LORRY SPOTTING (1 Viewer)

[Big bus man]

Has anyone else noticed that once you get above Preston every other lorry is owned by Eddie Stobart!

 

[Ivory55]

A lot of trucks are not owned by the name on the side. It could be a dhl motor in customer colours for example.

 

[Kelsae2]

true, but not the case with the Eddie Stoddart business.

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[Big bus man]

Many of these lorries are stobart cabs towing a different trailer.

 

[rolandrat]

Many of them are owner drivers.

 

[gus-lopez]

Has anyone else noticed that once you get above Preston every other lorry is owned by Eddie Stobart!

Where's Preston ?

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[GJH]

Where's Preston ?

Careful. That's the place that spawned @Tootles

 

[Gellyneck]

Stobarts have a number of rail \ road contracts for supermarket distribution in Scotland \ North England hence the reason you see them frequently.

 

[pappajohn]

Who's Eddie Storage.

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[dippingatoe]

Where's Preston ?

After Preston (going North) is where the traffic starts getting a bit calmer

 

[pappajohn]

And the rest are Prestons of Potto

 

[Jim]

Nothing wrong with Stobbarts, but we prefer Norberts

For 28 years we have been keen "Norbert" spotters. We have a competition every time we are out. First to see one and shout NORBERT adds it to their tally, We even shout if we see one on telly. You've all seen them before, despite the name I think they are now a part Brit owned company and for every stobbart on the road it seems there are 10 Norberts. We have seen Norberts in almost every country we've been in, but the best counts are in UK, France and Spain.

1 point for every Norbert you see, 2 if your overtaking and 3 points if they are on a different road to you. In France, your likely to find Norbert distribution centres which the family call "Norbert Nests", no matter how many Norberts in a nest you can only add ten to your tally.

Norbert spotting has kept us and the kids amused for tens of thousands of miles They are not always in Red and "Norbert in Disguise" is two points.

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[John de Manche]

Norbert has now sold his empire to an American company XPO. Have seen some tractor units and trailers with new name, both here in France and on a recent trip to England.
He sold for over 3 billion euros, not bad for somebody who started with one truck !

 

[PeteH]

And the rest are Prestons of Potto

WELL Caught there Papa!!!!

Pete

 

[makems]

And the rest are Prestons of Potto

Don't start me. They used to be a customer of mine when I had owned a software company. I won't go any further in case I say something undiplomatic.
It must be something about transport companies because John Dee also used to be a customer. They were at one time one of the largest transport fleets in the UK and I fell out with them too. They went bust shortly after. Karma.

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[keith]

Has anyone else noticed that once you get above Preston every other lorry is owned by Eddie Stobart!

Something to do with that big depot in Carlisle and a distinct lack of traffic on the M6 & M74?

Long may it continue

 

[gus-lopez]

Give him his due he has rejuvenated Southend airport since buying it.
Wasn't Norbert the one who told Eddie not to even think of venturing into europe ?

 

[Big bus man]

Something to do with that big depot in Carlisle and a distinct lack of traffic on the M6 & M74?

Long may it continue

That'll be it then! When I first went to Blackpool it was all Morrisons lorries, just from that trip I knew the South was going to be invaded by the supermarket giant as then they were only up North, so we went in one whilst up there and it was fantastic, really upmarket compared to Tesco or Asda, oh how that changed once they got national. Back to the thread theme though, around our way every other lorry is a tipper truck, all doing the regulated 56mph, problem is that's in towns; round roundabouts and through red lights, brakes? what are brakes!!

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[pigginchilli]

Has anyone else noticed that once you get above Preston every other lorry is owned by Eddie Stobart!

I could be wrong but he started out with one wagon in silloth many moons ago? Robsons of Carlisle used to put names on the front of there wagons each one started with borderer Eg wanderer, They had Foden 2 stroke wagons which sounded brilliant and made my dinner hour at school better, what a bloody anorak iam.

 

[pigginchilli]

Tilcon cement mixers had Foden 2 strokes as well, you could hear them from a mile away.

 

[jockaneezer]

@pigginchilli, here's a Mark Knopfler song about Robsons Transport,
Also a recent article in Viz magazine explained the girls names on the front of Stobart wagons, apparently, Eddie limits his drivers to only murdering two prostitutes or female hitch hikers and makes them put the names on their wagons to remind them

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[bigfoot]

In your Norbert spotting are there any points for Mary Ann (Stobart) tractor pulling a Norbert trailer? or does it mean the spotters won!

 

[ABZSteve]

Quite funny this. I have a Truck spotting game that I play when driving. Stobart normally wins depending on location. Close second the last time out was home bargains followed by Argos. Wife won't play, how sad is she

 

[Manxcat]

We always play Stobart spotting.

One thing you did not mention in the Norbert points system is when there is a false call.

If we get a Stobart wrong then all points so far are lost and you start again.

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[denisejoe]

always unload 12 tonne silicon a month from norbert
but who I work for normally load 90 lorry loads onto Firmins for delivery that day or the next.

Have deliveries in from norberts and eastrans which are based near Immingham. Never a problem with deliveries from Europe but they turn up when they want. If they have a problem or are early they always quote "problems at Calais", LOL!

One came in the other day 5 days early and quoted "problems at Calais".

Joe

 

[Jabberwocky]

Stobarts tv programme is hilarious, 'today on keep on trucking Ashley takes some chickens to Coventry', WOW, puts those ice road truckers to shame.

stobarts treat their spotters better than their own employees

 

[aldhp21]

Nothing wrong with Stobbarts, but we prefer Norberts

For 28 years we have been keen "Norbert" spotters. We have a competition every time we are out. First to see one and shout NORBERT adds it to their tally, We even shout if we see one on telly. You've all seen them before, despite the name I think they are now a part Brit owned company and for every stobbart on the road it seems there are 10 Norberts. We have seen Norberts in almost every country we've been in, but the best counts are in UK, France and Spain.

1 point for every Norbert you see, 2 if your overtaking and 3 points if they are on a different road to you. In France, your likely to find Norbert distribution centres which the family call "Norbert Nests", no matter how many Norberts in a nest you can only add ten to your tally.

We do the same but refer to them as Nobby duck stranglers.

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[Jim]

False call on a Norbert is "Minus 3"

 

[Badknee]

Stobbart employees? There's not many of those, they are a massive user of agency drivers.
The reason they are popular around the Preston area is they have a big depot at Carlisle, one in Warrington and one in Stoke.
Eddie started out with a couple of trucks but got a contract hauling empty cans from the makers to the fill points so was running 40 footers fully loaded and only carried a couple of tonnes. He was getting 12/14mpg when we were getting 8/9mpg so could undercut everyone on back loads. A good business man but he did get a very good start.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Stobarts have a shocking reputation as an employer, whether that be permanent staff or agency workers, but of course the spotters don't care about that, all they care about is ticking off names. Such a shame the best known trucking firm in the UK is run by a bunch of c$€ts!

I have no axe to grind, I've never worked for them but after 20 years in the industry you get to know which are the firms worth working for and Stobarts are certainly one to avoid.

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