Not seen many waste tank photos lately, not sure if Mckeefry are still operating waste tanks now
One or Two here off Bob Hobbs site transportphotos.com all taken in 1993
Wyatts Volvo F10
S J Bargh Scania 113m
Imperial Tankers Seddon Atkinson Strato (Sadler Tankers had G346BPY which was also a Strato)
Imperial Tankers ERF E10
Gone but kept alive in the Vintage Roadscene mag.
Smith & Robbies ERF A series GWY125N
Scammell Crusader OVH53M
ooooooo now i do like all 3 of them mate, more so the castrol tanker but im bias…lol, wasnt sykes based in huddersfield?
night time shot of the wagon i had on shift, parked up at rugby last night after a couple of trips down to the airports with de icer
Thought you would like the Castrol one Pete so here is another + one from the Esso fleet again from Vintage Roadscene
wirralpete:
ooooooo now i do like all 3 of them mate, more so the castrol tanker but im bias…lol, wasnt sykes based in huddersfield?
Pete the depot was at Shepley at the junction of the A636 and A629 there used to be a cafe there the Rocket which became the wagon park and offices when it closed and I think Case tractors had the place when Sykes closed down. There was two drivers I can recall who drove OVH53M Mick left and went to Pattersons when they started up and Archie had then.
cheers Johnnie
cheers johnnie,
our main depot is on leeds road in hudds, theres a sykes crusader on the crusader thread looks like a proper truck a shame i was to little to have a go lol
love the 4 wheeler erf im being spoilt fella lol
A couple more for you from transportphotos.com
cheers mate, an interesting site that, still no picture of the elusive sed atk 400 in castrol colours lol
opps double post
Great photo of the Castrol ERF artic.Here is the one restored by ERF64Cu and Kevmac47, plus a couple more.
Castrol had a depot at Hyde years ago and their second depot was round the back of the Dog and Partridge on Sheffield side of Woodhead. 
I remember him on the Shell Lubes job at Stanlow in the late eighties, some great laughs with him in there.RIP Ged “Full Shillin’” Dolan.
dafdave:
Tankerman*:
Hi Dave, yes I remember Jed Dolan. First night out he had a Gilbraith’s was with me at the Carlisle “lorry” stop, he jumped on to the stage and took over the mike from the group, he was a fantastic singer. He also was a great dancer, he did a jive with his wife at Gilbraith’s Christmas party and I was amazed how light he was on his feet considering he must have been 20 stone.
He was a great character and I could tell you a few stories about the trouble he used to get into and talk his way out of it.It was a big shock when he died, RIP Ged.
Russell.
Aye russell that was jed,theres a few tales i could you myself some of them funny,very sad loss.
regards dave.
Roger Davenport. He sadly passed away about two years ago
Cavlad:
Tankerman:
I spent many hours up there on the solvent gantry in the early 70’s. I mainly carried Linevol or Butanol in a 4500 gallon one potter behind a new Scammell handyman. We took a lot of dobane to Marchon at Whitehaven.
As Chris Webb says there was always the OB and Catchpole lads to have the craig with. Little Roscoe and Gobber Price, he drowned in the dock at Hull after a session in the on board bar after we had tipped oil additive.
The traffic office was over at the back end of Stanlow near the Oil Sites road but you still had to go right through the plant to get to it.
The routers were Arthur Hewitt, Arthur Bean (both ex Shell Chemics drivers) and Jock Ritchie. A year or so after I started on contract there the office and yard was moved to the front of the site (first left after you came off the A5117) and a wash bay built. Arthur Hewitt ran the wash for a while then one of our drivers who lived at E Port left Gibraiths and started on the wash bay, he was called Roger but his last name as escaped me.Do you remember little Tommy Edge a loader, he got killed on oil sites road when he went under a lorry with his bicycle.
There was one product I hated at Stanlow and that was Dutrex, nasty greasy stuff which took some cleaning out.
The good job was teelpol, especially if you had a customer for a few tons, say no more on that subject.
I left Stanlow in 1977 and did about 9 years at BP SaltendThe traffic office is now by the entrance to gate six, right where you said and the former wash bays were. The wash bays are long since redundant, vehicle inspections were done under them (i.e tank internal checks) but then moved to the gantries.
I don’t remember Tommy sorry but I bet I’ll know some people who did, and Dutrex and Teelpol are not product names I’m aware of. There is a product called Teepol they use on site but I think that’s bought in now and not made on site. It’s a sort of detergent/cleaner that’s fairly good at degreasing/cleaning up and can also wash dishes but it makes them stink!Linevol (and Neodol) still going strong, plenty of that going out daily, as are toluene and Higher Olefins (gate three and gate 1 iirc) if you’re familiar with them?
I remember loading Linevol at Stanlow but can’t recall where I took it. Acetone,MEK and Di-isobutylene (which went to Billingham) I also remember loading. Toluene,Xylene and White Spirit were loaded further down Oil Sites Road,on the right,maybe Benzene as well which went to Shell at Carrington. There were some long waits in Shell Chemicals at Stanlow. 
I went in to load White spirit with a Marathon which was fitted with a tachograph,around 1978/79,and was asked to leave by the shop steward,any vehicle fitted with one was barred. I had already explained what would happen to my “superiors” but it fell on deaf ears.I had run empty from ICI Paints at Hyde as well. 
There was a time when you would have thought Castrol had another little depot, at The Horse and Jockey, Grindley Brook, Whitchurch. When Billy Wragg was the landlord. Spent many an afternoon in there with my Dad. I don’t think the Castrol drivers back then were allowed to drive straight past!
Chris Webb:
Castrol had a depot at Hyde years ago and their second depot was round the back of the Dog and Partridge on Sheffield side of Woodhead.
Rizzo:
There was a time when you would have thought Castrol had another little depot, at The Horse and Jockey, Grindley Brook, Whitchurch. When Billy Wragg was the landlord. Spent many an afternoon in there with my Dad. I don’t think the Castrol drivers back then were allowed to drive straight past!Chris Webb:
Castrol had a depot at Hyde years ago and their second depot was round the back of the Dog and Partridge on Sheffield side of Woodhead.
are you calling my dad a horse and jockey groupie?..lol
Well my Dad certainly was!
wirralpete:
Rizzo:
There was a time when you would have thought Castrol had another little depot, at The Horse and Jockey, Grindley Brook, Whitchurch. When Billy Wragg was the landlord. Spent many an afternoon in there with my Dad. I don’t think the Castrol drivers back then were allowed to drive straight past!Chris Webb:
Castrol had a depot at Hyde years ago and their second depot was round the back of the Dog and Partridge on Sheffield side of Woodhead.are you calling my dad a horse and jockey groupie?..lol