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Eddie Stobart in Plymouth |
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26/12/2011 |
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Having been born and bred in Plymouth I always used to keep an eye out for Stobarts on my frequent visits to the City. The photo is courtesy of and [ more...
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Harlow Brothers to be added |
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24/12/2011 |
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Harlow Brothers are from Loughborough and manufacture wooden sheds and soft furnishings. Their fleet have a distinctive green,orange and white [ more...
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James Cooper & Sons to be added |
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23/12/2011 |
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James Cooper & Sons from Sheffield will shortly be added to the online searchable database. The fleet is mainly 8W Foden Tippers in addition to this [ more...
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Joda Freight in the rain on the M5 |
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22/12/2011 |
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Plenty of photos on the site of lorries in beautiful sunshine so I thought a photo of a lorry in adverse conditions would be a breath of fresh air. [ more...
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Wyvern Cargo on the A303 |
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21/12/2011 |
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We were lucky enough recently to be able to add the fleet of Wyvern Cargo from Poole in Dorset. An ideal location to spot and photograph this fleet is [ more...
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New Volvo FH for Dave Pollard |
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20/12/2011 |
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Dave Pollard are from Crediton in mid Devon and they have very recently taken delivery of a brand new Volvo FH 500 6x2 (GXL) tractor unit which is [ more...
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Scania R730 on the A361 in Devon |
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19/12/2011 |
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The Scania R730 is one beast of a lorry with some real lovely clout in the engine depoartment. This vehicle belongs to R L Taylor of Sampford [ more...
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Stardes to be included shortly |
Date Added:
18/12/2011 |
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Stardes will shortly be included in the LS online searchable database. Stardes Ltd are a multi-award winning logistics company servicing the music and [ more...
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ABC Grimsby Ltd shortly to be added |
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17/12/2011 |
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ABC Ltd are from Grimsby and have a fleet of mainly Scania vehicles in a British racing green livery with most lorries having the ABC registration [ more...
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New vehicles for Turners (Soham) |
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16/12/2011 |
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Turners (Soham) have been very busy of late putting numerous 61 reg vehicles on the road with Scania, Mercedes and DAF makes. Pictured here recently [ more...
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Cherished plates for TNT |
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15/12/2011 |
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TNT have started to put cherry plates onto some of their newer vehicles and currently they have 13 such registered lorries. Pictured here is T6 TNT at [ more...
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Trevor it's your lorry |
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14/12/2011 |
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Quite frequently I travel up and down the A361 enroute to the M5 and I normally chat on the CB to my friend Trevor who drives for M Way & Son. He [ more...
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Great registration for a recovery truck. |
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13/12/2011 |
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You get to see numerous personalised registration plates but this one caught my eye and how apt is it for a recovery truck.
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Laird Bros of Forfar will soon be added |
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12/12/2011 |
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The fleert of Laird Bros from Forfar in Scotland will soon be added to the LS online database. The photo is courtesy of and copyrighted to George [ more...
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Great registration for recovery truck |
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12/12/2011 |
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You get to see numerous personalised registration plates but this one caught my eye and how apt is it for a recovery truck
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S Cooper to be added shortly |
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11/12/2011 |
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The Exclusive Daf fleet of S Cooper from Winsford Cheshire will shortly be added to the LS online searchable database. The photo is courtesy of and [ more...
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Baird of Clydebank to be listed soon |
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10/12/2011 |
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The fleet of Baird of Clydebank have very recently been added to the site at the request of numerous Lorryspotting members. Many thanks to Brian Searl [ more...
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New Volvo for Peter Green |
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09/12/2011 |
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Peter Green have a brand new Volvo FH 500 6x2 (GXL) tractor unit which was photographed on the M3 at Hatch Today.The photo is courtesy of and [ more...
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Abacus Logistics added to the site |
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08/12/2011 |
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Abacus Logistics are a bulk container haulier from Southampton whose vehicles can be seen on the A34 for a pastime. The photo is courtesy of and [ more...
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James Jones of Larbert added to the site |
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07/12/2011 |
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The fleet of James Jones from Larbert in Scotland have very recently been added to the site. The company are involved in the transportation of round [ more...
