South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

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sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

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Bewick:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

hiya,
Is it not a 6 potter smoker Dennis ■■, or have I had one too many.
thanks harry long retired.

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hi all,
to be honest,i can’t remember,i think? she had a 5lw in her.what a waste of a classic motor :frowning:

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pete 359:
hi all,
to be honest,i can’t remember,i think? she had a 5lw in her.what a waste of a classic motor :frowning:

Hi Andrew,judging by the six levers on that enormous injector pump I,d say it was a 6LW or 6LX maybe■■?
regards Mark

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harry_gill:

Bewick:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

hiya,
Is it not a 6 potter smoker Dennis ■■, or have I had one too many.
thanks harry long retired.

Think its a 6potter “H”,if you’d said it was an 8 I’d have had to ask you to touch your nose with your finger!!! On the web cam of course hic!! Cheers Dennis.

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Bewick:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

Gentlemen anorak time, Its a 6lw 120 B. H. P. the easy way to tell a L.W. from an L.X. is the position of the
fuel pump and cam box, on the L.W. its at the front of the engine, and on the L.X. its at the rear of the block driven by a shaft from
the front , The 5L.W always had 3cyls at the front and 2 at the rear. this might interest somebody, and then again it might not .

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LYNXMAN:

Bewick:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

Gentlemen anorak time, Its a 6lw 120 B. H. P. the easy way to tell a L.W. from an L.X. is the position of the
fuel pump and cam box, on the L.W. its at the front of the engine, and on the L.X. its at the rear of the block driven by a shaft from
the front , The 5L.W always had 3cyls at the front and 2 at the rear. this might interest somebody, and then again it might not .

Excellent info that L/MAN,just go’s to prove that there are knowlegable members on the thread to explain the finer points of some of the shots! Cheers Bewick.

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LYNXMAN:

Bewick:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

Gentlemen anorak time, Its a 6lw 120 B. H. P. the easy way to tell a L.W. from an L.X. is the position of the
fuel pump and cam box, on the L.W. its at the front of the engine, and on the L.X. its at the rear of the block driven by a shaft from
the front , The 5L.W always had 3cyls at the front and 2 at the rear. this might interest somebody, and then again it might not .

hi richard,
thanks for the information :sunglasses: :sunglasses: .as far as i can recall? somebody had vandalised the engine’s alloy gardner plaques on each cylinder,i think that one of them has been damaged/removed.
regards andrew.

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alot of people mention this firm to me.mal.davies ran a very smart fleet,mainly on the coal.

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pete 359:

LYNXMAN:

Bewick:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

nice engine there for someone but if he finds out he ll probably weigh that in to. regards martyn.

Looks like a 5 potter Martyn,and you were thinking it was an 8 potter wern’t you? At first I thought it was a shot of Joints yard!! Cheers Dennis.PS I’ve had another butchers and your right it is a 6 potter!!! These glasses boyo!!

Gentlemen anorak time, Its a 6lw 120 B. H. P. the easy way to tell a L.W. from an L.X. is the position of the
fuel pump and cam box, on the L.W. its at the front of the engine, and on the L.X. its at the rear of the block driven by a shaft from
the front , The 5L.W always had 3cyls at the front and 2 at the rear. this might interest somebody, and then again it might not .

hi richard,
thanks for the information :sunglasses: :sunglasses: .as far as i can recall? somebody had vandalised the engine’s alloy gardner plaques on each cylinder,i think that one of them has been damaged/removed.
regards andrew.

i think the levers on the pump gave a clue regards martyn.

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pete 359:
alot of people mention this firm to me.mal.davies ran a very smart fleet,mainly on the coal.

wernt they based near tower colliery by the cafe ?

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pete 359:

Hi all, just getting caught up on my return to central Florida. It was great to meet so many fellow members at Ashley’s show, a nice event for sure.
Thanks to Andrew and Harry, Neil and his father, Dai echo and his family, Graham Ward, Dai bootsy and Graham gbh1950 of Walters fame for chatting with me. All these guys are true enthusiasts and must be commended for their hard work and commitment.

Regards Paul

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pete 359:
alot of people mention this firm to me.mal.davies ran a very smart fleet,mainly on the coal.

Wonder who owned that Daf before Maldwyn, It’s a Gloucestershire reg.

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altitude:

pete 359:
alot of people mention this firm to me.mal.davies ran a very smart fleet,mainly on the coal.

Wonder who owned that Daf before Maldwyn, It’s a Gloucestershire reg.

Longshot could have been Peter Gilder from the Cheltenham area . Referring to Maldwyn Davies he also ran some nice Atkinsons and Roadtrains regards kk

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Paul John:

pete 359:

Hi all, just getting caught up on my return to central Florida. It was great to meet so many fellow members at Ashley’s show, a nice event for sure.
Thanks to Andrew and Harry, Neil and his father, Dai echo and his family, Graham Ward, Dai bootsy and Graham gbh1950 of Walters fame for chatting with me. All these guys are true enthusiasts and must be commended for their hard work and commitment.

Regards Paul

hi paul,
thanks for that mate :sunglasses: ,glad you had a safe journey back to florida.
regards andrew.

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hi all,
a belgian mate rang me yesterday and told me a friend of his had a problem at a drop in swansea.the good old health and safety man said it was too dangerous to lift two pallets out of the side of the trailer :exclamation: one each side,above the landing legs.they told him to go back to belgium and return with the pallets at the back doors :exclamation: there was other groupage filling up the euroliner and this h+s gentleman :grimacing: had really cocked up the drivers schedule.so he was secretly sent to south cornelly,i then removed the two pallets kept them in my building overnight and today another belgian friend who was empty called in,i loaded the two pallets through the back doors,gave him the cmr,result :sunglasses: and the stupid bloody jobsworth “elf in a safe tree” man was none the wiser.note the black fh is a 6 wheeler,the belgie’s are starting to run on 6 axles at last :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: .

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today’s belgian visitor :smiley: :smiley: those belgie’s love their 16 litre volvo’s :sunglasses:

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hello andrew,
h&s is begining to be a nuisance,after all the years i have been at my job we have recently had to take a touch screen test,and a classroom test of some 80 odd questions and a practical test which consisted of loading a vibrating roller,a 20 ton excavator and an a25 volvo dumptruck,three of the tiniest items of plant that we run,the man in charge of the testing told us that he was embarresed testing us as he probably could not load or unload the items of plant himself.what purpose the loading/unloading served i dont know as we transport plant in excess of 100tons surely that is the type of plant that drivers should display their skills on to gain these CPCS licences,i am told that most of the big concerns in future will prohibit drivers from loading/unloading unless you have this new category irrespective of how long you have been at it,h&s has turned into a bigger industry than the industry it now dictates to. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: .

graham.

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curnock:

pete 359:
alot of people mention this firm to me.mal.davies ran a very smart fleet,mainly on the coal.

wernt they based near tower colliery by the cafe ?

Hi Curnock
Yes you’re right ,Maldwyn was based there before he packed it in but his original yard was in Hirwaun,opposite the junction for the old road to Brecon via Penderyn. Back in the 70’s he ran Albions,Atkis,ERF’s.Fodens and the smartest F88’s (these were replaced by DAF 2800’s as shown in the photo) in the valleys
regards Mark