PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[steam]

DEANB:
Looks like an Iveco but also badged Magirus Deutz for a while. Its in the dreaded white so no idea who operated it,but looks like
it carried hazardous cargo.

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Looks like one of Chris Dare’s motors who used to operate around 5 motors from memory and used to park where the Haskins garden
centre is at Hampreston near Ferndown.Seen here with a container that he is returning to Poole docks for shipment back to France.

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J.Pike Leyland Constructor with a 265bhp Rolls Royce engine seen here heading between Bournemouth and Poole. They were based
locally but not sure where there yard was ?

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E.G.Hoare Leyland roll on roll off from Ferndown. Looks like the old girl has a few battle scars.

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No idea where the Freddie Booy Mercedes was based ■■

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Anyone recognise the reg on the Volvo F10 bulker ■■

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I think it says Taylors on the door of this LHD Volvo F10 seen here in Poole,and being a left ■■■■■■ its possible he has just come
off the ferry. Anyone recognise it ■■

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Not sure where L.Woodward & Sons were based ■■ Tidy ERF B 8 wheeler which i imagine Mark caught on the M6
when he was working at Fodens.
Not sure if thats some sort of fridge unit on the front of the body ■■

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Tidy Scammell S26 heavy duty unit with low loader seen here near Crawley on the A23. Anyone know where they were based ■■

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Anyone recognise this Leyland Bison tipper heading towards Poole ■■ Possibly one of Eaton’s or Dennis Fall from Ferndown ■■

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Hi Dean, I drove the DAF VRU 655X for Chris Dare back in 1987, at that time he had 4 DAF and 1 Renault tractor unit. His yard was down the end of Pompeys Lane which was just up on the left past the double roundabouts at the end of Longham lane. we used to drop trailers in the layby near the Angel pub or on the waste land before Haskins was built to go into yard with units to fill up with diesel etc…

[steam]

DEANB:
Looks like an Iveco but also badged Magirus Deutz for a while. Its in the dreaded white so no idea who operated it,but looks like
it carried hazardous cargo.

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Looks like one of Chris Dare’s motors who used to operate around 5 motors from memory and used to park where the Haskins garden
centre is at Hampreston near Ferndown.Seen here with a container that he is returning to Poole docks for shipment back to France.

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J.Pike Leyland Constructor with a 265bhp Rolls Royce engine seen here heading between Bournemouth and Poole. They were based
locally but not sure where there yard was ?

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E.G.Hoare Leyland roll on roll off from Ferndown. Looks like the old girl has a few battle scars.

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No idea where the Freddie Booy Mercedes was based ■■

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Anyone recognise the reg on the Volvo F10 bulker ■■

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I think it says Taylors on the door of this LHD Volvo F10 seen here in Poole,and being a left ■■■■■■ its possible he has just come
off the ferry. Anyone recognise it ■■

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Not sure where L.Woodward & Sons were based ■■ Tidy ERF B 8 wheeler which i imagine Mark caught on the M6
when he was working at Fodens.
Not sure if thats some sort of fridge unit on the front of the body ■■

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Tidy Scammell S26 heavy duty unit with low loader seen here near Crawley on the A23. Anyone know where they were based ■■

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Anyone recognise this Leyland Bison tipper heading towards Poole ■■ Possibly one of Eaton’s or Dennis Fall from Ferndown ■■

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Hi Dean. Leyland Bison was one of Dennis Falls fleet. Definitely not one of FW Eatons.

[deanb]

jshepguis:
Looks to be the vehicle air filter housing Dean, as it stuck out a bit behind the cab on this unit look as if to maximise the size of the bodywork they have moved it.

Funny enough Paul Gee mentioned it to me and i never give it a thought when i posted the pic,but your right and here’s a pic
of one stuck out the back of the cab.

vwvanman0:
The taylors lhd volvo is from Aldridge west Midlands, there is a restored f12 in that livery that goes to the shows. There may be a thread on tn as i remember seeing some of their trucks somewhere.

Steve

Thanks for the info Steve,nice looking colour scheme. I assume they did the continent ?

Ray Smyth:
“DEANB”

Hi Dean, The ERF 8 wheeler of L.Woodward & Sons was from Congleton in Cheshire.

Hi Dean, The ERF 8 wheeler of L.Woodward & Sons was from Congleton in Cheshire. The " Tautliner "
curtainsided bodywork was from Boalloy Ltd, also from Congleton.

Cheers, Ray.

Thanks for the info Ray. Here is a Boalloy brochure.

Click on pages twice to read.

robthedog:
“DEANB”

J.Pike Leyland Constructor with a 265bhp Rolls Royce engine seen here heading between Bournemouth and Poole. They were based
locally but not sure where there yard was ?