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New Volvos for Star Transport |
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06/12/2011 |
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Star Transport are from Thetford in Norfolk and have recently taken delivery of several new Volvo FH 460 6x2 (GXL) tractor units which will shortly be [ more...
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NH12 460 for MDF Transport |
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05/12/2011 |
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Many people have sent me photos of the Scania T cab over the years but I have to say I am more of a fan of the rarer Volvo NH cab. This photo was [ more...
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Webber Transport to be added |
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04/12/2011 |
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Webber Transport are from Okehampton in mid Devon and they have a superb fleet of four vehicles in a most striking livery.Many thanks to Paul Harper [ more...
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New TG-X tractor units for Downton |
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03/12/2011 |
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Downton from Moreton Valence in Gloucestershire have bought quite a few brand new TG-X 26.440 6x2 (XLX) tractor units. This vehicle was photographed [ more...
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Couple of Toploaders on the M40 |
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02/12/2011 |
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I have found a photo location just off the M40 at junction 15 that has proved to be a very productive spot. Managed to get this snap of a Scania R [ more...
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T J Transport to be added to the site |
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01/12/2011 |
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T J Transport are a tipper operator who are based at Fareham in Hampshire and have been a firm favourite of mine since relocating to the South [ more...
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New TG-S hooklift for Patersons |
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30/11/2011 |
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Patersons Quarries from Scotland have a brand new TG-S 35.360 8W (M) Hooklift which is pictured here recently just off the M74 at the Bellfield [ more...
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L A Green on the M3 |
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29/11/2011 |
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L A Green are a haulier from South Lincolnshire who's vehicles all have the LAG registration suffix which makes them ideal candidates for members to [ more...
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Reed Boardall on the A90 |
Date Added:
28/11/2011 |
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Reed Boardall are one of the largest frozen and chilled distributors in the Uk with some 160 tractor units based at their Boroughbridge HQ near York. [ more...
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Calsina-Carre added to the Euro section |
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27/11/2011 |
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The Euro section has recently had some cracking fleets added to that section and one of them has been the Spanish haulier Calsina-Carre which are a [ more...
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Bearts from Stow Bridge |
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26/11/2011 |
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The main database will shortly be including the fleet of Bearts from Stow Bridge in Norfolk who are an own account operator running a great fleet of [ more...
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Caballero from Spain added |
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25/11/2011 |
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The Euro section has recently had some cracking fleets added to that section and one of them has been the Spanish haulier Caballero which run mainly [ more...
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De Rooy in Barnstaple |
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24/11/2011 |
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The Dutch haulier De Rooy regularly uses the front part of Evans Transport depot as a stop over during the weekends. This Volvo drawbar unit with a [ more...
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Hi Way Express coming soon |
Date Added:
23/11/2011 |
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The online searchable database will shortly have the fleet details of Hi Way Express who are from Normanton in West Yorkshire. I personally think [ more...
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Myers Transport added recently |
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22/11/2011 |
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Myers Transport from Forstal were recently added to the main section of the database and I am most grateful to Paul Harper for securing the permission [ more...
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New DAFs for Jack Richards |
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21/11/2011 |
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Jack Richards used to be a 100% ERF fleet until the demise of that brand.Nowadays they have a mixture of DAFs, Volvos and Mercedes. Pictured here on [ more...
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Rase Distribution on the M3 at Hatch |
Date Added:
20/11/2011 |
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Rase Distribution were recently added to the site and I was pleased to be able to take my first photo of one of their vehicles seen here on the M3 [ more...
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4 ex B & Q Volvos for W Hockin |
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19/11/2011 |
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The North Devon haulier W C Hockin have recently acquired several ex B & Q Volvo FH 440 6x2 (G) tractor units which are currently being put into the W [ more...
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Ex Pollocks Scania for W H Malcolm |
Date Added:
18/11/2011 |
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W H Malcolm have recently acquired a Scania R580 6x2 (Top) tractor unit that used to be operated by Pollock (Scotrans) with the registration L111 PSL. [ more...
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New vehicles at Maritime Transport |
Date Added:
17/11/2011 |
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Maritime Transport who are one of the largest container hauliers in the country have approximately 100 brand new vehicles on 61 plates. They include [ more...
