South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Its got 3 axles at the back :bulb: :bulb: :bulb: :bulb:

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andrewv8:
Its got 3 axles at the back :bulb: :bulb: :bulb: :bulb:

Hi Andrew,
Full marks and a pint of festive diesel to you :sunglasses: .

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pete 359:

pete 359:
These days owned by pERFection14.

hi all,
anyone know how to resize a photo to 800x600 using photobucket on ipad? because as you can see,by the two above.i don’t :smiling_imp:
here’s another question?what is really!!! unusual about this constructor.sent to me by a mate,taken in his dad’s yard in swansea,i have never seen this on a european vehicle,ever :exclamation: mechanic77 and anyone neil has told are excluded :laughing: ,cause i told him all about this last night,merry christmas lads :sunglasses: .

Hi Andrew,
Go onto photobucket click on the photo you want,then get it to the size of this pic of the Leyland,then run your curser along the top of the pic until resize pops up and go down the list until you see 880x600,then click on it,wait and then click on the box which will appear and wait until its re sized.
Cheers Dave.

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andrewv8:
Its got 3 axles at the back :bulb: :bulb: :bulb: :bulb:

And poweredby the famous RR Perkins Eagle Engine, Great stuff, Regards Larry.

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pete 359:

pete 359:
These days owned by pERFection14.

hi all,
anyone know how to resize a photo to 800x600 using photobucket on ipad? because as you can see,by the two above.i don’t :smiling_imp:
here’s another question?what is really!!! unusual about this constructor.sent to me by a mate,taken in his dad’s yard in swansea,i have never seen this on a european vehicle,ever :exclamation: mechanic77 and anyone neil has told are excluded :laughing: ,cause i told him all about this last night,merry christmas lads :sunglasses: .

Hi Andrew
Never seen anything like mate, wonder what that could gross at.
cheers
John.

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I dont think that any weight would be a problem to a motor such as this, very unique I would say, the heavier the better. Regards Larry.

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Leyland built some 5 axle mixers when the M6 was being built but I believe they used to crack the chassis. The maximum weight in the UK would be 32 tonnes like an eight wheeler but in Holland Sweden and Finland they can run at 40 tonne so they are common there.



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Lawrence Dunbar:
I dont think that any weight would be a problem to a motor such as this, very unique I would say, the heavier the better. Regards Larry.

Yeah I know what your saying Larry, I just wondered what the legal weight would be.
cheers
John.

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Hi all,
Tbh I had never seen anything like it.when my mate told me about it, I was amazed. Then I dug out a few old videos, remember those :exclamation: big old tape spooled things :laughing: so they tell me, in Australia, triple drive and :exclamation: powered trailers are both fairly common. This is the first time I have heard triple drive in Swansea though :laughing: :angry: :laughing:
Just to ■■■■ you all of. I text my. Mate “bob” he is the :exclamation: expert bar none :exclamation: :question: on the south Wales haulage industry. The question about the 100 year old mid-Glamorgan haulier and he text back, within seconds the very firm I had thought of :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: rowly, i know you know his number, so you are excluded and all the people you know,how will that work :question: happy Christmas lads :angry:

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Happy christmas everyone.
Neil.

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pete 359:
Hi all,
Both good suggestions, though not the Bridgend area firm I am thinking of :wink: . I dare say, other regions of Wales have some long established truck owners still trading? Maybe member price,bwaddy could come up with a mid/ north Wales company that are still trading after 100 years?though tbh I can’t think of any from there.I think? That a member of the wynn family is still involved with transport, though as far as I am aware, not road transport.
Regards Andrew.

Hi Andrew,merry xmas mate,
You’re right about Wynns…John Wynn’s son,Peter is still involved in transport but nowadays on the water.They operate the biggest transport barge I’ve ever seen :open_mouth: !!! Ithink its called the TERRA MARIQUE.
Regards Mark

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pete 359:
Hi all,
Tbh I had never seen anything like it.when my mate told me about it, I was amazed. Then I dug out a few old videos, remember those :exclamation: big old tape spooled things :laughing: so they tell me, in Australia, triple drive and :exclamation: powered trailers are both fairly common. This is the first time I have heard triple drive in Swansea though :laughing: :angry: :laughing:
Just to ■■■■ you all of. I text my. Mate “bob” he is the :exclamation: expert bar none :exclamation: :question: on the south Wales haulage industry. The question about the 100 year old mid-Glamorgan haulier and he text back, within seconds the very firm I had thought of :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: rowly, i know you know his number, so you are excluded and all the people you know,how will that work :question: happy Christmas lads :angry:

Hi all, Andrew Mid-Glam is big these days and over the years the boundaries have changed.
Could we please have a clue! Perhaps which Valley or something similar?
Great question.

Regards Paul

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hi paul and all,
i did tell mechanic77 no clues,though,given that it’s 25th dec.today i will help you all out ever so slightly :laughing: :laughing: the firm that i am thinking of is from the bridgend area.to my knowledge :question: i have only posted one photo of this firms vehicles over the past two years and 291 pages of south wales content :laughing: have a good one lads :sunglasses: .
regards andrew.

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pete 359:
caught this roadhouse man loading furniture in my street last friday.h.c. herbert are a very old established south wales firm from maesteg near bridgend.they ran several f88’s when i was a kid.

Is it these?

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Hi to all of the South Wales mob! Haven’t been here for a while hope you’re all doing well!

Merry Christmas to all!

Plant Fitter

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This is a 1-24th scale model I’ve been building, its 95% done. Ford Transcontinental tow truck signwritten for what was the Iveco/Ford truck dealer in Caerphilly, RJ Bown.
Neil.

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mechanic77:

pete 359:
caught this roadhouse man loading furniture in my street last friday.h.c. herbert are a very old established south wales firm from maesteg near bridgend.they ran several f88’s when i was a kid.

Is it these?

Hi Neil,
After a bit of help from me you finally guessed it :laughing: h.c. Herbert and son, so I am told have been trading around 100 years. Though don’t be too pleased with yourself, because it took a major clue from me and that was nearly a week after my mate bob( you know who you are)correctly guessed by text .there must be? Some other welsh firms who have been in business that long?
Regards Andrew.

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Andrew,
to be honest I can’t say I knew them, I had my suspicions it would be some thing like a removals firm as they are off our radar a bit but do seem to manage longeveity better than most.

What do you think of my Transcon?
Neil.

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mechanic77:
Andrew,
to be honest I can’t say I knew them, I had my suspicions it would be some thing like a removals firm as they are off our radar a bit but do seem to manage longeveity better than most.

What do you think of my Transcon?
Neil.

Hi Neil,
Stop back pedalling and admit defeat :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Herbert’s may be a removals firm now, though they have done their tour of duty in the general haulage industry, only concentrated on removals, last 9-10 years.if you were as old as me, you would know that, they delivered steel, toilet roll and everything else that everyone else now delivers.
Regarding the transcontinental.outstanding mate,as I have come to expect from my sons mate from blackwood :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: .
Regards Andrew.

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hi all heres one for you who remembers tuder williams transport bedwas atkis seddons 88s big firm in thier day hauling coke coal all sorts lets see who remembers them regards rowland