Robert Walker (Haulage) Ltd

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This book tells the story of Robert
Walker Haulage. Established in 1935,
Robert Walker never intended to run a
haulage business; he initially bought a
lorry to carry the produce from his
market garden to the local markets. He
then branched out into other types of
transport work including carrying
prisoners of war! Later, his forward
thinking sons Brian and Eric saw a
niche market in the transport of fork
lift trucks and decided to try
converting an old R.A.F. trailer into
an early fork lift truck carrier. Today
the company is in the hands of the
third and fourth generations of the
family and despite its humble
beginnings, it is now the largest fork
truck transporter in the UK.

The book details the history of the
company’s success including anecdotes
from people that have worked for or
with the company over the years. It
details how Walkers carried Donald
Campbell’s Bluebird around on his
exhibition tour of 1965 after setting
his land speed records between 1955 and
1964, and shows how ERF played a major
role in the expansion of the fork truck
transport business.

Including 229 previously un-printed
pictures of the four wheel basic
lorries that Robert used in the early
days, to the latest vehicles operated
by this specialist haulier, this book
will be of interest to truck drivers
and other transport enthusiasts.

Carl Jarman has always had an interest
in transport since ‘helping out’ at a
local family coach firm in 1973 at the
age of 12. He went on to do a heavy
vehicle mechanics course for HGV/PSV,
then started driving coaches and
trucks. He started his own coach firm
in 1986 before moving onto operating
lorries. He currently operate 2 lorries
on UK haulage working for two different
companies.

He is a regular contributor to Truck
and Driver magazine and the ERF
magazine (REVS) and owns a classic 141
Scania which he restored with the help
of his son into the colours of Astran,
the famous Middle East haulier.