Sniffy:
Wheelnut - presume you mean Synthomer, not sure if or what they were called previously
That must have been them. I have tipped there and always had to clean at Jackos on their account. Cheers Sniffy.
synthomer.com/synthomer/devw … enFrameSet
Same company now apparently, Harlow, Stallingborough, Ossett and Batley
Synthomer, the best Pic i can find
Heard Doverstrands name mentioned and from of stansfields pictures, so thought i’d better post these…
steptoe:
Can anybody remember M&H Slater from Immingham? They had a quite large bulk liquid fleet at one time, and as in the picture a few powder tanks aswell.
I remember seeing them Steptoe running in and out of Immingham and through Brigg on the old A18.I always wondered if they were owt to do with the Slaters from North Yorks that became Tilcon (I think).
Another one of John Wyatts here for you wheel nut.
JOHN
Hanson of Huddersfield.
This one is painted in the livery of Phillips Petroleum(old livery) who had quite a few different haulier working for them moving their products.
Pictures taken from flickr(ShireHorse)
JOHN
gunnerheskey:
Heard Doverstrands name mentioned and from of stansfields pictures, so thought i’d better post these…
Both look like Tankfreight contract motors in customer livery.
Sniffy those “stairs” on the Synthomer tank are wider than in my flat, even tank drivers are getting dumbed down now. I should hate to be the driver who catches the ladder on a post or a gantry 
Re ladders/staircases - Elf and safety initiative apparently, also from Driver forums so they can carry sample pots and such on top safely. If you can’t operate from ground level, big handrails and staircase if there’s room, Drivers luv-em
A few variations
Sniffy:
Re ladders/staircases - Elf and safety initiative apparently, also from Driver forums so they can carry sample pots and such on top safely. If you can’t operate from ground level, big handrails and staircase if there’s room, Drivers luv-em
So where do you stow that beautiful staircase when you have to drop a tank off in Hull and run over the bridge to Immingham empty? They wouldn’t allow that in some European terminals where you are not allowed out of your cab on the pad!
I designed & built a detachable aluminium handrail when I was on for the Germans, it was a pain in the arse; but it still didn’t stop some thieving barsteward pinching it
Good point well made - these ladders are fitted to tanks that stay on the chassis running through Europe, 4 bolts and there off though
Wheel Nut:
Sniffy:
Re ladders/staircases - Elf and safety initiative apparently, also from Driver forums so they can carry sample pots and such on top safely. If you can’t operate from ground level, big handrails and staircase if there’s room, Drivers luv-em
So where do you stow that beautiful staircase when you have to drop a tank off in Hull and run over the bridge to Immingham empty? They wouldn’t allow that in some European terminals where you are not allowed out of your cab on the pad!
I designed & built a detachable aluminium handrail when I was on for the Germans, it was a pain in the arse; but it still didn’t stop some thieving barsteward pinching it
WBL 5 behind a 3300 with an ex Hipwood and Grundy ERF behind.
WBL 4 Twin Pot behind Eddies motor
New Don Bur Skelly
FL10 normally ran with a road barrel, with 25 ton payload at 38tonne
WBL 1 Centre Discharge Twin Pot driven by David Healey
My little F7 and the Scania once driven by Simon Harris (Whitegold)
A Renault Turboliner outflanked by 4 DAF and 2 ERF. We came second in this behind FA Dayson of Carlisle
Some Yorkshire truck show with a young Wheel Nut collecting a trophy off some TV bird. (Possibly Judith Stamper from BBC Look North)
We is bling innit!
Affectionately known as the Fat Controller (or Boss Hogg)
Da reason fo da bling innit!
A very young mechanic hugging some office bloke who is ■■■■■■■
This bloke worked in the traffic office at the time, why the sunglasses? not sure, why dancing alone? not sure, but it was our Chtristmas party and it was Wheel Nut.
Good Photo’s Wheel nut, where’ve you been hiding those ?
I remember the Daf in the steam bay in Urmston, Do you remember Ronnie Dixon who used to run the Bay at the time
Wheel Nut Brilliant mate.Worked on all those Townson one’s at some time or other (not including the black&white one though) any chance I can take some copies or can you send me some please.The Sed Atki is signwritten in the name of J L Randell which was a company they took over in 1976 and this was one of 2 day cab Sed Atkis they put into the fleet to replace some of Randalls older motors although the livery was Randalls original colours which Townson adopted on there chemical fleet.Before this they were all red as you can see from the AECs.
