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Spotting in all weathers |
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13/03/2006 |
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Members of LS.com are a hardy bunch and the spotting of lorries goes on under all UK weather conditions. Here is an example from Kathryn Gales taken [ more...
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Nice one Paul ! |
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12/03/2006 |
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Paul Heneachon, who is one of our Scottish members, has been trying for some time now to get a photo of any vehicle from the fleet of Scott Trawlers. [ more...
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Heanor at work |
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11/03/2006 |
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Here is a fantastic photo of a Heanor unit pulling an old railway carriage through the village of Wolsingham in Weardale, it then wound its way down [ more...
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Thanks very much |
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10/03/2006 |
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I am eternally grateful to the farmer who owns this land adjacent to the M5 for permission to take photos from one of his fields, and for him sending [ more...
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Just for Nick |
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09/03/2006 |
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Nick took these today on the pedestrian bridge just after Taunton Deane services so I managed to get both north and southbound traffic.. Cheers [ more...
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George Taylor join lorryspotting.com |
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08/03/2006 |
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Bristol based haulier George Taylor has become the 222nd fleet to be added to our site. This very well presented fleet are a welcome addition to the [ more...
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Ex Goldstar on the M5 |
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08/03/2006 |
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This vehicle used to be operated by Goldstar one of the hauliers on the LS database, but is now operated by Brian Rayner who operate out of Frome.This [ more...
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Stobart on the M5 |
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07/03/2006 |
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I have managed to find a cracking location for taking photos on the M5 with kind permission of the land owner. This shot was taken on 8th March 2006 [ more...
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Career change for John Martin |
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07/03/2006 |
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The internationally acclaimed surfer John Martin has decided upon a career change and has taken up the challenge of the school crossing patrol [ more...
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Ian S. Roger join lorryspotting.com |
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06/03/2006 |
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As more and more hauliers south of the border seem to be opting for white cabs with just a few decals it is comforting to find that almost all of our [ more...
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Email from New Zealand |
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05/03/2006 |
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Hi I'm a truck driver from New Zealand I was just surfing the web and came across your site and thought you might like to have a look at my truck. Its [ more...
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Cracking fleet to be added shortly |
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04/03/2006 |
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I am delighted to announce the inclusion in the early part of next week to the LS database of the Bristol based haulier George Taylor Transport . [ more...
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10 new Scanias for Maritime |
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02/03/2006 |
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The Felixstowe based haulier Maritime has recently taken delivery of 10 new Scania R470 6 X 2 (Top) tractor units which will be based at various [ more...
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Renaults for Evans Transport |
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28/02/2006 |
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Evans Transport have recently taken delivery of 5 new Renault Premium 420 dCi 6 X 2 (Priv) tractor units . Seen here is the latest vehicle to be [ more...
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Yes it is a new vehicle |
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27/02/2006 |
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The Braunton based haulier M J Smale & Son have recently taken delivery of their latest addition to the fleet. The Scania P310 6W was registered as a [ more...
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First 06 photo. |
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26/02/2006 |
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The award for the first photo of an 06 registered vehicle in full livery to reach me goes to Graeme Ireland for this excellent shot of the latest [ more...
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M Way vehicle on the A38 |
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24/02/2006 |
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Whilst on my way to Plymouth recently I stopped in a lay by for a couple of minutes in order to take a photo of the first lorry that appeared in order [ more...
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Thanks to Lantern FM |
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23/02/2006 |
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Yesterday we were given quite a big mention on our local radio station Lantern FM and one of their presenters asked if there was a pink lorry, well [ more...
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New Magnums for Pollock. |
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21/02/2006 |
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Pollock Scotrans, one of our most easily distinguished fleets, have taken delivery of two top spec Renault Magnums. We southerners are hoping they [ more...
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Two new truck shows this year |
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20/02/2006 |
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Later on this year there will be two exciting truck shows to visit, one will be in Shropshire in May and the other will be in Northamptonshire in [ more...
