TRUCKING HISTORY LOOKING BACK AT BRITISH HAULAGE AND FLEETS & LORRIES VOL 15

Sundays new video is real step back in time in vol.15 of looking back at british haulage & fleets & lorries.so please injoy watching and press the like button and subscribe to channel and thank you for stopping by.
songs by ludlow
songs are
ride it out
sand and salt
dont give up on love
till all thats left is ash

[@krakatoa1200]

It's sad that all of those British wagons have gone. We could recognise a Foden or and ERF from way off, now they all look the same. I feel lucky that my near 50 years on the road caught the end of the "Old School Era" My Dad drove before me, and when i went out with him for the day in the school holidays, all I wanted to be, was a lorry driver, and it came to pass.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Yep, terrible how Britain let so many of it's good companies go.

[@kennethburnet4374]

yes i so much agree, like you i was nearly 50 yrs great times i am now 76

[@michaellarking5487]

@@kennethburnet4374 Same age as you Kenneth a lorry driver not a trucker since 1969 after leaving the army, had my HGV medical last week to renew my licence, if I can get in and out of the lorry I’ll continue to do it.

[@kennethburnet4374]

@@michaellarking5487 nice to hear from you, the good old days no tacho, no cab phone, no sat nav, we had to read a map, proper transport cafes, and time to stop to help another driver if he was in trouble

[@michaellarking5487]

@@kennethburnet4374 100% correct Kenneth 👍

[@vulgivagu]

Some of these lorries are so overloaded they would not be out of place in China. Have always had a love of these old trucks, this is what was on the roads when I was a kid. Thanks for putting them on.

[@pato54321]

When my dad bought his first f88 it was like stepping into a starship compared to the old bedfords we had. There was literally no comparison, like someone else said- no wonder Volvo and Scania took over the British truck scene

[@bobfaulkner1763]

I still miss the days I drove these 'lorries' Brings back lovely memories.

[@chrissturgess4323]

Brilliant presentation ! Back in the days when hgv drivers were the " knights of the road ". Some lovely old lorries there, nice soundtrack too

[@lewlewis6511]

Great pics, 46 years now and still in the saddle. I can remember so many of the names on those wagons. I hate the new lorries with a vengeance, all the pointless electronic tat, but overall still enjoy my work because we're left alone to get on with the job and there's still some decent banter and mutual piss taking, just as it was back when i started.

[@johnsteed9083]

Thank you my dear chap for putting this together. In the late 60's when I was 22 I drove for the Kettering Co-op, a Bedford TK petrol, went like stink compared to the diesels. Didn't realise at the time but happy days.

[@shaun5944]

Great film of great lorries. Thank you 👍🇬🇧

[@andyclark1173]

Great pics. In the 60’s my dad drove for Pointer, being a young lad then every Saturday I was out in a Ergo beaver or mandator 32 tons not all were powered steered. My dad was well impressed that I could recognise the makes of lorries from behind by the mounting frame for the mirrors

[@JeremyStaniforth]

No forklifts back then,pipes,slabs,sacks of brewer,s malt at Liverpool and London Docks all handball on and off,then rope and sheet all of it in pouring rain ! The good old days !

[@rogerofrhodri]

Some very smart Fodens'and a lot of very desirable number plates, excellent video.

[@paulhemingway9149]

That brought back some memories.😊😊

[@mickwebber4345]

So glad I stumbled across this montage, bought back memories and the music by Ludlow was a great accompaniment

[@stevedawson256]

Love the Drinkwater lorry, grew up with them

[@soultaff]

Goosebumps all over . I remember as a dutt going with my late father in his “ split-screen “ Atkinson , Scammell Crusader and all sorts of others . Crash box gearboxes and such . You really had to be able to drive those beasts oh and no power steering either! Yes I’m a wagon driver myself . Hate the auto bollox we drive now 😡😡😡 . My all time favourite wagon then and still is the Volvo F88 / 89 / 86 . Where I lived in Cardiff, my best mates father owned “ Glyn John Transport “ he had loads of Volvo’s as did Heanor Haulage back in the day . 💪❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@josephp5058]

One of the smartest fleets of 60’s Fodens was the company associated with l think Tate and Lyle Silvertown East London called - Silver Roadways - absolutely immaculate always clean Fodens painted in Silver body work and red trim - if l remember correctly

[@AdrianEllis-fh2xy]

Did some miles with my Dad in a similar articulated ESSO Scammel tanker in the early 50s. Hanley Depot S-o-Trent to Ellesmere Port. Absolutely loved it.

[@PeterMackett]

Makes me sad seeing all those old British trucks and now not one company left building them here, so many makes back then and all with a character of their own, these days they all look the same!

