pete smith:
Paul/Robert,
Thank you for the information on B V T and the Dennisons, that workshop looks the business, very tidy.
Keith,
When I saw the pic of B V T Dennison I was thinking that they used to pull trailers liveried up with the Wagon Wheels logo!
Chris,
Thanks for the right name for the dragline, it must be this sun affecting what is left of my brain!
Off to Blackburn in an hour then on to our depot in Keighley for 2 days, just made it over the border for the night eh?!
Cheer’s Pete
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Thank you for that Paul, Pete
No problem Pete. Last un to give folk an idea of the size of them. I’m the looker on the ground with black t shirt on cheers Paul
Hi Paul,
I saw Sundew when I was about 10 or 11 years old and was invited to be shown round the Ace of Spades at Stobswood a few years ago but I got the dates mixed up and went a day early, bit of a pi$$er as I live in Wolverhampton!!
Carefoot’s ran about ten of these Leyland (Scammell) Constructor’s which were all powered by Rolls Royce 265 engines.
Walter Carefoot was Jim Riding’s brother in law their yard is next to what was W & J Riding’s depot in Longridge Lancashire which,
at present, is being transformed into a new Aldi store and housing development.
Hi Chris G,
I only encountered these type of Iveco’s as hired vehicles, 190.30 and a 190.36, they seemed to go ok but the cabs were rusty and the trim inside very tacky, brown with orange stripes I think, I preferred my Roadtrain!! Pete
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Absolutely spot on, Pete.
I once spent a full day in it, and the driving position was quite cramped considering the size of the cab - the driver seemed to be squeezed into one corner with not much clearance between the steering wheel and the screen pillar, as I recall, whilst the gearchange was decidedly rubbery
J Canning Transport Limited were indeed from Tomlinson Road, Leyland, and ran a respectable fleet with ICI as the principal customer.
The business was sold, and subsequently failed, being reborn briefly as Canning Distribution Limited.
This 401 was one of a batch of 4 (C431-4 KHG) which subsequently made the short local hop to join Charles Mayor Limited of Bamber Bridge, after Canning finished
J Canning of Leyland also traded under the name of Elizabethan Tankers for the bulk powder side of their business.
The Seddon Atkinson 401 tractor unit Reg No C434 KHG, in the picture above, was new to Canning’s in March 1986.
Thanks to Chris and Paul for the information on Cannings,
Cheer’s Paul for the Carefoot history and info,
Dan, I knew you would clock the Meeks Daf!
Cheer’s Pete
Peter Gilder always run top quality smart trucks. You are right about that Turbostar being in a truck
article as well Pete,i have it somewhere. Always remember Cadwalladers mainly operating Volvo’s
dont know how many ERF’s they had ■■
Reply to Pete Smith, re’ the last picture, of the F16.
It is one of 2 f16’s that a chap called Lawrence, trading as Knight Errant, bought from Peter King/Peterlea Trucking.
They were less than 2 years old when he bought them, the one in the picture being in the original factory white with added silver stripes, the other being in Peterlea’s familiar blue/silver colour scheme. They were both on contract to GB Spedition doing groupage to the UK from mainly the Munich area.
I had the pleasure of maintaining both trucks for many years.
Here’s C432 AHW when it was a Seddon Atkinson demonstrator before joining the Torridge fleet.
Regarding Torridge i have been looking for ages for a picture of Seddon Atkinson Reg No TUN IIIT in Torridge livery with out success.
Ridings bought it off them in 1981 and ran it for six years after which time it was sold on to John Killingbeck.
Chris Webb:
I used to see H C Davis’ wagons when I were on neets at MFS.We did Leicester and Corby and H C Davis artics were regulars ont road between Market Harborough and Corby,usually with loads like the one in the photo,tubes out of the old Stewart and Lloyd mill.
Morning Chris,
I think H C Davies controlled a lot of the loads out of Corby, must have devastated that town when the works alone closed not taking into account the Iron ore quarries etc, Cheer’s Pete
he still does nearly all the steel work out of corby as far as i know ,i drove for him from about 1982 to 88 and i was his transport manager from about 1988 to 1991 ,they still roll tube there , and more money is thrown at corby than i like to think of, they have a dedicated rail line from kettering to corby,a crackin dual carriageway to get there , and the town centre is being rebuilt .
noahs ark was the first c series with the L10 engine he had , i had b105mju which came in the next lot, they all had l10 250’s apart from b723lju which had an l10 290
pete smith:
Paul,
Thanks for the info on those Iveco’s, never a motor I cared for but they look the part in Ridings livery, Pete
For various reasons, we had one at W. H. Bowker in the early 90s, and none of the drivers there cared for it either - they referred to it as “The Skoda”, and no-one wanted it when there were FL10s available.
It went at 5 years old, with serious structural corrosion in the cab
Hi Chris G,
I only encountered these type of Iveco’s as hired vehicles, 190.30 and a 190.36, they seemed to go ok but the cabs were rusty and the trim inside very tacky, brown with orange stripes I think, I preferred my Roadtrain!! Pete
We had a fleet of them the 360s pulled very well but they fell apart
Chris Webb:
I used to see H C Davis’ wagons when I were on neets at MFS.We did Leicester and Corby and H C Davis artics were regulars ont road between Market Harborough and Corby,usually with loads like the one in the photo,tubes out of the old Stewart and Lloyd mill.
Morning Chris,
I think H C Davies controlled a lot of the loads out of Corby, must have devastated that town when the works alone closed not taking into account the Iron ore quarries etc, Cheer’s Pete
he still does nearly all the steel work out of corby as far as i know ,i drove for him from about 1982 to 88 and i was his transport manager from about 1988 to 1991 ,they still roll tube there , and more money is thrown at corby than i like to think of, they have a dedicated rail line from kettering to corby,a crackin dual carriageway to get there , and the town centre is being rebuilt .
noahs ark was the first c series with the L10 engine he had , i had b105mju which came in the next lot, they all had l10 250’s apart from b723lju which had an l10 290
Hi tony.
There was a haulier from Peterborough area in BSC Corby who did a lot of the steel out of there and also a tanker firm from Orton Longueville that ran out of the by products plant to BSC Chemicals at Orgreave Sheffield. Where does the steel for rolling come from? South Wales? It would be a shame for all the lot to close,I always liked going there to load,you could load the crude benzene on days and afters shift which was handy ………….saying no more.