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Peak truck show |
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19/02/2006 |
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A number of operators attended last years Peak Truck and pictured here is N614 ONV a Scania R113M 360 4 X 2 of McGawn Bros . The photo is courtesy of [ more...
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Cadzow ERF |
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17/02/2006 |
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Cadzow Heavy Haulage have an ERF in their fleet which has had a front end makeover recently making it look less like an ERF. The vehicle is pictured [ more...
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Today on the A361 |
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14/02/2006 |
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I had a couple of minutes to spare this afternoon and parked in my usual lay by for the chance the take some photos, I was rewarded with S200 WAY from [ more...
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New vehicles for John Raymond |
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13/02/2006 |
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Last weekend saw the arrival of 11 new vehicles for the Bridgend based haulier John Raymond which consisted of 6 new Ivecos, 3 Dafs and two Scanias. [ more...
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Arriving shortly |
Date Added:
12/02/2006 |
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Later on this evening will see the arrival of the 220th haulier to the database namely Star Transport from Thetford whose vehicles seem to reach all [ more...
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Ouch !! |
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11/02/2006 |
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The driver of this Eddie Stobart vehicle was lucky to get away without a scratch from this vehicle after it fell into water filled ditch on the A134 [ more...
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North Devon haulier |
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10/02/2006 |
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North Devon has a number of very well turned out fleets one of which is the Barnstaple based haulier Edward J White. This vehicle is a Scania P420 6W [ more...
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What a beauty |
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09/02/2006 |
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For a long time now one of my favourite fleets has been Pulleyn Transport who are from just outside Reading.The letters on the front of the cab L and [ more...
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Lady Ruby on the A361 |
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07/02/2006 |
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Whilst stopping on the A361 North Devon link road for a spot of lunch I noticed a familiar lorry approaching and just managed to take this shot of the [ more...
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Countrywide Farmers tribute to Ronnie Barker |
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06/02/2006 |
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Melksham based Countrywide Farmers have had their latest Scania tractor unit air brushed with a tribute to the late Ronnie Barker. Suitably the [ more...
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Iain Watt join Lorryspotting |
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04/02/2006 |
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The latest fleet to join lorryspotting.com is that of Iain Watt. Based in New Cumnock, this is yet another delightfully liveried Scottish fleet. Our [ more...
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Taken today |
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03/02/2006 |
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This photograph was taken today at approx 1:00pm after the driver Clark Denton had made a delivery to Tesco at Peterborough. The vehicle is shortly to [ more...
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Coming soon |
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01/02/2006 |
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We will shortly be adding the fleet details of Dave Pollard who are from Crediton in Gods own county of Devon. They run a very tidy mixed fleet of [ more...
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D R Macleod join lorryspotting. |
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31/01/2006 |
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Scottish based haulier D.R. Macleod make a very welcome addition to our database. The strikingly liveried vehicles are based at Stornaway, Inverness [ more...
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Lorryspotting vehicle makeover |
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30/01/2006 |
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One of the Lorryspotting vehicles recently received the addition of our web address in vinyls courtesy of The Sign Shop in Barnstaple North Devon , [ more...
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Soens on the M5 |
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29/01/2006 |
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I have quite a number of photos of Soens of Warrington it is just a pity they are all of the same vehicle. Is this their only lorry that comes south [ more...
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H B Holt join Lorryspotting |
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27/01/2006 |
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I am chuffed to bits to announce the inclusion of the East Yorkshire haulier H B Holt who run a cracking fleet of vehicles in their distinctive red [ more...
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The Italian Job |
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26/01/2006 |
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I am grateful to Mark Turner for this picture of an Italian Scania R580 4 X 2 (Top) which was seen parked up at Tockwith near York yesterday morning, [ more...
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Macaskill join Lorryspotting |
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24/01/2006 |
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Macaskill of Stornoway have today agreed to join lorryspotting.com, so yet another immaculately liveried fleet is there for members to spot. Many [ more...
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Milbank in North Devon |
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23/01/2006 |
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Last summer saw some ideal conditions for taking lorry photos in my own back yard in North Devon. Pictured here on the A361 near South Molton is [ more...
