Stobart T-Cab Scania(s)

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Its now silver on for Crown motors pulling a car transporter

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Olog Hai:
Don’t know if this is the right forum for this but as it’s something from the past I suppose it might be!

Someone at work reckons Stobart has run T-cab Scanias in the past. I have googled it and there is indeed a model of one available. does anyone know any more about this/these such as when he run them and how many there were?

Thanks :smiley:

Hello Olog Hai
Yes, they bought a Scania T cab from Grahams Commercials in Carlisle in 1997. Stobarts ran it until around 2001/2002, when it was sold to a HGV garage in Scotland, where it has retained is special reg, S777 ESL.
The tractor unit was a 4 x 2 and was really bought as a ‘show truck’, but it was used on the steel wire contract (with the tippers) and was later moved onto general haulage, working from Carlisle. Edward Stobart liked the look of the tractor unit but didn’t like then fact that he couldn’t pull a full lenght trailer, and had to buy a special shorter trailer to run it on the gereral haulage.
Stobarts only had the one and operated it from the Carlisle HQ until it was retired from the ESL fleet.
I have included a photo of the T cab for this thread from my own collection
Hope this helps
Kindest regards
CG

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Thecaptain:
Its now silver on for Crown motors pulling a car transporter

Where are Crown based , do you have a photo by any chance?

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Here are a few pics, they are on Facebook just type the reg S777 ESL “Kerry Jane” and you should find it.

Looks very good though :wink:

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wheel nutz:
Here are a few pics, they are on Facebook just type the reg S777 ESL “Kerry Jane” and you should find it.

Looks very good though :wink:

Looks better in those colours!!.

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i remember sitting in this truck once at an old truckfest show, i think it had the tipper on the back at the show, lost the photos of it tho.

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Why do so many folks think the “T” cab is the “holy grail” as a motor?? I loved my 4 series 420 but in “MY OPINION” the T cab is the ugly duckling of the industry. The model it replaced had a far more pleasing and streamlined look, and the bonneted Volvo is excellent but the T cab? No thankyou.
Regards Kevmac47

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kevmac47:
Why do so many folks think the “T” cab is the “holy grail” as a motor?? I loved my 4 series 420 but in “MY OPINION” the T cab is the ugly duckling of the industry. The model it replaced had a far more pleasing and streamlined look, and the bonneted Volvo is excellent but the T cab? No thankyou.
Regards Kevmac47

i think the problem is with our Transport Industry as a whole when judging wagon’s like the T-Cab, no doubt it’s as nice to drive as any other Scania on the market, probably a smoother ride as most bonneted wagon’s are, but UK Road Haulage is so bland nowadays with 1000s of plain white fleets about, that anything slightly different is swooned over, even if it turns out to be a bag-o-spanners!
Regards Chris

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Don’t know if this is the right forum for this but as it’s something from the past I suppose it might be!

Someone at work reckons Stobart has run T-cab Scanias in the past. I have googled it and there is indeed a model of one available. does anyone know any more about this/these such as when he run them and how many there were?

Thanks :smiley:

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I have a feeling they did have a Bonneted Scania at some stage - running with a tipper trailer :confused: I recall seeing a picture somewhere a few years back.
But just because there was a model of the said vehicle does’nt mean they had them :wink: I reckon every model truck thats ever been produced has been seen with an ‘Eddie’ livery :unamused: even lorries from the 1950’s :open_mouth: :smiley: :smiley:

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Stobart’s used to run one in 2000,it used to run with a 24 plt trailer so when the weight’s went up to 44ton it was obsolete as nearly all our work is 26 plts so it was sold.
Last time i saw it,it was running around the St Neots area and it still had the ESL reg.

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Thanks jase and lemonmouth, it did occur to me that you wouldn’t be able to pull a 45ft-er with a T-cab so I couldn’t see what use one could be to Stobart. Anyhow you live and learn, thanks again, :smiley:

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S777 ESL

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truck was on boxes and has just been sold on ebay for around 16000, in stafford somewhere I think