JohnyRose63:
anyone remember hydrogen supplies from trafford park dont know what happened to them ran red & white f10s.
They were almost as heavy empty as they were loaded John. Did they get taken over by Air Products?
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You will remember the lads swapping trailers in Anglia et al.
It seemed like a dead man shoes type of job.
I don’t ever remember seeing anything about Air Products taking them over, & whenever we did buy anyone out it was usually put up on the drivers notice board etc, Yank firm you see, always like to think they are/getting bigger than everyone else . “Dead mans shoes”, now there’s an old saying you don’t hear much now, but then with the way all the contracts keep changing hands nowadays it doesn’t really apply to many jobs now. Was also the family thing as well, sons following father’s, thanks to the Health & Safety brigade that’s also a thing of the past too!
I think Castrol used to keep a handful of units at A.S Jones (P&O by then) in Bromborough. Seem to recall they were some sort of specialist rigs (electrical oils?) and weren’t used that often. Fair play they were older motors but absolutely mint condition.
Cavlad:
I think Castrol used to keep a handful of units at A.S Jones (P&O by then) in Bromborough. Seem to recall they were some sort of specialist rigs (electrical oils?) and weren’t used that often. Fair play they were older motors but absolutely mint condition.
Castrol had the place down by Hoyer and also the main place in Flowery Field in Ashton U Lyne
cheers kev and john!
always happy to see old castrol motors, not sure about them having trucks based at jones yard■■? will ask dad about that. as jones was another one he worked for
Bumped in to an ex-A.S Jones fella today, he was one of the workshop lads. I remember Castrol’s plant by Hoyer but the trucks at Jones’s were some sort of special equipment thing iirc and were parked up for quite long periods of time.
Wirralpete: was your dad a driver there and roughly when between, if you don’t me asking? I had a stint there (contractor, not driver) round about 1990 to 1993.
hiya mate,
guessing the trucks would have been hylevac trucks, use to change the transformer oil at power stations…dad done about 4 years on them, you may remember him mate as he was there till around 93, ernie williams is his name…
thought i would post up these pics of the model im making based on one of castrols big j’s and early electrical oils tank. taking me a while to do as ive had to build the tank from plastic sheet…
Cavlad:
I think Castrol used to keep a handful of units at A.S Jones (P&O by then) in Bromborough. Seem to recall they were some sort of specialist rigs (electrical oils?) and weren’t used that often. Fair play they were older motors but absolutely mint condition.
Castrol had the place down by Hoyer and also the main place in Flowery Field in Ashton U Lyne
Is Flowery Field still open? I remember the access to the depot was through the houses and very tight! I can imagine the lorry bashers having a go using the dreaded H&S act on it. The name Flowery Field is a bit of a misnomer when you see the place. Great memories!! Regards Kev. Ps Looking forward to seeing the model when its finished Pete. Will it have a 240 Gardner in it?
not sure in flowery fields is still open, we use to take oil in there from tate and lyle, birkenhead until i left hoyer in 2007 since ive been back weve not done it…
kev the model is a transkit using a italeri volvo chassis and engine as a donor so its a question of making the back and of the engine to look like a gardener lol
wirralpete:
hiya mate,
guessing the trucks would have been hylevac trucks, use to change the transformer oil at power stations…dad done about 4 years on them, you may remember him mate as he was there till around 93, ernie williams is his name…
I’m terrible with names but expect I’d remember his face! The bit about power stations rings a bell, I think those (Castrol) trucks were kept near Nobby’s paint shop at Jones’s. Knew quite a few of the drivers, but spent most of my time with the workshop/stores lads.
That model looks like it’s going to be great, are you doing a build thread on it? Cheers.
Never mind Chris Webb, I’ll have it.
If I was younger, fitter, and had the facilities I’d love to bring something like that back to life. Sadly I can only dream.
Aye,still here Malc.
EWX 752C fleet 194 was Sheffield based and the regular driver was Bill Bullock. I have driven it many times when he was on holiday and it was a real treat to drive with the rotary pump and six-speed box,a rayt tool. I think it was ex Harold Wood or maybe Cawoods Fuel Oils or Fina.
She’s parked up in Cricket Inn Road depot,Sheffield,early 70s,along with a few more MK5s and MK3s.
hi cavlad,
spoke to dad and yes your right they were parked up there when not at a power station, the kit is still on the road and being run by EOS (electrical oil solutions) now owned by hargreaves
not done a build thread but i write articles for truck model world magazine so i will write one for this i reckon, im planning on putting it on a base next to another model im building of one of the trucks i drive for hoyer heres some more pics
first the daf cf
and the tanker im building for it
more done to dads guy big j
Very interesting about Fletcher Miller and CC Wakefield
Castrol in Motorsport is still the leader with the logo being used to signpost most off road events. If you can’t see the venue, you can always smell it with the distinct smell of “R”
I remember going upstairs at Castrol Hyde and the storage tanks were made from wood, the only other place I saw this was at Chinley
Does anybody remember the way we cleaned tanks before health and safety. Many times in the 1950s 60s it was common practice to have a paraffin boil up. Pour a few gallons of Paraffin in tanker. Put tank on spinners with bottom valve shut until water came over the internal tracer coils pre 1970 or modern tanks enough to cover front to rear by dropping tank virtually on its knees. Close lids open vents. Depending what product you had baked on the tank, you could just use steam trace and also force steam through the bottom and foot valves. Final wash and steam. One reason to use this method for instance, you did not wash crude herring oil out properly and went on steam it would bake on tank. Other reasons dodgy return loads. NICE. If tank needed to be mega clean it would have a visible check. Leave tank venting with lids open until cooled down. Use special internal ladder to get in tank and also stops the lid getting shut. With rags on your boots to check over. The early day’s spinners were not as powerful and could not cut in to product especially round baffles.
. “Dead mans shoes”, now there’s an old saying you don’t hear much now, but then with the way all the contracts keep changing hands nowadays it doesn’t really apply to many jobs now. Was also the family thing as well, sons following father’s, thanks to the Health & Safety brigade that’s also a thing of the past too!