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Tidy outfit |
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21/01/2006 |
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There are haulage companies out there who turn out very well presented lorries whenever you see them and for me Lomas Distribution never fail to have [ more...
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Its all white ! |
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19/01/2006 |
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Plain white lorries have never really floated my boat but this example caught my eye on the M5 in September last year . Does anyone out there know who [ more...
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New Trailers for Funstons |
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18/01/2006 |
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Funstons have three new trailers liveried as ProduceWorld. These will be operating nationwide, and are the forerunner of several new liveries to be [ more...
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One of my favourites |
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17/01/2006 |
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One of my favourite fleets are Bristol based E W Gardner & Grandson whose striking fleet are regulars at Truckfest South West. Most of the vehicles [ more...
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PTM International now on database |
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16/01/2006 |
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I am very pleased to announce the inclusion of the Thatcham based haulier PTM International whose fleet of vehicles are very well turned out and have [ more...
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R M Page join Lorryspotting |
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14/01/2006 |
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The Hook based heavy haulier R M Page today became the latest fleet to be added to the database. The mainly Volvo fleet have registrations with RMP [ more...
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New vehicle for Simon Boon |
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13/01/2006 |
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I am always grateful to Trevor Buckle who works for Scania for sending me pictures of new vehicles just about to go on the road. This new Scania R580 [ more...
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Gillards in action |
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11/01/2006 |
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The Volvo FL10 is something that you less and less of these days with the advent of newer more spacious vehicles but these small artics were once the [ more...
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What a corker ! |
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09/01/2006 |
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Whilst at last years Truckfest South West I came across this vehicle which was on the Scania stand and I thought then they were very eye catching.The [ more...
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Saints at night |
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07/01/2006 |
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One of our members was fortunate enough to gain access to the depot of Saints at Colnbrook recently and took this photo of N13 STS that was loaded [ more...
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Lorryspotting gets big mention in the Sunday Post |
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05/01/2006 |
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Last Sundays edition of the Sunday Post contained an article on Brian Searl who is one of our members from Scotland who contributes an enormous amount [ more...
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M Way & Son acquire Eggbeer's Transport |
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03/01/2006 |
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The North Devon haulier M Way & Son Ltd have acquired the South Devon haulier Eggbeer's Transport who operate out of Newton Abbot. The Eggbeer fleet [ more...
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New livery for Yuill & Dodds |
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01/01/2006 |
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The Hamilton based haulier Yuill & Dodds are putting some of their vehicles into a new livery of The Burley Group who are a major player in the [ more...
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Where are these from ? |
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30/12/2005 |
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Spotted this one the other day, does anybody have any ideas as to where they are based and how many vehicles they have ?.The Photo, which was taken [ more...
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Davidsons join Lorryspotting |
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28/12/2005 |
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I am delighted to announce the inclusion of the Scottish haulier Davidson Bros of Shott who have an immaculate fleet in their distinctive blue livery. [ more...
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Allelys in action |
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27/12/2005 |
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Allelys are well known in the heavy haulage sector for specialising in the movements of locomotives and carriages. The Photo, which was taken at a [ more...
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Blast from the past (3) |
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23/12/2005 |
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The Bishops Cleeve haulier B Elliott & Sons Ltd have named their fleet after race horses for a number of years. This long withdrawn vehicle was named [ more...
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Blast from the past (2) |
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22/12/2005 |
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The Cheltenham based haulier Ralph Davies International Ltd used too run some Scania 3 series tractor units in their distinctive black and red livery [ more...
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Blast from the past (1) |
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21/12/2005 |
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B H Cecil & Sons Ltd from Blakeney in Gloucestershire used to run a couple of Leyland T45 roadtrains which in their day were one of my favourite [ more...
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Thanks neighbour |
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19/12/2005 |
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I was in Manchester at the weekend and whilst away the burglar alarm was set off at home and I was grateful to my neighbour Mike Smale for disabling [ more...
