tadams:
Hi has anyone got any photos of any of our old lorries Et adams and sons livestock haulage we are still going strong but my dad hasn’t got any old photos and I would be really interested to see some of our old lorries.
Hi tadams try sending a pm to Ron wetherall ,and Chris farnah they got flickr pics and loads of different haulage they may be able to help ,or go to cccp page and type message on there to see if he got pics cheers John
Hi all,
Alan price of bargoed’s first fhv4.
pete 359:
smallcoal:
pete 359:
hi all,
here is one courtesy of kelvin parker on Facebook.i can’t say i know the firm? west wales reg and castle martin on the door.Hi Andrew, just looked that name up ,that pic is on eBay a bloke in Wolverhampton is selling it ,how’s the merc coming on
Hiya,
Andrew,just spotted the pics of “the nearly ready Merc” and in a word WOW.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi all. Andrew, cracking picture of Alan Prices new FH.
Takes me back to my young days when Alan would chase me all over the yard pointing his walking stick at me. I was always in trouble for something.
That’s a good image of him there, and I believe that number plate might be his original one he had many years ago on his car. He purchased the car off one of the drivers, and transferred the plate to his Jaguar back in 1980/81.
Good old days. Regards Paul.
Paul John:
Hi all. Andrew, cracking picture of Alan Prices new FH.
Takes me back to my young days when Alan would chase me all over the yard pointing his walking stick at me. I was always in trouble for something.
That’s a good image of him there, and I believe that number plate might be his original one he had many years ago on his car. He purchased the car off one of the drivers, and transferred the plate to his Jaguar back in 1980/81.Good old days. Regards Paul.
Hi Paul,
Price of bargoed’s are a proper South Wales bulk haulier,plenty have come and gone within their time of trading.a mate told me that registration was on Alan prices’ car,I remember seeing that reg on a merc car back in the 80’s outside work in South cornelly.Harry, thanks for the very kind words,the heinkle is nearly finished.processing the registration and mot at the moment.
Nice looking motor Andrew,very smart mate ! Who painted it for you? 
Seriously though what is the attraction/point of those mini super front wheels won’t they upset the steering geometry and put more strain on the steering? What make of 5th wheel are you putting on the unit ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Nice looking motor Andrew,very smart mate ! Who painted it for you?
hi dennis,
as soon as i saw the truck,in a freezing cold munich last january,i noticed how wrong,to me anyway? the 315’s looked on the steer.as you may be aware? the cab on the 530 is mounted 2 inches higher than all the other variants of the sk.in my opinion the 385’s on the steer fill the arch more and also look cool.i have a new jost fifth wheel being delivered by allspares on tuesday.the original fifth wheel was for a 3.5 inch pin.the bed for the fifth wheel is made by jost and has welded locators on there.alot of the joint sk’s from that era were fitted with fontaine fifth wheels.
regards andrew.
pete 359:
Bewick:
Nice looking motor Andrew,very smart mate ! Who painted it for you?hi dennis,
as soon as i saw the truck,in a freezing cold munich last january,i noticed how wrong,to me anyway? the 315’s looked on the steer.as you may be aware? the cab on the 530 is mounted 2 inches higher than all the other variants of the sk.in my opinion the 385’s on the steer fill the arch more and also look cool.i have a new jost fifth wheel being delivered by allspares on tuesday.the original fifth wheel was for a 3.5 inch pin.the bed for the fifth wheel is made by jost and has welded locators on there.alot of the joint sk’s from that era were fitted with fontaine fifth wheels.
regards andrew.
Hiya,
Everything looks fantastic Andrew but I’d like to know where Mr Michelin is going to sit.
thanks harry, long retired.
pete 359:
Bewick:
Nice looking motor Andrew,very smart mate ! Who painted it for you?hi dennis,
as soon as i saw the truck,in a freezing cold munich last january,i noticed how wrong,to me anyway? the 315’s looked on the steer.as you may be aware? the cab on the 530 is mounted 2 inches higher than all the other variants of the sk.in my opinion the 385’s on the steer fill the arch more and also look cool.i have a new jost fifth wheel being delivered by allspares on tuesday.the original fifth wheel was for a 3.5 inch pin.the bed for the fifth wheel is made by jost and has welded locators on there.alot of the joint sk’s from that era were fitted with fontaine fifth wheels.
regards andrew.
Thanks for the explanation Andrew ! I was always a York Big D fan,had all the new motors delivered with the Bid D but after York went down I did start using Jost which were always promoted to me as superior to Big D but we had excellent service from the York 5th wheel and they were cheaper than Jost ! I never had any experience of Fontaine,were they French ? Anyway,Happy motoring in the Big Merc it’s a credit to you mate 
! 
Cheers Dennis.
Hello Harry,
The Michelin man will be mounted on the top of the near side mirror arm.not sure which side that is though? On a left ■■■■■■ 
this motor is a bit of you, I’d say.
pete 359:
Hello Harry,
The Michelin man will be mounted on the top of the near side mirror arm.not sure which side that is though? On a left ■■■■■■
Hiya,
Drove plenty of the Leyland Octopus’s with the same cab but never got hold of an
Albion Caledonian I wanted too for comparison. There was one that used to get
by me when I was doing Scotland many moons ago true he was only solo and I was
pulling a drawbar but even on level going when I was giving it big licks he always
managed to creep past usually offering me the box of matches when cab to cab.
thanks harry, long retired.
pete 359:
Hello Harry,
The Michelin man will be mounted on the top of the near side mirror arm.not sure which side that is though? On a left ■■■■■■
Will one on each mirror arm be a bit much Andrew ?
Bloody Michelin men Andrew,I was plagued with the ■■■■■■■ things these were just some of them I could dig out but there was a few more than these,they even had lights inside some of them !! I think they went out of fashion after a few years as I seem to recall a couple stuck up in the workshop somewhere,best place for them IMHO Cheers Dennis.
No kelsa bars for you Dennis
I seen this old ERF of belt transport in Carew airfield with a dropped trailer I think they been left there is templeton transport part of belts
Lance Biscomb:
No kelsa bars for you Dennis
Hiya Lance,hows it going pal ? No I was never one for all the bollox which only seems to have got worse over the years from what I notice nowadays 
Cheers Dennis.
Heres a sign most welsh drivers will remember, it stood outside Aberpergwm washery for many years. in the late 80s I think it was, I was driving by when they were demolishing the site, the only thing left standing was the sign by the gate.as I had loaded under the screens there many times I thought the sign ought to be saved, so I stopped, went in ,saw one of the workers and said what you going to do with the sign? he just shrugged his shoulders and said break it up I spect. so I gave him a fiver and he said I haven’t seen nothing!!! so I took it down ,put it on the back of me lorry and away.
