South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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mechanic77:
Two more photos from the weekend courtesy of David Connor.

Basking in the sunshine:

EC14 passing by:

hi neil,
looked like shepton was good :sunglasses: ,trust our old m8 ec14 to be in the middle lane “keeping her lit”.i am off out now,got plenty to bore everyone with later though :wink:
regards andrew.

20502

hi all,
just about recovered from the long weekend :smiley: ,harry and i left the marriot hotel in swansea on thursday and set a course for the oakdene cafe in wrotham kent.after we dropped of a few young ladies at their summer prom,in the texan atki.
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on friday morning my old mate stan turned up at wrotham :sunglasses: .on his way to the isle of grain.

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dropping down into dover.

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paul edwards’ outstanding 143 :sunglasses: ,there were 6 trucks on this years lar run.

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the texan atki was the taxi for the ten of us to go to the truckstop on friday night :wink:truck mad josh herbert at the wheel :sunglasses:

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paul and jamie lloyd travelled from shropshire.

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as in previous visits to the lar,the standards were high :sunglasses:

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one of several four wheel drive tractor units at this years lar truckmeeting.

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pete 359:

Andrew, excellent photos. This seems to be a good show to attend. I have always preferred full mudguards on American trucks, this VN looks the part especially with super singles on the steer axle.
No doubt your truck drew a lot of attention, certainly stood out with all the lights on.

Nice photo’s from Neil and Dai, thanks boys.

regards Paul

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Paul John:

pete 359:

Andrew, excellent photos. This seems to be a good show to attend. I have always preferred full mudguards on American trucks, this VN looks the part especially with super singles on the steer axle.
No doubt your truck drew a lot of attention, certainly stood out with all the lights on.

Nice photo’s from Neil and Dai, thanks boys.

regards Paul

hi paul,
how are you mate :question: thanks for your reply.the lar show was once again a great weekend,the trucks on show there are another level :sunglasses: .we all drew alot of attention,wherever we went in the uk,belgium and france :sunglasses: .volvo had also laid on a photographer for us at the factory tour.good to see the boys photos from shepton :sunglasses: .i will have to rely on these members for pictures from the carmarthen show :frowning: ,as due to a clash of dates,i can’t attend that one this year.

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Hiya 
looked you had a good weekend Andrew
smart photo’s you’ve posted
 i’am down your way
next week i’ll pop in and say hello.
John

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one for ec14,an man v10 truck puller :sunglasses: .tweaked to over 1,000 hp.

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3300John:
Hiya 
looked you had a good weekend Andrew
smart photo’s you’ve posted
 i’am down your way
next week i’ll pop in and say hello.
John

hi john,
thanks mate,pm sent.
regards andrew.

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also over in belgium was trucknet member tanktrotter.he had brought his beautiful fh across from north lincs.

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pete 359:
also over in belgium was trucknet member tanktrotter.he had brought his beautiful fh across from north lincs.

cracking pictures off you again looks like you had a good weekend .

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:smiley:

Chris Webb:
W.G.Davies,Llandore,immaculate fleet,especially their Crusaders.
Rosser,Pontillw,ran his MK3 and MK5 AECs to the end.
Illtydd (sp) Thomas.
Griif,Fender removals.
George Beer,Swansea.
John Raymond,Bridgend of course,who could forget him. :slight_smile:
Ely Transport Cardiff.
H.Morgan,Cwm.
Williams Bros., Crosshands.
Valley Carriers,Penarth.
South Wales Roadways.
Edwards of Lydbrook - an englishman sneaking into Llanwern :laughing: .
Hazells Haulage,Newport.
Owens,Llanelli.
Entress,Llansamlet,ran Leyland Octopussies and then later Volvo F86s.
Coastal Roadways,Hemphills and Wincanton all ran out of BP Baglan Bay.
Calor Transport,on a roundabout on the A48.
Blue Line Transport,Tondu ended up as Carline Transport I think.Way after my time though. :laughing:
Mansel Davies - Haverfordwest/Whitland?
Steel Company of Wales ran their own transport before nationalisation I think.
And there was always an endless procession of GKN motors at night,Heath Street Division was one I recall.
Philip Jones,Fforestfach.
S.Protheroe.
Ryhs Davies.
Davies and Meredith,Brynmawr
Catnic,Caerphilly.

That’s it at the moment, nurse is here with me medication. :smiley:

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pete 359:
thanks jb1977,sorry but i can’t remember seeing you’r pictures, please feel free to post any you want. :smiley:

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pete 359:
thanks jb1977,sorry but i can’t remember seeing you’r pictures, please feel free to post any you want. :smiley:

DROVE ONE OF THECOMMERS No 16 UTG WITH PERKINS STRAIT 6 ENGINE DAI TONDU

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johnsmiths:

Paul John:

johnsmiths:

this is a picture of smiths enterprises scania in 1970 when she was new

Hi John, you may remember Smiths putting 2 new CAT loading shovels into Newport docks early 80s. I can not remember the model but they could load 20 tonne in one go. Cracking machines they were.
A blending shed had been set up and the dockers were running it, they had been trained on the CATs and let loose. Danny Eagan of Pontypridd had put a bunch of old 8 wheelers on the job. By the end of the first day half had been put out of service, the body’s all torn up by the great British dockworker.
If they had reality shows back then, these guys would be stars. I dont think anyone could act so useless, lol.


Hi paul this is a picture of caterpillar 992 at newport docks see transporter bridge in the background i was a fitter looking after these machine they had 20yd buckets on coal they took the dockers off the machine only to be paid to sit in canteen while our boys operated machines :smiley:

ONE OF THE BOYS DAI TONDU CAT DRIVER