One of Countrywide’s Bulk feed eight leggers,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.
Dennis Stokes in Brisbane’s of Knighton Leyland in the late 50’s.Dennis later drove Roberts Transport of Knighton first lorry an eight wheeler Atkinson.Sadly Dennis passed away earlier this year aged 84 RIP.
Dave the Renegade:
Dennis Stokes in Brisbane’s of Knighton Leyland in the late 50’s.Dennis later drove Roberts Transport of Knighton first lorry an eight wheeler Atkinson.Sadly Dennis passed away earlier this year aged 84 RIP.
Hi Dave, trying to place where this photo was taken, do you know ?
regards Andrew.
andrew brick:
Dave the Renegade:
Dennis Stokes in Brisbane’s of Knighton Leyland in the late 50’s.Dennis later drove Roberts Transport of Knighton first lorry an eight wheeler Atkinson.Sadly Dennis passed away earlier this year aged 84 RIP.Hi Dave, trying to place where this photo was taken, do you know ?
regards Andrew.
Looks like the botton of Ffrydd road before it was widened,and the entrance to Whitehall.I could be wrong its a long time ago,he drove that lorry when he lived next door to us.
Cheers Dave.
One of G Owen & Son’s of Newtown Powys,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.
Dave the Renegade:
One of KTH Renaults from Hereford,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.
hiya,
This motor only looks to have a “little body” on her must carry heavy freight, as you know i never did much tipper work but when working for a company called Glendennings in the 70s they had a few tippers which were used mainly for coal from Consett to Fords at Dagenham, during a rail strike in the 70s all the local hauliers were drafted in to haul iron ore from Teesside to the steelworks in Consett, well i came alongside the loader a couple of buckets and the machine operator beckoned me to go to the weighbridge pulled on a bit and looked in the back the stuff was no more than a foot deep thinking the loader had made a mistake and i would have to go back for a top up but when i got on the bridge had 21 ton on her back half a ton too much had to go back and open the tailboard, i was a rubbish tipper driver though.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
One of KTH Renaults from Hereford,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.hiya,
This motor only looks to have a “little body” on her must carry heavy freight, as you know i never did much tipper work but when working for a company called Glendennings in the 70s they had a few tippers which were used mainly for coal from Consett to Fords at Dagenham, during a rail strike in the 70s all the local hauliers were drafted in to haul iron ore from Teesside to the steelworks in Consett, well i came alongside the loader a couple of buckets and the machine operator beckoned me to go to the weighbridge pulled on a bit and looked in the back the stuff was no more than a foot deep thinking the loader had made a mistake and i would have to go back for a top up but when i got on the bridge had 21 ton on her back half a ton too much had to go back and open the tailboard, i was a rubbish tipper driver though.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
LTH haul roadstone and building aggregates to their own customers.Those trailers can carry just about 30 ton,which is a good payload.I used to be the CPC holder with them a few years back,at the time they had a couple of Foden Alpha units with trailers with low aggregate bodies which gave them a payload of 30.5 tonne.
Its surprising what some of the quarry materials weigh especially if its wet.Never done coal or iron ore,only stuff I hauled from a steelworks was basic slag.
Cheers Dave.
Dave Lloyd with his Scania artic block carrier,seen on the A49 at Marlbrook near Leominster.
One of Wynnstay Farmers Scania’s,seen on the A49 at Hope under Dinmore,near Leominster.
A Volvo FH, coming down Dinmore Hill on the A49.
A M A N artic tanker,seen on the A49 climbing Dinmore Hill,between Hereford and Leominster.
One of Culina’s,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.
one of the v2 they changed to white paint instead of cream after these guess its cheeper
legion:
one of the v2 they changed to white paint instead of cream after these guess its cheeper
Sign of the times legion,they are all ccutting back,even the one’s making plenty of money.
Cheers Dave.
One of Hereford firm Quickskip’s lorries,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.
One of C M Mercer’s close to home,on the A49 Leominster bypass.
A six wheeler Daf,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.
andrew brick:
Dave the Renegade:
Dennis Stokes in Brisbane’s of Knighton Leyland in the late 50’s.Dennis later drove Roberts Transport of Knighton first lorry an eight wheeler Atkinson.Sadly Dennis passed away earlier this year aged 84 RIP.Hi Dave, trying to place where this photo was taken, do you know ?
regards Andrew.
Nice old Leyland Dave, I remember Terry Barry running one of those years ago, a 4 wheeler ex. Febrys of Chipping Sodbury. A bit different to the kit he runs now. 
cheers
John.
altitude:
andrew brick:
Dave the Renegade:
Dennis Stokes in Brisbane’s of Knighton Leyland in the late 50’s.Dennis later drove Roberts Transport of Knighton first lorry an eight wheeler Atkinson.Sadly Dennis passed away earlier this year aged 84 RIP.Hi Dave, trying to place where this photo was taken, do you know ?
regards Andrew.Nice old Leyland Dave, I remember Terry Barry running one of those years ago, a 4 wheeler ex. Febrys of Chipping Sodbury. A bit different to the kit he runs now.
cheers
John.
Hi John,
I’m not sure but they could have been ex military.I think S W Brisbane had two of them.Powells of Kington had a similar one,they called that one the Queen Mary,that was an ex Royal Navy lorry.
I will ask my old mate John Cross about the Brisbanes Leylands when I see him.
Cheers Dave.
A Daf artic curtainsider,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.