. No some w. ker in Warrington said don’t need Barrow drivers just kept 2 shunters down to 1 now pity because it was a good job
Life after Green.
Leyland 680:
. No some w. ker in Warrington said don’t need Barrow drivers just kept 2 shunters down to 1 now pity because it was a good job
Hello Leyland 680
Thankyou for that marra. I see. I did wonder like because if I remember rightly, there was a bit of a stink about them closing the depot in Barrow.
When the depot was up and runnign, how many lorries did they run at Barrow?
Kindest regards
CG
nianiamh:
Life after Green.
Hello nianiamh
Thankyou for that photo marra.
PX10 EKY used to be Georgia Daisy (H8204), a Appleton based Biomass Lorry.
Its good to see that they get a excelent livery after Stobarts. Lovely livery by the way
Kindest regards
CG
Hello Marra at there peek they had about 12 motors about a year of being in BARROW William Stobart said start 6 tramper drivers.About just over a year later later made them redundent all good drivers.We started with new M A N H 1630 Renee. Etc Etc Then ended up with Belgium reg Scania’s. Yes there was some trouble about last lot of redundancies carnet say any more on that. All the best. Frank
1 having a rest
Gill, any idea what Stobarts policy on replacing vehicles is? Up above is a 10 plate already onto a new owner, yet this morning I overtook an 05 Reg (PX05 CVG iirc) on the A66, seemed a very old truck to still be in colours.
David.
dew:
Gill, any idea what Stobarts policy on replacing vehicles is? Up above is a 10 plate already onto a new owner, yet this morning I overtook an 05 Reg (PX05 CVG iirc) on the A66, seemed a very old truck to still be in colours.David.
Hello dew
Yes, I can help you there. The replacing vehicle policy changed in 2010 so that now:
Scanias are replaced every 2 years (except Megas which are kept for 5/6 years)
Volvos are replaced every 3 years
Mercedes are replaced every 3/4 years
Also,
Rail Lorries (not vans) are replaced every 10/11 years
Rigids are kept for max 15 years
Drawbars are replaced every 8/9 years
Car Transporters are unkown as of yet, but I’ll update this post when the first ones start been decomisioned (I expect they will be kept for the same time as the Drawbars)
The PX05 one is question is run by a Stobart Subbie and is based out of Goole. Subbies are asked to replace there fleet every 2 to 4 years but often they don’t.
The oldest on the subbing fleet is a PY02 Scania 4 Topline 4 x 2, which is in the new livery.
Subbies (if they ask for a Ex Stobart owned vehicle) at the moment seem to be getting 11 reg Scanias
Hope this is of some interest/help marra
Kindest regards
CG
Leyland 680:
Hello Marra at there peek they had about 12 motors about a year of being in BARROW William Stobart said start 6 tramper drivers.About just over a year later later made them redundent all good drivers.We started with new M A N H 1630 Renee. Etc Etc Then ended up with Belgium reg Scania’s. Yes there was some trouble about last lot of redundancies carnet say any more on that. All the best. Frank
Hello Leyland 680
Thankyou for that post marra. Many thanks
Was the Barrow fleet all MAN or was it a mixture?
I know Workington was a fleet of around 30 MAN’s and Penrith was a fleet of 15 of Scanias (all changed now like) when they started.
Plus, can you remember any of the Fleet Numbers of the Barrow lorries?
Kindest regards
CG
robthedog:
1 having a rest
Not very good like. I hope the driver was OK.
Thanks for that robthedog
Kindest regards
CG
here is the 10 plate i’ve been using for the past couple of weeks
Damnn thing won’t upload - well it is PF10 HPX anyway
Toddy2:
here is the 10 plate i’ve been using for the past couple of weeks
what does this mean■■?
Information
The image file you tried to attach is invalid.
Stupid computers - anybody got a 9 year old i can borrow??
Px05 cvg was my old motor. I had it on international walking floor work. Replaced by an 09 plate.
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dew:
Gill, any idea what Stobarts policy on replacing vehicles is? Up above is a 10 plate already onto a new owner, yet this morning I overtook an 05 Reg (PX05 CVG iirc) on the A66, seemed a very old truck to still be in colours.David.
Hello dew
Yes, I can help you there. The replacing vehicle policy changed in 2010 so that now:
Scanias are replaced every 2 years (except Megas which are kept for 5/6 years)
Volvos are replaced every 3 years
Mercedes are replaced every 3/4 yearsAlso,
Rail Lorries (not vans) are replaced every 10/11 years
Rigids are kept for max 15 years
Drawbars are replaced every 8/9 years
Car Transporters are unkown as of yet, but I’ll update this post when the first ones start been decomisioned (I expect they will be kept for the same time as the Drawbars)The PX05 one is question is run by a Stobart Subbie and is based out of Goole. Subbies are asked to replace there fleet every 2 to 4 years but often they don’t.