J pike were from Salisbury

Thanks for confirming where they were from,they use to do alot of work around Poole etc as saw them alot.

steam:
“DEANB”

Looks like one of Chris Dare’s motors who used to operate around 5 motors from memory and used to park where the Haskins garden
centre is at Hampreston near Ferndown.Seen here with a container that he is returning to Poole docks for shipment back to France.

Hi Dean, I drove the DAF VRU 655X for Chris Dare back in 1987, at that time he had 4 DAF and 1 Renault tractor unit. His yard was down the end of Pompeys Lane which was just up on the left past the double roundabouts at the end of Longham lane. we used to drop trailers in the layby near the Angel pub or on the waste land before Haskins was built to go into yard with units to fill up with diesel etc…

Morning “Steam” Thanks for confirming the info and i thought he had about 5 motors. Remember seeing them on that wasteland like you say
although i never knew his yard was down Pompeys lane but can see why you dropped the trailers. Is Chris still about ?

What was the company called that operated the containers off Poole docks. Think they were called Container Link and a fella called Dave
run it from an office inside Truckline’s ferry terminal building. I may be wrong but i think Truckline owned it.

steam:
“DEANB”

Anyone recognise this Leyland Bison tipper heading towards Poole ■■ Possibly one of Eaton’s or Dennis Fall from Ferndown ■■

Hi Dean. Leyland Bison was one of Dennis Falls fleet. Definitely not one of FW Eatons.

Thanks for confirming “Steam”. Dennis run a fair few motors back then.

[deanb]

The 8 wheeler market has always had alot of competition.

Here’s a bit on the Guy BigJ8.

This must have been a pretty rare one with a sleeper cab,dont remember seeing many Guy 8 wheelers with a sleeper.

[deanb]

Guy BigJ6/8 brochure.

Click on pages twice to read.

[deanb]

Guy BigJ8 roadtest from 1972. (Click on pages twice to read)

[deanb]

Guy BigJ8 spec sheets. (click on pages twice to read)

In 1970 Guy announced the 56 ton Guy BigJ8 that was intended for operation with a draw-bar trailer. It was powered by a 350 bhp ■■■■■■■
engine and would have been a very quick motor if it had been operated as a standard 8 wheeler. It was shown at Earls Court in 1970 but
unfortunately there was not enough intrest and it never went into production.

[steam]

DEANB:

jshepguis:
Looks to be the vehicle air filter housing Dean, as it stuck out a bit behind the cab on this unit look as if to maximise the size of the bodywork they have moved it.

Funny enough Paul Gee mentioned it to me and i never give it a thought when i posted the pic,but your right and here’s a pic
of one stuck out the back of the cab.

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vwvanman0:
The taylors lhd volvo is from Aldridge west Midlands, there is a restored f12 in that livery that goes to the shows. There may be a thread on tn as i remember seeing some of their trucks somewhere.

Steve

Thanks for the info Steve,nice looking colour scheme. I assume they did the continent ?

Ray Smyth:
“DEANB”

Hi Dean, The ERF 8 wheeler of L.Woodward & Sons was from Congleton in Cheshire.

Hi Dean, The ERF 8 wheeler of L.Woodward & Sons was from Congleton in Cheshire. The " Tautliner "
curtainsided bodywork was from Boalloy Ltd, also from Congleton.

Cheers, Ray.

Thanks for the info Ray. Here is a Boalloy brochure.

Click on pages twice to read.

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robthedog:
“DEANB”

J.Pike Leyland Constructor with a 265bhp Rolls Royce engine seen here heading between Bournemouth and Poole. They were based
locally but not sure where there yard was ?

J pike were from Salisbury

Thanks for confirming where they were from,they use to do alot of work around Poole etc as saw them alot.

steam:
“DEANB”

Looks like one of Chris Dare’s motors who used to operate around 5 motors from memory and used to park where the Haskins garden
centre is at Hampreston near Ferndown.Seen here with a container that he is returning to Poole docks for shipment back to France.

Hi Dean, I drove the DAF VRU 655X for Chris Dare back in 1987, at that time he had 4 DAF and 1 Renault tractor unit. His yard was down the end of Pompeys Lane which was just up on the left past the double roundabouts at the end of Longham lane. we used to drop trailers in the layby near the Angel pub or on the waste land before Haskins was built to go into yard with units to fill up with diesel etc…

Morning “Steam” Thanks for confirming the info and i thought he had about 5 motors. Remember seeing them on that wasteland like you say
although i never knew his yard was down Pompeys lane but can see why you dropped the trailers. Is Chris still about ?

What was the company called that operated the containers off Poole docks. Think they were called Container Link and a fella called Dave
run it from an office inside Truckline’s ferry terminal building. I may be wrong but i think Truckline owned it.

steam:
“DEANB”

Anyone recognise this Leyland Bison tipper heading towards Poole ■■ Possibly one of Eaton’s or Dennis Fall from Ferndown ■■

Hi Dean. Leyland Bison was one of Dennis Falls fleet. Definitely not one of FW Eatons.

