240 Gardner:
DEANB:
Bowker Foden
Wow, that’s brilliant!! It was one of three Fodens bought in the 1970s, when Atkis were in short supply. One had a 250 ■■■■■■■ and the others were 220s
There was one memorable Saturday morning in the office, when the fleet engineer held forth at some considerable length with his memories of their shortcomings, many and varied, and all three were sold off within a year because they were so disastrous
Glad you liked that one “240 gardner” 
240 Gardner:
DEANB:
All these Atkis ,“240 Gardner” will be along in a minute ! 
Just catching up…
Not only the Atkis, but just the nostalgia, and reminders of names I used to deal with or see, such as Free Foresters. If I remember rightly, they were one of the hauliers at the Ribena factory (Royal Forest Factory, it was called) at Coleford
I know what you mean ,it certainly does bring back memories of the old trucks and companies and its
surprising how many you had totally forgotten about !
ERF-NGC-European:
240 Gardner:
DEANB:
Bowker Foden
Wow, that’s brilliant!! It was one of three Fodens bought in the 1970s, when Atkis were in short supply. One had a 250 ■■■■■■■ and the others were 220s
There was one memorable Saturday morning in the office, when the fleet engineer held forth at some considerable length with his memories of their shortcomings, many and varied, and all three were sold off within a year because they were so disastrous
That picture caught my eye too! That one looks like a Haulmaster. Were they fitted with 12-sp Foden 'boxes or 9-sp Fuller do you remember? Robert
Thanks for your comments Robert !
240 Gardner:
ERF-NGC-European:
240 Gardner:
DEANB:
Bowker Foden
Wow, that’s brilliant!! It was one of three Fodens bought in the 1970s, when Atkis were in short supply. One had a 250 ■■■■■■■ and the others were 220s
There was one memorable Saturday morning in the office, when the fleet engineer held forth at some considerable length with his memories of their shortcomings, many and varied, and all three were sold off within a year because they were so disastrous
That picture caught my eye too! That one looks like a Haulmaster. Were they fitted with 12-sp Foden 'boxes or 9-sp Fuller do you remember? Robert
They were definitely Foden: I remember because that was a part of the rant! Something about the exhaust being routed under the 'box and frying it, also rings a bell
It pre-dates the Haulmaster by a few years,though - this will be an S80? It’s on an M-plate
Heres a haulmaster !
It pre-dates the Haulmaster by a few years,though - this will be an S80? It’s on an M-plate
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Definately an S80, it will have the Foden 8/9/12 speed 'box (call it want you want, they are all in there if you search around) and worm and wheel back end (possibly 4.8 ratio) with reduction hubs. Not sure what engine though, a front mounted exhaust so could be anything under that cab?
Pete.
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Thanks Pete for your comments and input ! 
gingerfold:
DEANB:
Todays pics.
Harold Wood ERF tanker, must have been a fair size company as we have had a fair few of his ?
Harold Wood…an absolute giant of tanker haulage, started as an owner driver in the early 1930s and built up to about 700 tankers by 1970 when he sold out to UTT I think it was, (but needs verifying). In its day Harold Wood was the largest privately owned tanker haulier in the country and was a massive AEC user, even owning AEC dealerships. They carried every type of bulk liquids you can name. A legend of tanker operations and innovation. The ERF dates from when the company had been sold by Harold Wood.
Thanks “gingerfold” i never knew that they were that large,700 tankers ! Would that have been the largest
privately owned truck company in the UK in the 1970s ■■? Were there any other independent companies
that anyone can think of that were bigger ?
Heres a nice one posted earlier in the thread.
smallcoal:
A few more pics blue line ,George bros Swansea,remploy ford wagon and drag
Again great pics John thanks for posting ! The ford removal truck has the usual battle scars with
trees on the n/s front of the luton. Aluminium bodies were the worst,you could soon put some nasty
scars/dents in them. Not sure if the picture of the remploy motor is deceiving but that
motor looks tall !
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The wagon and drag were all demounts ,moomooland is the best on remploy
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Thanks John for your comments !
Spud1960:
Bowker Foden
It pre-dates the Haulmaster by a few years,though - this will be an S80? It’s on an M-plate
Definitely an S80 we had three with 220 ■■■■■■■ 2 on M plates and 1on an L all fitted with Foden boxes
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Cheers “Spud1960” thanks for your input !
smallcoal:
This ford was well used by hauliers on the furniture another George bros cheers John
Thanks again John for the pics,never get tired of looking at the old Bedfords !
That is actually me in the Remploy wagon & drag picture above.
It was taken in 1978 at Remploy’s Springburn factory where i had loaded tubular office furniture back for Oldham.
Fame at last Paul ! Thanks for your input !
kenfig bill:
Hi DEAN …love that William Morgan Borderer ! …Great shot ,my father tells me …they hauled Pressed steel products from Llanelli down to Dover for forwarding to a British Leyland plant in Belgium …
Locally they hauled from the former "Tick Tock " plant Ingersol …Their was about 4 drivers at Talgarth …which was also a changeover point …cheers Geraint .
Thanks Geraint for your comments and input.
pv83:
Blimey Dean, already from a young age you really didn’t fancy seeing those mighty Crusaders eh
Keep taking the medication Patrick ! 
Punchy Dan:
. That’s the brian chilton as featured in Wales online ,got a transcontinental burnt out during the miners strike ?
Cheers “Punchy Dan” Certainly a tidy motor !
