Quote of The Day: Wednesday

“I’d like to report a truck driver who’s been endangering my life.”

Name the film….I bet you cannot!

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Wilson Wednesday & The Super Subs

We’ll start with a true belter from husband and wife team, Mr & Mrs Ramm. Loaded right here with a Sugarbeet harvester from Germany. To move a truck with loaded with a harvester measuring 14.00 metres extended, 3.30 metres wide and 4.00metres higher and weighing 26 tons, requires some specialist gear, permits and a lot of know how, especially with Europe’s 4 metre height limit, N5 HCW is an 8×4 Scania tractor unit with a 580hp V8 engine hitched up to a wafer bed low loader and a Dave Ramm in the hot seat, best.

Not all container jobs are are as simple as opening the rear doors of a metal box. Ian “Slim” Godfrey in Aberdeen this morning with an over height open leading container. Slim is driving a Scania this week……yes he is!

Driver Gareth Rowlands seen here on a regional drop with a little sweeper imported from the continent. Gareth’s big new V8, N6 HCW, appears amazing no matter what the load, or is it just me??!

Sister truck to the Gareth’s N6 is Geordie’s truck N7 HCW. Loaded with tower crane parts down close to Bristol. As you can picture constructing a tower crane needs lots of components and lots of loads. N7 was one particular of several unloading right now to get the crane built. Beneath we also have Jon Pryke unloading crane components in X300 HCW.

Workplace waller, or not, James Cartwright was also on the crane job right now in old faithful N200 HCW. Also the last contribution on the crane website is the first super sub of the day, one particular of Hewicks Haulage Scania’s with another piece of the tower.

Driver Little Terry Alderton and his Scania R480 loaded with some kind of hard-arsed looking machine loaded from deep in Southern Germany up to Warwick. Are all of HC Wilson’s loads colour coded??

Here we have a photo sent by driver Gladys of 3 Wilson trucks and another super sub in the type of a Tasker truck driven by Colin Waters. All 4 are heading down through France to Marseille having loaded in England.

Lastly we have the final super sub off the bench for Wilson’s, a nicely recognized truck here on the weblog, the one particular and only Steve Marsh Express! HC Wilson can cover any sort of job including hot shot packing crates to Stoke on Trent. All 3 subbies are tried and tested and extremely trus2rthy which is a have to to maintain the professionalism of Wilsons reputation on the correct track and maintaining those bloomin clients pleased! Thanks to all drivers for this weeks images.

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Wilson Wednesday Lite

I only just realised that this didn’t publish final evening! So a slightly delayed WW this time.

Above we have part time HC Wilson workplace staff James Cartwright out and about and Sheffield bound for a busy day. A loaded flat rack that as you can see isn’t as well large but the Anvil weighs in at a hefty 33 tons. Following tipping the flat rack was removed and the James went to load one of a number of pieces that are all destined for Antwerp. SW02 HCW is Wilsons spare 8×4 Scania tractor unit. Plated to 150 tons it is a handy piece of kit to have as a spare.

The pieces being loaded to Antwerp are all over 4 metres wide and weigh more than 30 tons each and every, so the additional axles support spread the w7 Beneath we also have R90 HCW a 6×4 Scania loaded with a comparable piece. This photo is sent by Wilsons personal escort driver Sully.

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Wilson Wednesday Lite

New Moon on Wednesday: Watch the Live 2016 Mazda Miata Reveal Featuring Duran Duran [w/Video]

UPDATE: The auto has been revealed—photos and information here!

You know it’s one thing specific, and you hope it’ll be the very best. Yeah, we’re warping a Duran Duran lyric, but with very good explanation. The venerable New Romantics are feting the 4th-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster. And it is happening in just a few minutes or hours or seconds, depending on what the livestream countdown clock beneath reads.

That’s right, you get to watch Simon Le Bon and his dandy band carry out, then gaze longingly at the new Miata in sync with the rest of the globe. It is like hanging in some sort of strange time hole in between 1983 and 1989! We can’t blame you for feeling a small like a character in a Haruki Murakami novel.

