South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[pete_359]

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
south cornelly quarry 1995.

The Cat loading shovel makes Martyn’s Volvo look small.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes the old cat992 was a big lump.though i bet our mate gah1950 stirs his tea with bigger machines than that the 992 that used to load coal on liverpool dock could overload a sleeper cab 8 wheeler with 1 bucket.penllyne’s drivers always had to tip a bit off to weigh out.a long time before on board weighing became standard.

[sammy_dog]

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
south cornelly quarry 1995.

The Cat loading shovel makes Martyn’s Volvo look small.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes the old cat992 was a big lump.though i bet our mate gah1950 stirs his tea with bigger machines than that the 992 that used to load coal on liverpool dock could overload a sleeper cab 8 wheeler with 1 bucket.penllyne’s drivers always had to tip a bit off to weigh out.a long time before on board weighing became standard.

cant remember size of machines in winsford 1 and a bit buckets you could be overloaded with salt running at 38 ton cheers martyn.

[dave_the_renegade]

sammy dog:

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
south cornelly quarry 1995.

The Cat loading shovel makes Martyn’s Volvo look small.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes the old cat992 was a big lump.though i bet our mate gah1950 stirs his tea with bigger machines than that the 992 that used to load coal on liverpool dock could overload a sleeper cab 8 wheeler with 1 bucket.penllyne’s drivers always had to tip a bit off to weigh out.a long time before on board weighing became standard.

cant remember size of machines in winsford 1 and a bit buckets you could be overloaded with salt running at 38 ton cheers martyn.

Hi Andrew & Martyn,
I used to think the loading shovels in Margam were big in the late 60’s when I went in and out for slag.The quarries up here have some big machines,but not as big as the one’s you mention at Liverpool.
Cheers Dave.

[sammy_dog]

Dave the Renegade:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
south cornelly quarry 1995.

The Cat loading shovel makes Martyn’s Volvo look small.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes the old cat992 was a big lump.though i bet our mate gah1950 stirs his tea with bigger machines than that the 992 that used to load coal on liverpool dock could overload a sleeper cab 8 wheeler with 1 bucket.penllyne’s drivers always had to tip a bit off to weigh out.a long time before on board weighing became standard.

cant remember size of machines in winsford 1 and a bit buckets you could be overloaded with salt running at 38 ton cheers martyn.

Hi Andrew & Martyn,
I used to think the loading shovels in Margam were big in the late 60’s when I went in and out for slag.The quarries up here have some big machines,but not as big as the one’s you mention at Liverpool.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave i remember when that machine arrive a shovel driver jump on her to give me a load of dust picked up said load came to lorry to tip missed completely full bucket landed on floor on nearside of truck none in body cheers martyn.

[dave_the_renegade]

sammy dog:

Dave the Renegade:

sammy dog:

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
south cornelly quarry 1995.

The Cat loading shovel makes Martyn’s Volvo look small.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes the old cat992 was a big lump.though i bet our mate gah1950 stirs his tea with bigger machines than that the 992 that used to load coal on liverpool dock could overload a sleeper cab 8 wheeler with 1 bucket.penllyne’s drivers always had to tip a bit off to weigh out.a long time before on board weighing became standard.

cant remember size of machines in winsford 1 and a bit buckets you could be overloaded with salt running at 38 ton cheers martyn.

Hi Andrew & Martyn,
I used to think the loading shovels in Margam were big in the late 60’s when I went in and out for slag.The quarries up here have some big machines,but not as big as the one’s you mention at Liverpool.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave i remember when that machine arrive a shovel driver jump on her to give me a load of dust picked up said load came to lorry to tip missed completely full bucket landed on floor on nearside of truck none in body cheers martyn.

I can well imagine that Martyn,those big machines must get through a lot of fuel in a day.The quarry owners can afford it,they don’t give the hauliers much .
Cheers Dave.

[pete_359]

after wimpey minerals became tarmac,m671 was painted in the then new tarmac livery.

[dave_the_renegade]

B E Williams of Sennybridge.

[ianto]

most likely i am wrong dave but i thought that the scania [fodder trader] came from the bishop cleeve area of cheltenham cant remember the firms name might be giffin

[dave_the_renegade]

ianto:
most likely i am wrong dave but i thought that the scania [fodder trader] came from the bishop cleeve area of cheltenham cant remember the firms name might be giffin

Possibly it does ianto. The Sennybridge firm has got some ex Stobart which look similar.
Cheers Dave.

[price]

ianto:
most likely i am wrong dave but i thought that the scania [fodder trader] came from the bishop cleeve area of cheltenham cant remember the firms name might be giffin

Hello Ianto ,
I think you are correct again – It is a Griffin from Bishops Cleeve. as you know I new Bishops Cleeve’s area well, - in the 70s . ==== .see you one day Ianto for a chat — Hywel.

[paul_john]

Price:

ianto:
most likely i am wrong dave but i thought that the scania [fodder trader] came from the bishop cleeve area of cheltenham cant remember the firms name might be giffin

Hello Ianto ,
I think you are correct again – It is a Griffin from Bishops Cleeve. as you know I new Bishops Cleeve’s area well in the 80s. ==== .see you one day Ianto for a chat — Hywel.

Hi Hywel, have not seen you on the site for a while, hope you are keeping well. All the boys are up at Gaydon this weekend, probably having a session on the strongbow lol. No doubt they will post some photo’s which we can all enjoy.
Dave, are you going to the RETRO show, no excuse’s you are a lot closer than me.
Lets mention Neil (mechanic 77) for his work bringing the show to everyone’s attention, including BLB Big Lorry Blog enthusiasts, and putting the South Wales boys in the limelight. You are a star mate, or as Andrew would say, you make me laugh m8.
Have a great weekend everyone, sammy dog, behave yourself;
Regards Paul.

[komatsu_450]

pete 359:

Nice to see my old transit God bus in the back ground Andrew

[komatsu_450]

pete 359:

Nice picture of Sammydogs 3 wheeler bit of a bad day that Martyn

[pete_359]

komatsu 450:

pete 359:

Nice to see my old transit God bus in the back ground Andrew

hi anthony,
when i saw that picture,i thought that van was yours.whatever happened to your golf van vw should have bought that off you and put it in their museum .
regards andrew.

[pete_359]

hi all,
the retro show was an outstanding event.thanks to organiser cushtytopline143,steelboyf10,mechanic77 etc etc.the eight strong welsh contingent met up at monmouth and collected a few more classic trucks enroute .

[pete_359]

coming through symmonds yat.mechanic77 up front,far side of the bridge.

[pete_359]

one of the newest motors at the retro.

[pete_359]

my good mate ec14,easily won “the most ■■■■■■ welshman in warwickshire” award

[pete_359]

we all had a great time today.i met dozens of trucknet members.a big thank you to member wardg for kindly taking the m40 shots and video.he also gave a few of us a very good photo cd .

[mechanic77]

Great show and run, thanks to all involved. Got home at 1am, a little later than planned but thoroughly enjoyed the weekend.
Neil.