Saviem's fan club (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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As M.O.B, my job is almost done…Interviews both here in France, and in Sweden have gone well, some of the most beautiful and attractive girls have all been signed up, ready and willing. No need for any cross-dressers, or out of work ex continental lorry drivers disguised as women wanting to earn a shilling on the side……or the two sheep, they’re out as well….in fact, they’ve been eaten…with some of Saviems finest roasted Charlottes.

Drivers have been recruited ( read press-ganged ) Charlie, R.O.F, Harry (was retired, but now isn’t) Rigsby, late arrival, (nothing new there then) plus a few who wish to remain anonymous…no need for a shop steward or union representation as you’ll do as your told and get on with it…I have all the negatives of your past miss-demeanors, so no slacking or I’ll dob you all in, especially you Riggers, I’m watching you…hands off the merchandise….
Also noticed that Riggers is trying to change his job to “escorting” the young ladies on and off the coaches….sod off, you’re a driver like the rest of ‘em…

Kevmac is doing a sterling job in his roll as chief buyer of motor vehicles, most excellent work, I see promotion coming your way.
However, Bewick, I must say a trifle disappointed with the two candidates offered, the bloke in the white suit with medals, and C.F really should have no part in the cabinet, they both look like……gits.
Dennis I feel must concentrate on the re-design of the coaches to except the shed full of 8XLB’s he’s got stashed away in the ■■■■■■■■ hills that he took out all those S.O.M.
Big Js…

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The coaches have been overhauled, serviced and painted pink, the drivers have been allocated their respective machines ( NO, there will no swapping around, picking and choosing) you’ll drive what your given….and that’s that.

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No job for me then, thank the Good Lord for that! :smiley:

Pete.

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windrush:
No job for me then, thank the Good Lord for that! :smiley:

Pete.

hiya,
Pete you can share the driving with me so’s I can change my handle to, thanks harry, long semi-retired,
thanks harry, long retired.

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harry_gill:

windrush:
No job for me then, thank the Good Lord for that! :smiley:

Pete.

hiya,
Pete you can share the driving with me so’s I can change my handle to, thanks harry, long semi-retired,
thanks harry, long retired.

Ok Harry, sorted! As long as it isn’t one of those things that bend in the middle, haven’t got a license for those. The seat would have to adjust as well, I am 6’4" tall so need some room to stretch out… :wink: You would have to sheet and rope as well of course, that goes without saying! :laughing:

Pete.

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oh the disappointment and dejection , i was hoping to progress to higher ( and more profitable ) things , but alas my hopes are shattered and i am condemned to a fate of a gofer , a mere downtrodden bus driver . does that rank above or below lorry driver ? still , i shan’t have to change the habits of a lifetime and the load walks off on it’s own , although some of our more rotund colleagues might find that difficult. i still have no details of wage rates or shift rota , but given the ruthless attitude of our minister for procurement ( i’ve worked for a few like him ) i’m not holding my breath . i must be grateful to be a small cog in a grand and glorious wheel . bear in mind that any of our ministerial colleagues claiming travel expenses whilst travelling on the bus will be severely dealt with .dave

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I know I’m probably one of the younger retirees on here, but I’m feeling as though I’m getting put-upon a bit. So far the new administration has me down as driver, Minister of Agriculture, outrider ( still waiting for the motorcycle docket) and Main Contractor on the Morecambe Ramp project, including high-speed access ramps from Hawes and the installation of diesel-fuelled braziers in order to start those 240 Gardners. Goodness knows who’s going to design and build the landing zone at Douglas (or Ramsey if the wind changes).
I could do with a bit of help here, especially as I have just learned that Harry still intends to retain his “semi-retired” status. And it seems as if most of our number have only one job each.
What’s going on?

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rigsby:
oh the disappointment and dejection , i was hoping to progress to higher ( and more profitable ) things , but alas my hopes are shattered and i am condemned to a fate of a gofer , a mere downtrodden bus driver . does that rank above or below lorry driver ? still , i shan’t have to change the habits of a lifetime and the load walks off on it’s own , although some of our more rotund colleagues might find that difficult. i still have no details of wage rates or shift rota , but given the ruthless attitude of our minister for procurement ( i’ve worked for a few like him ) i’m not holding my breath . i must be grateful to be a small cog in a grand and glorious wheel . bear in mind that any of our ministerial colleagues claiming travel expenses whilst travelling on the bus will be severely dealt with .dave

You’ve no chance Dave as every time a “client” “rings the belle!” you’ll pull up and stop the coach !!! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Cheers Dennis.