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Mr Wilson’s Wednesday

A Wilson Wednesday with handful of words. These handful of photos came from a single of the Wilson brothers, the quieter one of the 2 is the expert planner of the delightful red fleet from Suffolk. Just simply because he does not write a blog and plaster himself across the world wide web like other bosses of higher profile fleets, Mr Wilson is certainly a bit of a spotter and is definitely proud of his fleet. I usually utilized to spot him take a sneaky photo on his afternoon yard walks. His spotter expertise is amazing and his thoughts is full of priceless information, although my mother had to remind him of some ACH expertise during a conversation they as soon as had! Anyway here’s to you SW, thanks for the photographs.

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Wilson Wednesday – Geoff Special

He’s back!! (For 1 week only?? Who knows) Geoff and Daisy DAF have taken a break from there holidays and this week they are placing in a shift or 2. Not to more than do it HC Wilson gave Geoff a steady export that was just over length. At 1.5 metres over length from the North West out to the Netherlands dear Daisy and her ever-tanned pilot should have a good little run out to the land of Cloggs and Cheese.

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Wilson Wednesday – Geoff Special

Wilson Wednesday

A swift return this week for red Wednesday. HC Wilson Transport’s popular fleet pounding the roads of the UK and Europe after once again. Above we have Terry Alderton and beneath we have Doris DAF and Slim, each trucks on locals these days a little run round to Middlesex with 2 loads of machinery.

Next is driver Geordie and European Charger. Possessing began the week with a run to Wick, Scotland and reload from Muir of Ord back to Wilson’s Elmswell yard in Suffolk. The Charger is now heading off mainland Europe to load 3 trailers in Stromberg, Germany. Verify that route out on your Google map!

Above is part time driver and portion time office waller James Cartwright. Called into action this afternoon to load some military automobiles in Norfolk for delivery to Wiltshire tomorrow.

Wilson fans favourite European Dream really living its name today with 24 metre extended steel rails loaded from Luxembourg back to the UK. She looks effectively.

Mick “Snug” Farrow right now on a tiny attain stacker move from Doncaster down to Maidenhead. Micks big Scania, European Colossus no doubt generating simple operate of the massive load.

Husband and wife group Dave and Sue Ramm in N5HCW also on a UK job nowadays. Loaded with some 23 metre long beams heading down to Harwich, Essex.

Just when your thinking it’s all go go go with Wilsons trucks and trailers today, we head to Germany where prime Subbie Mike Tasker and Wilson driver Mark Gladwell have been waiting all day to load storage vessels back to the UK. A warm day sat in the German sun, attempting to get some sleep isn’t a wonderful day by my reckoning specifically when you’ve got a night move out of Germany back to Rotterdam. Oh do not neglect the 17metre long tank in the effectively of the low loader as well! Thanks for all the pictures.

And the morning soon after the initial evening move……

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Wilson Wednesday – it is a big’un!!

This could be the biggest HC Wilson Wednesday yet. I don’t know how but it’s a double figure turn out this week, even drivers who I was starting to consider didn’t have phones have sent their entries in.

Initial up is N7HCW, European Charger. Sent in by driver Steve “Geordie” Pattison, loaded with a cable drum from Germany to Ireland.

Next, an old favourite of mine, Garreth Rowlands and V8HCW, European Diplomat. Loaded with cable drums from the UK back to the Continent, photo taken at the Goch boarder between NL and D.

X300HCW and driver Jon Pryke provide one more load of JCB’s to Harwich. It is no easy job fitting all 3 on that trailer, trust me.

A firm spotters favourite, WIL2217 and driver Matt Lamb with a historical load this week. A 1914 London bus delivered at 2am this morning to Londons Transport Museam.

N50HCW loaded with a 4.2m wide cable drum heading for Felixstowe. Photo taken by Sully, Wilsons escort driver, the truck is driven by Graham Daniel.

Next is a new entry from driver Viv Nixey with R50HCW. Loaded in Birmingham and delivering these days in Germany. Pull up a sand bag…..

An additional new entry is driver John “Tea Bag” Franks. A quiet Yorkshireman who does more work than most with no any fuss or even any individual realising how a lot he’s accomplished! The JCB and combine friendly Scania, W100HCW and it is A frame trailer look so easy to drive when getting reversed by John “no shunts” Franks. A excellent truck and a wonderful driver. The 1st truck I’d observed with a Sky box fitted. Yet another load of JCBs for Harwich.

