The Mammoth Majors were a nice bit of kit I think,a bit more character in those days when you carried more blankets on the engine cover than you had at home.
Norman Young has a Mandator in Taymix colours.
Dean,I really must learn how to use this forum properly and post some pictures instead of just comments and make a contribution!
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The Mammoth Majors were a nice bit of kit I think,a bit more character in those days when you carried more blankets on the engine cover than you had at home.
Norman Young has a Mandator in Taymix colours.
Dean,I really must learn how to use this forum properly and post some pictures instead of just comments and make a contribution!
You are right about the blankets on the engine cover,remember my grandads trucks having them.
You need to find a nipper as they are normally very good on computers and will show you how to post. Like everything its easy once you have
dont it a few times. Will send you a PM.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
They had a few warehouses around Poole and on the quay Buzzer. Heres one a good few years later.
Donโt let Bewick see the sheeting cheers Ray
Adge Cutler and the Wurzles were not a Dorset group they were originally a Somerset group thats why they sang about cider Adge was killed at Chepstow returning home from a gig at Wormlow in Herefordshire.
Oh dear. Looks like Taylor Woodrow guys are going to pull it out according to the billboard
Buzzer
Buzzer:
Hi Dean know anything on this outfit ? Buzzer
For some reason i dont remmeber these Buzzer which is a bit odd as i am sure they use to come through Poole. I wonder if they were
taken over by someone like Central Road Transport.
Been a bit busy with various things the last few years to have time to carry this thread on. But things have changed now so we will crack on
again.
Some pics from 2006.
BSW Harvesting Volvo Fl10 which i assume was taken in Craven Arms.
Someone may recognise the colour scheme or reg on this Volvo FH12 โ โ
Tidy Foden cement mixer of Chris C Hazel Haulage. No idea where they are based โ โ
Three Volvoโs in a line with a Biffa in the middle. Anyone recognise the front motor โ โ
Tidy Scania, looks like Payne & Sons from Brierley Hill on the door.
I reckon Paul Gee must have taken a good 200 pics of Owens trucks from Llanelli.
W.L.R. Gwilt ERF bulker. Had one of these on ages ago,very strange name. Cant remember where they were based โ โ
Anyone know who operated this Volvo FL10 car transporter โ โ
Says North Africa and Europe on the front of this ERF so possibly an ex Eric Vick motor ?
Smart Scania 113 of Dawsons of Wales. Not sure where they were based in Wales โ โ
Some odds and sods.
Click on pages twice to read.
An early Ailsa advert who first imported Volvo trucks featuring a G88.
Dyson trailer advert from 1964 featuring a Leyland Super Hippo.
East Kent Packers Leyland Super Comet from 1970.
When Bedford rules the world for exports back in 1964/5.
A Mammoth Major doing a bit in Australia in 1961.
Commer advert from 1967.