[@shaun5944]

That's right mate 👍

[@ronniebiggs4026]

Loads of great “ Wagons” and a few Trucks thanks Christopher. I always try to pick out my favourite but then get that engrossed I forget which one 🥇👌🎥👍👏⭐️✅

[@garyhaynes2433]

Good old days look at the country now finished

[@MarkJames-k5l]

As a young boy in warrington in the sixties we were surrounded by haulage company's noblet and underwood pointers wards south eastern miller and Gordon and on Battersby Lane a big brs depot all big company's on big contracts

[@steveperry6624]

I learnt how to load one of these at the age of 19, even drive a forklift off a loading bay over a steel bridge to stuff a container, also learnt to tie a good dolly sheeting & roping,.

[@seanhedley8028]

Another cracking video !!! I particularly love the Hunters European long wheelbase Leyland Beaver tractor and tri axle flat . What a motor!!

[@andrewperkins8532]

when my late dad started driving lorries in the mid 60s his firm ran Atkinson borderers,guy big ,erfs, who remembers sitting on the engine between the seats and getting a warm arse 😂😂

[@everestyeti]

I used to drive a lot of those old Volvo's FL 7 and 10's plus the later ERFs and the Bedford's. There was a huge difference between the ERF's, Bedfords and the Volvo's. When you got in a Volvo it was like driving something from the space age, so much more comfortable.

[@johno4521]

Great stuff! Even the loads seemed more interesting in those days. Not an ISO container in sight!

[@ajadrew]

My Father was the Commercial Sales Manager at OG Barnards in Stowmarket Suffolk in the 60s & 70s - Taylor Barnard used to buy countless Mercedes 1418 tractor units through him before switching to Volvos, as at 1:50 when he moved to Duffields in Norwich!

[@regd.2263]

Love the Commer at 9-49 reminds me of that old George Formby song I'm Leaning on a lampost at the corner of our street until a certain little lady comes by

[@michaelgibson4705]

Love the picture of the Commer artic just about to have a “Greenacre “ so he’s pulled alongside a lamppost.the young lad is in danger 😆

[@paulobrien7209]

Some golding oldies there.great video...

[@keithmartland6463]

Great film, always loved the Thames Trader trucks

[@Mullhead_III]

My Grandpa Bill Butler used to drive lorries back in the day and told me they used to stuff their clothes with old newspapers to keep warm in Winter.

[@mariosxrusostomou5503]

The most sad story was Leyland he given so much bread to the Cypriot drivers,my uncle has one road train cheap spare parts anywhere.very.sad.templar.😮😢❤

[@plecman]

The old Foden at 5.00 is still on the road SGG 6 1957 still taxed and tested .. incredible to think it probably outlasted most of the guy's who built her!

[@stuartsimmons3470]

oh the irony a septic tanker..owner Drinkwater ..came for a look at the trucks stayed for the soundtracks ..some awesome tunes any chance you could just put the songs up :)

[@steveluckhurst2350]

They are by a singer called Ludlow. Small catalogue, but all on Spotify.

[@stuartsimmons3470]

@@steveluckhurst2350 thanks i'll have a look ..

[@stevedawson256]

The Drinkwater was a refuse lorry I used to ride in them when I was a kid

[@simonwhyld3003]

I well remember that Hulland Products Fodern with the incredibly slow air range change.

[@JeremyStaniforth]

Where’s my Mercedes 1418 ? Drove one to Iran in the Middle East in 1974.Some of the roads in Turkey and Iran weren’t even finished,going over the mountain’Tahir’ was scarey ! Think the reg was OFA 134M 😢 In 74 the Mercs were the latest thing and the envy of some of the old boys in ERF’s with Gardner 180’s !!!

[@deniseblades41]

I had a Bedford KM early 70's not a bad motor, Eaton two speed gave you eight gears, Dennis

[@MarkJames-k5l]

Always remember when I was at suttons loading coffee beans at Liverpool docks 682 sacks 24 tonne gang of us then at dinner went the Atlantic on the dock road always a turn on of the exotic type great days hard work always went home stinking of canvas and rope

[@MrTNR]

I drove a Leyland Matador in the early 70s, A VOLVO F12 and FL12 in the late 80s and when I retired I drove an F12 and F16 and the difference between the 1970s and the 2020s trucks is amazing. But what hasn't altered is the speed limits!!. Why? when todays trucks actually stop when you put the brakes on.

[@abdellahdrari8962]

Laccéssibiltée de vos ancien bahut était bizarre, belles photos et bonne zic

[@iandenton1406]

Victor transport riding with my dad (60s) dam why did we have to grow up

[@DDandrums]

I loved lorries when I was very small, my particular favourites were the ones with two front axles and one rear. The "Chinese Six", as I recently discovered.