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When the coach did pulled up for “business” the “Saviem Serenaders” aka “H”,Webbo and Nosser, could parade through the town or village whipping up a bit of trade like :unamused: :wink: Cheers Bewick.

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windrush:

harry_gill:

windrush:
No job for me then, thank the Good Lord for that! :smiley:

Pete.

hiya,
Pete you can share the driving with me so’s I can change my handle to, thanks harry, long semi-retired,
thanks harry, long retired.

Ok Harry, sorted! As long as it isn’t one of those things that bend in the middle, haven’t got a license for those. The seat would have to adjust as well, I am 6’4" tall so need some room to stretch out… :wink: You would have to sheet and rope as well of course, that goes without saying! :laughing:

Pete.

hiya,
Tell you what Pete if there are any “bendies” you’ll be Ok in a straight line and I’ll be there
if there’s ever any pushing back to do that’s if I can still remember how to go on.
thanks harry, STILL long retired.

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robert1952:
I thought this was very restful on the eye. A trim tilt indeed. Robert :slight_smile:

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Evening all…sad I know, but a couple of months ago I treated myself, (oh the temptation of a good deal), to a new…and mega capacious…“muckspreader”…believe me she is the “Bees knees”…she can handle an easy 16 tonnes, and hurl it with gay abandon, but neatly chopped for ever so, (and extra) , ever so far!!! What a device, and so economic on the pto…runs as sweet as can be.

I have had all my Dairy Farming friends tipping their “solids” on a field for months…and today, as the ground was firm, Ive been spreading the mountain of ■■■!!! Such delight, a good texture, solid, but not too solid, good “odour”, clean of straw, and flying through the air with great velocity…This will do the ground the power of good…I wonder , should I visit my local council offices and give them a small demonstration■■?

The Deere was running so sweetly, fair “burbling” along , and my thoughts went back to the day I drove my very first Bernard Television cab unit… and my love for the marque was total!

It was an old retired girl, several million Kms under her wheels, yet the cab was “all together”, a little worn…oh yes…for the Drouin Brothers worked all their extensive fleet, (for in their highest days Drouin Freres were a rival to Transports Prost…and that is big)!..hard…(and that is an understatement)!

My little “jaunt”, was only around their extensive Nantes, (Loir-Atlantique), yard…but the Gardner licence engine throb was as strong as ever, (and Eduard Bernard was able to provide a "gentle " throttle linkage, unknown to us “rost bouefs” with our home grown examples! My pleasure, at this drive, was a source of great merriment to the brothers, for they had been , (as Roberts image shows), large Bernard users…but Bernard were “of the past”…but I loved them!

My “little promenade”, was often ,and with great amusement, related, as an anecdote by Georges Drouin, who became President of the French Truck Rental Organisation,“Louers de Vehicles Industriels”, (for he operated the French Truck Rental Company ,"Love France), and I was often teased in public by him over this…particularly as my job was to get his colleagues buying the products of Renault Vehicules Industriels!. But I cared not…for are we Brits not known for our eccentric loves?

Drouin had operated several hundred of those Bernard TD180.35, Pelpel cab 35 tonners over the 50s and 60s. Indeed some were still shunting and doing local jobs in the 70s! But as Robert says, that is a handsome tilt, and easy on the eye…and easier to strip, with that cover holding rack on the front headboard. But Coder always built with quality in mind!

Easter Day tommorow, and after Church…muck spreading again…what could be finer…except a sunlit and open RN, and sitting behind the large steering wheel of one of those Bernard TD 180.35s, …and a well weighted tilt behind…now that would be an Easter present…

Happy Easter my friends…

Cheerio for now.

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I think that I could do with something as therapeutic as muck spreading. :unamused: Here I am 07.10 Easter Day and in the office feeding the office cat (a stray that adapted us about 15 months ago), having checked the yard and garage, (we had a break-in at the garage a couple of weeks ago £40,000 of tools and diagnostic computer nicked). Another night of insomnia last night despite staying up late to deliberately try and engineer a decent nights kip. Ah the joys of road transport in 2014 and all its associated worries and pressures. Anyway, today is one of the few days in the year where all the vehicles are parked-up, but a flour tanker is working tomorrow. Like you Saviem it is Easter Communion this morning, maintaining the traditions of my Christian upbringing in this increasingly secular and religiously decimated society that is Great Britain these days.

A Happy Easter to one and all.

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How about this for your muckspreading Saviem? It would give your neighbours something to think about and take their minds off the pong!! :open_mouth: :open_mouth:
Sorry I cant remember the make, except that it’s american. Regards Kev.

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International Titan I believe Kev, just the blooming job eh? :slight_smile:

Pete.

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windrush:
International Titan I believe Kev, just the blooming job eh? :slight_smile:

Pete.

