fryske:
Hazelcroft Foden S39 on the Limestone Run at the weekend:
Thats a cracking motor Steve,a great pic.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
fryske:
Hazelcroft Foden S39 on the Limestone Run at the weekend:
Thats a cracking motor Steve,a great pic.
Cheers Dave.
Cheers Dave - we snapped it a few months ago - when it was nearly finished:
i meant to ask you steve , was ian driving it himself , i’ll ask him when i see him again if he needs instruction on the 12speed , and wait for the abuse .
rigsby:
i meant to ask you steve , was ian driving it himself , i’ll ask him when i see him again if he needs instruction on the 12speed , and wait for the abuse .
It went past at quite a speed but yes, I think it was him at the wheel!
Looks like him in this shot:
Any idea of who the Foden was new to?
That Foden has a Peterborough reg,maybe one of J and E Kenny’s old 'uns? Or was it G and J Ping who ran Fodens in that area as well?
Only a thought.
Chris Webb:
That Foden has a Peterborough reg,maybe one of J and E Kenny’s old 'uns? Or was it G and J Ping who ran Fodens in that area as well?
Only a thought.
Yes the person who wanted to know is from that area
A new one belonging to Sammy Longson of Chapel (photo belongs to colinfpickett from his flickr site)
Ran this fl7 for a few years,it was a tautliner when i bought it i then fitted a new flat body and ran beams out of tarmac topfloor at weston underwood
the truck is still on the road today with a powder tank fitted and runs salt/sand from the cheshire area, it can often be seen on the a50
Hiya moose…i see that Tembo beams /Richard Leese has changed names again to tarmac.
i did a few loads from there in the 70’s. their was a chap who had worked their a few years
his name is/was Pete Astbury he has a brother Ron they lived in Hulland years back, do you know
if they,re still about,Ron worked for Ken Harrison on a Merc he was known as Pipeman on the cb
i did years running out of Hulland products from the late 60,s untill 1980. and knew plenty of lads
from around that area’
Cheers John
as far as i know ron (pipeman) still drives a 6 wheeler flat for andy harrison, i think he still runs from bisons beam plant at swadlincote as well as other flat work now, i used to run out of richard lees (tarmac topfloor) on the same job with the fl7 above, the plant at weston underwood has been shut for some time now
it’s 7 years since i ran from richard lees every day though the plant has not been shut that long
moose
Dan Punchard:
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I’ve not seen it for ages now you mention it Dan.
Derbyshire Foden:
Dan Punchard:
0I’ve not seen it for ages now you mention it Dan.
i last saw it in longton ,didnt look like haulage as we know it more like a landscape job
Wouldn’t be surprised if he still runs it. He’s got a 8 wheeler FM ex Alf Sammans that runs out of Topley Pike.
TIPIT:
Can anyone tell me why R. Hansons (Wakefield) had tipper bodies that curved down slightly just before the tail board on their 60’s wagons? as I didn’t know of anyone else with this design.
As a kid in the 60’s I also remember seeing another coal firm around called “Mullan’s” or something like that, they had dark blue 8 wheeler’s, but where were they based? My dad was an o/d working out of the Buxton quarries back then, and said it was always best to give Hanson’s and Mullan’s wagons plenty of room if you met them coming along Woodhead or Long Hill because they hardly eased off for bends.
Can anyone also remember seeing 6 wheeler rigid tankers around in the 60’s in the Buxton area, the wagons where called NORDE’s and looked like jacked up Bedford TK’s with double headlights, but they were out long before KM’s were on the scene. They were specialy built in Darley Dale by a firm called North Derbyshire Engineering, and had Bedford cabs but 192 bhp ■■■■■■■ V6’s fitted, I think the tanker firm was called “Philmac” and were in Tarmac’s green livery.One of R. Hanson’s with the rear curved tipper body.
One of the NORDE’s (North Derbyshire Engineering.)
Sorry to bring the thread back to it’s original post, but I couldn’t find any explanation of the reduced side height of Hanson’s tippers. The one in the photo could have been the one I drove for some time, apart from the reg. number. My employer at the time purchased it from Hanson’s when it was about two years old. Goodness only know why they sold it just as the 150 Gardner was loosening up! It was a super lorry to drive, even if it was flat out at 42 mph.
So can anyone put to rest the mystery of the sloping body?
So can anyone put to rest the mystery of the sloping body?
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Hello R.O.F.
I always thought it was to assist sheeting ,as you will know that last final tug on a normal
high sided body resulted in a lot of torn sheets,or as a wet sheet dried out when travelling
the back moved up and down causing friction on the back corners and top hinge pins.
Probably still did but they tried.
Most drivers stopped and tied down again but many never bothered. 
Thats why I was always last back 
.Other than that not a clue. 
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Mike.
Thanks, Mike, you could be right. I thought at one time that it was to take half a ton off the rear axles but I guess we would have to ask an ex-Hanson’s chap for the official reason. Like you, I was always trying to find a way of preventing the rear of the sheet from flapping and found that a decent length of inner tube (remember them?!) tied to the end of the sheet ties helped quite a bit if you pulled them tight enough at the start of a journey.
Dan Punchard:
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I believe Chris Wagner has one of those Dan, never seen one myself though.
Pete.