[@georgerenton965]

I once heard that the purpose of the “ Chinese Six “ was to give added traction, but surprisingly it was when backing the trailer into docks too load and unload them. The “ wagon, and drag “ setup where the lorry pulled a “ full trailer “ that has a turntable with a steerable front axle connected with a drawbar, the lorry has a pintle hitch receiver mounted on the front of the chassis rail. When putting the trailer into a dock, the lorry disconnects from the drawbar, then turns around, and hooks up to the drawbar facing the trailer. The driver can then control the the trailer by pushing the drawbar in the direction required to steer the trailer into position, however if the trailer is loaded, and the road surface is say, cobblestones, and it’s slick, then the front of the lorry might slide of to the side one way or another, there by not permit the driver to have full control to direct the trailer where it needs to go. I remember seeing a few of these when I was young growing up in Scotland, but I’ve never seen a Chinese six in North America. Can anyone tell me if this is factual ? I do recall back in the day, how slimy the cobbles where in and around docks, and markets where fresh fish in boxes packed with ice would be handled. Does it ever rain in the UK ? 🤣

[@shaun5944]

Well done mate. I love lorries as well 👍🇬🇧

[@robertosborne7542]

Probably rode in a few of them as I used to thumb to Manchester and back from the west country,truck drivers would often stop,looking for some conversation etc.Dont know if anybody does this anymore-talking about the 1970s here.

[@user-fb1dn8rc3n]

Bedford tm pulling a decker now that’s hard work

[@paulhogg9153]

Might of had the v6 detroit in her , still underpowered but lovely tunes

[@richardmacphee-wallis4850]

Lovely times, I was an HGV apprentice back then.

[@jodavies8952]

Great pics, BRS in its glory days could be a vid on its own, Scammell and BRS developed, the Crusader, no companies like that today.

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

There are a couple of brs videos my friend 👌 😉

[@nickwillobey2205]

The Sierras on those trailers are probably worth more than those two rigs now!!?

[@TheGrowler55]

The good old Days, when Men where Men and women where Women, just saying, from Glasgow 😎🇬🇧👍

[@mejestic124]

Now i know where us, the Indians got the idea of putting a large nameboard on the top of the truck cabin.

[@douglasvick9703]

As a little lad Edwards of Lydbrook... My young dream company. No it does not give you bad eyesight!!!!!!!

[@a11csc]

👍❤️😎

[@1mikefrost]

Everything looked so grotty back then !

[@julie652]

Any pics of d and d transport Dundee my grandad dove trucks for years for them 👍👍

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Will have a look 👌 😉

[@julie652]

Thank you he drove a ford d series 6 wheeler and Volvo attics for them 👍👍

[@bigmiler]

Started in this game when I was 15 years of age as a yard boy for A & H Davey roadways when they were in vernon road Stoke-on-trent lot's of great memories as I progressed through it all to a class one driver people like mace'y one eye fergie big oiler action man scotty this is not a job it is away of life i am 67 now and unfortunately not in the best of health due to doing this job when it was hard work no sleeper cabs when i started but having said that if I could I would go back today modern trucking not the same made a lot of good friends from the companies i worked for and other companies drivers i met on night away from home it used to be a brotherhood unfortunately not any more whising all you drivers out there safe journeys and god's speed (whoosh i'm gone) and you don't hear that today either .

[@frankhall2441]

Great photos has anyone got any of london firms C&H, GEORGE'S TRANSPORT, GATWOODS,CUMBERS,THOMAS PAINE,I know there where many more

[@robinhuxley9304]

Yes great memories. We at Besblock in Telford ran a fleet of 14 ERF’s I’d like to add some images, but not sure how to do that. Can anyone advise please?

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Hi robin if you go to about me on my channel page you will find my email and you can send me them and i will upload into a new video my friend 👌 😉

[@ronniebiggs4026]

Great stuff Robin I did the same Christopher is a top man and it’s nice to see you photos on display instead of being stuck in a cupboard.👍🎥

[@chriso8485]

How did these old trucks have the HP to pull loads that weigh the same as today

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Gearing and time!

[@lucherve6169]

At the 11¹¹,What is it please ? The cab design is nice.

[@davidwynjones1993]

What’s the music? Beautiful!

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Hi David I will have to check and get back to you

[@tonywindross7410]

What is the music?

[@steverose8633]

do drivers still rope and sheet using a dolly

[@hjorleifuringason2778]

What happened to these British makes Scammel, ERF etc.?

[@rosmeartoo]

Here is a brief summary of the demise of British truck manufacturers Leyland took over : > Albion 1951 > Scammell in 1955 > Thorneycroft in 1962 > AEC in 1968 > Guy in 1982 (by virtue of taking over Jaguar who had bought Guy in 1961) Then Leyland went bust, buses were taken over by Volvo and trucks by DAF. DAF then went bust and was bought by Paccar. Iveco took over : > Ford commercial vehicles & tractors in 1984 & discontinued the marque > Seddon-Atkinson in 1991 Western Star (USA) then MAN (D) took over ERF, marque ceased to exist in 2007 Paccar (USA) took over Foden 1981 Bedford (owned by General Motors since 1910) ceased production & using the marque in 1990

[@stevewebster317]

The Crows 8 wheeler and tri axle trailer @ 6.45, would that not have been over weight for it`s time?

