 (Kuwait)
I remember Murco and Rix well Malc.And ICI petrol is a blast from the past.Do you remember Sadlers from Teesside marketing petrol,the tanks had a lion on the back with “Sadler,the King of petrol” written on.Sadlers also contracted for Chevron with a rake of Atkis and AECs.I’m trying to think what NAFTA stood for - North African summat or other IIRC,and they had a biggish fleet of motors somewhere around Immingham.Nickersons were from Grimsby Sammie,they were into allsorts,seed merchants,fertilizer,fuel distributors and they were agents for Saviem as well.I don’t think they marketed any fuel under their own name though.I’ve yet to see a photo of Sheaf Petroleum 
.
Anybody remember this lot,Dalton and Co.Ltd,Silkolene Oils,from Belper in Derbyshire? A Peter Davies photo.
And this garage at Conisborough on the A630 between Rotherham and Doncaster was still open up to a few years ago.I don’t remember Trent Oil from Gunness Wharf though,Sammie might 
From a Graham Edge book…
Chris.Sadler was taken over by the Kuwait Investment Office and the petroleum side of the company was then rebranded Q8 along with Pace Petroleum from down south.I worked for Sadler/Townson/CPL for 24 years as a fitter & then traffic manager.Rankin was indeed from Newcastle and got swallowed up into TDG group
Stanfield:
Chris.Sadler was taken over by the Kuwait Investment Office and the petroleum side of the company was then rebranded Q8 along with Pace Petroleum from down south.I worked for Sadler/Townson/CPL for 24 years as a fitter & then traffic manager.Rankin was indeed from Newcastle and got swallowed up into TDG group10 this photo is one of sad-stillers JOHN
Thanks for that John,I forgot you worked for Sadlers,sorry.I’ve seen a photo in a book showing what look like Sadlers AECs and Atkis in Chevron livery.I’ll look for it and put it on.I can’t remember whether Sadlers were mentioned but a lot of the wagons had the Teesside “DC” reg.
Again Chris you are right Sadler did have a few Atki’s during the 60s and they also had vehicles on for Cheveron in there livery.Another two who Q8 owned were RP(Roberts Petroleum) & Ultramar.I think Q8 came out of the market around 2003/4.The chemical side of Sadlers was bought by BFL (British Fuels) who were then bought by CPL ltd from chesterfield who in turn sold it to Stillers and then they sold to the Hargreaves Group,(mindboggling trying to keep up with everything these days)
John.
Roberts Petroleum and Ultramar are blasts from the past John,and it is a hard job keeping up with who’s who nowadays.I remember VIP as well,there are some photos on Paul’s Northwest trucks site IIRC.Isherwoods were the owners and something tells me they were based in or near the old Protector Lamp place in Eccles,a place I used to deliver to in the 70s with a spirit called SBP2.In later years you could still see that place from the errrr M602.
tankerian:
This is the piece of kit we trained on for rollover, a crackin day out.
I went on the rollover course courtesy of Hoyers in the late 90s and like you say it was a cracking day out. It was being run by a couple of Austrian lads at Finningley airfield and as well as the rollover motor we took some tractor units and they had us on the skidpan, then turned the ABS off!!
One guy skidded so far off the skid pan he nearly hit a pylon and a building, they made us brake and steer at the same time and let the ABS take care of everything, which was very difficult for us older ones who learned to ‘control’ skids by feathering brakes and careful steering.
It paid off big time the following week as when I started descending Windy Hill into Lancashire in the centre lane everything suddenly stopped, I couldn’t go right as that lane was full but the guy on my left swerved onto the hard shoulder to avoid the one in front of him, so my newly acquired ABS skills kicked in and braking hard turned my 5day old Scania and 25 tonnes of molten sulphur into the space he had vacated and stopped. The vehicle that had been following me crashed into the one I had been following so it’s a good thing I was out of there, when everything finally came to rest everything around me was damaged but my new Scania was intact except for an unpleasant odour in the cab!
I reckon Hoyers got their money’s worth out of that!
stevecook:
tankerian:
This is the piece of kit we trained on for rollover, a crackin day out.I went on the rollover course courtesy of Hoyers in the late 90s and like you say it was a cracking day out. It was being run by a couple of Austrian lads at Finningley airfield and as well as the rollover motor we took some tractor units and they had us on the skidpan, then turned the ABS off!!
One guy skidded so far off the skid pan he nearly hit a pylon and a building, they made us brake and steer at the same time and let the ABS take care of everything, which was very difficult for us older ones who learned to ‘control’ skids by feathering brakes and careful steering.