The oldest on the subbing fleet is a PY02 Scania 4 Topline 4 x 2, which is in the new livery.
Subbies (if they ask for a Ex Stobart owned vehicle) at the moment seem to be getting 11 reg ScaniasHope this is of some interest/help marra
Kindest regards
CG
Fair enough cheers mate, I mean we both know of the Drawbar still in old colours (52 iirc) just was a bit suprised to be following an '05 plate in full new wrap. (What year did they change to the wrap btw?)
. Hello CG we got 6 brand new M A N sorry only remember 3 of them Dawn 1621 Renne 1630 Ruby 1631 Four where on days & night one shunting other ran about between 3 factories. After about 3 years swapt them for Belgium reg Scania’s. Just before made redundent got a 6 wheel Scania PX 51 AKV. PS. The regs of 2 of Belgium motors. DCX 310. DYF 193 All The Best. FRANK.
dew:
■■■■■■■■ gill:
dew:
Gill, any idea what Stobarts policy on replacing vehicles is? Up above is a 10 plate already onto a new owner, yet this morning I overtook an 05 Reg (PX05 CVG iirc) on the A66, seemed a very old truck to still be in colours.David.
Hello dew
Yes, I can help you there. The replacing vehicle policy changed in 2010 so that now:
Scanias are replaced every 2 years (except Megas which are kept for 5/6 years)
Volvos are replaced every 3 years
Mercedes are replaced every 3/4 yearsAlso,
Rail Lorries (not vans) are replaced every 10/11 years
Rigids are kept for max 15 years
Drawbars are replaced every 8/9 years
Car Transporters are unkown as of yet, but I’ll update this post when the first ones start been decomisioned (I expect they will be kept for the same time as the Drawbars)The PX05 one is question is run by a Stobart Subbie and is based out of Goole. Subbies are asked to replace there fleet every 2 to 4 years but often they don’t.
The oldest on the subbing fleet is a PY02 Scania 4 Topline 4 x 2, which is in the new livery.
Subbies (if they ask for a Ex Stobart owned vehicle) at the moment seem to be getting 11 reg ScaniasHope this is of some interest/help marra
Kindest regards
CGFair enough cheers mate, I mean we both know of the Drawbar still in old colours (52 iirc) just was a bit suprised to be following an '05 plate in full new wrap. (What year did they change to the wrap btw?)
Hello dew
Stobarts changed the livery in 2004, more or less 6 months after the WAD takeover in late 2003.
The first liveried lorries where a bulk load of Volvo’s & DAF’s, along with some Scania 4 & R Drawbars.
The first bulkk load of Scanis to be liveried up where in 2005.
The new trailer livery didn’t come in until 2005, and Stobarts ran a load of Plain Green curtainsiders with eddiestobart.co.uk on the back doors.
Hope this helps marra and heres a photo of the PY02 Scania 4 Topline one.
The photo is of a sister lorry to the one I was thinking about (PY02 RRV). This one was owned by Brewers of Penrith. It is now decomisioned.
But, PY02 RRV is still in service. I belive it works on Homebase deliveries
Kindest regards
CG
Leyland 680:
0. Hello CG we got 6 brand new M A N sorry only remember 3 of them Dawn 1621 Renne 1630 Ruby 1631 Four where on days & night one shunting other ran about between 3 factories. After about 3 years swapt them for Belgium reg Scania’s. Just before made redundent got a 6 wheel Scania PX 51 AKV. PS. The regs of 2 of Belgium motors. DCX 310. DYF 193 All The Best. FRANK.
Hello Leyland 680
Thankyou for that marra. Your alright, I don’t always remember things too
Many thanks again (and for the photo too)
Kindest regards
CG
Toddy2:
Hooray !!! Cracked it !!!0
Hello Toddy2
Thankyou for (eventually) getting to upload it. It sometimes does that with my photos. Stupid thing
PF10 HPX was Jenna Jack (H5663) and was a Widnes based Scania R 6 x 2.
Many thanks for uploading the photo marra
Kindest regards
CG
JB:
Px05 cvg was my old motor. I had it on international walking floor work. Replaced by an 09 plate.
Hello JB
Thankyou for that. Where you a Stobart Subbie? If so, which depots did you work out of?
Also, do you still do Stobart subbing (sorry for all the questions) and whats the reg of your current lorry, as I might have a photo of it I can post
Kindest regards
CG
