gazsa401:
An Handyman my Dad drove regularly at his time at Midlands Storage
What year was that, Gazsa, bit before my time I reckon. Don’t remember a Scammell but I do think Fodens featured. Pretty much all Atkis and KMs when I was there.
What would the colour be, doesn’t look like the cream of my day? 
And Buzzer, you’ve got a couple of raritys in that lineup, or is it the same one in 2 pics. A Rowe Hillmaster. 
Never seen one myself I don’t think.
oiltreader:
Thanks to DEANB, Buzzer and gazsa401 for the pics
Hi gazsa401 dunno what’s up with your pic, on my monitor it takes up 2 screen widths and depths. I took a copy and reduced the size, even as I write this my text is going off screen, bah humbug, a job for admin, Robert can you fix it please.
Oily
Hiya Oily apologises I’ve haven’t a computer or laptop just an IPhone so some of the pictures are from my albums stored in my phone
I don’t know any other way of posting pictures
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks Gary
Some delivery vehicles delivering to shops in the centre of Wigan earlier today, October 23rd 2019.
Ray Smyth.
Lawrence Dunbar:
This Leyland had a pay load of 17 .300 .Tonnes , And did 11/12 MPG, Regards Larry.0
Not too sure but could be the best motor I drove? Cheers Coomsey
ERF-NGC-European:
oiltreader:
Thanks to DEANB, Buzzer and gazsa401 for the pics
Hi gazsa401 dunno what’s up with your pic, on my monitor it takes up 2 screen widths and depths. I took a copy and reduced the size, even as I write this my text is going off screen, bah humbug, a job for admin, Robert can you fix it please.
OilyFixed the pic above yours. Some pics just have to be reduced before posting. You can do this easily by opening the pic in ‘paint’ and reducing the size there. Or you can paste it onto a Word doc. and do the same. Cheers, Robert
Hi Robert and Oily,
I recommend paint.net for working with images. It’s free (just be careful and avoid the downloads which look as though they are for the programme but are actually for something else!) and is intuitive and much more useful. I have downloaded paid for programmes but always go back to paint.net!
By the way. Always enjoy posts from both of you. Keep up the good work!
John.
Well I bought this tipper from Malcom Harrisons at his Barlaston depot, It served us very well on local and long distance work, Not the best puller on the hills but like I said it did us very well, It was owned by a firm from Cheadle by the name of Ivan Scragg who had it from new, The good old days when one could earn a few bob , , Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well I bought this tipper from Malcom Harrisons at his Barlaston depot, It served us very well on local and long distance work, Not the best puller on the hills but like I said it did us very well, It was owned by a firm from Cheadle by the name of Ivan Scragg who had it from new, The good old days when one could earn a few bob ,
I think that Scraggs still have a garage in Cheadle Larry. One of the ex Tilcon drivers drove a Volvo F7 for them but had a bad smash in it, near Blythe Bridge on the A50 I think?
Pete.
windrush:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well I bought this tipper from Malcom Harrisons at his Barlaston depot, It served us very well on local and long distance work, Not the best puller on the hills but like I said it did us very well, It was owned by a firm from Cheadle by the name of Ivan Scragg who had it from new, The good old days when one could earn a few bob ,I think that Scraggs still have a garage in Cheadle Larry. One of the ex Tilcon drivers drove a Volvo F7 for them but had a bad smash in it, near Blythe Bridge on the A50 I think?
Pete.
This will be familiar, Leyland Reiver cab, the area and the event, not the happiest day of the owner’s life and the new owner livery.
youtube.com/watch?v=3pG1YyNNJrs
youtube.com/watch?v=Vh5rh4GD4QM
hiveminer.com/Tags/leyland%2Creiver
Oily
coomsey:
Lawrence Dunbar:
This Leyland had a pay load of 17 .300 .Tonnes , And did 11/12 MPG, Regards Larry.Not too sure but could be the best motor I drove? Cheers Coomsey
Leyland Reiver spec sheet.
Click on pages twice.
gazsa401:
oiltreader:
Thanks to DEANB, Buzzer and gazsa401 for the pics
Hi gazsa401 dunno what’s up with your pic, on my monitor it takes up 2 screen widths and depths. I took a copy and reduced the size, even as I write this my text is going off screen, bah humbug, a job for admin, Robert can you fix it please.
OilyHiya Oily apologises I’ve haven’t a computer or laptop just an IPhone so some of the pictures are from my albums stored in my phone
I don’t know any other way of posting pictures
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks Gary
No worries Gary, I am not familiar with Iphones, did a google and you can get a image re-sizer from the Iphone AppStore. It’s not so much the actual pic size but the large border area that required cropping back. On my phone I use Google Photos which allows cropping, enhancing etc. etc. also synced to PC, also unlimited free cloud back up.
Cheers
Oily
Thanks to Ray Smyth, Lawrence Dunbar, DEANB and Buzzer for the pics
Oily
JL 4024 (1936) Vulcan 3RF . Soames Brewery . Spalding courtesy of Dave Fawcett.
The first Ergo cabbed AEC I saw was a short wheelbase brand new Green tipper similar to the one above when on a trip with my Father. I thought it looked great and I’ve always remembered it little knowing when I left school I would be working on the Ergo cabbed and previous cabbed types at a local AEC Dealership as an apprentice, still have a soft spot for the Ergo’s. Franky.
Yep, I reckon (as I’ve said before a few hundred times) they were one of the most comfy motors I’ve driven. They certainly were “ergonomic” with everything in reach, good visibility and had a good turn of speed at well over 70.
ramone:
A Leyland RAF my grandad drove and my dad mated on , what was the difference between the RAF and the Beaver anyone ? Hope it`s ok to post on here Oily
Nice one ramone , hadn’t heard of a Leyland RAF, so did a bit o digging and there were over 5500 produced by Leyland during WW1, after the war Leyland bought back surplus, reconditioned them and sold them back into civvy life. They were shod with solid rubber, your grandad’s is on pneumatics, so probably a later model.
Oily
Thanks to ramone, DEANB and coomsey for the pics .
Oily
A beauty snapped this month on M27, thanks to Eddie(eastleighbusman).
