TRUCKING HISTORY SCAMMELL TRUCKS WATFORD

Classic video looking at the iconic truck scammell made in watford england the name stands for strength and heavy and hard working trucks.please press the like button and please comment and thanks for stopping by

[@paullloyd6821]

Lovely lorries, all of them, they may be gone now but they're not forgotten, keep on trucking 👍

[@garywhitehouse3360]

Good to see some of pods pics. RIP

[@lawrencetrevor617]

My dad worked at Scammells in the 60s as a fitter welder and in the days when British Industry had regular open days, i was lucky enough to look round Scammells before the
factory closed in the 80s, they were building a lot of heavy duty military trucks then.
Other great open days in industry around the Watford area included Rolls Royce [Leavesden] and London Transport maintenence depot [Aldenham works].
I remember as a child seeing the big Scammells with swan neck trailers waiting in the layby at the Busy Bee cafe , A41 Watford bypass. Very nostalgic video.

[@jadeboswell-rz2ly]

Before I put bit in are you Holywell boy

[@bobwilcox1147]

I remember going to Carters Steam Fair in the early 80's, and spending more time looking at the tractors and showmens homes than at the attractions!

[@bungfupanda8936]

Absolutely superb! Many thanks 👍🇬🇧

[@krakatoa1200]

After my first driving job at Smithfield Meat Market driving Austin J2/4 vans, I got a job driving a tiny Scammel artic for a firm called C.F. Anderson, based at the Angel Islington., It was based on a 1 ton van chassis, a Triumph 2000 diesel engine with a Scammel coupling and a 16' trailer. It was a nightmare to reverse. 40' trailers were a doddle after that. My next vehicle for Andersons was a TK Bedford, and at 19, I felt King of the road. That was my first 'real' lorry.

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

Thank you for sharing your memories with us all my friend 🧡

[@krakatoa1200]

@@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274 We also had a Scammel Scarab in the fleet, but sadly i never got to have a go in that one.

[@carlnapp4412]

Fortunately I still have my yellow Matchbox Contractor pipe truck.

[@fuadalani5495]

سيارة إنقاذ ثقيله أبدعت في حرب العراق وايران كانت ذات محرك ٦ اسطوانات وقوه جبارة....... اتمنى ان اجد صوره او فديوا لها

[@ronniebiggs4026]

Another top quality video thanks Christopher 🎥I love the Scammell trucks and used to see Pickfords bringing out Paper Machines out of Beloit Walmsley on Compton way in Bolton they also had a depot towards Swindon. With my dad working for BRS in Bolton the yard always had plenty of Crusader’s and they looked epic!. Something about Scammells that says Tough ,ready for anything,and British.

[@truckinghistorymydiecastco5274]

There is a video of pickfords in the heavy haulage list my friend 👌 😉

[@henrymichaelwilson8107]

Scammell were king of recovery.

[@petersmith4455]

hi ,great video, pity Scammell started to use the leyland/motor panels cab in later years,should have stuck with the Michollti cheese grater cab,but i expect BL was leaning on them as they did to us at AEC ltd

[@stevewebster317]

Manbre & Garton tanker at 4:40, Winslow rd, Fulham. When i left school in 1969, my first job was a trailer boy at Manbre Sugars. The tanker would have come down from Liverpool.

[@sunglassesron9464]

Another great video 👍 An info on the truck at 2:07 please...?

[@dukwdriver2909]

1.14 NOT Scammells. Early WW2 Albion tank transporters that proved too light for the job.