veryoldbear Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) Every time we come back through Ouistreham there are three or four lorry loads of lorry cabs waiting to load. Where are they going? Where do they come from? Is the UK now full to the gunwales with lorry cabs? We need to know! Edited October 31, 2017 by veryoldbear Link to post Share on other sites
richwarwicker Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 What brand? Probably manufactured abroad, and shipped To the uk. Mercedes and scania seem to have a good market share over here Link to post Share on other sites
hf_uk Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I have seen them before. I think they were Scania... Scania have a big presence in Dagenham over here - but not sure if they actually assemble anything there.... Link to post Share on other sites
Lembyscot Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 We used to see these on almost every trip home from Ouistreham, they were DAF and I think the cab units were built in Poland and assembly finished in the UK to meet customer requirements, I hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites
1kerbut1 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Or if Scania they have a plant in France so maybe replacement cabs for accident damaged cabs. In my driving days, we used to load Pegasso cabs in Madrid for Seddon Atkinson , Manchester. Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I doubt they are Scania cabs. I work in their Angers factory three or four days per week and all the cabs for the European market come from their factory in Oskarshamn, Sweden. The company also has a central spare parts warehouse in Belgium so I doubt they would send anything as far west as Ouistreham. If they were cabs mounted on long chassis they could be from the Angers site being taken to a bodybuilder in the UK for conversion to bin-lorries or similar. If they are crew-cabs in red (double doors on both sides and a rear bench seat) then they will be for fire engine conversion (maybe by Dennis) but those models are only made in Sweden due to the weight of the cab and would likely be shipped straight to the UK and not via France. Ed Link to post Share on other sites
alleeganger10 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 We wondered the same thing VOB, after some research we found the truck cabs are made just up the road from Ouistreham at the Renault Truck plant at Blainville sur Orne, from where they are transported to the Daf (Leyland /Paccar) plant in Leyland in the UK. If you have ever noticed the Cabs are transported by the van Rooyen transport company from the Netherlands (Original home of Daf) however many of the vehicles used are registered in Eastern Europe, with presumably drivers from the same. I can't prove with links what I have stated above but i think i found it out when i saw that the x thousandth truck DAF truck cab had been produced at Blainville, or that the contract to do so had been extended,in the local French Press Probably La Manche Libre or Ouest France Caen. Confirming this when passing the plant I have seen the loaded Vanrooyen trucks leaving. It ALWAYS amazes us that this transport link must be part of the DAF Just In Time assembly process at Leyalnd as they always arrive in Ouistreham after us and our dog, but ALWAYS we pass them in the UK on the way north usually on the A34 but sometimes even on the M40!. I hope whoever rewards/pays BF for the service the truck bodies receive pays a premium for this queue busting facility, note to BF if you have been a customer for 40 years, what rewards do you receive/give ? answer Sweet FA, apart from insult and contempt. VOB sometimes at Portsmouth you see the same vehicles going the other way, but this time instead of cabs they carry another cab transporter(s) ready to do the same queue jumping trick again. All this is an illustration of True International trade , and why Brexit is so bad for the UK, Paccar is a USA company, with an assembly plant in the UK, owning a European Brand, DAF who use/assemble parts from all over the world to produce a Truck used all over the world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
crechbleiz Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, alleeganger10 said: We wondered the same thing VOB, after some research we found the truck cabs are made just up the road from Ouistreham at the Renault Truck plant at Blainville sur Orne, from where they are transported to the Daf (Leyland /Paccar) plant in Leyland in the UK. If you have ever noticed the Cabs are transported by the van Rooyen transport company from the Netherlands (Original home of Daf) however many of the vehicles used are registered in Eastern Europe, with presumably drivers from the same. I can't prove with links what I have stated above but i think i found it out when i saw that the x thousandth truck DAF truck cab had been produced at Blainville, or that the contract to do so had been extended,in the local French Press Probably La Manche Libre or Ouest France Caen. Confirming this when passing the plant I have seen the loaded Vanrooyen trucks leaving. It ALWAYS amazes us that this transport link must be part of the DAF Just In Time assembly process at Leyalnd as they always arrive in Ouistreham after us and our dog, but ALWAYS we pass them in the UK on the way north usually on the A34 but sometimes even on the M40!. I hope whoever rewards/pays BF for the service the truck bodies receive pays a premium for this queue busting facility, note to BF if you have been a customer for 40 years, what rewards do you receive/give ? answer Sweet FA, apart from insult and contempt. VOB sometimes at Portsmouth you see the same vehicles going the other way, but this time instead of cabs they carry another cab transporter(s) ready to do the same queue jumping trick again. All this is an illustration of True International trade , and why Brexit is so bad for the UK, Paccar is a USA company, with an assembly plant in the UK, owning a European Brand, DAF who use/assemble parts from all over the world to produce a Truck used all over the world. Well spotted. i was about to post about this plant from the Volvo Trucks group. A couple of my fellow students from Polytechnique Nantes are welding engineers in this plant. One of the most important plants in the group. Link to post Share on other sites
alleeganger10 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Thanks Crechbleiz The Renault Blainville sur Orne entry on Wikepedia also confirms what I have said. its in French but a link is attached https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usine_Renault_Trucks_de_Blainville Link to post Share on other sites
Tumnus2010 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 You see many DAF cabs on the Zeebrugge - Hull route too, that probably makes more sense though geographically. Interesting that Renault are part of the equation too. So many companies working together these days! Link to post Share on other sites
hf_uk Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Isn't it possible that there are many different cabs transported? I definitely saw 4 white Scanias... i have a pic somewhere Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 It is possible, but Scania cabs transported alone are mounted on metal frames to protect them. These are then put inside closed canvas-side trailers so would not be visible. Therefore they must have been semi - finished trucks destined for the UK market or for conversion in the UK before being shipped on to Australia, New Zealand etc. Ed. Link to post Share on other sites
hf_uk Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Cheers Cabin-boy.... good info. I suspect I am not the only one taking photos of non-ferry items, such as trucks and cranes when away, ahem Link to post Share on other sites
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