It paid off big time the following week as when I started descending Windy Hill into Lancashire in the centre lane everything suddenly stopped, I couldn’t go right as that lane was full but the guy on my left swerved onto the hard shoulder to avoid the one in front of him, so my newly acquired ABS skills kicked in and braking hard turned my 5day old Scania and 25 tonnes of molten sulphur into the space he had vacated and stopped. The vehicle that had been following me crashed into the one I had been following so it’s a good thing I was out of there, when everything finally came to rest everything around me was damaged but my new Scania was intact except for an unpleasant odour in the cab!
I reckon Hoyers got their money’s worth out of that!
That must have been a good course Steve if you couldn’t roll it over
Sammie,there’s a picture of you a few pictures back tipping petrol at Conisborough from Gunness Wharf…
A bit off topic, 1986 IIRC, this Iveco rig was set up for testing how far you could go before the load threw enough weight across to Roll it over, a bit heath-Robinson, but it gave us loads of info about just how far you could push half loaded tanks - not far as it turned out !!
Chris Webb:
Wheel Nut:
This is growing into such an interesting thread and boosts the braincells. In the East Riding Murco and Rix had quite a large presence and ICI Petrol had a few outlets before Q8 (Kuwait)I remember Murco and Rix well Malc.And ICI petrol is a blast from the past.Do you remember Sadlers from Teesside marketing petrol,the tanks had a lion on the back with “Sadler,the King of petrol” written on.Sadlers also contracted for Chevron with a rake of Atkis and AECs.I’m trying to think what NAFTA stood for - North African summat or other IIRC,and they had a biggish fleet of motors somewhere around Immingham.Nickersons were from Grimsby Sammie,they were into allsorts,seed merchants,fertilizer,fuel distributors and they were agents for Saviem as well.I don’t think they marketed any fuel under their own name though.I’ve yet to see a photo of Sheaf Petroleum
Anybody remember this lot,Dalton and Co.Ltd,Silkolene Oils,from Belper in Derbyshire? A Peter Davies photo.
And this garage at Conisborough on the A630 between Rotherham and Doncaster was still open up to a few years ago.I don’t remember Trent Oil from Gunness Wharf though,Sammie might
Chris those guys are much to clean and tidy to be me
I remember Dalton’s (SILKOLENE) at Belper as they only closed a few years ago. Good oil, it was reclaimed so most of the bad stuff was removed, and we ran Gardner’s on them for years. Then the quarry changed to BP and the truck’s started using a gallon of oil a day, like gnats pee it was!! I think that they were taken over by Fuchs at Stoke, and the site of their refinery is now a housing estate.
Pete.
windrush:
I remember Dalton’s (SILKOLENE) at Belper as they only closed a few years ago. Good oil, it was reclaimed so most of the bad stuff was removed, and we ran Gardner’s on them for years. Then the quarry changed to BP and the truck’s started using a gallon of oil a day, like gnats pee it was!! I think that they were taken over by Fuchs at Stoke, and the site of their refinery is now a housing estate.Pete.
Pete,who were the oil suppliers from around Stoke,from memory I think they were a green and white livery? They were often to be seen around Ellesmere Port in the 70s.
Had to edit this,just remembered it was Walkers Century Oils…I hope 
Sniffy:
A bit off topic, 1986 IIRC, this Iveco rig was set up for testing how far you could go before the load threw enough weight across to Roll it over, a bit heath-Robinson, but it gave us loads of info about just how far you could push half loaded tanks - not far as it turned out !!
I hope its wasnt still loaded with Phosphoric acid
Here are a few more Caledonian pictures.
Again parked oposite the garage in Manby Road.
Dont know where this was taken.
Early type Lift Tank■■?
Billiant pictures of the Caledonian trucks Steptoe, I’ve tried to find photos from old drivers, managers and tank builders, none about, so thought they’d all dissapeared.
Sniffy:
Billiant pictures of the Caledonian trucks Steptoe, I’ve tried to find photos from old drivers, managers and tank builders, none about, so thought they’d all dissapeared.
Thanks Sniffy, a friend sent me those, I will try and scrounge some more, he must have some. In fact the chap that sent them to me is on the picture you posted of the Immingham garage staff, 3rd from the right.
Steptoe - Mr Brown i presume
Another mix of oldies, I’ve still no idea where Trolene went
Yes Mr Brown. he is driving for Flogas now, next time I see him I will get some pictures from him.
