Lilleys of wellingborough had a scammell explorer breakdown anyone remember it or got any photos
Mick watson from loddington nr kettering ran several aec matadors on timber haulage and was also involved with queen street motors geddington later on he had a scammell explorer and a constructor and what of the local timber hauliers
mabbutts of brixworth
spencers of brigstock
np timber kettering
mick watts of finedon /podington
brackley sawmills
whattons of hartwell
corringdon/oliver goff
linnell silverstone
any photographs stories ?
yes they still have that f88
truckerash:
Arthur Spriggs with the “famous” ED PINK. I think they still have the F88. can anyone confirm?
David Abbott ran some very smart trucks! Dave himself is still around and one of his sons (Paul) is TM at Knights.
Ive mentioned A B C Dee before (different thread). Heres a couple more pics. My mate Vince Cobly drove the F12.
Some random Rushden hauliers…
Anyone know who ran this Yanky Ford? He was definately Rushden, Higham area. Used to see it regular. Pulled for George Varney - Watford Gap village.
M & B
C BUTTY
cousin M BUTTY
and finally for tonight, a couple more randoms…
hi you don,t know me but my mates dad did that anglesey run for david abbott aka barney it was a good run up that a5
dodgydick:
diesel dan:
hi steve.
the only driver i knew on chettles was MAGGOT only knew his cb handle .we were in the layby tea shop on the a45 nr billing one night when maggot pulls up gets into his skip and comes out with this bigbone and procedes to knor the meat off it .put us off our breakfast i can tell you.i used to work with tony sales in united carriers garage ,great bloke but mad as a hatter.do you remember ■■■■ hull who pulled for chettles,chick crossley and the hornigould brothers who had f12 blood tankers.how about john brown from finedon he had some cattle trucks,(thames traders).
cheers dieselHI YOU GUYS DIESEL HOW ARE YOU YOU OLD DEVIL ■■■■ HULL HERE YOUVE BROUGHT BACK SOME MEMORIES WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF CHETTS WE HAD PROBABLY THEIR HARDEST RUN FETCHING WASTE FROM CHUCKY CHICKEN ON ANGLESEY THERE AND BACK SAME DAY UP THE A5 IT WAS VERY HARD ON THE TRUCKS HAD A FEW GUYS DOING THE JOB TAFFY JONES DAVE LONGLAND ■■■■ CHAPMAN ■■■■ WAS ON NIGHTSHIFT FOR KNIGHTS OF OLD LAST TIME I SAW HIM USED TO RUN SAND AND GRAVEL AS WELL AND ■■■■ CHAPMAN WAS WORKING FOR ME AT THE END FOR BRIT EUOPEAN OUT OF DOVER THE LAST JOB I HAD WAS WORKING OUT OF ALLIED MILLS OUT OF CORBY WITH A 4 WHEELER TONY SALES WAS DRIVING ONE OF THERE TANKERS AT THE TIME
IVE RETIRED NOW AND HAVE MOVED OUT TO SPAIN A DRIVER FROM TOWCESTER GEOFF LOVELL LIVES AROUND THE CORNER
I WORKED FOR A TIME FOR CALOR GAS AT RUSHDEN AND THEY RAN EUROPEAN I THINK IT WAS CALLED MONKTONS JACK MAHER USED TO DRIVE FOR THEM ALSO I BELIEVE THE COACH COMPANY SHELTON OSBORNE USED TO RUN TRUCKS AS WELL ITHINK THEY HAD OLD SCAMMEL TANKERS OUT OF SCOTT BADERS IMAY BE WRONG AS THE MEMORY ISNT S
SO GOOD MORE LATER DODGYDICK
How about Midland Meat Packers from Crick, anyone got any photos of their motors.
BB
Basilbrush:
How about Midland Meat Packers from Crick, anyone got any photos of their motors.BB
are they still goin !!! ■■?
curnock:
Basilbrush:
How about Midland Meat Packers from Crick, anyone got any photos of their motors.BB
are they still goin !!! ■■?
Yep,theyre now called Bakers Pet Care,they make Butchers dog products
Is that the lot from crick? used to have faded blue Erf’s- what are they called now?
boris:
Is that the lot from crick? used to have faded blue Erf’s- what are they called now?
