hi harry,
i couldn’t resist posting this motor 
,based at brs bridgend depot,driven by don tuck who drove for brs for 37 years 
.photo courtesy of john tuck and ted ham.thanks lads.
uote=“pete 359”]hi dennis,
aaaah the salamander fire,now there’s an adventure I am very biased with these devices as I vividly recall our business neighbours premises catching fire when one of those bloody things spewed oil all over the floor and it ignited. that said I spent many a happy hour stood around many of them,in joint’s,j&m etc.etc.etc
regards andrew.
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Hi Andrew you are right about salamander I grew up with them but when I was 18 working in the garage one of our drivers fell onto one don’t know if he fell asleep as he had been sitting on chair by it,he had 90% burns and only survived for two weeks. It was a bad time all the other companies threw theirs out after.
Cheers
Ian
jesus andrew reminds me of the davies bros days no doors on the garage if you got brian davies talking about the opencast you d get a good hour out of him.
sammy dog:
jesus andrew reminds me of the davies bros days no doors on the garage if you got brian davies talking about the opencast you d get a good hour out of him.
hi martyn,
when we have trucks shot blasted,i hire a section of davies bros.lime kiln yard.boyd davies,owns it now,it really sends me back to the old davies bros.when i go there .here’s another of daibootsy’s illtyd thomas photos .
regards andrew.
HI FOLKS CAN ANYONE REMEMBER GLYN SMITH OF PENYFAI GREENTIPPERS DAI TONDU
dai tondu:
HI FOLKS CAN ANYONE REMEMBER GLYN SMITH OF PENYFAI GREENTIPPERS DAI TONDU
hi dai,
sorry,i can’t say i have ever heard of them.
pete 359:
dai tondu:
HI FOLKS CAN ANYONE REMEMBER GLYN SMITH OF PENYFAI GREENTIPPERS DAI TONDUhi dai,
sorry,i can’t say i have ever heard of them.
Proper lorries Andrew,spare wheel and all,cracking stuff.
Cheers Dave.
dai tondu:
HI FOLKS CAN ANYONE REMEMBER GLYN SMITH OF PENYFAI GREENTIPPERS DAI TONDU
yes bottom of penyfai hill peter shilliber long time driver long idris drove for them
pete 359:
Hi do you have a photo of the white daf 95 space cab they had or photos of when the erf’s were painted white with david thomas or malopium’s name on. Good photos so far
MALOPIUM, SWANSEA. this is the first iveco to join the fleet, malopium, e440 uep, came without the spoiler kit.
troy:
dai tondu:
HI FOLKS CAN ANYONE REMEMBER GLYN SMITH OF PENYFAI GREENTIPPERS DAI TONDUyes bottom of penyfai hill peter shilliber long time driver long idris drove for them
HELLO TROY GLAD SOME ONE RECALLS GLYN SMITH THEY RAN LEYLAND COMETS AND ONE BEDFORD TK IREMEMBER LONG IDRIS ALSO LEIGHTON FROM BRINTIRON RAN ALONG SIDE THEM OUT OF PANT QUARRIE WHEN IWAS DRIVING FOR WILL HALL
komatsu 450:
I,d like to thank stuart lewis for the following pictures of his father,s lorries he ran many Leyland bisons then updated to seddon atki,s
These are my dads next door neighbours truck, steve lewis,stuarts brother!
He know runs a daf in tarmac colours!
I remember steve bringing it home to clean it after a busy weeks graft!
hi all,
saw this today,parked at cross hands.even at eleven years old,she still looks good .
daibootsy:
MALOPIUM SWANSEA, although this looks the same paint scheme, but in ILLTYD THOMAS.
The coach going the other way looks like it may be something to do with them too. 
ben@gwrec:
I remember steve bringing it home to clean it after a busy weeks graft!
hi ben i used to drive a bison for vernon on nights working on the viaducts in port talbot when they were digging out and resurfacing them subbing to T S Rees. this was as well as my day job working for a pipe firm when they were building the Bosch factory in llantrisant. it brought back a lot of memories seeing the old bisons
harry_gill:
komatsu 450:
one of KCS transports new MAN,s and weighing in at a modest 14.500kg not bad with a bulk trailer on
hiya,
Surprised to see a motor of that size managing to weigh off at that light tare the last time I was anywhere near something with so many axles it tared off at nearer sixteen tonnes, must be balsa wood eh.
thanks harry long retired.
hi harry had another KCS in today with a different make bulker on weighing in at 14120kg so carrying just under 30 ton
i only remember the seddon, and now the daf. The leylands were before my time but if it was anything like steves seddon and his daf then they were well looked after vehicles!