The trailer behind the FL10 is a cut down tilt, a few firms used them for carrying bagged aggregates, which were hard to rope on a flat as the ropes cut through the bags or the stuff inside settled and the ropes came loose, corner boards were the solution, but then lorry drivers became truckers and they used cut down tilts or curtain sliders and gravity for load securement.
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newmercman:
The trailer behind the FL10 is a cut down tilt, a few firms used them for carrying bagged aggregates, which were hard to rope on a flat as the ropes cut through the bags or the stuff inside settled and the ropes came loose, corner boards were the solution, but then lorry drivers became truckers and they used cut down tilts or curtain sliders and gravity for load securement.Hi newmercman, interesting, makes a lot of sence as tilts were on there way out anyway.
Funny story about cut down tilts : Hendy Truck, Southampton did this for there test trailer huge concrete blocks made especially to fit with heavy duty lifting eyes as they neaded to take them out.
Special sheet made with company name and the job of fitting it given to a very keen young apprentice.
The sheet would not go over the trailer because of the big lifting eyes on the blocks ( not tken into account when messuring ), yep !! you are there allready, the lad got the hot torch and burned them all off, sheet fitted perfectly.
HRS:
newmercman:
The trailer behind the FL10 is a cut down tilt, a few firms used them for carrying bagged aggregates, which were hard to rope on a flat as the ropes cut through the bags or the stuff inside settled and the ropes came loose, corner boards were the solution, but then lorry drivers became truckers and they used cut down tilts or curtain sliders and gravity for load securement.Hi newmercman, interesting, makes a lot of sence as tilts were on there way out anyway.
Funny story about cut down tilts : Hendy Truck, Southampton did this for there test trailer huge concrete blocks made especially to fit with heavy duty lifting eyes as they neaded to take them out.
Special sheet made with company name and the job of fitting it given to a very keen young apprentice.
The sheet would not go over the trailer because of the big lifting eyes on the blocks ( not tken into account when messuring ), yep !! you are there allready, the lad got the hot torch and burned them all off, sheet fitted perfectly.
Stripped down 40’ tilts made good PSKs (platform-skellies) - used many of them back in the day 
. Robert
Chris Webb:
Morning Pete.
I have never seen a trailer sectioned like the Bailey’s one.Was it for carrying those pebbles from the south coast to the Potteries - can’t remember the correct term for them? I remember A and H Davey from Stoke coming out of the Smoke int 60s carrying them when I was on nights.
And I think you are right about the 111 and 88 being Cartwrights from Lincoln.
These used to take palletised goods down to Devon and Cornwall and fetch loose clay back to the Potteries. Drop the sides down and the loading shovel would push the clay of the side of the trailer. A mate of mine’s Dad worked for Bailey’s for years.
Top photo of the Silver Iveco is Baudoin Mortier , they brought us at Cert Hennessy Brandy , This would have been in the Mid 80,s and the full load was on Slip Mat not Pallets . Drivers great set of Lads always brought Beer for us to buy , They Came from around the Cognac area of France
Some great pics Pete. I particularly like the Burgoynes Dodge,heres a few more.
That Avialink Scania used to ship out of Poole for Gibraltar.
I was speaking to a driver last week on Hardings and they have cut back and only run about 12 artics now.
It was the first time i had seen one of there motors for ages and i thought they had packed in.
Cracking pics Pete 
Great to see pics of firms long forgotten
the foden with the tilt on maybe belonged to whelan plant Birmingham and if so would have usually been used on low loader work , hence the double drive , ?
Buzzer:
Pete the Dutch outfit I think was Visbeen, cheers Buzzer.
Thank you for that John, Pete
Chris Webb:
HRS:
newmercman:
The trailer behind the FL10 is a cut down tilt, a few firms used them for carrying bagged aggregates, which were hard to rope on a flat as the ropes cut through the bags or the stuff inside settled and the ropes came loose, corner boards were the solution, but then lorry drivers became truckers and they used cut down tilts or curtain sliders and gravity for load securement.Hi newmercman, interesting, makes a lot of sence as tilts were on there way out anyway.
Funny story about cut down tilts : Hendy Truck, Southampton did this for there test trailer huge concrete blocks made especially to fit with heavy duty lifting eyes as they neaded to take them out.
Special sheet made with company name and the job of fitting it given to a very keen young apprentice.
The sheet would not go over the trailer because of the big lifting eyes on the blocks ( not tken into account when messuring ), yep !! you are there allready, the lad got the hot torch and burned them all off, sheet fitted perfectly.
I bet you had a “verbal thrashing” for that Harvey! Cheer’s for the info as well Marc, Pete
andrewv8:
Chris Webb:
Morning Pete.
I have never seen a trailer sectioned like the Bailey’s one.Was it for carrying those pebbles from the south coast to the Potteries - can’t remember the correct term for them? I remember A and H Davey from Stoke coming out of the Smoke int 60s carrying them when I was on nights.
And I think you are right about the 111 and 88 being Cartwrights from Lincoln.These used to take palletised goods down to Devon and Cornwall and fetch loose clay back to the Potteries. Drop the sides down and the loading shovel would push the clay of the side of the trailer. A mate of mine’s Dad worked for Bailey’s for years.
Thank you for the info on Bailey/s Andrew V8, appreciated, Pete
Boatchaser:
Top photo of the Silver Iveco is Baudoin Mortier , they brought us at Cert Hennessy Brandy , This would have been in the Mid 80,s and the full load was on Slip Mat not Pallets . Drivers great set of Lads always brought Beer for us to buy , They Came from around the Cognac area of France
Hi Boatchaser,
Thank you for the info on the Iveco, those slip mats were a pain, a company I worked for tried them for sacks of animal feed, the ends kept ripping off when trying to unload them and we had to use pallets to stack the product in the warehouse, lasted 2 weeks and went back to pallets! Cheer’s Pete
DEANB:
Some great pics Pete. I particularly like the Burgoynes Dodge,heres a few more.0
That Avialink Scania used to ship out of Poole for Gibraltar.
I was speaking to a driver last week on Hardings and they have cut back and only run about 12 artics now.
It was the first time i had seen one of there motors for ages and i thought they had packed in.
Morning Dean,
You must be a sadist to like those Spanish Dodges
Hardings motors were always well turned out and thanks for the info on Avialink, Cheer’s Pete
gunnerheskey:
Cracking pics Pete
Great to see pics of firms long forgotten
Morning Glen,
The photo’s belong to Roger who took them in the 1980’s, I will pass your thanks onto him, Cheer’s Pete
moomooland:
1On September the 9th 2010 the Cheshire firm of Autocarriers, which traded as MCD (Mainland Car Deliveries} entered administration.
It was the second time MCD had entered administration in less than a year as in the previous November MCD had been sold by administrator BDO in a pre-pack administration deal to Autocarriers its sister company.
At the time MCD had an O-licence for 150 vehicles along with 150 trailers.
On the 1st of October 2010 Northampton-based car transporter Autologic acquired a large proportion of the business for £500,000.
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Morning Paul,
Thank you for the info on MCD, that is an early example of a Cruiser being on a W, looks like a Locomotors sleeper cab conversion, Cheer’s Pete
chipliner:
the foden with the tilt on maybe belonged to whelan plant Birmingham and if so would have usually been used on low loader work , hence the double drive , ?
Thanks for the info Chipliner, Pete