As Washy says. they’re just running as Bakers pet foods now but they were once one of the biggest slaughter houses in this country putting up to 100,000 cows & bulls through per year which is why they ran a lovely fleet of light blue ERF units with dark Blue Double deck cattle trailers. I used to have some good photos of them but sadly my collection of photos went when my hard drive crashed.
Losing them certainly taught me to back up my photos but once gone it was too late.
BB
Basilbrush:
boris:
Is that the lot from crick? used to have faded blue Erf’s- what are they called now?As Washy says. they’re just running as Bakers pet foods now but they were once one of the biggest slaughter houses in this country putting up to 100,000 cows & bulls through per year which is why they ran a lovely fleet of light blue ERF units with dark Blue Double deck cattle trailers. I used to have some good photos of them but sadly my collection of photos went when my hard drive crashed.
Losing them certainly taught me to back up my photos but once gone it was too late.
BB
Our place supplies them with their chicken for the pet food…3 loads of 20 tons every day 
Here’s one, dont know where its taken.
…and another taken at Uttoxeter in Dec 2003 when I think the trailer was running for Redfern’s Buxton.
I must be getting old(lol) Just spent an hour looking through this forum and found the pics of P.Partrick and son or Partricks of Stanwick. I did a double take of the erf “continental” or D, truckertrash, as my brother Graham drove this for a few years at Partricks. I sent him the pics and he could still tell me the number before he saw the pic RRP 86R.
We both started out driving for them in the late 70’s early 80’s. My first truck was an old ERF 150 with wind up handbrake(as in on the buses) and a blanket for heating was optional. 16 gears and you used every one,no flicking it down one like you do today!
I remember once I ran out of diesel coming up rockingham hill, nr Corby and after getting a few gallons it would not pull away because of the steep hill so I had to angle the unit across the road just to get movement in first gear then turn up the hill again and crawl to the top. As new trucks were added to the fleet we got the hand me downs while the older,dare I say,favourites got the best.
I progressed through various ERF’s all what were to become “A” series when the “B” came out. 180 Gardner,Rolls Royce Eagle(ear defenders required), 220 ■■■■■■■ and finally Gardner 240.
I stayed in the UK on General haulage and Tipper work out of British steel subbing for BRS or going round the various cement works with ash type products from Corby and Brixworth known as red or black dust. We also went to British Gypsum at East Leake,Nottingham again for cement . Another regular job was Weetabix with a flatbed and ropes and sheets. Can you imagine roping and sheeting absorbent boxes today■■?
My brother stayed on continental work and indeed is still living and working in France today.
If you have any pics of the older ERF’s in Partricks yard truckertrash I would be pleased to see them! Ali Gilbert
washy jnr:
curnock:
Basilbrush:
How about Midland Meat Packers from Crick, anyone got any photos of their motors.BB
are they still goin !!! ■■?
Yep,theyre now called Bakers Pet Care,they make Butchers dog products
Eaten by many of Northamptons’ suntanned community 
Yer they still havve that f88 it has a new paint job now
truckerash:
Arthur Spriggs with the “famous” ED PINK. I think they still have the F88. can anyone confirm?
David Abbott ran some very smart trucks! Dave himself is still around and one of his sons (Paul) is TM at Knights.
Ive mentioned A B C Dee before (different thread). Heres a couple more pics. My mate Vince Cobly drove the F12.
Some random Rushden hauliers…
Anyone know who ran this Yanky Ford? He was definately Rushden, Higham area. Used to see it regular. Pulled for George Varney - Watford Gap village.
M & B
C BUTTY
cousin M BUTTY
and finally for tonight, a couple more randoms…
I found an old pic in the office the other day…
H C Davis in Corby pictures from early/mid 80’s
jonto:
Here’s one, dont know where its taken.
That’s a nice picture Jonto, thanks for posting it. They had a nice fleet of trucks. Considering the size of the business I was surprised to hear they’d sold up.
BB
Another picture from the H C Davis yard taken in 1995 - might be a bit recent compared to some of the others here.
No Volvo’s or ERF’s. Now an all Scania fleet.
duckegg74:
Another picture from the H C Davis yard taken in 1995 - might be a bit recent compared to some of the others here.
No Volvo’s or ERF’s. Now an all Scania fleet.
Remember them well- the scania’s if i remember, were all ex TNT & his yard was the old BRS one along Geddington rd .
Hiya…on friday25th march i traveled through northampton on the A45 infact passed where arther spriggs has a yard.
I never saw one of his fleet has he parked them up■■? it just seemed strange
John