tanker companies

Stanfield:
A couple more Tanker companys both from the North East.
Imperial have in the last 12month been taken over by the Hargeaves group and most recently merged with Stillers and moved into there depot at preston farm.Imperial had a management buyout in 1989 from ICI.

Hi Stanfield,

I reckon I might have been in that garage… It looks like Imperial’s garage at Billingham.

I was on Imperial Tankers for a short while, but I was outbased at Stanlow on an Air Products contract delivering liquid CO2 on nights.

Sometimes, when the Stanlow plant had production problems, we used to load the CO2 at Terra, Billingham.
On those occasions we had to pop across and into the office/yard/garage/truckwash if we needed something.

Now in the Hargreaves Group.

Another company no longer around.

At least these are still going strong

Another couple of Peter Lynch’s from Sandbach.


Hoyers one of the big players in the tanker industry.

I think these have gone now,not seen them around for a while


And another of Dennis Dixons from Teeside

JOHN.
All these pictures are posted with the kind permission of DAVE GOTHARD.www.davesimages.net

Dieseldave It is Imperials workshop at Billingham.I worked in traffic office for sadler tankers (oldham depot)

Stanfield:
Dieseldave It is Imperials workshop at Billingham.I worked in traffic office for sadler tankers (oldham depot)

Hi Stanfield,
I thought the building looked familiar, but there was a huge clue in the picture, which did help me. :laughing: :wink:

One more of Kidds fleet.

JOHN

Here are a few of my tanker pics:

A Hoyer sulphur tank:

A Calor propane tank:

I don’t know who the owner is, but it’s in Shell livery. (Hydrocarbon gas mixture)

Kerosene:

Veolia vac tank carrying some very nasty stuff: (Was it Cleanaway previously??)

Somebody who has much to learn about tanker markings:

Nynas, Bitumen: (UK)

Samat, Bitumen:(ADR, but in UK)

Schenk (Shell subby) Diesel fuel. (Luxembourg.)

IP ( = Italian version of Shell) petrol, (Yes, there really are 8 axles :open_mouth: )

And finally… another Hoyer

veolia was previously leigh envoiromental "!! :slight_smile:

curnock:
veolia was previously leigh envoiromental "!! :slight_smile:

Hi curnock, Cheers, I wasn’t sure, so thanks for that. :smiley:

Hi Dave
The hazchem should read 2WE 1230 CLS 3 its for Methanol. Where on earth did they get that one from 336(this No is ADR labeling isnt it) & toxic :confused: The Samat one would read 2Y 3257 CLS 9 on un labels over here.It has an elevated temperature liquid at or above 100 c and below its flash point. :unamused:( I think this is it anyway)
JOHN

Stanfield:
Hi Dave
The hazchem should read 2WE 1230 CLS 3 its for Methanol. Where on earth did they get that one from 336(this No is ADR labeling isnt it) & toxic :confused:

Hi Stanfield, I thought that one might catch your interest. :smiley:
Yes, you’re spot on, the HIN for methanol is indeed “336” (Highly flammable and toxic)

Stanfield:
The Samat one would read 2Y 3257 CLS 9 on un labels over here.It has an elevated temperature liquid at or above 100 c and below its flash point. :unamused:( I think this is it anyway)
JOHN

Spot-on again mate, it would be exactly the same as the Nynas tank, cos it’s the same product.

The Schenk tanker is carrying diesel fuel, so that has a HIN of “30” which is a flammable liquid with a flashpoint of 23deg C or higher.
The zero means ‘no other hazard.’

If you have the time, I think you might find a read of this two-page post of mine quite amusing:
(It’s got some nice pics and illustrations and you wouldn’t believe the rear marking on the tanker!! :wink: )
Tanker drivers: beware of markings grief (with pics) - THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE) - Trucknet UK

Have fun!! :smiley:

Hi Dave Just gone through that post on tanker markings found it quite interesting,you can tell wheelnut has done some tanker work in the past(for my old boss RT).Its amazing what people try to get away with,but dont you think that we should all be singing from the same songbook as they say and use the same systems throughout.
John.

