Paul John:
pete 359:
one of joint’s 92m scania’s.coming into hirwaun,driven by roger gardiner (rip).
This takes me back a bit, is this the junction heading south from Penderyn, and the old main road through town?
It looks like Maldwyn Davies garage in the background, before he moved to the corner of the Rhigos mountain road near Tower colliery.
Regards Paul
hi paul,
yes,spot on with the location 
.not that long ago,i would see maldwyn davies out on the road or usually at the swansea show.he loved the f88 i had,the colours i used were very similar to his own fleet colours.
regards andrew.
another of the many classic trucks that i would love to own/restore.
how about this for living accomodation?owned by my good mate kevin smith.kevin is a retired joiner and the timberwork inside is first rate.the tailgate is powered and when closed up,it just looks like a very clean sheeted tandem axle bulker ,brilliant.
this ex norwegian fire brigade crew cab f88 was for sale.
i used to see this peterbilt 359 pulling fridges around the uk.she now has a moffat mounty/demount body.
two of the classic trucks owned by my mate lee herbert.
these two 8 wheelers are,to me at least 100% perfectly restored and truly represent the once mighty brs.
another of those over length and over here funny yankee things .
pete 359:
hi all,
had a brilliant time at the 2011 season opener at malvern.this event is going from strength to strength.when myself,danny thomas and my mate stan got there yesterday evening there were dozens of others all ready there and the usual diesel/■■■■ up was in full swing,so it seemed rude not to join in the party spirit .this morning,when sober .stan and i parked our trucks inside the shed as part of the indoor steel boys display.paul john,these photos are for you mate,to keep you in touch with the uk truck show scene.
regards andrew.
Andrew, thank you. What a great mix of trucks. I have the greatest respect for yourself, Neil (mechanic 77) and everyone who makes these shows possible. The amount of work involved and cost, shows tremendous commitment.
Hopefully, through exposure on this site, more people will attend the shows and appreciate the talent of people involved in road transport.
Cheers Paul.
sammy dog:
hi paul as amatter of intrest did you have your own truck or drive for somebody i subbed for mc donalds ,i bought 1633 merc rth 543y off joints did a bit of subbing with them then went off on bulk work also did work for ryan s before getting in with wimpeys running out of cornelly quarry running dust to bsc.
Hi Martyn, the ERF was mine on contract hire. Originally I was subbing to Glyn Burrows of Merthyr by day running coal from Glyn Neath to Aberthaw power station. At night I had my own work running out of Bristol fruit market to Torquay and Plymouth. I subbed to Ryans normally Onllwyn to Cardiff or Newport docks.
After a while I secured day work in Avonmouth, and quit the coal. I was living in Cardiff so the commute was not to bad in my diesel Astra van.
Cheers Paul
Hi andrew great pictures as usual . Thanks for posting the picture of the scania on the way home too Shrewbury .its a bit weird mind you I have been thinking a bit about my dad it is 11 years on the 21 of April that my dad died . Thanks again for all the picture joints and all the other picture . Tony
any of you Welsh lads worked for a one transport leeds out of newport docks 
keith 2:
any of you Welsh lads worked for a one transport leeds out of newport docks
A one had a big allocation on the docks and as i remember and were involved in cardboard traffic . As i remember thier depot was the former Hawthorn transport who did a lot of Mon ’ board mills work now long gone regards kk
pete 359:
another of those over length and over here funny yankee things .
That fine wagon and another similar belongs to a chap near Ross on wye , seem to remember them at the Hereford truck show regards kk
pete 359:
hi andrew, was out with norman & family last nite told him about these pics he asked if you got pics of a atki it was involved in the death of 2 people in shrewsbury & onions turning it over at glynneath, norman said this mandator he drove the reg is familiar ,he thinks the atki was stg when he comes down he will look at these, cheers john ps nice trucks in the show 
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
another of those over length and over here funny yankee things .
That fine wagon and another similar belongs to a chap near Ross on wye , seem to remember them at the Hereford truck show regards kk
hi kk,
my mate jason allen owns this fine machine.my comment above the photo relates to what many uk truck enthusiasts say when they see american trucks in uk truck shows .jason does live near ross and drives for abe of ledbury.
hi smallcoal,
i have heard about that accident,it happened in the late 60’s or early 70’s.on the old a465 near glyneath.joint driver john onions was killed when he ran off the side of the road and rolled over and landed upside down in the river.my father and joint’s shrewsbury foreman cliff ashley have told me about it.sorry no pics.
because of an unfortunate clash of dates i couldn’t attend clff’s 80th birthday party in shrewsbury today.though it was very nice of his family to invite me and my parents.happy birthday mate and my old man still won’t tell me how he lost his teeth ■■■■■■ up with you on a night out in liverpool 45 years ago 
mike howells has kindly sent me some photos from the party ,mike can you email me please,as i don’t know how to get photos from my blackberry device thingy 
regards andrew.
Happy birthday Cliff I hope you had a great day . Tony Gardiner
hi all,
the truck racing returns to pembray carms.on the weekend of april 9th and 10th,the event organisers are keen to see some classic trucks in attendance.if anyone is interested in attending with their truck,please contact me.at least one of these two trucks will definatley be there,i suppose you all know which one i mean .
regards andrew.