Just discovered this excellent channel. I left school in '85 and went to work as an apprentice mechanic for Mansfield Roadways Ltd, operating a mixed fleet of ERF and Foden 8 wheel tippers. Plus a few Scammels. Happy days.
Tilcon started off as Slater Transport. They were based at Kirby Misperton. They also had a scheme where if you bought a new four-wheel tipper off them they would provide the work. I was an O/D working out of Forcett quarry , late 60s early 70s. Happiest working days of my life. Most of the lads I worked with now lie in Melsonby churchyard. Thanks for bringing the memories back.
Love Fodens, Bedrock 8 wheeler,0:35 looks modern,used today. Cullimore trucks are regular sight,on road as I live in Gloucester. Very familiar with their livery.
Nice ! Again an enjoyable medley of our trucking heritage. It brought back memories of a then old Tilcon Foden half cab delivering stone to a concrete works near me in the 1970s. I did have a model half cab truck and I'm trying to source another but they seem difficult to obtain , Lone star used to do a few versions but at the moment i can't find one for my collection.
When I was 15 I spent a summer holiday working in a local quarry, ahh nearly 40 years ago 😅 there were 2 foden s40's and 2 s41's 8eheelers lhd, Green with yellow doors i think,, hauling armour Rock to a powerstation project,, they were tough as f,,, regularly going out at 70 tons i remember being told,, never forgotten ummm 🇮🇪
The company I worked for in the 60s used 2-stroke 8-wheelers for bulk cement and ready mixed concrete. The only thing I disliked about them was the dreadful noise in the cab that made my ears ring. In the 70s and 80s I drove some of their dump trucks and they were excellent.
Foden were not perfect as we know, but for a medium sized British company to cast, design and make all major components was amazing.plus their tippers and dumpers were the best no question
Worked for Streeter s and Drinkwater s just think it's a shame that they didn't keep up with their rivals the last trucks they made were as good as any on the road but it was too late for them the Government should not of let our trucking industry be sold off like they did
The R E PATEMAN&SON K865 XEW bought back memories of micheal the son who ran the 6 Foden`s his fleet was allways smart and well maintained and changed after 5/6 yrs the sales man of the supplying dealer told me micheal had was very particular in some respects before you could choose your number plate the dealer had to souse cambbrigeshire numbers as tew xew etra and this had become hard to do and another time foden stopped fitting the kite so micheal refused to except the new truck untill a kite was soused i asked micheal if this story was right he confirmed saying you cant have a foden without a kite i liked micheal and thought him a friend tho his wife complained she needed to paint herself blue before he would notice her the lorries were allways washed and maintained on a saturday hardly ever worked but that is another story
Never the best looking best equipped or most comfortable… if their was a nuclear war Foden would out live the cockroach’s so say they were bomb 💣 proof was a massive understatement..Seen a 30 year old 8 wheel tipper running stone out of Marsden Quarry to wear dock this was say 1990 so the Foden if I remember right was registered in 1959 Kendrick’s had just started up and I think he paid £700 for it back then he had 4 I think all the same vintage were not pretty but they done 8 loads a day… day in day out week in week out for a good few years only reason they came off the road is Kendrick had a heart attack and died the business went…they’d probably still be running today if he was still here…couple of the steetly owner drivers had the 350 cat version my brand spanking F plate FL 10 used to fly past them going up houghton cut always amazed me how 320 would destroy a 350 caterpillar highway engines were garbage… and that was the only problem the trucks ever had was when they had that shite Yank power unit dropped in it..
Can’t agree with you there over Cat engines,off road the Volvo engine was gutless when on boggy ground they would just die out when the going got tough,the Cat engine just dug in and got on with the job,granted on the road the Volvo was a better performer,I drove both Foden and Volvo eight wheelers but preferred the Foden for sheer guts when it was soft going in winter conditions,very rarely got stuck with the Foden but the Eaton diffs were shit when the diff locks had to be used,that Cat engine totally destroyed them. I tried to Never use them because of this problem,the Volvo diffs were far better.
@@davidellis279 ….you might be right only going by what the 5 maybe 10 owner drivers told me back in the day ..personally never drove one so will take your word on that know which one id rather have any day of the week…
Just discovered this excellent channel. I left school in '85 and went to work as an apprentice mechanic for Mansfield Roadways Ltd, operating a mixed fleet of ERF and Foden 8 wheel tippers. Plus a few Scammels. Happy days.
🎉Great 👌 photos no so many off company's lot gone now 😢
Was teethed on s20/21 Fodens, so many happy memories and like so many old boys who worked them sadly no longer with us
Tilcon started off as Slater Transport. They were based at Kirby Misperton. They also had a scheme where if you bought a new four-wheel tipper off them they would provide the work. I was an O/D working out of Forcett quarry , late 60s early 70s. Happiest working days of my life. Most of the lads I worked with now lie in Melsonby churchyard. Thanks for bringing the memories back.
