ubym344:
Jazzandy:
Thames Trader with Carrimore? trailer at Lympne Aero show a couple of weeks ago.
is this the trader and trailor that was ramped up in ted toleman colours, fredm
Yes it is the same one.
Cheers to Chris (adr), cattle wagon man, and jakdaw for the pics 
more from the Hebridean trip, starting with single track to single carriageway construction on the Isle of Harris, I am at the head of the queue, also at the back of the queue 
. The pace is slower than leisurely, right up my street 
Oily
adr
Re. your comments about improvisation.
C P Marshall’s ran short of improvisation with one of his trucks in the late 60’s, the starter motor failed on an old Atkinson and he couldn’t improvise one so he ran it without one fitted —for 3 months. Allegedly drivers were under orders not to stop it. Mind you Marshalls ran a lot of their trucks day and night so it probably didn’t make a lot of difference!!
Bassman
A couple of 1926 AECs in OZ, again thanks to bparo2003.
Oily
Another from the same era as the OZ AECs, thanks to Tom Brandt, the lorry is an Associated Daimler belonging to Crosby Burton and Company Ltd, Transport Contractors of Sheffield and is carrying a transformer casing made by The Hackbridge Electric Construction Company of Walton on Thames.
Oily
Another Daimler Brighton 1967. 1915 CB type 3 ton. After WW1 was used by Thomas & Evans, a South Wales mineral water company.
Bassman:
adr
Re. your comments about improvisation.
C P Marshall’s ran short of improvisation with one of his trucks in the late 60’s, the starter motor failed on an old Atkinson and he couldn’t improvise one so he ran it without one fitted —for 3 months. Allegedly drivers were under orders not to stop it. Mind you Marshalls ran a lot of their trucks day and night so it probably didn’t make a lot of difference!!Bassman
Hi Bassman,
Good job fuel was cheaper in those days then . I bet no drivers had ever been so scared of stalling a wagon at the lights . Cheers
Cheers to TIDDERSON and Gardner 120 for the pics
and the Leyland Octupus in TIDDERSON’S first pic, I wonder could this be the same wagon, your pic looks like the Octupus is on trade plates, this LMS wagon KT reg to me would be Kent, and like your pic, “elf and safety” yet to materialise. not even steel toecaps
Oily
Still on the “elf and safety” theme and grateful to the National Railway Museum for sharing images within the terms of Creative Commons licence.
Oily
Some more “hands on” loading, starting with the loading of an 1926 Overland lorry at Holyhead on its way to Dublin.
Oily
adr
Isn’t that just the time when you would stall a motor. I have memories of bringing a truck back home from Brum after the batteries failed, rush hour across Brum A38 Derby through Doncaster the old A18 to Scunthorpe . Never was the road and traffic conditions so carefully monitored, but was there any thanks!! See you in the morning driver.
Was they the good old days ? Well I carried on driving for another 40 odd years so I suppose they were.
Cheers Bassman
oiltreader:
Cheers to TIDDERSON and Gardner 120 for the picsand the Leyland Octupus in TIDDERSON’S first pic, I wonder could this be the same wagon, your pic looks like the Octupus is on trade plates, this LMS wagon KT reg to me would be Kent, and like your pic, “elf and safety” yet to materialise. not even steel toecaps
Oily
The Octopus on the Brighton run was used by Leyland Motors until passing to Chivers haulage in Devizes who used it until 1961
TIDDERSON:
oiltreader:
Cheers to TIDDERSON and Gardner 120 for the picsand the Leyland Octupus in TIDDERSON’S first pic, I wonder could this be the same wagon, your pic looks like the Octupus is on trade plates, this LMS wagon KT reg to me would be Kent, and like your pic, “elf and safety” yet to materialise. not even steel toecaps
OilyThe Octopus on the Brighton run was used by Leyland Motors until passing to Chivers haulage in Devizes who used it until 1961
Thanks for that.
Cheers
Oily