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New DAFs for John Lewis |
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16/11/2011 |
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The John Lewis Partnership have taken delivery of several brand new vehicles on 61 plates one of which is this DAF FALF45 160 4W Boxvan seen here [ more...
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John R Adam soon to be listed |
Date Added:
15/11/2011 |
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John R Adam are a tipper fleet from Glasgow and will be listed on the full databse on the 15th November. I am most grateful to Brian Searl for [ more...
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Standard Motor Transport soon to be listed |
Date Added:
14/11/2011 |
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Standard Motor Transport are from Kiddermister and will be listed on the full databse on the 15th November. I am most grateful to Paul Harper for [ more...
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New drawbars for Stobart |
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12/11/2011 |
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The Stobart Group have taken delivery of several brand new Scania R440 6W (Top) drawbar units with tag axles which will probably be used on their [ more...
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B C Jenkins a North Devon haulier |
Date Added:
11/11/2011 |
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B C Jenkins are from Milton Damerel in North Devon and are a fleet of one vehicle. Their Scania is a frequent sight on the A361 North Devon "Link [ more...
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Fatal accident on the M56 |
Date Added:
10/11/2011 |
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Sadly we learnt recently of another fatality on our motorways with a driver from The Stobart Group losing his life when his vehicle left the A56 and [ more...
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Crane sections in central London |
Date Added:
09/11/2011 |
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I received this great photo of several H C Wilson vehicles in central London delivering sections of a crane to a development near London Bridge. The [ more...
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M5 fatal crash 4th November 2011 |
Date Added:
08/11/2011 |
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The thoughts of everyone at Lorryspotting are with the families, friends and relatives of all those individuals involved in this most terrible [ more...
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Giraud to be added to the Euro section |
Date Added:
07/11/2011 |
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The Euro section of the site will shortly be including fleet details and photos of the French haulier Giraud who recently became part of the Geodis BM [ more...
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New livery for Clugston |
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06/11/2011 |
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The fleet of Clugston who are from Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire have a new livery in the form of this light blue and white colour scheme. The photo is [ more...
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Simarco soon to be added to the site |
Date Added:
05/11/2011 |
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Thanks to the efforts of Paul Harper we will shortly be adding the fleet details of Simarco who are from Witham in Essex and run a fleet of vehicles [ more...
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Ex A W Jenkinson on the A361 |
Date Added:
04/11/2011 |
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A W Jenkinson run a superb fleet and routinely only ever keep vehicles for three years before they are sold on. This Volvo in decom livery was seen [ more...
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Cammack added recently |
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03/11/2011 |
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Cammack are from Colchester in Essex and run a lovely fleet of vehicles in British racing green with very prominent fleet numbers.I am very grateful [ more...
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Ex Stobart for M & D Transport |
Date Added:
02/11/2011 |
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With the Stobart Group acquiring brand new vehicles at a frightening rate there is a healthy market in their ex vehicles on the 2nd hand market. M & D [ more...
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Transdanubia added to the Euro section |
Date Added:
01/11/2011 |
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Transdanubia are an Austrian haulier who have recently been added to the Euro section of the site. I am most grateful to Ade and Phil for looking [ more...
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New Volvo FM for M Way |
Date Added:
31/10/2011 |
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M Way & Son from North Molton in South Devon have just acquired another new vehicle to their fleet in the form of a Volvo FM 450 6x2 (G) tractor unit [ more...
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R Wookey M5 southbound |
Date Added:
30/10/2011 |
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I am very grateful to the farmer who allows me to take photos from his field that overlooks the M5 southbound. Yesterday during a lunch break I was [ more...
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Coles Plant Hire to join LS database |
Date Added:
29/10/2011 |
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I am quite confident we will be able to secure the permission to list the North Devon fleet of Coles Plant Hire from Langtree. The fleet of muck away [ more...
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Bristol & Avon recently added to the site |
Date Added:
28/10/2011 |
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The bulk tipper operator Bristol and Avon have recently been added to the site and the company have an interesting strap line on the side of their [ more...
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Stephan Westerfeld in the Euro section |
Date Added:
27/10/2011 |
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Stephan Westerfeld are a German haulier and have in recent months been added to the ever growing Euro section of the site. Let us know if there are [ more...
