Chris Webb:
Two more photos of A E Evans AECs at Sheffield. POD Robinson photos.
That radiator ■■■■ looks like it was an expensive ‘optional extra’, us poor folk in West Yorkshire had to make do with a sheet of newspaper or a bit of cardboard. 
grumpy old man:
Chris Webb:
Two more photos of A E Evans AECs at Sheffield. POD Robinson photos.That radiator ■■■■ looks like it was an expensive ‘optional extra’, us poor folk in West Yorkshire had to make do with a sheet of newspaper or a bit of cardboard.
Aye,the poor folk of West Yorkshire.Tha means t’West Riding which Sheffield was in until 1974 boundary changes.Anyroad driver swapped a spot light for that radiator blind - plus 10 Park Drive.I’ll bet you used Financial Times on your rad. 
Hi Buzzer, the make of this one was sorted earlier this year, I can’t remember what it was 
might have a trawl back see if I can find it.
Oily
Thanks to Buzzer, DEANB, tyneside, Pyewacket947v, Chris Webb and jshepguis for the pics and the others for the craic .
Oily
1934 with Tillotson cab and Thompson tank.
Catwalk upgrade compared to the ones in Chris Webb’s posts.
Oily
Chris Webb:
Four more A E Evans’ Sheffield and Barking based wagons.
Near Peak Forest ? I’ll bet the farmer’s claim for his wall was in before the tow truck arrived . Them lot round there could teach a Yorkshireman a thing or two about being tight .
oiltreader:
Catwalk upgrade compared to the ones in Chris Webb’s posts.
Oily
Yes Oily,no safety hand rails in those days,not a lot of room on top either,and a lot of loading was done in the open where you were exposed to the elements - like this one at the BP North Sea Gas plant at Easington on Spurn Head East Yorks…………………photo taken in early 70s.
It took about 3/4 hour lo load 6000 gallons of gas condensate,out in all weathers and especially bad in winter with a wind howling off the North Sea accompanied by horizontal snow. 
Hi Chris etc there was not a lot of space on the catwalk of my ERF bulk annimal feed tanker especially when on my knees pushing the product into the top of the tank to achieve maximum capacity with cattle cake or poultry feeds, at least I was undercover while loading in the mill.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
Hi Chris etc there was not a lot of space on the catwalk of my ERF bulk annimal feed tanker especially when on my knees pushing the product into the top of the tank to achieve maximum capacity with cattle cake or poultry feeds, at least I was undercover while loading in the mill.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
That’s a nice looking 6 wheeled ERF Leyand 600,did it have 150 Gardner? Some of our newer tanks had a catwalk either side but the older ones just had the one.I remember Evans buying a 6 pot s/s tank to put on a chassis and it had a ladder at front and one at back. It was run like that for quite a long time until it were decided to remove the back one when trailer were on service.The driver automatically went for the now removed back one and slid down back of tank,his feet landing on the Hazchem board holders.He never even noticed ladder had gone.
Chris Webb:
oiltreader:
Catwalk upgrade compared to the ones in Chris Webb’s posts.
Oily
Yes Oily,no safety hand rails in those days,not a lot of room on top either,and a lot of loading was done in the open where you were exposed to the elements - like this one at the BP North Sea Gas plant at Easington on Spurn Head East Yorks…………………photo taken in early 70s.
It took about 3/4 hour lo load 6000 gallons of gas condensate,out in all weathers and especially bad in winter with a wind howling off the North Sea accompanied by horizontal snow.
Yeah, but loadser money eh Chris? Well known that tankermen lived high on the hog, while us poor ropers and sheeters tried vainly to unfreeze our fingers. 
rigsby:
Chris Webb:
Four more A E Evans’ Sheffield and Barking based wagons.Near Peak Forest ? I’ll bet the farmer’s claim for his wall was in before the tow truck arrived . Them lot round there could teach a Yorkshireman a thing or two about being tight .
WE are not tight…we are ‘thrifty’.
Chris Webb:
oiltreader:
Catwalk upgrade compared to the ones in Chris Webb’s posts.
Oily
Yes Oily,no safety hand rails in those days,not a lot of room on top either,and a lot of loading was done in the open where you were exposed to the elements - like this one at the BP North Sea Gas plant at Easington on Spurn Head East Yorks…………………photo taken in early 70s.
It took about 3/4 hour lo load 6000 gallons of gas condensate,out in all weathers and especially bad in winter with a wind howling off the North Sea accompanied by horizontal snow.
Picture the scene…AEC Mk3 with a 4000 gallon 5 pot spirit motor, in winter, on top on the narrow little cat walk, with a nice thin coating of ice or frost covering the tank…no grab rails.
Oh joy. 
Spardo:
Chris Webb:
oiltreader:
Catwalk upgrade compared to the ones in Chris Webb’s posts.
Oily
Yes Oily,no safety hand rails in those days,not a lot of room on top either,and a lot of loading was done in the open where you were exposed to the elements - like this one at the BP North Sea Gas plant at Easington on Spurn Head East Yorks…………………photo taken in early 70s.
It took about 3/4 hour lo load 6000 gallons of gas condensate,out in all weathers and especially bad in winter with a wind howling off the North Sea accompanied by horizontal snow.Yeah, but loadser money eh Chris? Well known that tankermen lived high on the hog, while us poor ropers and sheeters tried vainly to unfreeze our fingers.
It’s a damned lie, us poor tanker men could barely scrape a living wage together.
grumpy old man:
Yeah, but loadser money eh Chris? Well known that tankermen lived high on the hog, while us poor ropers and sheeters tried vainly to unfreeze our fingers.
It’s a damned lie, us poor tanker men could barely scrape a living wage together.
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Spardo:
grumpy old man:
Yeah, but loadser money eh Chris? Well known that tankermen lived high on the hog, while us poor ropers and sheeters tried vainly to unfreeze our fingers.It’s a damned lie, us poor tanker men could barely scrape a living wage together.
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I did me fair share of sheeting and roping before tanker work David.
Yes,money was better on tankers than steel and market work so that’s why nearly all Evans’ drivers stayed with the firm in spite of old tackle ; a few were attracted by better tackle but soon found out there was an increase in expected hours worked and wanted to come back.It helped that A E Evans was a Barking based company so night out money was better than general haulage rate in Sheffield. But like GOM says it were a hard life on tankers,not as easy as it seemed……………honest.
I got into fuel tanker driving about 1987 in western canada then bottom loading was just coming in so I started on top loading. It was rough particularly in the minus 30 C type weathers we get here never been colder in my life. Off loading was nt fun either about an hour and a quarter to unload …and you had to stand outside to pump off a 50000 litre load of diesel . Gas stations were generally gravity fill and because several lines could be used together much quicker too.
Somewhere near Newhaven on the A515 Ashbourne-Buxton road in the winter of 1969.
No idea why the Atki is on the wrong side of the road and approaching me.
Maybe the Bedford KM had expired.
Most of the telephone wires came down encased in frozen fog.
pyewacket947v:
Somewhere near Newhaven on the A515 Ashbourne-Buxton road in the winter of 1969.
No idea why the Atki is on the wrong side of the road and approaching me.
Maybe the Bedford KM had expired.
Most of the telephone wires came down encased in frozen fog.
I wonder if the Atki driver is helping the guy in the ditch…