or Pentons or Swains?
I used to rent this old girl from Ipswich when we had the Ryder Truck Rental franchise.
My main customer’s own trucks were either Fodens of ERF.
You can imagine how the drivers loved this!!
As you can see it had a normal looking tag but I’m sure this was only a single wheel.
No issues with the rear wheels snagging but we did loose a set of rear lamps once when one of the drivers slid the 5th wheel forward to close the gap between the unit and trailer.
robert1952:
I took this pic of DKH 118Y when it was with KCS, the trailer repair people in Sittingbourne. It had a 305 bhp lump and previously belonged to Harrier Express in Faversham. Before that EST had it on exhibition work. I drove it for Harrier to Turkey in '95. I hope someone is cherishing it. Robert0
DKH 118Y. Was new to Barry Read I believe. BB Read Bridlington. I’m certain I av some pics. But I’ll confirm with Kevin Read and post the pics. Kevin got the pics.
scaniavabis -530:
robert1952:
I took this pic of DKH 118Y when it was with KCS, the trailer repair people in Sittingbourne. It had a 305 bhp lump and previously belonged to Harrier Express in Faversham. Before that EST had it on exhibition work. I drove it for Harrier to Turkey in '95. I hope someone is cherishing it. Robert0
DKH 118Y. Was new to Barry Read I believe. BB Read Bridlington. I’m certain I av some pics. But I’ll confirm with Kevin Read and post the pics. Kevin got the pics.
I thought it came from Edwin Shirley Trucking - perhaps they its 2nd owners, then. Robert
Intresting mace I didn’t know ryders had a depot in Ipswich and white trucks on the ryder fleet were rare in those days
thanks
mike
Mace:
I used to rent this old girl from Ipswich when we had the Ryder Truck Rental franchise.
My main customer’s own trucks were either Fodens of ERF.
You can imagine how the drivers loved this!!
As you can see it had a normal looking tag but I’m sure this was only a single wheel.
No issues with the rear wheels snagging but we did loose a set of rear lamps once when one of the drivers slid the 5th wheel forward to close the gap between the unit and trailer.
Defo ex BB Read. Supplied by Scanlink Hull. Hence the DKH reg. There is various pics of it on the net.
PaulJ:
Carl:
any ideas this belonged to fellas
This looks like Mortimers livery.
Try Jeff Leighton, Ombersley Worcester. I can’t look right now, but I think there is a Leighton thread here somewhere.
scaniavabis -530:
Defo ex BB Read. Supplied by Scanlink Hull. Hence the DKH reg. There is various pics of it on the net.
You’re right about the Hull reg, and don’t doubt your BB Read info. I’ll see if I can find any pics online and post them here. Robert
DKH 118Y pics available in B.B. Read colours on Trucks Galore website.
This a March '83 depot shot of the first 112 38 ton unit UEC 600Y that went into service, it is coupled to one of a number of Crane Fruehauf tri-axle trailers that we got at the same time. Bewick
This was a shot I took of our first 38 tonner with a test load of 26 ton of woodpulp on the trailer when I weighed it off and gave it a test run up to Shap J39 and back, prior to it going into fleet service.
Bewick:
OK, Dennis, it says Disley on the Scania, but, what did Disley produce? They look like Bowater Scott 8’ reels? Maybe going to Kimberly Clark at Larkfield?
Then again, looking at the sheeting, maybe even taller!
What’s the story?
John.
John West:
Bewick:
OK, Dennis, it says Disley on the Scania, but, what did Disley produce? They look like Bowater Scott 8’ reels? Maybe going to Kimberly Clark at Larkfield?
Then again, looking at the sheeting, maybe even taller!
What’s the story?
John.
Hiya John, Now’t to do with Bowaters, Disley was the name of the village just outside Stockport on the A6 and it had been a J & J Makin mill which Bibbys sold eventually to a tissue producer who replaced/converted the MG paper machines to manufacturer toilet tissue and renamed themselves Disley. We carried on working with the new company and the load you see in the shot is a load parent reels on their way to the converters. Disley Mill only produced the big reels and did no converting. Cheers Dennis.
quite a tight fit under the railway bridge down the road dennis i would have thought dennis . our trailers were 14’3 an they just cleared , but we rarely loaded out of the paper side only from harcostar , nice light loads of plastic drums . i did a few loads of reels from port bury or tilbury ( can’t remember which ) when david davies overstretched himself . all gone now , another housing estate . dave
rigsby:
quite a tight fit under the railway bridge down the road dennis i would have thought dennis . our trailers were 14’3 an they just cleared , but we rarely loaded out of the paper side only from harcostar , nice light loads of plastic drums . i did a few loads of reels from port bury or tilbury ( can’t remember which ) when david davies overstretched himself . all gone now , another housing estate . dave
They put in a new road across the valley Dave ( Strines?) so there were no height restrictions. Cheers Dennis.
This is a shot of the oldest 112 we had on the fleet shot here in one of the Lancashire mills we ran out of, not sure which one possibly Disley. Cheers Bewick.
This old one is still on internal use on a farm, Regards Larry.