Welsh Border and Mid Wales Hauliers 1950's onwards

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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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. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

cheers

John.

Is that T Barry? If so, got some nice motors-run a lot out of Bardons at Kempsford

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Muckaway:

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. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

cheers

John.

Is that T Barry? If so, got some nice motors-run a lot out of Bardons at Kempsford

Yeah that’s him mate.

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A common sight on Leominster bypass,one of A B E of Ledbury.

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Mercedes artic curtainsider,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

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One of the Pontrilas sawmills fleet,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

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Dave the Renegade:

One of the Pontrilas sawmills fleet,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

the chap up the road from me used to drive for them had a foden untill it got nicked form the abbey forgate truck park in shrewsbury.

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legion:

Dave the Renegade:

One of the Pontrilas sawmills fleet,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

the chap up the road from me used to drive for them had a foden untill it got nicked form the abbey forgate truck park in shrewsbury.

They used to have three based in the Knighton area,working as a team hauling from the Welsh forests back to Pontrilas.
One of the Fodens had a crane mounted on the unit and when not in use it faced forward over the top of the cab,it was driven by John Powell from Knighton,all those blokes have retired now.I notice they are running M A N as well as Volvo now.
Cheers Dave.

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Another Daf curtainsider,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

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Renault wagon and drag,seen om the A49 Leominster bypass.

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One of Wooferton based Chris Hazel’s mixers,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

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A Volvo FM artic,seen again on Leominster bypass.

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Another of HARSCO M A M artics,seen on the A49 Leominster bypass.

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A trio of lorries coming down the A49 Leominster bypass.

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One of Patrick’s tankers coming out of the junction at Barons Cross Leominster.

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A Daf lowloader parked by the side of the A44,between Leominster and Pembridge.

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Merc wagon and drag,parked by the A44 top of Radnor Forest.

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Daf six wheeler curtainsider,seen on the A483 on the outskirts of Llandrindod Wells.

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On the A470 betweem Builth Road and Newbridge on Wye,there is a big road scheme of five miles of new road funded by the Welsh Office.

Below Benson Davies ready to undo the tailboard on his Scania six wheeler.


These are just a few random pics,as most of the work is being done out of sight of the existing road.

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If you want a nice relaxing driving job, you can do worse than driving a 6 wheeler on asphalt; most jobs are footpath ones for Council where they pay waiting time as they rake the stuff into wheelbarrows. An OD I know runs a 6 wheeler and 4x 8 wheelers and says his 6 makes the most profit because of the waiting time (say £50p/hour) the load delivered and the fact the lorry’s using no fuel or wear and tear whilst on site.

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Hi Nathan,
The hauliers and O/D’s this way get nowhere near that amount.They are struggling at the moment to get a decent rate for most of the work they do.I can’t for obvious reasons say to much on here,but several have got out,with more looking to do the same.
The job featured in the pics is one of the better one’s,so I’ve been told.
Cheers Dave.