South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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hi all,
these photos are courtesy of david connor a.k.a dai echo,first dai’s beautiful 143.nice pipes dai :smiley: .

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daibootsy:
THE MALTA TRUCKSHOW

Hi Daibootsy,
Many thanks for displaying the MALTA TRUCKSHOW poster. I arrive in Malta that morning, so that`s a good start to my holiday. Are you, or is anyone else attending this magnificant gathering of preserved vehicles ?
Cheers, cattle wagon man.

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cattle wagon man:

daibootsy:
THE MALTA TRUCKSHOW

Hi Daibootsy,
Many thanks for displaying the MALTA TRUCKSHOW poster. I arrive in Malta that morning, so that`s a good start to my holiday. Are you, or is anyone else attending this magnificant gathering of preserved vehicles ?
Cheers, cattle wagon man.

hi cattle wagon man,
i will be there along with steelboyf10 and pERFection 14.we all went last year and enjoyed it.
regards andrew.

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Hi all,a couple of ken williams motors swansea.

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Not the best picture i know but it shows one of Pontlottyn Transports Bedford TK’s waiting to be loaded on Coedely Colliery coal dump stockpile

An old K series Dodge in a colliery car park somewhere in South Wales

Finally a Wenvoe Quarries Bedford TK showing off it’s new Telehoist body

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yanto36:
Not the best picture i know but it shows one of Pontlottyn Transports Bedford TK’s waiting to be loaded on Coedely Colliery coal dump stockpile

An old K series Dodge in a colliery car park somewhere in South Wales

Finally a Wenvoe Quarries Bedford TK showing off it’s new Telehoist body

Those two Bedfords are KM’s yanto36,bigger brother to the TK,drove those and a K sries Dodge the same as in your pic.
Cheers Dave.

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pete 359:
hi dave,the chap who nearly caught his fingers in the j&m bell containers thread (billy morgan)had a son called tony morgan and around 1975 he bought this gem.believed to be the first ever marathon built,seen here on stormy down in the summer of 75 with a large very heavy face shovel body.this truck was formerley a leyland demo.and featured in the southall twighlight video amongst others.

hi all,
the same truck parked next to the azadi tower in teheran when owned by leyland trucks.

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pete 359:

pete 359:
hi dave,the chap who nearly caught his fingers in the j&m bell containers thread (billy morgan)had a son called tony morgan and around 1975 he bought this gem.believed to be the first ever marathon built,seen here on stormy down in the summer of 75 with a large very heavy face shovel body.this truck was formerley a leyland demo.and featured in the southall twighlight video amongst others.

hi all,
the same truck parked next to the azani tower in teheran when owned by leyland trucks.

A bit of history attached to that Marathon Andrew.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:

pete 359:
hi dave,the chap who nearly caught his fingers in the j&m bell containers thread (billy morgan)had a son called tony morgan and around 1975 he bought this gem.believed to be the first ever marathon built,seen here on stormy down in the summer of 75 with a large very heavy face shovel body.this truck was formerley a leyland demo.and featured in the southall twighlight video amongst others.

hi all,
the same truck parked next to the azani tower in teheran when owned by leyland trucks.

A bit of history attached to that Marathon Andrew.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes a lot in my opinion mate.thankfully she has been saved :smiley: .chassis number 1,as you may know? now lives near you.leominster.
regards andrew.

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pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:

pete 359:
hi dave,the chap who nearly caught his fingers in the j&m bell containers thread (billy morgan)had a son called tony morgan and around 1975 he bought this gem.believed to be the first ever marathon built,seen here on stormy down in the summer of 75 with a large very heavy face shovel body.this truck was formerley a leyland demo.and featured in the southall twighlight video amongst others.

hi all,
the same truck parked next to the azani tower in teheran when owned by leyland trucks.

A bit of history attached to that Marathon Andrew.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes a lot in my opinion mate.thankfully she has been saved :smiley: .chassis number 1,as you may know? now lives near you.leominster.
regards andrew.

I wondered about that Andrew,when I looked at it.I have a pic of one of Conod’s Marathon’s,not sure if it’s that one,got the other in Heritage Commercial.
Cheers Dave.

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hi dave,
yes that’s the one :smiley:.hey dave,where’s dennis? here’s a motor he would like too see :smiley:.

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to yanto 36.
i am pretty sure that the dodge pictured is at the old abergorki colliery that was once in mountain ash,it was closed in the early eighties but parts of the colliery was used as the national plant and transport depot.
graham.

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pete 359:
hi all,
these photos are courtesy of david connor a.k.a dai echo,first dai’s beautiful 143.nice pipes dai :smiley: .

Well is it a small world or not! It looks as if Dai Echos son David is into lorries, check out the drawing board page 84 Aprils T&D. Looks like a Renault Premium to me, nice job too.
I had never heard of Dai Echo until yesterday, and then I read his name in the magazine, but even more important is the drawing below it, a Mack cab-over drawn by my Daughter Rhiann Angharad from a sunny Saint Cloud FL.
Rhiann is 11 now and drives my car by herself, at 15 she will get a learners permit ( L plates ) and at 16 a full license.
Here they get their license in school, its called drivers education and is an important part of High School.

Paul.

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komatsu 450:

Mc Carthys Merc 600 collecting our Komatsu

rydian was my mate when i was with keedwell on the low loader.he,s a good low loader driver as he was going with graham keedwell when he was in school.hes been well and truly brought up with it.now with john and jerry on their merc they couldnt get a better bloke.i note the reg of mcarthy,s merc too. :neutral_face:

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pete 359:
hi dave,
yes that’s the one :smiley:.hey dave,where’s dennis? here’s a motor he would like too see :smiley:.

He hasn’t been on for a couple of weeks Andrew,hope he’s on holiday and not ill.
Cheers Dave.

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Paul John:

pete 359:
hi all,
these photos are courtesy of david connor a.k.a dai echo,first dai’s beautiful 143.nice pipes dai :smiley: .

Well is it a small world or not! It looks as if Dai Echos son David is into lorries, check out the drawing board page 84 Aprils T&D. Looks like a Renault Premium to me, nice job too.
I had never heard of Dai Echo until yesterday, and then I read his name in the magazine, but even more important is the drawing below it, a Mack cab-over drawn by my Daughter Rhiann Angharad from a sunny Saint Cloud FL.
Rhiann is 11 now and drives my car by herself, at 15 she will get a learners permit ( L plates ) and at 16 a full license.
Here they get their license in school, its called drivers education and is an important part of High School.

Paul.

hi paul,
great to read that posting.this is the nearest south cornelly in mid-glamorgan will ever be to a sunny saint cloud in florida :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: .
regards andrew.

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hi all,
graham hillman has kindly rang me this morning,i also had calls from 2 other friends of mine :smiley: .to say “that bloody big walters scania is west bound on the m4”,sadly i made a dog’s breakfast of the pictures :blush: .this section of a komatsu 3000 is,i am told, known as "the carriage"it must have been oversize,as the police were both front and rear escorting.what gross weight were you running at graham?

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thankfully graham emailed me some of his own pictures of the off loading at east pit open cast.
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