South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
19481

this 401 was driven from new by long serving joint driver ron howells (rip).

19482

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:

Is that a Commer Maxiload wrecker that has the Volvo on tow Andrew :question:
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
yes,she’s a maxiload dave.i see the "senior northern member has sobered up and returned from the canaries :smiley: ,welcome home mate,good to know that normal service has been resumed.

this brand new xf is the latest addition to the c.j. bird fleet.driver aled daniel cannot wait :smiley: .

Yea I’m back Boyo!!! you have a few day’s off out the country and the site starts going down the pan!!! Nice shots of the JM fleet Andrew and I see you look like you are ready to roll with your Pete!!! Good luck for the new season mate and keep those Joints shots comming! Regards Dennis.

19483

hi all, is anyone having trouble loading pics via the web upload,i found copys of truck & driver 1990 and 2007 theres a load of pics which i will get on here cheers john

19484

hi all,
cheers dennis mate,here’s a few more.b804 aep driven from new by peter lewis.250hp at 38 tonne gross :smiley: .

19485

b532 acy was the sister motor to b804 aep.was driven from new by adrian jenkins.

19486

pete 359:
b532 acy was the sister motor to b804 aep.was driven from new by adrian jenkins.

What size of fleet did Joints run Andrew,units and trailers? Cheers Dennis.

19487

Bewick:

pete 359:
b532 acy was the sister motor to b804 aep.was driven from new by adrian jenkins.

What size of fleet did Joints run Andrew,units and trailers? Cheers Dennis.

hi dennis,
at their peak,50+ tractors on the road,20+ shunters and approx. 120 trailers,mainly flatbed coilers,skelly coilers and bulkers with coil wells.they also had a few subbies,one long time former subbie from lichfield has come a very long way since his days subbing to joint,built up a fine fleet.here is a photo of sammy dog loading baled sawdust at john nicholas timber in port talbot.

19488

pete 359:

fairplay andrew cracking pictures of the joint fleet , i ll probably have a bit of flack of dennis boy for rope/sheeting skills cheers martyn.

19489

pete 359:
taken at bryngwyn steelworks gorseinon,now a housing estate.

that must have been me behind the marathon waiting for my load.cheers martyn.

19490

hi all,
in sunny porthcawl,the circus is in town.i went down in my truck this evening to get us some photos.i have to say that when i saw the state of the bodged up pile of garbage that they run,i wondered why i bothered :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:.how these motors escape the vosa men,i will never know :open_mouth: .

19491

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/Picture002.jpg[/img]]

19492

sammy dog:

pete 359:

fairplay andrew cracking pictures of the joint fleet , i ll probably have a bit of flack of dennis boy for rope/sheeting skills cheers martyn.

You must have a guilty consience Martyn!!! did you sheet and rope that trailer?or did someone else?The back end looks a mess and from what I can see of the fron’t----no further comment!!! But I suppose you steel men were just used to sheeting Coil and Flat stuff!! Would I be right in thinking a load of sawdust would not be regular traffic,just a “fill in” so to speak? I bet that Andrew just put the shot on of the finnished job to get some “banter” going at your expense!!! If I’d been there on that day I’d have got my boiler suit out the boot and sorted it out for you—and “two fingers” to the photographer mate!!! Cheers Dennis.

19493

pete 359:

Bewick:

pete 359:
b532 acy was the sister motor to b804 aep.was driven from new by adrian jenkins.

What size of fleet did Joints run Andrew,units and trailers? Cheers Dennis.

hi dennis,
at their peak,50+ tractors on the road,20+ shunters and approx. 120 trailers,mainly flatbed coilers,skelly coilers and bulkers with coil wells.they also had a few subbies,one long time former subbie from lichfield has come a very long way since his days subbing to joint,built up a fine fleet.here is a photo of sammy dog loading baled sawdust at john nicholas timber in port talbot.

Thanks for that Andrew,I always imagined Joints to be a much larger outfit,nevertheless I suppose in the hot bed of competition that existed in South Wales a fleet strength of 50 + 20 internal shunters was a sizeable fleet to have been created.Dennis.

19494

pete 359:
hi all,
here’s a few more of joint’s from the eighties.

Did Joint Motorways run many marathons ? regards kk

19495

pete 359:
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/Picture002.jpg[/img]]

Same oufit seen at Crossgates Radnorshire,last year.


Slapped some red paint on since then :laughing:

19496

kingswinford kit:

pete 359:
hi all,
here’s a few more of joint’s from the eighties.

Did Joint Motorways run many marathons ? regards kk

hi kk,
from memory,20 plus?,though being a marathon they NEVER had all of them running at the same time :smiley: .i can recall one that was scrapped and used for spares in the “outside stores” at just over 3 years old.

hi dave,
that’s the same circus.these erf’s were hauling the seating.

hi dennis,
you would vomit at the state of these motors :smiley: .
[album][/alb

19497

pete 359:

kingswinford kit:

pete 359:
hi all,
here’s a few more of joint’s from the eighties.

Did Joint Motorways run many marathons ? regards kk

hi kk,
from memory,20 plus?,though being a marathon they NEVER had all of them running at the same time :smiley: .i can recall one that was scrapped and used for spares in the “outside stores” at just over 3 years old.

hi dave,
that’s the same circus.these erf’s were hauling the seating.

hi dennis,
you would vomit at the state of these motors :smiley: .
[album][/alb

I don’t think that Showmans/Circus motors have to be tested,least I never saw any come through the Milnthorpe MOT.I’ve “serviced” a few fairground motors in earlier years and they were all without exception “close to the bone” in every way,Tyres,brake linnings ect.There may have been a change in the rules lately to bring them into line but by the look of them circus motors its not having much effect!! Dennis.

19498

Bewick:

pete 359:

kingswinford kit:

pete 359:
hi all,
here’s a few more of joint’s from the eighties.

Did Joint Motorways run many marathons ? regards kk

hi kk,
from memory,20 plus?,though being a marathon they NEVER had all of them running at the same time :smiley: .i can recall one that was scrapped and used for spares in the “outside stores” at just over 3 years old.

hi dave,
that’s the same circus.these erf’s were hauling the seating.

hi dennis,
you would vomit at the state of these motors :smiley: .
[album][/alb

I don’t think that Showmans/Circus motors have to be tested,least I never saw any come through the Milnthorpe MOT.I’ve “serviced” a few fairground motors in earlier years and they were all without exception “close to the bone” in every way,Tyres,brake linnings ect.There may have been a change in the rules lately to bring them into line but by the look of them circus motors its not having much effect!! Dennis.

hi dennis,
these circus motors,must have been test exempt.some of “the anoraks” on the show circuit have told me that vosa are attempting to close this.telling me that my truck would no longer be test exempt.i have just renewed my road tax and the dvla still state that mine is test and type approval exempt :sunglasses:

19499

next stop,is a town near you.
album][/album]

19500

pete 359:
next stop,is a town near you.
album][/album]

Yea there seems to be a few around,Chinese,Russian,Hungarian and all of them running “scrappers” mate!!!