rastone:
1Some well known motors
The old Thorney was a new in 1937 , Great stuff Rastone keep the pictures rolling please, Regards Larry.
The Sellers & Kent 4 wheeler Foden is a classic, I bought a Foden from them VTU291E, & this 4 wheeler was in their depot at Ilam when I went to look at what they had for sale, Old man Mr Kent was as real gent to do a deal with, I bought the Foden & they filled the tank up with diesel which I my book was a very nice business gesture, This E reg Foden went on to make us a few bob and was trouble free, Of course its Gardner 150 engine had been tweeked and it used to pull like a train & loved being overloaded giving a minimum 10/11 MPG, the good old old days before the present day crap came into force, Regards Larry.
That S&K Foden had the four cylinder two stroke in it and was a regular on bag work in Ballidon quarry when I started there. I remember one of our old spreader driver’s telling me once that it was loaded with loose lime to feed a spreader near Banbury and it hadn’t the power to get up Walmington Hill (probably overloaded!) so another wagon was sent to tranship some of the load! 
The driver was Rafe/Ralph ■■?, Malmic will know for certain.
Pete.
windrush:
That S&K Foden had the four cylinder two stroke in it and was a regular on bag work in Ballidon quarry when I started there. I remember one of our old spreader driver’s telling me once that it was loaded with loose lime to feed a spreader near Banbury and it hadn’t the power to get up Walmington Hill (probably overloaded!) so another wagon was sent to tranship some of the load!Pete.
Great Info Windrush, When I went to Sellers & Kent to buy the Foden They told me that this 4 wheeler had a Eaton Two Speed Attachment fitted on the back of the Foden gear box to improve the perfornence, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
The Sellers & Kent 4 wheeler Foden is a classic, I bought a Foden from them VTU291E, & this 4 wheeler was in their depot at Ilam when I went to look at what they had for sale, Old man Mr Kent was as real gent to do a deal with, I bought the Foden & they filled the tank up with diesel which I my book was a very nice business gesture, This E reg Foden went on to make us a few bob and was trouble free, Of course its Gardner 150 engine had been tweeked and it used to pull like a train & loved being overloaded giving a minimum 10/11 MPG, the good old old days before the present day crap came into force, Regards Larry.
A chap called Ralph drove it as Pete says and he didn’t like anybody else to drive it.I once sold him a Wolseley car in maroon and it took him ages to make his mind up and walked round it about a dozen times.Strange enough I don’t remember him having a run in it.
Yes Fred Kent was a good chap ( " I quite agree with you" said he) and he had a nice Rover and I never sold him anything but he did put me in touch with a lot of people.One thing I was told that he went to a meeting one night and Harry Whieldon went and said that Fred was there with his eight tie pins!!
I did sell Bob a couple of van bodies for storage though
I reckon it takes a long time to sell something to an operator but only a a quick moment to lose him.
Tony
A good bit of interesting reading from you guy;s, keep them stories coming, regards servo88
rastone:
Lawrence Dunbar:
The Sellers & Kent 4 wheeler Foden is a classic, I bought a Foden from them VTU291E, & this 4 wheeler was in their depot at Ilam when I went to look at what they had for sale, Old man Mr Kent was as real gent to do a deal with, I bought the Foden & they filled the tank up with diesel which I my book was a very nice business gesture, This E reg Foden went on to make us a few bob and was trouble free, Of course its Gardner 150 engine had been tweeked and it used to pull like a train & loved being overloaded giving a minimum 10/11 MPG, the good old old days before the present day crap came into force, Regards Larry.A chap called Ralph drove it as Pete says and he didn’t like anybody else to drive it.I once sold him a Wolseley car in maroon and it took him ages to make his mind up and walked round it about a dozen times.Strange enough I don’t remember him having a run in it.
Yes Fred Kent was a good chap ( " I quite agree with you" said he) and he had a nice Rover and I never sold him anything but he did put me in touch with a lot of people.One thing I was told that he went to a meeting one night and Harry Whieldon went and said that Fred was there with his eight tie pins!!
I did sell Bob a couple of van bodies for storage though
I reckon it takes a long time to sell something to an operator but only a a quick moment to lose him.Tony
IIRC,The Rover he had when I was in their depot was an automatic, He ran me along to another yard where there was Ex Cement tankers, The choke was sticking at this time and he was going too fast when he should have been slowing down on the narrow road,A real nice bloke, Regards Larry.
Container to move? Well, you can stick it on a skelly, like so…
…Or you can wedge it in an old tilt, like so…
… Or you can bung it on a rigid, like so…
…And DO watch the left-hand gate post as you swing out of the yard, driver! Robert 
Thanks to rastone, servo88 and robert1952 for the pics another fine lot 
Robert, surprising how long ago containers were in use from horse and cart days to the type(length) allowed today in the Netherlands.
Oily
ISO don’t want to have to reverse the Dutch one, Oily! Robert
robert1952:
ISO don’t want to have to reverse the Dutch one, Oily!
I had two years on a wagon and drag Robert and backing in a straight line was okay but any deviation from that and I struggled, with numerous shunts and a mate who was obviously giving it plenty 
oh man I wish that I could bring those times back that would be 
Oily
Now then from Western Cape SA, thanks to Bob Adams, the first pic is a Toyota Bedstead, nah not really but is underpinned by a Toyota and a cunning advert for the owners business skills, the other two are slightly unusual as well, the artic has a Toyota HiLux unit and the breakdown wagon looks like a BMW badged Merc. Ingenuity and innovation at large.
Oily
Lawrence Dunbar:
rastone:
Some well known motorsThe old Thorney was a new in 1937 , Great stuff Rastone keep the pictures rolling please, Regards Larry.
Some more of the old girl
Thanks to servo88 and rastone for the pics
More from Chain Bridge Honey Farm, no idea what the chassis is tho’ I guess the headlamp wings look Foden.
Oily
oiltreader:
Thanks to servo88 and rastone for the picsMore from Chain Bridge Honey Farm, no idea what the chassis is tho’ I guess the headlamp wings look Foden.
Oily
Definately a Foden chassis, I have replaced dozens of those balance beams!
Pete.
rastone:
Lawrence Dunbar:
rastone:
5Some well known motorsThe old Thorney was a new in 1937 , Great stuff Rastone keep the pictures rolling please, Regards Larry.
Some more of the old girl
I’d quite forgotten about that ring on the side of the gear lever that you had to pull up to get reverse. But I hadn’t forgotten the piece of ash frame that went across the rear of the cab at just the correct height to hit your funny-bone when selecting second gear!