Fabulous British brand, that had an unwavered reputation for rugged build and reliability, Mod and tipper use confirmed there reputation.
Love Fodens, Bedrock 8 wheeler,0:35 looks modern,used today. Cullimore trucks are regular sight,on road as I live in Gloucester. Very familiar with their livery.
Was in the army and Foden recovery was a great vehicle.
Yes Graham fodens were a great tool in many applications 👍 😀
My dad was a tarmac driver working out of the hayes middx depot can remember getting loaded out of both arc in west Drayton and bardon in iver ❤
Used to run saby sand out of merstham to west Drayton as back loads
Nice ! Again an enjoyable medley of our trucking heritage. It brought back memories of a then old Tilcon Foden half cab delivering stone to a concrete works near me in the 1970s.
I did have a model half cab truck and I'm trying to source another but they seem difficult to obtain , Lone star used to do a few versions but at the moment i can't find one for my collection.
When I was 15 I spent a summer holiday working in a local quarry, ahh nearly 40 years ago 😅 there were 2 foden s40's and 2 s41's 8eheelers lhd, Green with yellow doors i think,, hauling armour Rock to a powerstation project,, they were tough as f,,, regularly going out at 70 tons i remember being told,, never forgotten ummm 🇮🇪
W Clifford Watts ran a fleet of 8 wheelers for 20 yrs.Maybe 50 vehicles.
The company I worked for in the 60s used 2-stroke 8-wheelers for bulk cement and ready mixed concrete. The only thing I disliked about them was the dreadful noise in the cab that made my ears ring. In the 70s and 80s I drove some of their dump trucks and they were excellent.
I live not far from the Mendip quarrie and these lorries are part of the supply chain along with the railway
Foden were not perfect as we know, but for a medium sized British company to cast, design and make all major components was amazing.plus their tippers and dumpers were the best no question
I drove s 6 wheeler foden 2 stroke 914 HOX for B & G at Penrith in late 60 s
Worked for Streeter s and Drinkwater s just think it's a shame that they didn't keep up with their rivals the last trucks they made were as good as any on the road but it was too late for them the Government should not of let our trucking industry be sold off like they did
When did you work for drinkwater Lee? I knew Bill and dave drinkwater when they ran out of manor place.
The R E PATEMAN&SON K865 XEW bought back memories of micheal the son who ran the 6 Foden`s his fleet was allways smart and well maintained and changed after 5/6 yrs the sales man
of the supplying dealer told me micheal had was very particular in some respects before you could choose your number plate the dealer had to souse cambbrigeshire numbers as tew xew etra and this had become hard to do and another time foden stopped fitting the kite so micheal refused to except the new truck untill a kite was soused i asked micheal if this story was right he confirmed
saying you cant have a foden without a kite i liked micheal and thought him a friend tho his wife complained she needed to paint herself blue before he would notice her the lorries were allways washed and maintained on a saturday hardly ever worked but that is another story
The were Men Then no Power steering,
Never the best looking best equipped or most comfortable… if their was a nuclear war Foden would out live the cockroach’s so say they were bomb 💣 proof was a massive understatement..Seen a 30 year old 8 wheel tipper running stone out of Marsden Quarry to wear dock this was say 1990 so the Foden if I remember right was registered in 1959 Kendrick’s had just started up and I think he paid £700 for it back then he had 4 I think all the same vintage were not pretty but they done 8 loads a day… day in day out week in week out for a good few years only reason they came off the road is Kendrick had a heart attack and died the business went…they’d probably still be running today if he was still here…couple of the steetly owner drivers had the 350 cat version my brand spanking F plate FL 10 used to fly past them going up houghton cut always amazed me how 320 would destroy a 350 caterpillar highway engines were garbage… and that was the only problem the trucks ever had was when they had that shite Yank power unit dropped in it..
Can’t agree with you there over Cat engines,off road the Volvo engine was gutless when on boggy ground they would just die out when the going got tough,the Cat engine just dug in and got on with the job,granted on the road the Volvo was a better performer,I drove both Foden and Volvo eight wheelers but preferred the Foden for sheer guts when it was soft going in winter conditions,very rarely got stuck with the Foden but the Eaton diffs were shit when the diff locks had to be used,that Cat engine totally destroyed them. I tried to Never use them because of this problem,the Volvo diffs were far better.
@@davidellis279 ….you might be right only going by what the 5 maybe 10 owner drivers told me back in the day ..personally never drove one so will take your word on that know which one id rather have any day of the week…