Past and present in these two two shots Oily, 
stevejones:
well finally loading for home in vancouver b.c. she run well after repair in salt lake city trip was montreal 2 modesto california reload fresno back to montreal swap trls down to miami tip load chicken in georgia back across usa up to vancouver tip load and the last leg back across canada total miles 14078
Hi Steve, wow, that is real tramping, good on you 
Oily
kevmac47:
Past and present in these two two shots Oily,
Hi Kev, 72 apiece and looking good on it 
Oily
Thanks to DEANB, Buzzer, stevejones, Ray Smyth and kevmac47 for the pics
Bit o skill to stack and sheet this load.
Oily
tks oily my that sheeted load looks well it was eventful trip sat broke down for a week in salt lake city looking at that seddon brings back memories
tks oily my that sheeted load looks well it was eventful trip sat broke down for a week in salt lake city looking at that seddon brings back memories
I posted this picture along with a few others earlier this week. It is on the northbound services at M6 Keele.
I have noticed that the trailer on the left of the picture is not fitted with “LONG VEHICLE” plates or plain
reflective plates. I can see that it has a thin red reflective strip all around the edge of the bodywork.
I must be out of touch, having finally retired in 2015. What is the requirement now for reflective plates ?
Ray Smyth.
Ray Smyth:
I posted this picture along with a few others earlier this week. It is on the northbound services at M6 Keele.
I have noticed that the trailer on the left of the picture is not fitted with “LONG VEHICLE” plates or plain
reflective plates. I can see that it has a thin red reflective strip all around the edge of the bodywork.
I must be out of touch, having finally retired in 2015. What is the requirement now for reflective plates ?Ray Smyth.
Glad you’ve posted that, i noticed the traditional yellow on red LV plates vanishing, 2013 manufacture date springs to mind here, and replaced by red tape, on tankers it tends to be a single strip across the bumper and sometimes a circle around the tank itself.
This is not an improvement any way you look at it, in murky weather such as fog, travelling along on dipped lights the low set as possible traditional LV reflectors will give someone behind a hell of a lot better chance of seeing the vehicle ahead in the gloom than that almost pointless rectangle of red tape around the back of the box trl on the left in the pic, the Graham Poole wagon on the right would be seen sooner under such circs.
You can still have trad LV plates though the new tape is also used, my company does this for the above reasons.
As an aside, i wish we’d kept our traditional red/white lenses for all side marker lights too, amber lights should only be for warnings, ie indicators or flashing beacons.
Johnny in the middle has gone for both…
oiltreader:
kevmac47:
Past and present in these two two shots Oily,Hi Kev, 72 apiece and looking good on it
Oily
Thanks Oily, you can tell I’m the younger one, I still wear short trousers! 
Gil only works three days a week now, I just move the odd trailer for test or service now. Regards Kev.
windrush:
I think that Mays were from Elstead, Surrey, Spardo, they had a transport cafe as well.Pete.
I worked for L V Mays who were in Mitcham. All their motors were red with L V Mays on them, not just Mays. It’s a long time ago, but I don’t remember any Guys.
Spardo:
windrush:
I think that Mays were from Elstead, Surrey, Spardo, they had a transport cafe as well.Pete.
Not far out then, Pete, I thought they were further in towards London than that. Was it them that had some low loaders too?
Yes we did have low loaders on L V Mays of Mitcham. It was where I learnt how to tie a dolly knot on a ring on the trailer bed.
peterm:
windrush:
I think that Mays were from Elstead, Surrey, Spardo, they had a transport cafe as well.Pete.
I worked for L V Mays who were in Mitcham. All their motors were red with L V Mays on them, not just Mays. It’s a long time ago, but I don’t remember any Guys.
Different company, Mays Motors were green lorries and had bulk tippers on coal and coke haulage plus flatbeds and artics. Predominately Guy at one time but later Atkinsons and Scania.
Pete.
With thanks to John Wakely a May’s Motors 1968 Atkinson Borderer, Colliers Wood High St around '79/'80.
Oily
oiltreader:
With thanks to John Wakely a May’s Motors 1968 Atkinson Borderer, Colliers Wood High St around '79/'80.
Oily
If Mr Bewick sees that sheeting he’ll have an organism (sic)
Yeah, tidy it ain’t.
You kept this one quiet Pete, making out you’re a poor old pensioner that can only just afford to put a cupful of 4 star in a couple of old stationery engines when all the time you have your name on this.
I saw it at Whitby steam rally on Saturday, I had to nip up on a mission of mercy.
As a certain old driver pulled up in the field with a fairground organ in the back of his ERF he heard a noise & felt a clatter, it was just as though the centre bearing had gone so lo & behold Mr. Howard asked me to collect one, nip it up & fit it. The aforementioned driver did what he does best all day, sit in a chair drinking tea, can you spot him ? he’s the one next to the monkey who collects money!!!
I hope you’re behaving up at Cromford, we don’t want Mr. Mellor having to evict you from site.
grumpy old man:
oiltreader:
With thanks to John Wakely a May’s Motors 1968 Atkinson Borderer, Colliers Wood High St around '79/'80.
OilyIf Mr Bewick sees that sheeting he’ll have an organism (sic)
Just about par for the course in Cockney land IMHO 
Bewick.
