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[bewick]

Lawrence Dunbar:
Well said Sav, Regards Larry.

And I,wholeheartedly,second the last post as well Larry,most of to-days Steering Wheel Jockeys couldn’t drive sheep with a good dog eh! Cheers Dennis.

[lawrence_dunbar]

Aye they were the days, Shap Fell in the winter, No diff locks, Just the professional skill of the old & young drivers, The young ones of course been taught by the oldies how to cope with with the winter conditions, The days when drivers were drivers and helped there mates whatever the situation, Sadley all this is long gone, Mind you I don’t blame these young,s its the way they have been taught, I may be old & old fashioned, But I still think the old way way was the best way, & Perhaps that’s why Im still here along with a lot more of old drivers my age, Regards Larry.

[retired_old_fart]

It was a case of learning skills rather than relying on technology in those days. The only time I’d come across a diff lock before the late 70s, was on agricultural machinery. And my screenwash consisted of a wash-up liquid bottle squirted round the corner of the windscreen. Some of the water actually went on the screen but most of it blew straight back up your sleeve!

[lawrence_dunbar]

I remember those days very well my friend,

[retired_old_fart]

Just trying to remember what the name of the wash-up liquid was in those days. I think it was “Squeezy”?

[lawrence_dunbar]

Aye it was made by Thos Hedley on City Rd Newcastle [Procter & Gamble) As its known to-day, Regards Larry.

[daibootsy]

the old jungle café, now Kendal caravan.

[daibootsy]

after you pass Kendal caravan sale,you be hitting this stretch of road.going north to shap.

[brs_fh66]

I’ve posted this pic elsewhere on trucknet, but I think it belongs here as well. FH66 on Shap in 1965

[retired_old_fart]

We would probably have passed each other somewhere in those days, matey.

[otto194242]

fryingpan:
Good to see a ‘new’ pic of Shap, and not a snow scene either, which is the usual theme. What is it’s source? Presumably, he took more than just the one shot that day.

The spacing out of the 4 lorries is interesting. Could be just coincidence but, was it a ploy to avoid being held up on the climb by slower wagons, so that each could hit the climb at their own speed?

one of the faster wynns outfits . still got a long way to go though . dounreay power station (nuke) . remember shap shut dune (bit of my haggis there) to wynns heavies crawling over . or stuck behind then . swearing at them in the layby at the top . if u got there that is . god old days .

[brs_fh66]

Retired Old ■■■■:
We would probably have passed each other somewhere in those days, matey.

More than likely, it was surprising how many drivers you used to meet again and again on the road in those days
both in transport cafes and digs.

[bassman]

Hi, RoF
Here’s me thinking the Sqeezy bottle was my invention! It went with the screwed up ball of newspaper to clean the grease off the windscreen.
There’s nowt we can’t teach these young un’s, and our Squeezy bottles didn’t freeze up (well maybe if you had a Gardner) in winter.
And I’m not going to mention the windscreen de-icer we used first off in the morning, and it was free!!

Cheers Bassman

[retired_old_fart]

I have to admit I was rather more posh than you, bassman.
I used to defrost by waving a burning copy of yesterday’s Sun under the windscreen. While attempting to get a little bit of heat into the engine with the aid of a sheet of cardboard in front of the radiator. I painted my bit of cardboard black which fooled the boss all winter- he never spotted it!

[bassman]

RoF
We used to use empty cement bags to cover the rad on the old ERFs 'the ones before they had heaters. ‘well they had heaters but they were,nt any good
When the gaffer told us it wasn’t company policy to do that we told him it was extra advertising’ it softened the bollocking a bit cos he couldn’t, keep a straight face

Bassman

[adr_1]

Retired Old ■■■■:
Just trying to remember what the name of the wash-up liquid was in those days. I think it was “Squeezy”?

Formula 77 washing up liquid, in a purple bottle

[retired_old_fart]

Bassman:
RoF
We used to use empty cement bags to cover the rad on the old ERFs 'the ones before they had heaters. ‘well they had heaters but they were,nt any good
When the gaffer told us it wasn’t company policy to do that we told him it was extra advertising’ it softened the bollocking a bit cos he couldn’t, keep a straight face

Bassman

When my boss bought me a secondhand Daf, claiming that he had been “talked into it”, he reckoned that I could keep the new-fangled European rubbish, he was well content with his old B-series ERF with his 240 Gardner. We were hauling sugar beet to the Kidderminster sugar factory in the middle of a particularly harsh winter when I pulled alongside him at the weighbridge. He was dressed in his usual two shirts, thick jumper, boiler suit, jacket and overcoat. I lowered the side window and shouted, “Nice morning” as I sat in the European rubbish in my tee shirt & jeans!

[bassman]

RoF
Yeah but he would look like a lorry driver, prepared for all eventualities.

Bassman

[retired_old_fart]

Not half! Just a quick hop out of the cab & under the chassis

[lawrence_dunbar]

Retired Old ■■■■:
Not half! Just a quick hop out of the cab & under the chassis

Hi ROF I hope you are not a VOSA MAN In disguise, Eh I hope not, As a retired driver you couldn’t possibley stoop that low would you, Ha Ha , Regards Larry.