Thanks for confirming “Steam”. Dennis run a fair few motors back then.

Hi Dean. I drove for Chris in 1987/8/9 They were known as Truckline containers back then and then went to Container link after that and I think they used tautliners rather than containers on french registered trailers. There were two chaps in the office running it when I was hauling for them, Dave Winchester and Jeremy Ledger. As far as I know Chris is still about but lives up Yeovil way now, I havent seen him since the mid 90s. Cheers

[buzzer]

Need the full story Dean, must be from your patch, Buzzer

[dispatcher]

Buzzer:
Need the full story Dean, must be from your patch, Buzzer

Hi John
As far as I know Steve still has it (Ex Dunkerly’s )

[deanb]

steam:
“DEANB”

Morning “Steam” Thanks for confirming the info and i thought he had about 5 motors. Remember seeing them on that wasteland like you say
although i never knew his yard was down Pompeys lane but can see why you dropped the trailers. Is Chris still about ?

What was the company called that operated the containers off Poole docks. Think they were called Container Link and a fella called Dave
run it from an office inside Truckline’s ferry terminal building. I may be wrong but i think Truckline owned it.

Hi Dean. I drove for Chris in 1987/8/9 They were known as Truckline containers back then and then went to Container link after that and I think they used tautliners rather than containers on french registered trailers. There were two chaps in the office running it when I was hauling for them, Dave Winchester and Jeremy Ledger. As far as I know Chris is still about but lives up Yeovil way now, I havent seen him since the mid 90s. Cheers

Stroll on “steam” you have a good memory remembering those names. Dave Winchester and Jeremy Ledger what a blast from the past,both
niuce blokes to deal with and never had any problems with them. I thought it was something to do with Truckline originally but dont remember
the containers being advertised at all.

Buzzer:
Need the full story Dean, must be from your patch, Buzzer

I dont know Steve Cook personally but he lives about 5 miles from me and he is tucked away in the middle of nowhere. The really strange
thing is i have never seen one of his trucks that i can remember locally. I think he must travel very early to avoid traffic as the roads are
not very good and he has some long old trailers. The only time i have spoken to him was after passing him coming down Cherbourg hill and
he had a ERF with a 525 ■■■■■■■ and a Volvo FH16 both with heavy loads creeping down the hill. About an hour later he arrived in the
docks and i had a chat with him, and he’s a really nice bloke and was telling me they were over 100 ton each. Intrestingly i have been told
by other people that he has done some very well paid jobs and one involved using barges in Italy, that must have cost a fortune.

Heres another pic of that DAF which must be rare these days.

DISPATCHER:

Buzzer:
Need the full story Dean, must be from your patch, Buzzer

Hi John
As far as I know Steve still has it (Ex Dunkerly’s )

I think he still has it as well.

[dorset]

Hi Dean
I spoke to Dave Eaton the other day and he said Fred had acquired the Foden for a debt,I think he said it was owned by Wareham Ball Clay.
Apparently it had failed the mot on the handbrake and the handbrake was a transmission brake. They re-lined it and tried bedding the brakes in by driving with the handbrake on and ended up winding up the diffs. The diffs went back to Foden to be refurbished.
Fred went to get the Foden and towed it back to the yard,he contacted Foden and asked if he paid for the diffs could he have them to which they agreed,Daves seems to think it was around £500,they were fitted and it went back on the road after a lick of blue paint!

[troberts0]

Dorset:
Hi Dean
I spoke to Dave Eaton the other day and he said Fred had acquired the Foden for a debt,I think he said it was owned by Wareham Ball Clay.
Apparently it had failed the mot on the handbrake and the handbrake was a transmission brake. They re-lined it and tried bedding the brakes in by driving with the handbrake on and ended up winding up the diffs. The diffs went back to Foden to be refurbished.
Fred went to get the Foden and towed it back to the yard,he contacted Foden and asked if he paid for the diffs could he have them to which they agreed,Daves seems to think it was around £500,they were fitted and it went back on the road after a lick of blue paint!

The same Dave Eaton that worked as a mobile fitter doing work mainly for Hanson before buying Parkstone Removals■■?

[dorset]

troberts0:

Dorset:
Hi Dean
I spoke to Dave Eaton the other day and he said Fred had acquired the Foden for a debt,I think he said it was owned by Wareham Ball Clay.
Apparently it had failed the mot on the handbrake and the handbrake was a transmission brake. They re-lined it and tried bedding the brakes in by driving with the handbrake on and ended up winding up the diffs. The diffs went back to Foden to be refurbished.
Fred went to get the Foden and towed it back to the yard,he contacted Foden and asked if he paid for the diffs could he have them to which they agreed,Daves seems to think it was around £500,they were fitted and it went back on the road after a lick of blue paint!

