Hiya…called in on a pal of mnie this morning and wahhay his new playtoy was sitting their…
this is a odd little woman DAF 2300 day cab small engine three axels and a 16 speed box…
I’d of thought she was hard work at 32 tons so why 3 axels…anyhow 90,000 klicks from new
and in 1st class condition… its a pity about the front wing…HAS anyone out there got a better
front wing than the the half one fitted
Cheers John
3300John:
Hiya…called in on a pal of mnie this morning and wahhay his new playtoy was sitting their…
this is a odd little woman DAF 2300 day cab small engine three axels and a 16 speed box…
I’d of thought she was hard work at 32 tons so why 3 axels…anyhow 90,000 klicks from new
and in 1st class condition… its a pity about the front wing…HAS anyone out there got a better
front wing than the the half one fitted
Cheers John
hi john,
thanks for the pm.hope your well.what an unusual 38tonner?i have a grille for one of those 
.you will be lucky to find a lower wing for that model mate,i’d try and ■■■■■■■■■■■ something else.good luck.a bit of ingenuity and fibreglass 
regards andrew.
3300John:
Hiya…called in on a pal of mnie this morning and wahhay his new playtoy was sitting their…
this is a odd little woman DAF 2300 day cab small engine three axels and a 16 speed box…
I’d of thought she was hard work at 32 tons so why 3 axels…anyhow 90,000 klicks from new
and in 1st class condition… its a pity about the front wing…HAS anyone out there got a better
front wing than the the half one fitted
Cheers John
ex aerospace broughton i think always wondered what it pulled
R975ENC:
3300John:
Hiya…called in on a pal of mnie this morning and wahhay his new playtoy was sitting their…
this is a odd little woman DAF 2300 day cab small engine three axels and a 16 speed box…
I’d of thought she was hard work at 32 tons so why 3 axels…anyhow 90,000 klicks from new
and in 1st class condition… its a pity about the front wing…HAS anyone out there got a better
front wing than the the half one fitted
Cheers Johnex aerospace broughton i think always wondered what it pulled
Hiya i bet the beacon gave it away…i seem to think it pulled a 60ft trailer with a single axle at the back,
that was in the days when the wings was taken to manchester.go stuck behind it many times…
John
3300John:
Hiya this seems to like like another one on here
Ive posted this one before i had her for about 8 years … she was 12 years old in this photo
John
ri brought the laybond daf and a later one dkse from walker truck sales in manchester run the 1st one on greece and rumainia for a few years then sold it for export good old truck though
keith the thief:
3300John:
Ive posted this one before i had her for about 8 years … she was 12 years old in this photo
Johnri brought the laybond daf and a later one dkse from walker truck sales in manchester run the 1st one on greece and rumainia for a few years then sold it for export good old truck though
Hiya Keith…Did you put a diff in B601 KGU or had Walkers done it for you…that daf was the motorshow
DAF…it was new to Callander’s(felt company Crigglestone) it was all pea green with the picture of the end of a roll of
felt on the door.she was transfered to the Chester depot COLAS and was painted silver with a black chassis.
Colas then had a management buy out and the name was changed to Laybond.i had B601 for about 9 years then
the diff was in a bad way…apart from the diff she’d give you good service she only had 3 drivers
when she was parked up and i got a new FL10 what a come down…i could have bought B601
for £750…, if only I’d have bought her. I payed alot more for the White one with green stripes.
have you any photo’s to post
John
Yes those Old dafs of yours Routeman67 are very nice .
Here’s a couple of some I used to run,the top one was A 70 EGV i think ?
Regards
Richard
My first international job was with a Dutch company called Geliton. out of Velthoven nr Eindhoven. Used to run to the UK and Turkey, at 22 no English company would hire a young lad with no experiance, so got on my bike & found a job in Holland.
Geliton was a small family business that had gone bankrupt but still kept 6 trucks to pay off debts, But pay was good but tucks were forever breaking down. Spent christmass day stripping down the engine in a Motel car park in praque, the only place with a teliphone to the west. How times change, Today a new driver having compleated an NVQ & CPC will expect a late model truck with Europe wide breakdown cover & probably somebody to meet him at the Turkish border to do his customs 
Take note of the registration number, it is a pity it was put on the wrong lorry!
WOODEN SHOES
saxonhorse:
My first international job was with a Dutch company called Geliton. out of Velthoven nr Eindhoven. Used to run to the UK and Turkey, at 22 no English company would hire a young lad with no experiance, so got on my bike & found a job in Holland.
Geliton was a small family business that had gone bankrupt but still kept 6 trucks to pay off debts, But pay was good but tucks were forever breaking down. Spent christmass day stripping down the engine in a Motel car park in praque, the only place with a teliphone to the west. How times change, Today a new driver having compleated an NVQ & CPC will expect a late model truck with Europe wide breakdown cover & probably somebody to meet him at the Turkish border to do his customs
How could they expect anyone to get through Kapik without training, it is ridiculous 
Took this in late 1983 (when I was 16)-the location is Newingreen,a small village on the A20 in Kent between Ashford & Folkestone.
Can’t 100% recall who Gemini Traction were but it’s possible they pulled for Inter City Trucks based at nearby Lympne.
One I posted on the tanker thread
Sniffy:
One I posted on the tanker thread
Peerless Refining, Heysham rd looks a little different now!!
Ross.
Uncle Tom’s 2800.
Iran this 2800 A T I Daf on cotract to B E T Zeebrugge for 5 years. I had 2 more new and 2 second hand. Ibought them all from North West Trucks at Stoke. Turned out to be very reliable and economical. Heres C 768 TFA will try and find pics of others 
