Hereford hauliers

dave_the_renegade · 2 February 2009 21:41

I remember the Bulmers fleet very well, they ran 180 vehicles in the siixties, not just the big stuff,
they also ran Scammell Scarab artics around Hereford running mostly between plants and pub deliveries.

graham_schroeder · 2 February 2009 21:46

b4 my time dave live in gloucester now just been made reduntant from marshalls of evesham
do you know many glos worcester companies
cheers gra

dave_the_renegade · 2 February 2009 21:51

graham schroeder:
b4 my time dave live in gloucester now just been made reduntant from marshalls of evesham
do you know many glos worcester companies
cheers gra

Not really Graham Eric Vick and C M Downton from Glos, Aithinson Topeka from Worcester and Taylors of Martley,
probably more, can,t think at moment.

graham_schroeder · 2 February 2009 21:58

dave
do you know of a driver from hereford withington stev nash hes dad was also a driver
also roberts of whitchurch row still going sons in v8megaspace still got e14 ec 525 erf

fryske · 2 February 2009 22:06

atkidave:

Re: hereford hauliers
by fryske Â» Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:39 pm

atkidave wrote:
I’ve got an Atkinson Borderer ex G. A. Shepherd from Sutton St. Nicholas.
There was also John Norman at Holme Lacy.

who has a very nice restored Seddon unit

We restored the seddon for john norman

superb job

what are you restoring at the moment?

dave_the_renegade · 3 February 2009 11:38

graham schroeder:
dave
do you know of a driver from hereford withington stev nash hes dad was also a driver
also roberts of whitchurch row still going sons in v8megaspace still got e14 ec 525 erf

Can,t think of anyone called Steve Nash off the top of my head, know Roberts lorries from Whitchurch ross roadways, but don,t know any drivers.

dave_the_renegade · 3 February 2009 14:24

Remembered another haulier, A G Griffiths & Sons Ltd from Hereford.
also Glyn Morris of Lea near Ross on Wye, used to come up to the quarries this way.

graham_schroeder · 3 February 2009 15:27

glyn morris tidy fleet of erfs blue and grey if i remember rightly
ag Griffiths where they tippers yellow and red in colour
mate of mine (deceased now) tony mobley drove for mercers of bodenham used to have b series erf 111 scannie now all volvo fleet

dave_the_renegade · 3 February 2009 15:33

A G Griffiths fleet were green as far as I can remember, flatbed 8 wheelers on general haulage.
Glyn Morris were blue, he ran about half a dozen lorries, houses on his site now.

atkidave · 3 February 2009 20:36

JOHN NORMAN’S RESTORED LORRIES

ERF CI5 3 WAY TIPPER

SEDDON 30-4-6LXB

fryske · 3 February 2009 20:43

nice to see the Seddon – I run the Flickr Seddon group - there’s never enough pictures or restored Seddons about.

Wish there was more pre Motor Panels cabbed ones

hammer · 3 February 2009 21:27

I bought my 6-wheeler tipper from a firm called NH Jones of Hereford. He had a few wagons, (couple of 6’s, couple of 8’s and a couple of artics). Blue cabs, white bodies mainly Leyland Daf’s.

Seemed to be moving plant and doing tipper work mainly. He was downsizing his fleet I think and that was about three years ago.

dave_the_renegade · 3 February 2009 22:03

Nigel Jones still has a few tippers, he does site work around Hereford, has plant as well, as a few lorries, doesn,t keep his lorries long, currently running some Daf tippers, one in tarmac colours.

roadcommander2 · 4 February 2009 09:19

Have Sharples from Eardisley packed up?

They were still running a few of their more “mature” Fodens well into the eighties, I think.

Cheers
Mark

dave_the_renegade · 4 February 2009 11:18

Hi Mark,
Sharples of Eardisley packed up a few months ago, they were running just two eight wheelers in tarmac colours, a Foden and a Hino. They had a fleet of over twenty in their heyday. The last two truck were new about two years ago.
One of their drivers Colin Evans son Matt runs a company called Techtruck(could be trucktech ) out of their premises, so there are still a lot of wagons in and out of their yard .

dave_the_renegade · 4 February 2009 11:31

Mark,
I put a post on this forum Welsh border tipper operators, quite a bit of info on there, you might remember some of the operators.

hammer · 5 February 2009 09:44

Dave the Renegade:
Nigel Jones still has a few tippers, he does site work around Hereford, has plant as well, as a few lorries, doesn,t keep his lorries long, currently running some Daf tippers, one in tarmac colours.

Thanks for the info Dave. I never actually met the boss, only his fitter. I did the deal over the phone for the truck. I have to say the wagon was well looked after, by far the best I had seen. Its served me well so far and will have to carry on for a good long while yet as work is so slack.

dave_the_renegade · 5 February 2009 15:24

hammer:

Dave the Renegade:
Nigel Jones still has a few tippers, he does site work around Hereford, has plant as well, as a few lorries, doesn,t keep his lorries long, currently running some Daf tippers, one in tarmac colours.

Thanks for the info Dave. I never actually met the boss, only his fitter. I did the deal over the phone for the truck. I have to say the wagon was well looked after, by far the best I had seen. Its served me well so far and will have to carry on for a good long while yet as work is so slack.

Same this way with the work, slack due to the credit crunch etc, also this week the weather has put paid to most of the remaining work. Not so good for some of the blokes with new trucks with a load of finance. Lets hope the weather gets better also the builders and construction industry get back on track. Most of N H Jones work is hauling from the quarries this way back to Hereford, quite a easy run, not many hills, so the trucks are not having it as hard as going further into Wales.
Cheers Dave

hammer · 6 February 2009 19:03

Dave the Renegade:

hammer:

Dave the Renegade:
Nigel Jones still has a few tippers, he does site work around Hereford, has plant as well, as a few lorries, doesn,t keep his lorries long, currently running some Daf tippers, one in tarmac colours.

Thanks for the info Dave. I never actually met the boss, only his fitter. I did the deal over the phone for the truck. I have to say the wagon was well looked after, by far the best I had seen. Its served me well so far and will have to carry on for a good long while yet as work is so slack.

Same this way with the work, slack due to the credit crunch etc, also this week the weather has put paid to most of the remaining work. Not so good for some of the blokes with new trucks with a load of finance. Lets hope the weather gets better also the builders and construction industry get back on track. Most of N H Jones work is hauling from the quarries this way back to Hereford, quite a easy run, not many hills, so the trucks are not having it as hard as going further into Wales.
Cheers Dave

Yeah, I count my blessings every day that I haven’t got the big payments to find. I’ve been lucky to get 1-2days per week since Xmas. I’m annoyed that the government seem to want to bail out every b’stard but not help the construction industry by building council houses and doing new roads etc. I’m sure it will come good again. Hope it picks up for you as well. Cheers.

roadcommander2 · 7 February 2009 03:16

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the info on Sharples.
I was suprised to see that they had only finished recently, expected them to have been long gone by now.

I wonder if any body has any pics of the eatrlier wagons or even the Alpha & Hino for that matter?

Cheers
Mark