South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[pete_359]

hi all,
i recently asked a question about who are the oldest established still trading welsh transport companies.i think? someone,many years ago once told me that robbins of swansea are over 100 years old.i remembered this as i put my camera through the fence to take this photo last sunday afternoon

[pete_359]

hi all,
also last sunday i went over to a showmans yard in gorseinon and found this s80?

[terry_western_brs]

brings back a lot of memories drove couple of tranies for hoover merthyr.when it was quiet in brs ferry road. no limiter.going to perivale had to have night out at bungalow cafe on way back.yes best days of my life.

[dave_the_renegade]

Can’t have this thread languishing on page two.Seen at the All Wales Truckshow 2011.

[dave_the_renegade]

Merfyns Scania at the show.

[pete_359]

Dave the Renegade:

Merfyns Scania at the show.

Hi dave,
We are in northants at moment staying with steelboyf10 and his family.will be home tonight though.
Regards Andrew.

[dave_the_renegade]

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

Merfyns Scania at the show.

Hi dave,
We are in northants at moment staying with steelboyf10 and his family.will be home tonight though.
Regards Andrew.

Good on you Andrew,didn’t like seeing the thread on page two so I pushed it onto page one .
Cheers Dave.

[pete_359]

pete 359:
hi all,
also last sunday i went over to a showmans yard in gorseinon and found this s80?

hi all,
next to the foden was this very old commer.

[daiecho143]

pete 359:

andrew going by the reg i think that may have been an old christie tyler truck originaly 4x2 ?

[pete_359]

daiecho143:

pete 359:

andrew going by the reg i think that may have been an old christie tyler truck originaly 4x2 ?

hi dai,
to be honest mate,i wouldn’t know about the former owner i reckon your right about it being a converted 4x2,the showmen seem to love double drive.i have always wondered why though,surely a 6x2 rear lift would work just as well for them
regards andrew.

[willie_roadstar]

pete 359:

daiecho143:

pete 359:

andrew going by the reg i think that may have been an old christie tyler truck originaly 4x2 ?

hi dai,
to be honest mate,i wouldn’t know about the former owner i reckon your right about it being a converted 4x2,the showmen seem to love double drive.i have always wondered why though,surely a 6x2 rear lift would work just as well for them
regards andrew.

Andrew,
Showman go for double drives due to the fields they have to get across, they’d never get on some of the grounds with 6x2s
Regards
Ant

[pete_359]

Willie Roadstar:

pete 359:

daiecho143:

pete 359:

andrew going by the reg i think that may have been an old christie tyler truck originaly 4x2 ?

hi dai,
to be honest mate,i wouldn’t know about the former owner i reckon your right about it being a converted 4x2,the showmen seem to love double drive.i have always wondered why though,surely a 6x2 rear lift would work just as well for them
regards andrew.

Andrew,
Showman go for double drives due to the fields they have to get across, they’d never get on some of the grounds with 6x2s
Regards
Ant

hi ant,
for precisley that reason (grass and mud) i wondered why not a 6x2 rear lift.from what i gather that’s what alot of the logging trucks are specced as,even in sweden.they have far more difficult driving condtions than the showmen.
regards andrew.

[pete_359]

hi all,
a few of clarke’s transport,from kenfig ind.estate.

[pete_359]

hi all,
this one is for my great friend steelboyf10,this is the volvo i used to see in barry fetching locomotives from barry years ago .

[pete_359]

hi all,
a mate,“in the know” ,told me that jr have 70 plus fh now .

[tribsa]

hi All
Andrew the Brackmills Volvo is at the Watercress Line in Alresford Hants I think it was their first loco for restoration and it came out of Barry just a few years before Stacy

[pete_359]

tribsa:
hi All
Andrew the Brackmills Volvo is at the Watercress Line in Alresford Hants I think it was their first loco for restoration and it came out of Barry just a few years before Stacy

Hi Stacey,
Thanks for the info.i know bugger all about steam engines,my father is the families steam expert
Regards Andrew.

[steelboyf10]

pete 359:
hi all,
this one is for my great friend steelboyf10,this is the volvo i used to see in barry fetching locomotives from barry years ago .

with a sleeper pod on the back, its like one of those Texan Atki’s!

[willie_roadstar]

pete 359:

Willie Roadstar:

pete 359:

daiecho143:

pete 359:

andrew going by the reg i think that may have been an old christie tyler truck originaly 4x2 ?

hi dai,
to be honest mate,i wouldn’t know about the former owner i reckon your right about it being a converted 4x2,the showmen seem to love double drive.i have always wondered why though,surely a 6x2 rear lift would work just as well for them
regards andrew.

Andrew,
Showman go for double drives due to the fields they have to get across, they’d never get on some of the grounds with 6x2s
Regards
Ant

hi ant,
for precisley that reason (grass and mud) i wondered why not a 6x2 rear lift.from what i gather that’s what alot of the logging trucks are specced as,even in sweden.they have far more difficult driving condtions than the showmen.
regards andrew.

Hi Andrew,
I agree a 6x2 does have its atractions and benefits, but having worked the fairs for 7 years (many years ago) and driven both 6x4 and 6x2 in all conditions and country’s, the 6x4 is the better truck for the job, the loggers generally go for the 6x2 because it is an all round motor, which is better on fuel on the roads, not really an issue with the showman, has there main priority is being able to posistion the rides off road and with some of the rides weighing upto 70 & 80 tons they need the traction, trust me its no fun trying to get off a quagmire of a field at 4 am in the morning after a bonfire with a truck that won’t move and you’ve got to get to the next ground and build up before opening time at 5pm the next evening. - Great days
Regards
Ant

[pete_359]

Willie Roadstar:

pete 359:

Willie Roadstar:

pete 359:

daiecho143:

pete 359:

andrew going by the reg i think that may have been an old christie tyler truck originaly 4x2 ?

hi dai,
to be honest mate,i wouldn’t know about the former owner i reckon your right about it being a converted 4x2,the showmen seem to love double drive.i have always wondered why though,surely a 6x2 rear lift would work just as well for them
regards andrew.

Andrew,
Showman go for double drives due to the fields they have to get across, they’d never get on some of the grounds with 6x2s
Regards
Ant

hi ant,
for precisley that reason (grass and mud) i wondered why not a 6x2 rear lift.from what i gather that’s what alot of the logging trucks are specced as,even in sweden.they have far more difficult driving condtions than the showmen.
regards andrew.

Hi Andrew,
I agree a 6x2 does have its atractions and benefits, but having worked the fairs for 7 years (many years ago) and driven both 6x4 and 6x2 in all conditions and country’s, the 6x4 is the better truck for the job, the loggers generally go for the 6x2 because it is an all round motor, which is better on fuel on the roads, not really an issue with the showman, has there main priority is being able to posistion the rides off road and with some of the rides weighing upto 70 & 80 tons they need the traction, trust me its no fun trying to get off a quagmire of a field at 4 am in the morning after a bonfire with a truck that won’t move and you’ve got to get to the next ground and build up before opening time at 5pm the next evening. - Great days
Regards
Ant

hi ant,
thanks for that.i know what you mean about some of the showmen’s loads.these latest generation travelling rides can be very heavy.i have carried out work for many showmen over the years,here is an f12 from birmingham based showman willy wilson that delivered a load of panelling to us at work from a ride that was in 1999,one of the largest travelling dogem rides in the uk.