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Neil Williams Haulage join Lorryspotting |
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17/12/2005 |
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Yet another haulier has been added to the database today. Neil Williams Haulage are from Dalkeith in Scotland and are heavily involved in the [ more...
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New livery trailers for W H Malcolm |
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16/12/2005 |
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As well as the recent addition of Volvo FM12s in Rockware Glass livery, W H Malcolm have also recently added some trailers in this smart livery shown [ more...
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More Scania 3 series |
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15/12/2005 |
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As there was such a good response to yestredays photo of a Scania 3 series I decided to put this photo of a 3 series belonging to M Way & Son from [ more...
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Scania 3 series |
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14/12/2005 |
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Quite a number of hauliers on the database rate the older Scania 3 series as one of the best trucks ever built in terms of reliability and fuel [ more...
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Change of name for KS03 WAY |
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13/12/2005 |
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The fleet of vehicles of M Way & Son have undergone a few name changes of late one of them being KS03 WAY which is now named Annie's Pride (Previosuly [ more...
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Cyril Knowles remember them |
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12/12/2005 |
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Cyril Knowles transport were one of the fleets that were on the active database until the company was taken over by a succesion of other companies.The [ more...
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Any idea of the nationality ? |
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11/12/2005 |
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I can normally tell which country a lorry is from but this vehicle has got me stumped .The photo is courtesy of and copyrighted to John [ more...
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New Scotlee Transport |
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09/12/2005 |
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The Irvine based haulier Scotlee Transport have recently taken delivery of a brand new MAN TG-A tractor unit that has been named Lady Ellie.The photo [ more...
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Now they're something else |
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08/12/2005 |
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Arguably one of the best turned out fleets in the country is that of Atchison Topeka of Worcester all with their TOP suffixes in the reg. Here is DD02 [ more...
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Blast from the past |
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06/12/2005 |
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I am very grateful to Andrew York who is one of the drivers for M Way & Son for supplying me with hundreds of photos of old Evans Transport and [ more...
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A R R Craib on M25 |
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05/12/2005 |
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The Aberdeen based haulier A R R Craib can be seen all over the country and the M25 normally sees quite a few during an average day.The photo is [ more...
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New Scanias for Magnus |
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02/12/2005 |
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The Magnus Group have recently taken delivery of 8 new Scania R420 6 X 2 (Top) tractor units 4 in Norfolk Line livery and the other 4 in magnus [ more...
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One of my favourites |
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01/12/2005 |
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If I had to draw up a top 10 of my favourite hauliers then Ken Abram would be up there with them. I don't know why but it is something to with their [ more...
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Peak truck show |
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29/11/2005 |
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Quite a lot of members attended this years Peak truck show and as a consequence we were inundated with quality photos from the show. Hodnet Transport [ more...
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Hambledon Haulage |
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28/11/2005 |
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Hambledon haulage are from Blandford in Dorset and run a fleet of MANs in their distinctive livery.The photo is courtesy of and copyrighted to John [ more...
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Faheys of St Austell |
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26/11/2005 |
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Living as I do in the South West there are a number of fleets that you see on a very regular basis and if they are a well turned out operation I [ more...
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Ronnie S Evans |
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24/11/2005 |
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For a while now there has been a Welsh fleet who from a distance look a little like the vehicles of L E Jones but on closer inspection they are from [ more...
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New vehicle for George's Haulage |
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21/11/2005 |
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The latest addition to the fleet of Georges haulage was named during the weekend and it is perhaps quite fitting that it was named BEST . Photograph [ more...
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Evans Transport now on database |
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19/11/2005 |
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I am chuffed to bits to announce the inclusion to the database of the North Devon haulier Evans Transport of Barnstaple. I have had numerous requests [ more...
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Funstons of Royston |
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18/11/2005 |
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The first fleet of vehicles that were named by www.lorryspotting.com were Funstons from Royston in Hertfordshire who allowed us to name their fleet [ more...