JOHN.
great pics of the townsons tankers,
i cant make the reg out on the f10 
it could be my dads old motor or pete kenworthys
Some good photos there Malc,I’ll know you when you turn up in the Isle of Man now. 
What motor is that in the black and white photo and what was it like to drive? 
I remember seeing Woodbrow tanks but never knew anything about them.
sad stiller:
great pics of the townsons tankers,i cant make the reg out on the f10
it could be my dads old motor or pete kenworthys
GNC 57V
Chris Webb:
Some good photos there Malc,I’ll know you when you turn up in the Isle of Man now.
What motor is that in the black and white photo and what was it like to drive?
Not sure about the black and white photo Chris. I think they bought it second hand off AE Evans
If you see anyone looking like that photo in Douglas it could be Mike Read, not the cockney geezer, but the bloke who took Bert Weedon guitar lessons on Radio One 
I am slightly rounder these days
Wheel Nut:
Chris Webb:
Some good photos there Malc,I’ll know you when you turn up in the Isle of Man now.
What motor is that in the black and white photo and what was it like to drive?Not sure about the black and white photo Chris. I think they bought it second hand off AE Evans
If you see anyone looking like that photo in Douglas it could be Mike Read, not the cockney geezer, but the bloke who took Bert Weedon guitar lessons on Radio One
Hi Chris, thanks for the P.M. 
, yes I am sorry that I haven’t been keeping up with this thread and thanks for bringing my attention to Stansfield’s Hanson photos . It got me thinking again , didn’t Hanson own Jet Petroleum in the 60’s which later became Phillips Petroleum 
. I remember loading one New Years Eve ( well it was triple time or something like that ) in the early nineties at Phillips place after tipping in Seal Sands. Now I seem to think that there was a weight limit or a no access for tankers somewhere on that route which put about another half an hour on the journey but I can’t remember where it was now.
Now I hope that Numbum Phil won’t mind me reshowing his great photo again .
Didn’t you have to fill some of these with AVGAS when you were on P.O.L. ( petrol, oil and lubricants ) duty Chris ?. Of course not, you would of used AVTUR in those Avro Vulcans at your place and you would of needed more than a few of those old A.E.C.'s to fill the tank up. Think yourself lucky that you didn’t have to fill up the Victor Tankers with those A.E.C.'s ( unless they gave you Green Shield Stamps ) as you wouldn’t of had time to visit The Green Man in Lincoln . Those A.E.C.'s had no power steering and the pumps were in gallons which you then had to convert ( using a pen and the back of your hand ) into pounds as the pilot wanted to know his total weight.
tonyhogi:
Just wondered …Have any of you lads got any pics of the turquise Albright & Wilsons lorries? My uncle used to drive for them until their demise ,from the Widnes depot . The lorries he drove were Mk1 & 2 Atki’s & Seddon 400s, Regards Tony .
Hi Tony, I think that the turquise coloured Albright and Wilson motors could of been on contract to I.C.I. Widnes, I.C.I. Rocksavage or I.C.I. Runcorn as all the I.C.I. wagons were turquise A.F.I.R. in the fifties and sixties.
And here is another photo from John Harrison who worked for Distillers for quite a few years.
mushroomman:
Hi Chris, thanks for the P.M.
Teesside had their own set of rules that changed with their underwear, but I think you mean the official diversion was supposed to be up the A19 to Billingham / Norton and down the dual carriageway towards Seal Sands. Those in the know used to come off at Hatherton Hill, down to Port Clarence and tell them you were going to Calor for fuel if you were stopped 
No one would normally dare stop on Port Clarence road, it looked like Beirut, but much more dangerous. I remember a driver stopping at the chinese restaurant and promptly throwing it all up within seconds of eating it. Having said that I became brave enough to have several nights out in that scummy old pub on the bridge, the wisest thing to do was sit quietly facing the wall, don’t talk to anyone. Even the dog had a club foot!
The Teesside dangerous goods officer came up with all sorts on new rules and was self appointed tsar of the heavy haulage locomotives that everyone used to take advantage of the intermodal laws. There was also some unwritten law that I broke at every turn. Vehicles carrying dangerous goods were not supposed to use the A19 between York and Thirsk because some knob who worked for ICI in the transport office didn’t like tankers driving past his house. The walls of York had stood since Roman times and a few tons of Hexamethylenediamine (HMD) were not going to change things.