Hi Dieseldave, Do you recall a tanker firm from “Birkenhead” Britannia they were on contract to Britannia Lard. Dave ( was a big Everton fan ) who ran it, was on Tommy Allens then Norco which turned in to P L Transtore as being off the road for a while I don’t see many wagons over your way but I guess he will be retired now.I ran with him a few times when I was on Sykes.
cheers Johnnie

Back to a few more older pics, all from the Thompsons archives

Nice pictures sniffy. I remember seeing all of them running about but always wondered what Fordath manufactured same as Foseco (from Tamworth IIRC).
Anybody know…?

Here’s another oldie for you,do you remember this company?

Stanfield:
Here’s another oldie for you,do you remember this company?

I certainly do John,they were regulars in and out of Lancs Tar Distillers at Cadishead.IIRC they brought crude tar in from Shotton,Lancs Steel at Irlam and Birchamwood (sp) top side of Stoke. They ran some old rough tackle in a maroon colour - if you could see it. :smiley:

Heres a few from a book by Colin Wright.All the pics are taken from this book but some are from the tank manufacturers.
Butterfields,Charles Roberts engineering,










And last but not least this Seddon Atkinson CNB 159T belonged to J L Townson ltd Oldham and was one of many they had painted in ESSO livery and on contract to ESSO in Trafford Park Manchester during the 60s/70s and into the 80s.

JOHN

Interesting couple of pictures in that last batch John. The Mr Dennis (John Wyatt) tank with the tallow tube at the rear and someone mentioned PL Transtore and Britannia Lard.

Were you named after the pub or was the pub named after you? :wink:

Sorry Wheelnut can’t find any pics of the Metal-air Inco-bulk tank, but found some powder tanks with older liveries

Yewco tank repairs and newbuilds over yorkshire area.If I remember correctly they closed down and I think one of the lads who worked their (Tony Newby) bought it and renamed it Newco sometime during the 70/80s do any of you lads remember this happening.

JOHN

Your Brotherton Chemicals pictures turned thi up John. You do the photos I will hunt down some history :laughing:

The Story of Edward Brotherton,
First Baron of Wakefield

A young man with plenty of imagination, ambition in abundance but no money, arrived in Wakefield in the mid 1800’s determined to turn around his fortunes. Edward Allen Brotherton was a Victorian success story, and entrepreneur from humble beginnings who was awarded a peerage two years before his death for his unstinting public service.

The Brothertons were a Manchester family involved in the textile trade and Edward, the eldest of six children, was born in the year that the Crimean War came to an end.

He knew that many chemical manufacturers were pouring away a fortune in ammonia by-products….but before embarking on this new venture, Edward needed financial backing.

With the help of this mother, he was introduced to relatives of the Brotherton family from Wakefield, the Dysons.

The Dysons agreed to back him to the tune of £3,000 and the new chemical company, the first in Wakefield, was opened under the name Dyson Sons & Brotherton on September 1, 1878, on Calder Vale Road. Edward Brotherton was just 22 years old.

For the first 5 years, Edward lived, as well as worked, on the site, getting up and out into the factory well before the arrival of the morning shift.

In 1893, Edward secured a contract from Birmingham Corporation for their gas liquor and spent iron oxide and he opened yet another chemical works.

A year later, the Brotherton Birmingham plant was nearing production when, at the Society of Chemical Industry dinner in Edinburgh, Edward met up with George Bielby, a businessman who had sold his process to manufacture cyanide, which used large quantities of ammonia, to the Cassel Company. This fortuitous meeting saw Edward engaged to supply ammonia liquor to the company, a relationship that eventually made Edward Brotherton an important shareholder in Cassels, afterwards deputy chairman and, on the death of George Bielby in 1927, chairman.

Brotherton and Company now began to expand in earnest as coal tar products began to be added to the company’s growing list of products. But the first chemical works at Calder Vale Road had not been forgotten in the expansion. New products required a forest of tall chimneys that dominated the skyline. And Edward, even with his numerous business interests across the north, was active in Wakefield’s social and political arenas. In 1902 he became mayor of the city, the same year winning a seat in parliament. He continued to represent Wakefield’s interests for eight years.

One of his public-spirited ideas to encourage saving among children led to savings books, each with an initial credit of one shilling, being given to 60,000 school children.

After the First World War, Edward had a special medal designed and presented it, along with a small amount of money, to soldiers who had suffered as prisoners of war.

His spiralling fortune evidently brought Edward great pleasure as he assumed the role of city benefactor, but his life was marred by tragedy. He married at the age of 27 when he was just beginning to expand his chemical empire, but a year later his young wife died in childbirth.