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Mortimer on the DFDS ferry |
Date Added:
26/10/2011 |
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I received this great photo of a Mortimer Daf and a Volvo on the DFDS ferry from Dunkerque to Dover in March of this year. Both vehicles are strapped [ more...
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J Medler to be added to the site |
Date Added:
25/10/2011 |
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J Medler the builders merchants from Norwich will shortly be added to the main site for inclusion in the online searchable database. The fleet have [ more...
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Biomet to be added to the Euro section |
Date Added:
24/10/2011 |
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Biomet from Bulgaria will shortly be added to the very popular European section which has seen exponential growth since being added to the LS online [ more...
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Alex Mutch on the A91 Stonehaven. |
Date Added:
23/10/2011 |
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The A91 at Stonehaven in Scotland has to be one of my favourite photographic locations with the backdrop of Stonehaven bay. The Scania T124L 420 6x2 [ more...
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New Scanias for Elite Transport |
Date Added:
22/10/2011 |
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Elite Transport Services Ltd have recently taken delivery of several new Scania R440 6x2 (HL) tractor units which will be based at their various [ more...
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New DAF for David Watson |
Date Added:
21/10/2011 |
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David Watson have recently taken delivery of a new DAF FTRXF105 460 6x2 (SSC) tractor unit which has been allocated fleet number V7 and is named [ more...
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New Magnum for M Way |
Date Added:
20/10/2011 |
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M Way have recently taken delivery of a brand new Renault Magnum which has been named Lady Tanya. The vehicle is pictured here on the A361 at Pincombe [ more...
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New MANs for Boughey Distribution |
Date Added:
19/10/2011 |
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Boughey Distribution have recently taken delivery of several brand new MAN TG-X 26.440 6x2 (XXL) tractor units which are based at Wardle. Boughey are [ more...
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Scania delivering Scanias |
Date Added:
18/10/2011 |
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The fleet of De Rooy can be seen all over the UK delivering various kinds of commercial vehicles. The Scania drawbar is seen here on the M40 recently [ more...
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Colton Plant Hire to be added |
Date Added:
17/10/2011 |
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The fleet of Colton Plant Hire will shortly be added to the LS online searchable database. I am most grateful to Frank White for getting the [ more...
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K Petty & Co are on the radar |
Date Added:
16/10/2011 |
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Our message board which lists fleets we will be approaching has recently been updated to reflect the fact that we are pursuing permission for the [ more...
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Megatrucking Company added |
Date Added:
15/10/2011 |
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The Megatrucking company are a Dutch fleet with large fleet numbers on the top of the cab. A lot of the fleet are in the livery of Ewals Cargo Care [ more...
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Turkish Ford Cargo |
Date Added:
14/10/2011 |
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Quite a few members have sent in pictures of lorries from foreign countries and this piccy of a Turkish Ford cargo taken in Side arrived in the office [ more...
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Lantern Recovery soon to join LS |
Date Added:
10/10/2011 |
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Lantern Recovery are based just outside South Mimms services on the M25 and the majority of vehicles have the LRS registration suffix. The photo is [ more...
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Batim how to hang out washing |
Date Added:
09/10/2011 |
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Whilst in the UK there are some very resourceful foreign lorry drivers who seem more than capable of cooking themselves a meal at the side of their [ more...
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Like London buses ! |
Date Added:
08/10/2011 |
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The age old saying of you wait ages for a London bus and then two turn up could well be applied to this photo of two D L Rogers vehicles taken [ more...
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J R Harding oldie |
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07/10/2011 |
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Living in the South West means I get to see numerous vehicles of those hauliers who are situated in this part of the country. One of my favourite [ more...
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Britannia Leatherbarrows |
Date Added:
06/10/2011 |
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Britannia are a removals company who operate on a franchise system across the UK. In the South West there are Brittania Lanes, whilst here on the [ more...
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Indian Summer ? Snowploughs on the A34 |
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05/10/2011 |
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There has been much talk of late about the weather for this time of year with record temperatures for September. Well you can imagine my surprise at [ more...
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Ex R M Page Volvo |
Date Added:
04/10/2011 |
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R M Page were a heavy haul operator who ceased trading some years ago. Some of their vehicles are now working with other operators such as HMC Plant [ more...