[@stevewebster317]

Surely it would have only been plated at 32 Ton?

[@williamboot9307]

I think it may be illegal for an eight-wheeler to pull a drawbar now.

[@paulbroughton1451]

WHO,S THE SINGER PLEASE ALL THE OLD LORRY, S ARE GREAT

[@GholamAli-e1y]

Why don’t over Volvo N12 or NL?

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Coming soon my friend 🧡

[@GholamAli-e1y]

Were do you from?

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

@user-tz9bi8tw7v Yorkshire uk 🇬🇧 👌

[@grahamtrollope2901]

Lorry drivers not truckers back then knights of the road

[@stevedickson5853]

Blimey, not 1 but 2 Dennis trucks spotted what's not a bin lorry or fire engine.

[@paulthomas3841]

My Dad drove through the 60s, 70,,Then it all Changed, lorrys came from a Broad, kill our Great Britain Lorrys Names,, 2023 Shit on the road ! !

[@thomascatford2627]

When did lorries become trucks and distance drivers become trampers?😂😂😂

[@wangdangdoodie]

Strictly speaking, if it's articulated it's a Lorry. If it's rigid, it's a truck.

[@robwilde855]

Unfortunately it's the gradual and seemingly inevitable Americanization of the language that degrades so many of our words. All the time I was a long-distance lorry driver we drove lorries or wagons. There were no trucks, of whatever kind or wheel arrangement. Only the Yanks had trucks. But that came to an end twenty or thirty years ago - at first only among non-lorry-drivers, of course, but now even some of them talk about their 'trucks'. It also creeps in at the same time from other directions, because so many people from the Continent or Asia now learn their English using material made by Americans. We just have to accept it, I suppose, unpleasant though it is, because there's no way to stop it.

[@robwilde855]

@@wangdangdoodie Can you tell me when this new definition was first proposed? And what sort of people believe it?

[@thomascatford2627]

@@robwilde855 good explanation , just as i thought, im an old timer and have a few classic lorries, so all these younger chaps call call them trucks , but we know they are lorries,🥃

[@steveluckhurst2350]

I'm not sure that all distance drivers are "trampers" or vice versa.

[@HerbertDuckshort]

You could have used happier music? 😭

[@paulbroughton1451]

NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MUSIC

[@paulbroughton1451]

THANK, S HAPPY X TRUCKER

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Thank you paul glad to hear your injoying the channel 👍 ☺️

[@paulbroughton1451]

@@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274 WHO WAS THE SINGER AND THE GROUP PLEASE

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Hi Paul if you check the description on the video you see the artist and song titles my friend 👌 😉

[@petercollingwood4108]

Volvo, WTF, though it was British. Click bait 😡

[@lewlewis6511]

Weren't FL's assembled in Britain at the time, or am i confusing with Daf.

[@nickwillobey2205]

Had to turn it off, too sad to continue.

[@hfraat25]

Dump the music

[@MrPomdownunder]

The Yorkie man theme instead..

[@paddy4799]

Count all the British trucks and spot how many were sleepers. It was the seventies before British trucks took this into consideration. The trucks were shit, then came the swede’s. Proper lorries.

[@josiecarl4671]

thank christ someone invented volvo and scania otherwise we would still be driving these gaffer spec shagheaps today. i drove about 70% of whats on here,so im aware of the difference. no wonder british truck manufacturing went down the pan with the standard of design and workmanship.

[@Paul-md8de]

The Volvo FL series cab was in my opinion the worst 80s design , cramped and uncomfortable , i hated it , i sometimes would turn up late for work just to avoid being allocated an FL unit , Scania's ( at that time ) were far superior .

[@fredcherry9297]

WHEN MY BELOVED ENGLAND WAS WHITE

[@steveluckhurst2350]

This is a channel about trucks, not a place for you to mouth off your opinions.

[@darrenhems2291]

​@@steveluckhurst2350hes allowed his opinion like anybody else.just cus you dont agree dont make him wrong.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@@darrenhems2291 where did I say that he was wrong?

[@darrenhems2291]

@@steveluckhurst2350 you didnt.i never said you did.

[@leeruston5055]

What’s the music please

[@leeruston5055]

Is their a face to the song ie artist

[@paulthomas3841]

My Dad drove through the 60s, 70,,Then it all Changed, lorrys came from a Broad, kill our Great Britain Lorrys Names,, 2023 Shit on the road ! !