Hi all, I'm new on this list, thought I was the only oddball that was looking at using a former milkfloat for local transport and now find that I'm one of...
Hi Martin. Welcome to milko. I used to be a milkfloat engineer for many years, so if you buy an old float that needs a bit of work, and you need some advice,...
... It resembles my float, even down to the colour scheme, except mine has round headlights (and has a yellow go-faster stripe between the blue and white...
Anybody know of a company that sells seconhand milk floats that have the actual pictures of the floats for sale on the website?  Cheers  Stan Anybody know...
Well, I finally got one :-)) Just need to collect it now. I was planning to hire a car transport trailer but was wondering how feasible it would be to...
Well pleased with it :-) just need to get it home, get it running and watch peoples reactions. Youngest daughter insists she doesn't want to go in it - reckons...
Hi Martin, Your new float looks smart. Did you manage to get it recovered? I use a company in Wickford Essex who seem quite reasonable. I have used them...
Well, the first step is done - got the milk float home today, will take some photos tomorrow and upload them. First I'll apologise to anyone that got held up...
I finally got round to making a start last night, afraid that the guys that previously had a go have disconnected and dismantled just about everything and left...
Hi Paul, £95 isn't bad, I paid £50 plus to hire a transporter trailer, I had to hire for the full weekend as I was doing it on the Saturday and couldn't get...
... A man after my own heart! I bypassed the contactor in my charger and it is still bypassed to this day! Just have to be a bit careful not to let it ...
Back in October this year, "The One Show" on BBC One ran a series of items lamenting the disappearance of things we didn't know we would miss until they were...
... wrote: found the ... If that's the case then I suspect the cells have all but destroyed themselves and you're about to discover the economic reality of ...
I've installed a voltmeter and an ammeter in the cab of my milk float - see attached (rather poor) photo. The photo shows the batteries are a bit down - must...
If your batteries are dead and you like to live life on the dangerous side i can recommend giving each cell a good stir and kick back into life AT YOUR OWN...
Hi - That's the one from Force cars near Didcot isn't it?? (I work at the power plant) I wanted it, but didn't have space for it. Go easy on the batteries,...
J Bright & Son (Bakers), Poole: HLJ 714. I've just been scanning a photo for posting to another group, and in the background was this 3-wheel electric...
It is a Brush Pony built by brush engineering of loughborough. I have worked on many of these vehicles over the years and although it has been some time since...
As an aside the massive Brush neon sign still glows clearly and is clearly visible as the train pulls out of Loughborough station. ... From: nicholas maskell...
They are a similar looking vehicle. Infact casting my mind back they used to have 2 Brush and 3 Brook Victors at Sellars in Huddersfield but the Brush ones...
www.keith-deering.com converts old floats especially Brush and renamed them Market Traders.There are several in New Covent Garden.1 day I thought I try one...
Hi all I worked for Woodgates Dairy 89/90 Nr East Grinstead West Sussex, for 18 months. Had alot of fun, so much so everyone said I should write a book.Drove...
Hi - this was covered by local radio, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7782264.stm Three guys called 'Away with the Dairies' take to the road in a...
