Anyone remember this company and any of its drivers - U.K. & International. Scania & Volvo tractor units. Had a fantastic 40 foot boxvan that had a painting of a UFO on the side of it.
Reefertrans:
Anyone remember this company and any of its drivers - U.K. & International. Scania & Volvo tractor units. Had a fantastic 40 foot boxvan that had a painting of a UFO on the side of it.
Welcome to the forum “Reefertrans” and YES i do remember UFO ! 
Did they also have there own Customs agents as there was one at Poole docks called UFO,or were they a seperate
company ?
Clipping from 1973.
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I worked with a driver at Edwards-Bell Bradford feel sure he worked there, Joe Craven sadly no longer with us. Les.
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not my photo. Les.
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Joe worked there Les , my cousin did a stint there two the job was easy enough the money was very poor . Joe had a 142
I lived in Wetherby when i drove for R Durham and used to park near a F88 UFO in the car park. This was in the early 70’s and there was only one parked there, it was hooked to a flat bed. I never saw the driver but think his surname was Horn and heard he had died several years ago.
I’ve not heard of the other driver mentioned.
DEANB:
Reefertrans:
Anyone remember this company and any of its drivers - U.K. & International. Scania & Volvo tractor units. Had a fantastic 40 foot boxvan that had a painting of a UFO on the side of it.Welcome to the forum “Reefertrans” and YES i do remember UFO !
Did they also have there own Customs agents as there was one at Poole docks called UFO,or were they a seperate
company ?Clipping from 1973.
Click on page once to read.
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The F88 i used to see was (if the old memory is right) all orange as was the flatbed. Now i’ve seen this photo i think i have seen it. Are they still in business do you know ? Oh, and welcome.
remy:
DEANB:
Reefertrans:
Anyone remember this company and any of its drivers - U.K. & International. Scania & Volvo tractor units. Had a fantastic 40 foot boxvan that had a painting of a UFO on the side of it.Welcome to the forum “Reefertrans” and YES i do remember UFO !
Did they also have there own Customs agents as there was one at Poole docks called UFO,or were they a seperate
company ?Clipping from 1973.
Click on page once to read.
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The F88 i used to see was (if the old memory is right) all orange as was the flatbed. Now i’ve seen this photo i think i have seen it. Are they still in business do you know ? Oh, and welcome.
No they went a while ago , i think their yard was near East Ardsley
ramone:
remy:
DEANB:
Reefertrans:
Anyone remember this company and any of its drivers - U.K. & International. Scania & Volvo tractor units. Had a fantastic 40 foot boxvan that had a painting of a UFO on the side of it.Welcome to the forum “Reefertrans” and YES i do remember UFO !
Did they also have there own Customs agents as there was one at Poole docks called UFO,or were they a seperate
company ?Clipping from 1973.
Click on page once to read.
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The F88 i used to see was (if the old memory is right) all orange as was the flatbed. Now i’ve seen this photo i think i have seen it. Are they still in business do you know ? Oh, and welcome.
No they went a while ago , i think their yard was near East Ardsley
Thanks.
High all, in my earlier years in this game we call transport I remember doing work for UFO on a traction basis, me being based in Southampton IIRC UFO had an office near the docks but that was when Townsend Thoreson’s & Normandy were running cross channel ferries from the old port but its a long time ago now, cheers Buzzer.
One of the UFO Scanias
What was the old saying, ah yes. Ufo transport of the future, wages of the past. the bearded one.
thebeardedone:
What was the old saying, ah yes. Ufo transport of the future, wages of the past. the bearded one.
Yeah that’s what i heard job ok steady , new motor crap wages
Photo from Truck Central, hope it doesn’t offend Alex if it does ill remove it, anyone not familiar with Truck Central its worth a look. Les.
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les-p:
Photo from Truck Central, hope it doesn’t offend Alex if it does ill remove it, anyone not familiar with Truck Central its worth a look. Les.
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That could well be Joe Cravens Les
ramone:
les-p:
Photo from Truck Central, hope it doesn’t offend Alex if it does ill remove it, anyone not familiar with Truck Central its worth a look. Les.
0That could well be Joe Cravens Les
It could be Ramone, just comes up as John Drakes old Scany on Truck Central, i don’t know how big U F O were and if they had more than one 142. Les.
My mate Malcolm Walker worked out of Woodkirk he drove a Merc with EPS was it called that was in the 80s if I remember correctly
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ramone:
les-p:
Photo from Truck Central, hope it doesn’t offend Alex if it does ill remove it, anyone not familiar with Truck Central its worth a look. Les.
0That could well be Joe Cravens Les
It could be Ramone, just comes up as John Drakes old Scany on Truck Central, i don’t know how big U F O were and if they had more than one 142. Les.
My cousin worked there for 6 months and said they only had 1 V8 and Joe drove it .He took it when Joe was on holiday much to Joes an noyance
I have quite a few photos of the UFO fridge trailers and tractor units. Reefertrans, was a division of UFO. The first 2 Reefertrans fridge trailers were pained yellow. I have also put together a list of many of the drivers that worked for UFO over the years. Spoke to 3 of the fridge boys last month, Stuart Whitehead, Steve Strange and Keith Leighton, all from the Doncaster region. Also spoke with Robert Webster, who lives in North Yorkshire.
Buzzer:
High all, in my earlier years in this game we call transport I remember doing work for UFO on a traction basis, me being based in Southampton IIRC UFO had an office near the docks but that was when Townsend Thoreson’s & Normandy were running cross channel ferries from the old port but its a long time ago now, cheers Buzzer.
Did you ever come across Bob Dark. Remember there being a manager called Allan at Southampton. They had another office in Poole and one in Dover.