Nice shots there light switch , you loved the Daf but not the Cruiser ■■? 
, i see the daf was a sleeper is that why ? , yes the sheeted load does look nice, your get some anorak on now saying the corners are flapping !!!1 
in the back ground one of bowies scanias ex andys of banbury
JAKEY:
Nice shots there light switch , you loved the Daf but not the Cruiser ■■?
Hi Jakey, Must admit a bit more room in the daf and not a bit more refined. Funny that still drive a daf and think its a great motor!
ciwm.co.uk/CIWM/Publications … anies.aspx
Looks like Grundons’ caught someone trying the old “charge us for a load of soil and I’ll buy you a drink…” trick.
I can’t get my phone to post the link, but according to Motortransport.com, Interoute from Thame have gone into administration, and closed down.
Here’s the link
motortransport.co.uk/blog/2013/0 … istration/
Denis F
Muckaway:
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/CIWM/Publications/LatestNews/GrundonWinsCivilActionAgainstThreeSkipHireCompanies.aspx
Looks like Grundons’ caught someone trying the old “charge us for a load of soil and I’ll buy you a drink…” trick.
That’ll be this lot then
Just read on Hayes Tipper Hires’ Facebook page that Mick McKenna passed away end of March RIP.
Talking of McKennas, does anyone know if they’re still running, as parent company McArdle were recently in administration? I saw a McKenna excavator working on the M25 near J6 this morning.
Proper lorry driver from tomorrow- off T’Bonnie Scotland!
Muckaway:
Proper lorry driver from tomorrow- off T’Bonnie Scotland!
You are better off than a tourist Nathan, you can see much more out of a lorry. Sounds as if you have a good job seeing the country and getting paid for it.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Muckaway:
Proper lorry driver from tomorrow- off T’Bonnie Scotland!You are better off than a tourist Nathan, you can see much more out of a lorry. Sounds as if you have a good job seeing the country and getting paid for it.
Cheers Dave.
Could do with a few less hours and a lot less manual labour though Dave. Driving side’s good; In the last couple of weeks I’ve seen London, Brighton, Bournemouth, Bristol, South Wales, Devon… I think I’ve got Oxfordshire on Thursday and Hereford-Birmingham on Friday.
Ah manual labour (the well known Spanish Politician!!) it wont do you any harm, just think, folk pay good money to visit the gym and you are getting paid for keeping yourself trim and fit! 
I think, and Mike (The Long Drag) will correct me that Toft Brothers and Tomlinson at Darley Dale had a saying that ‘You see Britain at Our Expense’ as on the cab doors was a map of the British Isles!
Pete.
Nathan , so you be applying for a job soon with me then ?
JAKEY:
Nathan , so you be applying for a job soon with me then ?
If you carry Steve, I’ll drive.
Just on my second break at Heart Of Scotland Servs, looks a nightout in Livingstone then…
…I have to say I really enjoyed my full English at J38 (Tebay) this morning.
windrush:
Ah manual labour (the well known Spanish Politician!!) it wont do you any harm, just think, folk pay good money to visit the gym and you are getting paid for keeping yourself trim and fit!I think, and Mike (The Long Drag) will correct me that Toft Brothers and Tomlinson at Darley Dale had a saying that ‘You see Britain at Our Expense’ as on the cab doors was a map of the British Isles!
Pete.
I’ve certainly got about a bit since swapping sand for flour. It would be nicer if warehouse didn’t double stack on a 1t pallet that needs to be pumptrucked though.
A second nightout! Had 1 min of duty time left somy address for this evening is Matthews warehouse near Hook Norton (at least I can get the lorry loaded for locals ready for tomorrow).
Muckaway:
windrush:
Ah manual labour (the well known Spanish Politician!!) it wont do you any harm, just think, folk pay good money to visit the gym and you are getting paid for keeping yourself trim and fit!I think, and Mike (The Long Drag) will correct me that Toft Brothers and Tomlinson at Darley Dale had a saying that ‘You see Britain at Our Expense’ as on the cab doors was a map of the British Isles!
Pete.
I’ve certainly got about a bit since swapping sand for flour. It would be nicer if warehouse didn’t double stack on a 1t pallet that needs to be pumptrucked though.
they load them with a powered truck,they dont care that you’ve gotta maul your balls off at the other end… annoyence !! 
Not only a ballache with handballing a double stack (I hate carrying off the side, I use the taillift as a table) it’s the fact that bags get split and makes a mess of the truck, the other flour bags…and the driver.
oiltreader:
Cowley 1985, in the background, the railway track, Sandy Lane and the then Cowley Stadium.
Oily
Great, thank you for the nostalgia pic Eddie, I did my 5 year apprenticeship at BL Cowley Transport Dept from 1980-85, great days for me! Regards Chris
oxfordmail.co.uk/news/104719 … in_Cowley/
Talking of Cowley…