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.All Seasons Volvo which is owned by N.D.Young.All Seasons used to run DAF 2800’s when i was a kid
from Blandford.I dont remember them running F88’s but they obviously did. Pics below the Volvo.5
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I’m obviously older than you Dean
I can remember the F88’s of All Seasons and the F10’s that followed. The DAF’s followed those… Based in Basingstoke if I remember right…
Great pics again Dean and Paul, Thank you
Hi dean the raymonds man looks like Clive (wolf man) I will forward to my mate Nick he will know ,also the merc tanker is the water board cheers John
All Seasons Volvo which is owned by N.D.Young.All Seasons used to run DAF 2800’s when i was a kid
from Blandford.I dont remember them running F88’s but they obviously did. Pics below the Volvo.
I’m obviously older than you Dean I can remember the F88’s of All Seasons and the F10’s that followed. The DAF’s followed those… Based in Basingstoke if I remember right…
Very good customer of Princes Commercials ( Volvo ) Southampton, dealt with Blandford depot. Harvey
Punchy Dan:
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The Volvo car transporter Iam thinking Glevum from Swindon although I can’t help thinking the name Lindsey too ,one of them used to carry scrap for coopers metals .Correct on both counts Dan
Glevum Transport and M.D Lindsay were one and the same. Not sure which one morphed into the other but I recall Glevum carrying scrap and Lindsay doing car transporters, both with tidy and smart FL10’s. Not sure if they’re still going but there is one of there FL’s on the show scene I think…
Cheers m8 I new it was something like
Thanks for your comments “Punchy Dan” and “Piston broke” 
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DEANB:
Johnson & Boles MAN from Swindon.Prior to the F-series MAN’s, J&B used to run Merc 1628’s and 1625’s at 38 tonnes. They used to be known locally as Just A Bout Transport because they would Just A Bout get up the hills
As already said, they buy and sell MAN’s now and have quite a tidy fleet
Sounds painful 1625 at 38 tonnes !
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All Seasons Volvo which is owned by N.D.Young.All Seasons used to run DAF 2800’s when i was a kid
from Blandford.I dont remember them running F88’s but they obviously did. Pics below the Volvo.I’m obviously older than you Dean
Great pics again Dean and Paul, Thank youI reckon those F88,F10s were based at Basingstoke chap as i can only ever remember Blandford running the
2800’s then i think the roadtrains. The 2800 came out i think in 1974 so the same time as the f88s and i used
to see All Seasons trucks all the time as they were on the same work as my grandads trucks. Oh and yes i
reckon you are a bit older than me chap !Buzzer:
Just one of an F89 but going back a bit, cheers Buzzer.Where did you find that one Buzzer ■■
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Hi dean the raymonds man looks like Clive (wolf man) I will forward to my mate Nick he will know ,also the merc tanker is the water board cheers JohnThe nicknames you Welsh fellas have crack me up.
HRS:
All Seasons Volvo which is owned by N.D.Young.All Seasons used to run DAF 2800’s when i was a kid
from Blandford.I dont remember them running F88’s but they obviously did. Pics below the Volvo.
I’m obviously older than you DeanVery good customer of Princes Commercials ( Volvo ) Southampton, dealt with Blandford depot. Harvey
Well Harvey thats just put a spanner in the works to my comment above ! 
Out of intrest were Blandford
the main branch that ordered the trucks and would the Volvos have gone to Basingstoke ■■
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All Seasons Volvo which is owned by N.D.Young.All Seasons used to run DAF 2800’s when i was a kid
from Blandford.I dont remember them running F88’s but they obviously did. Pics below the Volvo.I’m obviously older than you Dean
Great pics again Dean and Paul, Thank youI reckon those F88,F10s were based at Basingstoke chap as i can only ever remember Blandford running the
2800’s then i think the roadtrains. The 2800 came out i think in 1974 so the same time as the f88s and i used
to see All Seasons trucks all the time as they were on the same work as my grandads trucks. Oh and yes i
reckon you are a bit older than me chap !HRS:
All Seasons Volvo which is owned by N.D.Young.All Seasons used to run DAF 2800’s when i was a kid
from Blandford.I dont remember them running F88’s but they obviously did. Pics below the Volvo.
I’m obviously older than you DeanVery good customer of Princes Commercials ( Volvo ) Southampton, dealt with Blandford depot. Harvey
Well Harvey thats just put a spanner in the works to my comment above !
the main branch that ordered the trucks and would the Volvos have gone to Basingstoke ■■
Perhaps we’re both having a brain ■■■■, Dean
I definitely remember the Dafs coming after the Volvo’s. Looking at the pic of the Dafs, they are all early to mid '80’s registered whereas all the F10’s were mid to late seventies, obviously following the 88’s…
Perhaps Harvey upset them, that’s why they went for the Daf’s? 
