rapidgem:
rapidgem:
Suedehead:
On the subject of mixers.Years ago, some firms ran half cab Fodens with mixer bodies . . what was the advantage of using a half cab ?
Hi Suedehead, the half-cab configuration was used mainly for quarry dump trucks where there was no real need for a passenger compartment and it also gave fitters easier access to the engine before tilt cabs were introduced. As you say, they were also used in other applications for concrete mixers, also for tippers and tractor units on general haulage (as mentioned in Welshphil’s posting above), where the half-cab was a cheaper option to the full width cab, it also prevented passengers being carried.
Hi again Suedehead, Thanks to our mate Bubbs once more, here’s one from his Scrapbook Memories illustrating the half-cab concept:-
Did they do a sleeper cabbed version ? 
Regarding S50 half cabs Tilcon ran them on distance from Derbyshire to the Isle of Wight (there and back the same day) Truro, Scotland, London etc so they were not confined to local work! I posred a thread on them earlier this year.
Pete.
BonkeyDollocks:
No hiviz or hard hat brilliant
The Foden above was my Fathers, it operated out of Ellesmere Port, the picture above was taken when delivering to the house we built. This mixer also appears in a book called “super trucks”
I would like to know where it is now.
Hiya i did my bit in IICR 79 pioneer concrete between Hyde road and Aston road manchester…would that be miles st.■■?
3 trips a day from buxton … also did st helens from croxton gravel and widnes from croxton.in the early 70s for harrisons.
John
i’ve got a picture of that guy AUY 98M and although it’s in black and white i think it looks as it is preserved on the rally scene!. yep just checked and you can see the exhibitors badge in the windscreen.
The Guy Big J6 was brought new from Lex Halesowen by my father ,the biggest mistake he ever made according to my mother , the diff went on the way back from Winget ,it hadn’t even done it a days work ,in fact it wasn’t even painted,once on the road the same problem happened again on the first load,I think he kept it for about 12 months then sold it to a chap at the Stoke plant and had an older guy big j( F reg I think )off him which was a much better motor,AUY98M was seen at a plant in Yorks a few years ago,and we saw it at the vintage show when it used to be at the truck stop on the A5 at Rugby.
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This is Pioneer Castleford before it went to Hanson
Pioneer Oxford plant was next to Readymix on Langford Lane Kidlington. They moved out and Topmix had it and it’s now mothballed. Pioneers plants at Brackley and Warwick were transferred to Smiths Concrete (part owned by Hanson) shortly after Hanson bought out Pioneer. Brackley’s currently mothballed but Warwick plant still operates under the shadow of Bubbenhall and Stratford plants. Bartletts run materials into there as far as I know although R Adams send their 8wheelers into there aswell apparently.
Does anyone remember Brian Finch? He was an od for Pioneer based out Worcester way and then worked for Smiths until retirement.
A sad end for this old pioneer mixer!!
Them Leyland Bisons always a problem with rust,looks like that ones abit advanced :
garth67:
Them Leyland Bisons always a problem with rust,looks like that ones abit advanced :
Rust in a Leyland ? how dare you! Its a mild case of tin worm
Trev_H:
garth67:
Them Leyland Bisons always a problem with rust,looks like that ones abit advanced :
Rust in a Leyland ? how dare you! Its a mild case of tin worm
Get the Big Js on “Trev”!!! Dennis.
Trev_H:
Dennis, today I’ve viewed some fine big j’s and I’ve viewed some fine 240 xlb’s but alas not in the same trucks.
Tell it like it is Trev!!!Cheers Dennis.
Pioneer ran a few Dodges in Hong Kong in the 80s…they’re probably still running them.
