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Leyland Roadtrain high datum cab with the unreliable TL 12 engine and spicer gearbox, Picture taken on Eastern Avenue Lichfield the early 80’s.
hi all hi tamworth 1 rember rowe s well mainley because they did some live stock. the pic off the one in smash was a lucky ,it must have been on edge of tipping over. i rember a big firm by lights was that c t s and then they moved to that yard further up. did they have trucks ,just up from lights where the big tree trunks werepiled by a5 thanks charlie
hi ya tamworth1 did you work at wm rowes or j clarke tsp i worked at wm rowes on yts when i left school about 20 yrs ago now ,i remembere the roadtrains ,b series erf catle boxes ,ace mercury and just started having iveco turbo techs we even put a bedford km i think it was on the road that we recoverd and never got claimed and run it on catle lol the j clarke erf was driven by a chap nicknamed dinky ,when i got to go out in the atki or aec wreckers with pete thompson or tony salt i thought it was great
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hi ya tamworth1 did you work at wm rowes or j clarke tsp i worked at wm rowes on yts when i left school about 20 yrs ago now ,i remembere the roadtrains ,b series erf catle boxes ,ace mercury and just started having iveco turbo techs we even put a bedford km i think it was on the road that we recoverd and never got claimed and run it on catle lol the j clarke erf was driven by a chap nicknamed dinky ,when i got to go out in the atki or aec wreckers with pete thompson or tony salt i thought it was great
Hi Craig how are you long time no see, there is a picture of the Bedford KM on Old Livestock Hauliers Shropshire tread on this site, as to who i am the clue is in the picture below. Ford “D” series ran by ICI Noble explosives out of Fisherwick picture taken in the late 80’s
Smurfit Mill Transport Mercedes 25-38 which ran from Tamworth to Snodland Kent turned over coming off the A5 bypass at Ventura park Tamworth, Driver walked away.
i did wonder if it was you putting the pics on didnt think anyone eles could have that many pics over such a time …sent you a few private messages
J. Clarke vehicles parked at a yard on the old A5 Tamworth between Fazeley and Mile Oak call the Ponderosa in the mid 80’s. Wm Rowe & Sons vehicles also parked there. Houses now stand where the Ponderosa was called Brewster Close.
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hi all hi tamworth 1 rember rowe s well mainley because they did some live stock. the pic off the one in smash was a lucky ,it must have been on edge of tipping over. i rember a big firm by lights was that c t s and then they moved to that yard further up. did they have trucks ,just up from lights where the big tree trunks werepiled by a5 thanks charlie
Hi charliemjp i have somemore pictures of the Thames Trader cattle truck crash i will find out and put on soon.
i went to barry dock s/w with john stretton in YVO 175Y with a wide load from cannock/rugley area i think we picked it up from…it look a bit more worse for wear at the time though…i carnt remember the yard at penderosa though i remember washys motors at fazley and the ones that parked up at mileoak .went in foseco with my dad a few time s when he subbied for hayton coulthard and going to ravenscraig steel works and having to hide in the footwell or on the bunk behind the curtains lol so nobody saw me was that jclarke work subbed to them? he did load out of foseco with stuff up to pipper alpha oil rig when that set on fire they got dispensation to run straight up if i remember right
i spent many an hour after school watching the wagons coming in at the ponderosa 
Wm Rowe & Sons at the White Swan (the muck duck) Fradley junction recovering a Rover SD1 out of the canal in the late 80’s
If you look at the rear of the recovery truck im sure that is you Craig-D!!
Two very smart looking Iveco turbo tec’s in the early 90’s
Found this little gem on Facebook a few weeks ago picture taken at Uttoxeter cattle market in the late 80’s.