South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

it’s good too see haulier’s still making their own bespoke equipment.this skelly bulker was built in house at mccarthy’s to move large blockstone used on their sea deffence contracts,some are 3 tonnes each.

HI ALL I WAS IN CHELWORTH IND EST AND COME ACROSS OUR OLD 7.5 TON RIDGID JUST BEEN SOLD

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ALSO ON THE ESTATE IS A CIRCUS FIRM WHO LIKES HIS ERF,S THOUGHT I PUT THESE ON FOR GRAHAM EC14 :smiley:

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hi all,
i bet ec14 has driven this erf :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

wrong he has not!!!

ec14:
wrong he has not!!!

are you sure■■? i find it hard to believe :laughing: .whilst we were in ammanford,doing our cpc today,we called into see your old mate sid in bonllwyn.

one of two new 1851 actros’ of p.d.rees of bonllwyn,the other was being vinyl’d when we called in :sunglasses: .

Some of us are planning on taking our trucks to the Classcs in the city show in Swansea on Sunday 12th Febuary with the possibility of meeting on the Saturday for an overnight stop in the Porthcawl area. Anyone else interested in joining us?
Neil.

Where abouts in swansea is the show , cheers.

mechanic77:
Some of us are planning on taking our trucks to the Classcs in the city show in Swansea on Sunday 12th Febuary with the possibility of meeting on the Saturday for an overnight stop in the Porthcawl area. Anyone else interested in joining us?
Neil.

BryanAlexanderBoy:
Where abouts in swansea is the show

In the city centre, more info here:

http://www.ntfwswansea.co.uk/

hi all,
here’s a rainy sunday afternoon question,i bet my mate bob knows the answer :wink: ,who owned this welsh registered 89? looks like alltrans on the trailer.by the look of the drive axle,i think he’s running heavy :laughing:

+im not a betting man but i would bet bob knows rowly

+im not a betting man but i would bet bob knows rowly

i remember being on school holiday watching this photo (for the f88 brochure) being taken.ward jones on the forklift,alun griffiths by the door of his new 290 and bob saunders in the background.

I FOUND THIS OLD PHOTO OF WATER ST PORT TALBOT,W JONES REMOVALS 1959 AND MODERN DAY PIC IF THEY WERE STILL GOING THEY WOULD BE THE OLDEST FIRM IN PORT TALBOT :smiley: :smiley:

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pete 359:
i remember being on school holiday watching this photo (for the f88 brochure) being taken.ward jones on the forklift,alun griffiths by the door of his new 290 and bob saunders in the background.

Hey Andrew< do you remember recreating this shot with GFC 500N and Monty Guildfords 88 in Chippenham Truck stop 2004?, must see if I can scan the photo. SBF10
DCPC eh, I am on a couse on the 8th Feb.

this was when mtw was fairly new.a few years later she was owned by j&m :sunglasses: .

hi and lovely looking fh but that transcon looks lush

pete 359:

hiya,
See these fellah’s parked up in Chester Le Street quite regulary.
thanks harry long retired

harry_gill:

pete 359:

hiya,
See these fellah’s parked up in Chester Le Street quite regulary.
thanks harry long retired

hello harry,
c.j. bird are from coed ely in south wales and they go everywhere.all over the uk,mainland europe and so i am told turkey.one of their regular jobs is delivering prosthetic limbs.this daf rigid is regularly seen in spain and italy.