Milk Float

[FredTransit]

Has anybody got one, of the electric variety? Trying to get one for 12 May. I have tried Dairies and the only forum I can fined, but so far nothing!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

our Milkman had one till a few weeks ago, when some pikey wankers nicked its batteries and torched it.

[Station]

Always see a stream of these about 1am as the diary is just round the corner from me. Seem to be well kept/maintained though, they're all at least 30 years old, can't imaging many on the market.

[HillmanImp]

Cannot recall seeing one in years. I remember when i doing french at secondary school in around 1989 our french teacher said that they did not have milkmen in France, but instead bought their milk from the supermarket. How we chortled.......

[Angrydicky]

Have you tried Dairy Crest, Southend depot? They have loads there, most late 1960's, early 1970's, They should be able to spare one for a day.

[maxpower]

Has anybody got one, of the electric variety? Trying to get one for 12 May. I have tried Dairies and the only forum I can fined, but so far nothing!

3 wheel restored jobby on www.carandclassic.co.ukorhave you tried in www.milkfloats.org

[warren t claim]

Please tell me this isn't for a music video of a cover of a Benny Hill song?

[Milford Cubicle]

It's for a remake of 'Speed 3'.

[dollywobbler]

These folk any good?

 

http://www.bammot.org.uk/elec.asp

[FredTransit]

Speed 3! That one was on tour last year, found the reports on Google! Warren no it's for a ch4 drama, but I am doing some stills with the Courteenas with er, well a Mk3 cortina tomorrow.......

[warren t claim]

Speed 3! That one was on tour last year, found the reports on Google! Warren no it's for a ch4 drama, but I am doing some stills with the Courteenas with er, well a Mk3 cortina tomorrow.......

So this drama won't be starring Robin Askwith will it?

[FredTransit]

Er, no!

[FredTransit]

Has anybody got one, of the electric variety? Trying to get one for 12 May. I have tried Dairies and the only forum I can fined, but so far nothing!

3 wheel restored jobby on www.carandclassic.co.ukorhave you tried in www.milkfloats.org

I saw the one on car and classic, it's a bit of a shclep from Essex to Yorkshire. Is the milkfloats address real cos it's not working for me. Dollywobbler again Worcs is a bit of a schlep from Yorks.

[warren t claim]

How heavy is a milkfloat? With all those batteries will it exceed the weight limit for a Transit/ 7.5t Cargo recovery unit?

[Torsten2001]

So you spoke to Glyn then?

[Station]

Fred, I'll give you the number for the dairy near me, all their floats are electric and the type you describe. They're deffo electric as you can only see them when they're 2 metre's in front of you as the lights are terrible!

[Justin Case]

Fred, it may be worth contacting these, they may know of something more local:

 

http://www.sytm.co.uk/index.html

[FredTransit]

SYTM was the first place I tried mate. Theirs hasn't held a charge in years!

[garethj]

There's a dairy in St Albans that uses them, I used to see one most mornings as I zipped through. Can't remember the name though, sorry.

[Mr H Sceptre]

Kirby and West in Leicester operate a fairly large fleet of electric floats.

 

http://www.kirbyandwest.co.uk/

 

And some nice photo's of their fleet on someones Flickr:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/sets/72157617483575404/

[FredTransit]

I think I have found one, it's in Milton Keynes though so I am waiting for a transport quote.

 

 

[boobydoo]

There's a milkfloat that comes up my lane about 5.30 am and I noticed today that the back bit where the milk is, was all lit up with fancy lights like it was trying to be a little brightly-lit shop on wheels.Looked dead good!!

[Pillock]

How heavy is a milkfloat? With all those batteries will it exceed the weight limit for a Transit/ 7.5t Cargo recovery unit?

Discharge the batteries first, it'll weigh loads less.

[FredTransit]

I will bear that in mind. Too bad it doesn't come with the charger.....