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  Eddie Stobart in Plymouth
Date Added: 26/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Harlow Brothers to be added
Date Added: 24/12/2011
 
 

Harlow Brothers are from Loughborough and manufacture wooden sheds and soft furnishings. Their fleet have a distinctive green,orange and white [ more... ]

 
  James Cooper & Sons to be added
Date Added: 23/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Joda Freight in the rain on the M5
Date Added: 22/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Wyvern Cargo on the A303
Date Added: 21/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Volvo FH for Dave Pollard
Date Added: 20/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Scania R730 on the A361 in Devon
Date Added: 19/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Stardes to be included shortly
Date Added: 18/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  ABC Grimsby Ltd shortly to be added
Date Added: 17/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New vehicles for Turners (Soham)
Date Added: 16/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Cherished plates for TNT
Date Added: 15/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Trevor it's your lorry
Date Added: 14/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Great registration for a recovery truck.
Date Added: 13/12/2011
 
 

You get to see numerous personalised registration plates but this one caught my eye and how apt is it for a recovery truck.

The photo is [ more... ]

 
  Laird Bros of Forfar will soon be added
Date Added: 12/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Great registration for recovery truck
Date Added: 12/12/2011
 
 

You get to see numerous personalised registration plates but this one caught my eye and how apt is it for a recovery truck

The photo is [ more... ]

 
  S Cooper to be added shortly
Date Added: 11/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Baird of Clydebank to be listed soon
Date Added: 10/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Volvo for Peter Green
Date Added: 09/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Abacus Logistics added to the site
Date Added: 08/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  James Jones of Larbert added to the site
Date Added: 07/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Volvos for Star Transport
Date Added: 06/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  NH12 460 for MDF Transport
Date Added: 05/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Webber Transport to be added
Date Added: 04/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New TG-X tractor units for Downton
Date Added: 03/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Couple of Toploaders on the M40
Date Added: 02/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  T J Transport to be added to the site
Date Added: 01/12/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New TG-S hooklift for Patersons
Date Added: 30/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  L A Green on the M3
Date Added: 29/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Reed Boardall on the A90
Date Added: 28/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Calsina-Carre added to the Euro section
Date Added: 27/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Bearts from Stow Bridge
Date Added: 26/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Caballero from Spain added
Date Added: 25/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  De Rooy in Barnstaple
Date Added: 24/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Hi Way Express coming soon
Date Added: 23/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Myers Transport added recently
Date Added: 22/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New DAFs for Jack Richards
Date Added: 21/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Rase Distribution on the M3 at Hatch
Date Added: 20/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  4 ex B & Q Volvos for W Hockin
Date Added: 19/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Ex Pollocks Scania for W H Malcolm
Date Added: 18/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New vehicles at Maritime Transport
Date Added: 17/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New DAFs for John Lewis
Date Added: 16/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  John R Adam soon to be listed
Date Added: 15/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Standard Motor Transport soon to be listed
Date Added: 14/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New drawbars for Stobart
Date Added: 12/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  B C Jenkins a North Devon haulier
Date Added: 11/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Fatal accident on the M56
Date Added: 10/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Crane sections in central London
Date Added: 09/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  M5 fatal crash 4th November 2011
Date Added: 08/11/2011
 
 

The thoughts of everyone at Lorryspotting are with the families, friends and relatives of all those individuals involved in this most terrible [ more... ]

 
  Giraud to be added to the Euro section
Date Added: 07/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New livery for Clugston
Date Added: 06/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Simarco soon to be added to the site
Date Added: 05/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Ex A W Jenkinson on the A361
Date Added: 04/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Cammack added recently
Date Added: 03/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Ex Stobart for M & D Transport
Date Added: 02/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Transdanubia added to the Euro section
Date Added: 01/11/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Volvo FM for M Way
Date Added: 31/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  R Wookey M5 southbound
Date Added: 30/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Coles Plant Hire to join LS database
Date Added: 29/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Bristol & Avon recently added to the site
Date Added: 28/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Stephan Westerfeld in the Euro section
Date Added: 27/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Mortimer on the DFDS ferry
Date Added: 26/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  J Medler to be added to the site
Date Added: 25/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Biomet to be added to the Euro section
Date Added: 24/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Alex Mutch on the A91 Stonehaven.
Date Added: 23/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Scanias for Elite Transport
Date Added: 22/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New DAF for David Watson
Date Added: 21/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Magnum for M Way
Date Added: 20/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New MANs for Boughey Distribution
Date Added: 19/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Scania delivering Scanias
Date Added: 18/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Colton Plant Hire to be added
Date Added: 17/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  K Petty & Co are on the radar
Date Added: 16/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Megatrucking Company added
Date Added: 15/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Turkish Ford Cargo
Date Added: 14/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Lantern Recovery soon to join LS
Date Added: 10/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Batim how to hang out washing
Date Added: 09/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Like London buses !
Date Added: 08/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  J R Harding oldie
Date Added: 07/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Britannia Leatherbarrows
Date Added: 06/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Indian Summer ? Snowploughs on the A34
Date Added: 05/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Ex R M Page Volvo
Date Added: 04/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New message board now in use
Date Added: 03/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  4 new MAN TG-X for M Way
Date Added: 02/10/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New trucks for Ascroft Transport
Date Added: 01/10/2011
 
 

Ascroft Transport have recently taken delivery of 2 brand new Scania R620 6x4 (Top) tractor units in Ascroft Transport livery. These are replacement [ more... ]

 
  Austin trucks blast from the past
Date Added: 30/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Bleach of Lavant at last what a result !!
Date Added: 28/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Hauliers added today.
Date Added: 27/09/2011
 
 

Five more fleets going live today are:

D.R. Collin, of Eyemouth
W. Doyle, of Port Talbot
Holmes of Heathrow
Mainline [ more... ]

 
  A Rhodes from York
Date Added: 26/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Peckover from Bradford to be added
Date Added: 25/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Matthews Group to be added to the site
Date Added: 24/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Caffrey International in Thetford
Date Added: 23/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  New Atego for Dextra Lighting
Date Added: 22/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Kelston Sparkes one of 4 hauliers added today
Date Added: 21/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Eddie Stobart coach
Date Added: 20/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Safepac one of 4 hauliers added today
Date Added: 19/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Arden Wood Shavings to be added
Date Added: 18/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  UK registered Norbert Dentressangle
Date Added: 17/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  MESSAGE BOARD and members news
Date Added: 17/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Site downtime Sept 16th 2011
Date Added: 16/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Site downtime 13th Sept 2011
Date Added: 13/09/2011
 
 

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... ]

 
  Volvo FH16 750 worlds most powerful truck ?
Date Added: 12/09/2011
 
 

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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