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Where are these from ? |
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17/11/2005 |
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Whilst taking photos the other day on the A34 I took several of this company and wondered what part of the country they come from. If anyone knows [ more...
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D R Macleod of Stornaway |
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16/11/2005 |
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This years Truckest Scotland was the ideal opportunity to photograph hauliers who I am hoping to add to the database. Pictured here in their [ more...
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Remember Summer |
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15/11/2005 |
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Taken on 9th June 2005 at Taunton Deane northbound in bright sunshine a photo of one of the vehicles of Gloucestershire based haulier M S Ellis.The [ more...
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George's Haulage now on site |
Date Added:
13/11/2005 |
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I am delighted to announce the inclusion of the fleet of George's Haulage of Wembworthy in North Devon. As an added extra we were allowed to name the [ more...
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New vehicle for M Way |
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12/11/2005 |
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The North Devon haulier M Way & Son acquired a new vehicle today but it will not be joining the fleet of immaculate orange lorries.Nick Way took the [ more...
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New vehicle for Milbank |
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11/11/2005 |
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Milbank Trucks have recently taken delivery of a brand new Scania R420 6 X 2 (HL) tractor unit with fleet number V54 and named ATHENA.The photo is [ more...
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New Scanias for Shirley's |
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10/11/2005 |
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Shirley's Transport from Stoke on Trent have recently taken delivery of a batch of brand new Scania R Series Topline tractor units with various [ more...
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New ESL 9th Nov |
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09/11/2005 |
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Eddie Stobart have been taking delivery of numerous Mercedes Actros tractor units in Knauf livery so it was a breath of fresh air to see some brand [ more...
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Fleets to be added shortly |
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08/11/2005 |
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I am very grateful to Dave Baxter, Brian Searl and Frank White for their photos of these two fleets.
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H J Van Bentum now there's a tidy fleet |
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07/11/2005 |
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A frequent haulier in the West Country is the Dutch firm H J Van Bentum who run a simply stunning fleet of vehicles. They can be seen almost daily at [ more...
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New Grampian Maclennans |
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05/11/2005 |
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Seen at a 'Transport in the Highlands' seminar/exhibition in Inverness yesterday was the following new Grampian Maclennan unit.SV55 FDN - FN 49 - DAF [ more...
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One of my favourite fleets |
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04/11/2005 |
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One of my favourite fleets is that of The Bale Group from Honiton and I have tried for a number of years to get them onto the database. For such a [ more...
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Where are Knauf trailers? |
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02/11/2005 |
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The new Mercedes Actros tractor units to the ESL fleet are receiving their new Knauf livery but to date I have not been supplied with a photo of one [ more...
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End of the T cab |
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01/11/2005 |
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The last ever Scania T cab is due to roll off the production line shortly as it is being discontinued. I am told that the very last one will be [ more...
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New MANs for the CEL Group |
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30/10/2005 |
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The Suffolk based haulier The CEL group are taking delivery of several new MAN TG-A 26.430 6 X 2 (XXL) tractor units most of which are based at their [ more...
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New vehicle for M Way |
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28/10/2005 |
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The North Devon haulier M Way & Son have very recently purchased an ex demonstrator DAF FTGXF95 480 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor unit from Wessex DAF .The [ more...
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New Yuill & Dodds |
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27/10/2005 |
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The Hamilton based haulier Yuill & Dodds have recently taken delivery of a brand new Volvo FM12 420 8W (G) Tipper named Scottish Settler with fleet [ more...
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Bedfords Transport |
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25/10/2005 |
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I have always admired the vehicles of Bedfords Transport it is just something about their livery that I cannot put my finger on. The photo is courtesy [ more...
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ESL MANs at Wakefield |
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24/10/2005 |
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Eddie Stobart Ltd have taken delivery of a number of new MAN TG-A XXL tractor units some of which are being based at Wakefield. The driver of this [ more...
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Peak truck show |
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23/10/2005 |
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The Peak truck show is an annual event that sees many of the hauliers who are on the database attending.Pictured here are two of the DAFs of the [ more...
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