Subsequent is driver Richie Burnett and X400HCW loaded in the UK and tipping right now at Luxembourg Airport.

You will recognise Doris DAF and driver Slim. Obtaining delivered their load of steel that you may possibly have seen in the images on the weblog this week, they reloaded right now from NL back to the north of England with a 21m extended and 3m wide crane frame.

Next on the list is European Earl the ideal description for the driver of SW51HCW, Terry Alderton. Loaded back from Germany to the UK with a completely trailer fitting excavator.

Richard Arnold is the driver of R80HCW, the initial R620 Scania that joined the Wilson fleet a couple of years ago. Noticed here these days loading a liquid storage vessel in Germany for the UK. The tank is 4.2m wide and 12m extended, that is 12m extended in the effectively of the low loader. No dilemma for the quiet expert that is Arnie.

Also loading with Arnie in Germany is Mike Tasker and his gorgeous black R560 Scania. Not just an additional 6×2 tag axle. Tasker had specced this truck to each and every final detail, to make confident the truck lasts the next 10 years or a lot more. Tasker shipped out to Europe on Monday with a Sugarbeet Harvester.

Next are 2 big loads from the north of England to the South. Photo taken by the female element of husband and wife group Dave and Sue Ramm in N5HCW. Followed up by John Stocks and the Europe flattening WIL2580. Both loads are 4.2m wide.

The final 2 entries are honouree Wednesday entries. First is element time office dweller James Cartwright, out in GW51HCW yesterday carrying out a couple of neighborhood jobs about Norfolk and Suffolk. Usually great to see the workplace employees maintaining their hands in.

The final entry is of Daisy DAF last week before driver Geoff Tarbun had another holiday this week. Geoff says he can afford to take so a lot vacation as it provides the other drivers time to catch up with the quantity of operate he does with Daisy. Photoed right here with a lifeboat loaded in Norfolk and delivered out to Amsterdam, NL.

There you go, a record 15 entries for this weeks #wilsonwednesday, that is far more than half the fleet! All trucks out and about operating challenging in a very good mix of UK and European operate. Constantly a excellent choice of interesting loads to be noticed from HC Wilsons drivers. On a side note GW, the drivers photographs are obtaining much better. John Pryke now gets the whole truck in his images, next he just has to get the complete load in and he’ll be an achieved photographer! Thanks to all the drivers, let’s see what takes place next week.

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Wilson Wednesday – it is a big’un!!

Wilson Wednesday

Wednesday once again all prepared and this is a late entry I know. Initial up is Workshop manager the one and only Bob Cross. I say workshop manager but there is not a lot Bob doesn’t get involved in and that also consists of days out on the road still moving the large stuff about. Bob constantly carries a broom with him that can normally be found inside his person, but these days he’s put the broom down for a handful of hours whilst he delivered this 4.25m wide, 4.80m higher 29 ton reeler to Felixstowe. Boys load. SW02 HCW is a 150 tonner 8×4 Scania that these days is a spare. With a quantity of 8×4′s on the road it pays to hold a reputable V8 in the yard for as and when it’s necessary.

Subsequent we have show favourite Mick Farrow heading for Liverpool with his huge 250,000kg GVW Scania loaded with a reach stacker weighing in at approx 125,000kg GVW. A massive old load, I’m confident it got a bit snug at some point right now.

Doris DAF was today in Germany loading crane components for the UK with driver Slim. This pair are Wilson Wednesday regulars, the huge DAF is a standard on runs backwards and forwards to the continent.

2nd DAF on the fleet is the delightful Daisy, this week back at operate with typical very good searching driver Geoffrey Tarbun. From what I can perform out Geoff could be adopting a a single week on one particular week off rota but I could be wrong! Anyway right here she is resting (once again) on her way to the ferry from the Netherlands back to the UK with an agricultural machine for this years harvests.

Last a single this week is European Charger that has charged up to Nuneaton today to tip an simple load of drums. A good little load for driver Geordie.

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