My brain ■■■■ could be the Basingstoke thing… Looking at the photo’s,the lorries all say Blandford on the door, even the 88. There is a Basingstoke connection somewhere though, I’m sure - head office maybe?
Who was your Grandad Dean? Seventies and eighties was my era for the bulk grain and farm deliveries/collections. Had some really great times and met some really great blokes too 
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Perhaps we’re both having a brain ■■■■, DeanI definitely remember the Dafs coming after the Volvo’s. Looking at the pic of the Dafs, they are all early to mid '80’s registered whereas all the F10’s were mid to late seventies, obviously following the 88’s…
Perhaps Harvey upset them, that’s why they went for the Daf’s?
My brain ■■■■ could be the Basingstoke thing… Looking at the photo’s,the lorries all say Blandford on the door, even the 88. There is a Basingstoke connection somewhere though, I’m sure - head office maybe?
Who was your Grandad Dean? Seventies and eighties was my era for the bulk grain and farm deliveries/collections. Had some really great times and met some really great blokes too
Well chap i was in and out of All Seasons place at Blandford through the 70’s and i can never ever recall seeing
a Volvo of any sort in there colours ,i reckon they had to be based at Basingstoke. The only trucks that i can
remember were definately the 2800s and we use to run with them alot. Now if there were Volvos based at
Blandford i cant believe i would have never seen one as the odds would be off the scale…something odd here ! The other company that run alot of 2800s on the grain were Ings just outside of Fordingbridge.(red trucks)
My grandads company was G.Marks Transport from Wimborne,Green and cream. The yard was next to the Green
Man pub. Who did you drive for ■■
We have had some nice old Foden S80/83’s on here.
Morning dean ,everybody had nicknames Clive (wolfman) Nick (pavorroti) doctor Tom,taff,Jimmy the rat,Charley the fox ,crazy horse ,dai dipstick ,Billy’ wingnut ,the list is endless all shunters and drivers had names cheers John
ERF-NGC-European:
Just for my peculiar records (which many actually find useful on here!): can anyone remember driving one of these DAF 2800 DKS units with a 9-speed Fuller (rather than the more common 13-speed one)? I know the slightly later DKSE was fitted with a 9-sp Fuller in RHD form (I drove one so that’s secure!), but I can’t find evidence that the earlier DKS was fitted with a Fuller RT(0)9509(a) box or not - I have a strong suspicion that it was available to UK operators. Your help would be much appreciated! Thank you. Robert
Well, for those who are interested, I may be able to answer my own question as I’ve just found this clipping from either TRUCK or T&D in my files. It states that the DKS model was offered with 9-sp Fuller for some time. Here is the clipping with a zoomed in version for the hard of hearing. robert
Poole Transport Services F88
John Weaver ERF from Poole.
Midlands BRS Seddon Atkinson.
Anyone recognise the Fiat.
Cant make the name out on the ERF ■■?
Commer. Think this was taken on the Isle of Man ■■
Calor ERF
Think we have had a pic of this ERF before,but havent a clue who owned it !
P.Murtagh Bedford.
RHM ERF
Seen this in a yard in Gloucester a few years ago no interior in the cab a owner driver bought it to do up the engine was sound on it rward was going to buy it but the bloke wouldn’t sell ,it’s gone now but don’t know where
Nice looking Foden in Poole.
Antells Atkinson.
CMA ERF at The Dorset Steam Fair.
Atkinson at the steam fair.
Hills fun fair Scammell Routeman.
Stokes Bros ERF
Foden.
AEC
Think its a Atkinson ?
Commer.
I remember seeing one of those JPR units in the late Noel Minchew’s yard in Tewkesbury, it was still in their colours, it was a Renault.
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ERF-NGC-European:
Just for my peculiar records (which many actually find useful on here!): can anyone remember driving one of these DAF 2800 DKS units with a 9-speed Fuller (rather than the more common 13-speed one)? I know the slightly later DKSE was fitted with a 9-sp Fuller in RHD form (I drove one so that’s secure!), but I can’t find evidence that the earlier DKS was fitted with a Fuller RT(0)9509(a) box or not - I have a strong suspicion that it was available to UK operators. Your help would be much appreciated! Thank you. Robert2
Well, for those who are interested, I may be able to answer my own question as I’ve just found this clipping from either TRUCK or T&D in my files. It states that the DKS model was offered with 9-sp Fuller for some time. Here is the clipping with a zoomed in version for the hard of hearing. robert
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I drove one of the Fuller9 versions for about a year before I left the owner’s employ for a job with better pay AND a brand new DKSE.
Two massive clangers with the earlier one- firstly, the boss had Rothdean mount a Granning tag axle under it, making the loaded ride absolutely atrocious. The second was my fault- I couldn’t understand why Daf had specified the Fuller 'box without an inertia brake: Upward changes were of the “roll a ■■■ in neutral, light it and take three drags before engaging the next gear” type! The years went by and I found out, through TNUK that there was indeed an inertia brake fitted- it had never been adjusted since new!