spanish dodges.............

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I used to drive this;

80 mph in the previous post was a bit conservative i think :smiley:

A couple of others

Steve

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i love the picture with the sherpa thats gone for a swim!!

anyone got any more?

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One of Bromilows fellow subbies had a spanish dodge on bulk tipper work they decided to sent it on M/E but the subbie wasn’t allowed to go (another story) Another driver took it I was sent with him to lead the way. Through out the trip the driver kept complaining that the oil warning light would come on then go out again. When we got back to Chech it stayed on all the time.One of our other trucks was a couple of days behind with a straight bar and he towed it home. When it was stripped down it was discovered that no ‘key’ had been fitted to the oil pump drive from new, the gear was loose on the shaft! Went like a rocket when it was going though!

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:sunglasses: hi gavin,just thought id let you know that i actually drove one of them spanish dodges for a firm not far from were i used to live in dorset,(SHAFTESBURY)do you remember a company called goughs from ludwell,on the A30 shaftesbury to salisbury road,they used to do a lot of bananas/tomatoes from sheerness docks, well the first time i drove one was i impressed, i had a full shoot of tomatoes on for exeter and did that motor pull, thought they might have took off in the uk,but as fast as they came in they seemed to disapear,but in all honesty they were some motor,(well for the 70,) :unamused:
thoughs were the days. :laughing:

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The one we ran was a 300 with a round the corner fuller, that went like a rocket as well. Smiths of Wem, Shropshire. ran a fleet of them as well.
Robert

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My Brother ran an M reg one , the fastest I’d ever done Coventry to Southampton was with that motor, 20 ton of pop 2 hrs dead, this was before the M40 and the Newbury by-pass, early in the morning I’ll admit. Also had a BRS rental one the first week they put them on the road at Cov while my Atki was in for MOT, R reg 1976 couldn’t get them to go into low range up Warmington Hill on the A 41.

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Just looking through some stuff and found this…

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hiya,
Anyone mentioned James’s of Northumberland they had plenty on tipper work, they was a bit nippy down the A1.
thanks harry long retired.

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harry_gill:
hiya,
Anyone mentioned James’s of Northumberland they had plenty on tipper work, they was a bit nippy down the A1.
thanks harry long retired.

Were they from Bedlington Harry,brown and white motors?
Or am I having a senior moment? :laughing:

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neversweat1:
I used to drive this;

80 mph in the previous post was a bit conservative i think :smiley:

A couple of others

Steve

hi steve,any idea where the photo of the sherpa going paddling was taken?, i worked for thames water for many years ,and would be interested to know, many thanks…chris

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Chris Webb:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Anyone mentioned James’s of Northumberland they had plenty on tipper work, they was a bit nippy down the A1.
thanks harry long retired.

Were they from Bedlington Harry,brown and white motors?
Or am I having a senior moment? :laughing:

hiya,
Spot on Chris on both colour and location, I think they did coal south and when that finished they seemed to vanish, never saw one stopped so never knew any of the drivers.
thanks harry long retired.

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We had one at "Sykes Bulk Liquids " but it was only used on local day runs and Pickfords had a few as did Whewells tankers of Radcliffe I think they were a wagon which some loved but most people hated them but I guess it depended on what type of work you were doing as they were a flying machine but were not so reliable

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sammyopisite:
We had one at "Sykes Bulk Liquids " but it was only used on local day runs and Pickfords had a few as did Whewells tankers of Radcliffe I think they were a wagon which some loved but most people hated them but I guess it depended on what type of work you were doing as they were a flying machine but were not so reliable

Johnnie,do you remember Frank Philips,Sheffield ran a few.One driver was called Curly and he used to trap on a bit with his,but he couldn’t catch my Marathon.
Racing on the highway… :laughing:

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Chris Webb:

sammyopisite:
We had one at "Sykes Bulk Liquids " but it was only used on local day runs and Pickfords had a few as did Whewells tankers of Radcliffe I think they were a wagon which some loved but most people hated them but I guess it depended on what type of work you were doing as they were a flying machine but were not so reliable

Johnnie,do you remember Frank Philips,Sheffield ran a few.One driver was called Curly and he used to trap on a bit with his,but he couldn’t catch my Marathon.
Racing on the highway… :laughing:

Chris do you mean Frank dark curly hair went to Cooks Castings on the Parkway and I would never believe you racing on the highways fields yes :unamused:

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sammyopisite:

Chris Webb:

sammyopisite:
We had one at "Sykes Bulk Liquids " but it was only used on local day runs and Pickfords had a few as did Whewells tankers of Radcliffe I think they were a wagon which some loved but most people hated them but I guess it depended on what type of work you were doing as they were a flying machine but were not so reliable

Johnnie,do you remember Frank Philips,Sheffield ran a few.One driver was called Curly and he used to trap on a bit with his,but he couldn’t catch my Marathon.
Racing on the highway… :laughing:

Chris do you mean Frank dark curly hair went to Cooks Castings on the Parkway and I would never believe you racing on the highways fields yes :unamused:

That will be him.I blew his Espana Dodge off the A449 going down to Newport early one morning.I saw him on the Friday night in the Woodburn pub (lorry drivers return :laughing: ) and I didn’t think he was going to speak to me but he did in the end.I didn’t know he went to Cooks,did Philips pull t’pin in the end?

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hi steve,any idea where the photo of the sherpa going paddling was taken?, i worked for thames water for many years ,and would be interested to know, many thanks…chris
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Hi Chris

It was at Pingewood just outside Reading - near to Burghfield - stolen and then dumped .
I’ve also got some pics of an overturned Constructor at Wargrave pumping station - one of Chinehams Constructors in an accident and a broken down
Bedford 4x4 tanker.At the time Reading Garage did a lot of the maintenance for Thames Water.

Thanks
Steve :smiley:

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neversweat1:

hi steve,any idea where the photo of the sherpa going paddling was taken?, i worked for thames water for many years ,and would be interested to know, many thanks…chris
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Hi Chris

It was at Pingewood just outside Reading - near to Burghfield - stolen and then dumped .
I’ve also got some pics of an overturned Constructor at Wargrave pumping station - one of Chinehams Constructors in an accident and a broken down
Bedford 4x4 tanker.At the time Reading Garage did a lot of the maintenance for Thames Water.

Thanks
Steve :smiley:
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thanks for that steve,i know of the place ,but havnt been there, when i was at thames,i shared the driving on a leyland frieghter 17-18 water tanker on 24hr stand -by based in Merton,sw.and there were ather tankers dotted around london and thames valley,good job and nice little earner, as thames were always t/off the water somewhere!! :wink: :wink: …chris

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Export And General of Dunstable ran at least one of these any one got any photos ■■?

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Thinking about it I seem to remember Mr Sibley ran a couplle in the town.Cant be sure as this would be thirty years ago I reckon they where painted grey.Memory not what is was.If anyone knows Paul he may well remember.I am sure his gramps had something to do with it then but i could be wrong!!!

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Does anyone know what engine and gearbox these motors had?