That’s it Pete, it did say Titan on the side.

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Evening all, Kevmac 47, thanks for that picture… that old girl, well, its worth more than a modern Deere!

Finished the muckspreading today, ye gods, those Dairy cows do churn it out…what is it? That the humble cow is totally responsible for Global Warming…which was the reception that I received when I tried to enter the house tonight! Warm in the extreme…welcoming …well, no…Must have got some on my boots…overalls…shirt…trousers…body,…hair…(no, that went years and years ago)■■?

Anyway…now totally “sluiced” off, and as clean as a babs bum…

Reminds me, that in my younger “driving” days, I could not stand being “unwashed”…probably stemmed from being a Boy Scout, and many, many cycle camping holidays around Europe as a lad.

So life driving an S20 Foden towards the sunnier climes , and the “vagaries” of our French neighbours “sanitation”, led me to carry all sorts of “aide de sanitation”, in my kit…(it was the 60s)!
The short military trenching tool…obvious use , abloution no 2
The perforated 5 gallon drum, with a neatly soldered false floor, with only 2 holes above the perforated section , acting as a reservoir for the liquid,which decended under gravity into the “shower” section…and the whole contraption fitted onto a discreet “hook” welded above the lower hinge of the rear doors of the aluminium box body…invisible to the untrained eye!!
Then there was the “camp” bowl, shaving mirror, shaving kit,first aid kit, et al…
And as I was a competent…and enjoyed cooking…my primus stove, storm lantern…and fresh food bought as I chose…

Hardly seems credible looking back from todays perspective…even less so my use of a single tent a night time accommodation…(only in rural locations)…but it worked…and was totally enjoyable, and so impossible in today`s world…But it was how I travelled…

So picture the scene…following a long , and very hot day, turned onto a small unclassified road about 5kms from Carcassone, unloaded my kit, fitted my shower…only me , ye gods the insects, and the sunset…Filled the chamber with tepid water from the Jerry can, and naked as the day I was born, …jumped under the shower…utter bliss!!!

Then the pipping of a Gallic horn…and even worse, peels of delighted laughter…Those of you of a “certain age”, may remember the little French Citroen buses that plied their trade in the most rural areas, a crossbreed between a heavy motor car and bus…and my “parking” (avec douche)…was on “his” route…and his passengers…mainly female, (of a greater age than I), were enjoying the unexpected “exhibition”…So being French…they stopped to watch the show…which I hasten to add, rapidly ceased!!!

When I “graduated” to an S21 articulated outfit, and learned of the (reasonably priced), “delights” of French Commercial Hotels…well the Tent got the heave ho…But not the shower…or the trenching tool…after all Im English!!!

Cheerio for now.

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Fergie I have just done a reccie in France well I took the bride to Paris and I went in through Belgium so as not arouse any suspicion but I have been informed there is noway we are moving there so if the M.O.B. is still considering the Isle of Man I will pop over to see Mr. Webb but I won’t say when as he would be away to the mainland before I arrived. :sunglasses: :unamused:

cheers Johnnie :wink:

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I had a thought that our gracious future leader might like to sign a docket for a reasonably large contingent to visit the IoM on a fact-finding mission. The proposed dates would preferably be the last week in May and the first week in June. I have taken the liberty of reserving a number of outside tables for the entire fortnight at a hostelry apparently called the Creg-Ny-Bah. No doubt the Minister of Finance could be bribed to fund the trip, although he will be much too busy trying to find a Big J/240 to accompany us himself.

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Evening all, ROF…a reasonably large docket…indeed it would be if we were all to travel by the Steam Packet…cheaper to put us all in a Pink Bolide, on a Lancashire Flat, and ship us out of Glasson Dock by Merzeron, on the Silver River…outbound to fair Ramsey Port…and Bewick could see that we were all well “sheeted” before departure!

Or perhaps the “Cabinet”, would prefer to fly, but the only viable way is now from either Blackpool, (for the Northern members), or Gloucester,(for those of Southern, or European persuasion), in Lot 410s, on Polands finest airline Van Air…masquerading as a Manx Airline…
Im hoping that the rapid influx of French visiting persons may improve the IOMs cusine from, chips, gravey, and cheese…to something…edible! Mind you the Cregs outstanding position is not reflected in its sub mediocre catering provisions…personally I buy a sandwich from Tesco in Douglas…far safer!!!

Its a shame that John came back from running the North British, (but he is our villages gain), these sx SCA men seem to be able to cook, and keep good Beer!!

Cheerio for now.

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been trying to post on here, and put up pictures for over a week, keeps coming up with this…

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Dunno how to sort it…will post when I can…

Fergie