ec14:
hi bewick,im afraid thats the world we live in vermin get more attention than the human race.
Pedestrians have not got a bridge, they have to take their chances running across the road!! And do the mice have signs directing them to the bridge to cross? 
welshphil:
pete 359:
m&s tankers from barry
I worked for Mike and Tony Rosser from 1990 til the take over by Samat.left in 2004 when I saw how the firm was developing.(In hospital 3months after and in wheelchair since,sod’s law!!!)
I have some pics of A16BRT parked up in the local cafe in Barcelona as the trailer was on steam in Cray Valley,must try to get them on this site.
Enjoyed the job, abroad every week but home most weekends when the customs clearances finished.Before that happy weekends in La Junquera
Looks like BRT are back.
brt-international.com/index.html
Was M&S the wash that I thought was Wincanton, those Nissen huts look familiar
hello k k.
thankyou for the info i will keep an eye open for that publication.
regards graham.
malcolm kirk:
ec14:
hi bewick,im afraid thats the world we live in vermin get more attention than the human race.Pedestrians have not got a bridge, they have to take their chances running across the road!! And do the mice have signs directing them to the bridge to cross?
It gets more crazy! I learnt today that a small metal wall about 18" high goes along both sides of the bypass. The mouse comes across this wall and follows it along to the nearest bridge crossing then travels up the pole. Well I think I’m up the pole myself, time I had a ride in the white van now to a place where everyone’s really nice
pete 359:
Paul John:
Andrew, great question regarding CAT engines. Both 13 and 15l engines were sold to loyal customers from dump truck operators to over the road fleets such as Freymiller. Peterbilt operators seemed to favour CAT engines over the Detroit or ■■■■■■■■ However after CAT announced they would not build on highway engines to meet EPA 2010 emissions, the Detriot picked up the sales. Between Peterbilt and Kenworth, Paccar probably were CATs biggest customer.Regards total engine sales, it would need further research, as the series 60, ■■■■■■■ N14, M11 and ISX gave CAT a run for their money in the 90s, and in the last 10 yrs Volvo brought on their own engines.
Today, Paccar are building and using their own MX13, (Daf) with the ■■■■■■■ ISX as an option, Volvo using their own D13 and D16, again the ISX an option.
Freightliner have their own Detroit 13 and 15l, I am not sure of their option but it would be logical to offer the 15l ISX. Each truck manafacturer have their own engines and do not want to fit a competitors engine to their chassis. U.S. truck manafacturers are more intergrated these days, two owned by European companies, Volvo and Freightliner ( Merc),the third Paccar owns Daf.The outsider who were also a big CAT user is International (Navistar). They bought the CAT on highway engine business and use the 15l block, along with the D24 12l block off MAN. They are the only manufacturer offering EGR for 2010, but in the not to distant future may well buy ■■■■■■■ and then they will all have their own SCR engines, with no options.
Just as ■■■■■■■ pulled out of the heavy engine business in Europe, CAT were forced to do the same in North America. In their time all these engines were good, but as we all know you have to change and invest to stay in the game.Regards Paul
hi paul,
thanks again for the information.a truck dealer friend of mine,who knows the score,told me that the engine merc use in the tesco spec.axxor is a direct copy of a detroit that is used these days in the usa.this is another example of manufacturers cutting their design/manufacturing costs.
regards andrew
A Freightliner salesman friend of mine tells me that the Mercedes engine option has been quietly dropped for 2010 and Detroit(13L & 15L) and ■■■■■■■■■■■■ are the remaining engine options available for the current and future Freightliner range. He reckons the top end of the European engines tend the give trouble in the hot American states…and he is apprehensive about the sucess of the Paccar MX13 in the Peterbilt chassis…time always tells a good story…so we will wait and see… I note a lot of the American truck sled pulling competitiors rebuild old V two stroke Detroits developing over 1,000HP for both sled pulling competitions and drag strip racing
hi all,
these photos are loaned by ex blue line driver ray barwick,with thanks to arranging the loan of them by trucknet member smallcoal.c800 jth a 1628 merc.
pete 359:
Thats why I never started any “Welshmen”------well only one and he was from Queensferry so he could claim to be either nationality I suppose!!!Cheers Dennis.
hi dennis,
queensferry is nearly 200 miles from me 
,here are a few photos of one of blue line’s 1729 mercs.what a gutless motor they were at 38 ton 
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regards andrew
pete 359:
That is what I call a very dodgy load that stuff Andrew! I remember once picking up 2 or 3 40ft lengths of re-inforcing mesh in Stoke-on Trent for the Mill and then I nipped into Ellesmere Port and put 20 ton of woodpulp on top---- that will never move!!! Famous last words!! By the time I got back to Milnthorpe the whole 20 ton had slithered over to the nearside and the ends were poking through the sheets-----un-believeable!!! Cheers Dennis.
pete 359:
hi dennis,
queensferry is nearly 200 miles from me
regards andrew
I had years of them, they were gutless mt let alone at 38 ton.
Bewick:
pete 359:
That is what I call a very dodgy load that stuff Andrew! I remember once picking up 2 or 3 40ft lengths of re-inforcing mesh in Stoke-on Trent for the Mill and then I nipped into Ellesmere Port and put 20 ton of woodpulp on top---- that will never move!!! Famous last words!! By the time I got back to Milnthorpe the whole 20 ton had slithered over to the nearside and the ends were poking through the sheets-----un-believeable!!! Cheers Dennis.
hi dennis,
i remember my mate stan telling me that mesh moved alot,when he drove for irish firm nolans,he used to load mesh from chatam dock in kent for delivery to ireland several times a week.reckoned it was awfull stuff to carry .
regards andrew
p.d. rees from bonllwyn near ammanford run this very smart man tga.
cardiff based owner driver allen esposti runs this very clean scania 143,she sounded sweet .
newport based hicks,with an man roadhouse,an awesome machine in my opinion .
pete 359:
hi jamie,
glad you liked the billy russel photo
regards andrew
There`s a bit in this link about Billy Russel motor, also a good read the whole site
mike-taylor-haulage.com/photo5.html
yesterday morning i had to meet a customer at the biomass (wood burning power station) at margam,he was moving logs internally from the stockpile to the chipper with his very smart fh13 i shift drawbar .
the beige coloured buildings in the background is corus at margam,or as we know it, “the abbey”.
altitude:
pete 359:
hi dennis,
queensferry is nearly 200 miles from me
regards andrewI had years of them, they were gutless mt let alone at 38 ton.
Gutless yes, but pretty much bomb-proof 
Will post some pictures of the Brunswick Mercs when I get chance
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plant fitter:
altitude:
pete 359:
hi dennis,
queensferry is nearly 200 miles from me
regards andrewI had years of them, they were gutless mt let alone at 38 ton.
Gutless yes, but pretty much bomb-proof
Will post some pictures of the Brunswick Mercs when I get chance
Your right there never had one let me down. Just took away my will to live when driving one. 
hi boys,
yes,you are both right .they were very reliable,i can remember the the 25’s and 28’s/29’s that joint motorways had on the steel,they were easily capable of doing over 1 million km’s before any major problems occured.try doing that kind of trouble free work with these modern ecu electronic robot built machines
regards andrew