The same Dave Eaton that worked as a mobile fitter doing work mainly for Hanson before buying Parkstone Removals■■?

Dave Eaton as in FW Eaton at Holton Heath

[windrush]

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Regarding Foden transmission handbrakes; we always relined them at test time and I carried a length of scaffold tube to get extra leverage on the handle. I had to take them for test with about 12 tonnes in the body and drive up the test ramp at test stations then swing my legs out of the door so the tester could see the footbrake wasn’t on as well. The ‘fun’ came when I had to release it again and I had to stand up in the cab to get a good pull on it!

Pete.

[deanb]

Dorset:
Hi Dean
I spoke to Dave Eaton the other day and he said Fred had acquired the Foden for a debt,I think he said it was owned by Wareham Ball Clay.
Apparently it had failed the mot on the handbrake and the handbrake was a transmission brake. They re-lined it and tried bedding the brakes in by driving with the handbrake on and ended up winding up the diffs. The diffs went back to Foden to be refurbished.
Fred went to get the Foden and towed it back to the yard,he contacted Foden and asked if he paid for the diffs could he have them to which they agreed,Daves seems to think it was around £500,they were fitted and it went back on the road after a lick of blue paint!

Morning Rob, Thats intresting,sounds like Wareham Ball Clay were having financial issues back then. I may be wrong but did English China Clays
take it over at one point ? I see its now operated by Imerys.

Used to go in there as a kid in my grandads trucks when loading boats on Poole docks.

Heres a clipping from 1976.

troberts0:

Dorset:
Hi Dean
I spoke to Dave Eaton the other day and he said Fred had acquired the Foden for a debt,I think he said it was owned by Wareham Ball Clay.
Apparently it had failed the mot on the handbrake and the handbrake was a transmission brake. They re-lined it and tried bedding the brakes in by driving with the handbrake on and ended up winding up the diffs. The diffs went back to Foden to be refurbished.
Fred went to get the Foden and towed it back to the yard,he contacted Foden and asked if he paid for the diffs could he have them to which they agreed,Daves seems to think it was around £500,they were fitted and it went back on the road after a lick of blue paint!

The same Dave Eaton that worked as a mobile fitter doing work mainly for Hanson before buying Parkstone Removals■■?

Parkstone Removals…

windrush:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Regarding Foden transmission handbrakes; we always relined them at test time and I carried a length of scaffold tube to get extra leverage on the handle. I had to take them for test with about 12 tonnes in the body and drive up the test ramp at test stations then swing my legs out of the door so the tester could see the footbrake wasn’t on as well. The ‘fun’ came when I had to release it again and I had to stand up in the cab to get a good pull on it!

Pete.

Thanks for the comment Pete,probably something in the Foden magazines about them,but not scanned.

[deanb]

Some odds and sods.

Click on pages twice to read.

Australia cattle haulage with a Leyland Buffalo. I wonder if there are any Buffalo’s that have survived ?

Al Richards Terbergs hauling some serious amount of coal a year at a quarry in Ravenstone near Coalville. (1986)

[deanb]

Tidy Leyland Constructor of Blue Circle Cement returning to base in Poole which was by the railway sidings near the main station.

F.J.Diment & Son Seddon Atkinson 401 from Bournemouth seen here departing Poole with a trailer he has collected off Poole docks.
Originally Diment were coal merchants but i suppose as the coal rounds diminished they diversified into road haulage.

Anyone recognise this Scammell Routeman seen here on Ringwood road,Poole.

Dave Corbin’s DAF that was used for pulling his traction engines around on and took over from an old F88. “Dorset” Was the DAF actually
used for pulling scrap as i dont ever remember seeing it with a bulker trailer on the road ?

Anyone recognise this Foden seen here on Ringwood road,Poole ■■

Anyone know where the Marshall E Wilson ERF was from ■■

Anyone recognise this DAF 1900 as cant make the name out on the door and also anyone confirm where the pic was taken,looks
like possibly London ■■

Not sure where the Euro-Fleet Volvo FL10 was based ■■ Seen here coming along the Wimborne bypass.

I cant remember Shell having a depot in or around Poole so assume this was from another area. Possibly Fawley/Southampton ■■

Moreys DAF from Ringwood,seen here leaving Poole. They were also the local DAF agent.

[jakey]

Dean ,the ERF in Marshall E wilson livery was run from Wheatley in Oxford,they had a small fleet which ran in contract for Chinnor Cement.

[suedehead]

DEANB:
Anyone recognise this DAF 1900 as cant make the name out on the door and also anyone confirm where the pic was taken,looks
like possibly London ■■

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Can remember seeing them around but dont recall the name of the owners. I think they hailed from the Dewsbury area