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New message board now in use |
Date Added:
03/10/2011 |
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The Lorryspotting message board has been rolled out over the weekend and it is now fulfilling the job it was intended for by imparting information to [ more...
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4 new MAN TG-X for M Way |
Date Added:
02/10/2011 |
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M Way & Son have just had 4 brand new MAN TG-X 26.440 6x2 (XLX) tractor units delivered to their South Molton HQ. Certain other HGV sightings sites [ more...
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New trucks for Ascroft Transport |
Date Added:
01/10/2011 |
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Ascroft Transport have recently taken delivery of 2 brand new Scania R620 6x4 (Top) tractor units in Ascroft Transport livery. These are replacement [ more...
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Austin trucks blast from the past |
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30/09/2011 |
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Austin manufactured lorries as well as cars from 1908 until 1951 when they were merged with the Nuffield Corporation to form the British Motor [ more...
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Bleach of Lavant at last what a result !! |
Date Added:
28/09/2011 |
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Ever since visiting Chichester in West Sussex I have always wanted to list the fleet of Bleach of Lavant and thanks to Paul Harpers efforts we now [ more...
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Hauliers added today. |
Date Added:
27/09/2011 |
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Five more fleets going live today are:
D.R. Collin, of Eyemouth
W. Doyle, of Port Talbot
Holmes of Heathrow
Mainline [ more...
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A Rhodes from York |
Date Added:
26/09/2011 |
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A Rhodes from York will shortly be added to the ever growing LS online database. The fleet are in a very attractive burgundy and gold livery. Thanks [ more...
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Peckover from Bradford to be added |
Date Added:
25/09/2011 |
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Peckover from Bradford will be added to the LS online searchable database in the near future. Thanks are due to Paul Harper for all his hard efforts [ more...
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Matthews Group to be added to the site |
Date Added:
24/09/2011 |
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Matthews Group are from Crawley in West Sussex and are involved in demolition and earthworks. My thanks go to Jim Lennox for securing the permission [ more...
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Caffrey International in Thetford |
Date Added:
23/09/2011 |
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Caffrey International from County Meath in Ireland have one of the best liveries that I have ever seen. The cream and light blue colour make them [ more...
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New Atego for Dextra Lighting |
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22/09/2011 |
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Dextra Lighting from Gillingham in Dorset have a brand new Mercedes Atego 4W Curtainside rigid which has been named The Capital Whistler and has fleet [ more...
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Kelston Sparkes one of 4 hauliers added today |
Date Added:
21/09/2011 |
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Kelston Sparkes from Stanton Drew are just one of four hauliers being added to the database today. The others are Lochmaben Transport, Brick & Curran [ more...
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Eddie Stobart coach |
Date Added:
20/09/2011 |
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The Stobart Group recently held their Stobart Fest at Rockingham and one of the vehicles at the event was the Stobart Group coach registration C8 ESL [ more...
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Safepac one of 4 hauliers added today |
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19/09/2011 |
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Safepac from Mildenhall are just one of four hauliers being added to the database today. The others are S Jones & Son from Wales, J Exley from Batley [ more...
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Arden Wood Shavings to be added |
Date Added:
18/09/2011 |
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Arden Wood Shavings will shortly be added to the main site and many thanks are due to Paul Harper for getting the permission for them to be listed. I [ more...
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UK registered Norbert Dentressangle |
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17/09/2011 |
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In years gone by the ubiquitous haulier Norbert Dentressangle used to have only Renault trucks and were all French registered. Today they have some [ more...
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MESSAGE BOARD and members news |
Date Added:
17/09/2011 |
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The message board facility has been delayed this week due to the whole site moving over to new servers. Once logged in click on the news section and [ more...
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Site downtime Sept 16th 2011 |
Date Added:
16/09/2011 |
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The Lorryspotting site will have a major server upgrade over the next couple of days which will result in occasional downtime which is sadly [ more...
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Site downtime 13th Sept 2011 |
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13/09/2011 |
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The Lorryspotting site will have a major server upgrade over the next couple of days which will result in occasional downtime which is sadly [ more...
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Volvo FH16 750 worlds most powerful truck ? |
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12/09/2011 |
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For the last four days Volvo have been touring the UK with their latest FH16 tractor unit that has a whopping 750 brake horse power. The 4x2 tractor [ more...
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