Back in January, our main coverfeature lorry was Simon Sleep’s Bedford KM skip lorry, a vehicle which emerged onto the show scene relatively recently, and been muchadmired.
However, this isn’t the only KM in Simon’s collection of six old lorries, plus three others that are owned jointly with others. For the past 15 years, he’s owned this fine KM tipper, and it is often shown alongside the skip lorry. However, unlike the skip lorry, the tipper has been restored in very much working clothes condition, and as such it replicates many such lorries in regular use at ten-plus years old and with second, third or fourth owners.
To begin, a brief recap on the people involved. Simon is in his early 50s and now runs Kenilworth-based Warwickshire Waste, a company with five O licences and drivers. They offer a full range of mini and full-size skip hire services plus mini-digger (with driver) hire and groundworks services. Their fleet are a familiar sight in
