jonmea:
Hi Dave. Found a couple of pics of dads artic loaded with hay
He always prefered to carry small bales. The round bales always moved.
Hi jonmea,
Never had anything to do with round bales myself,nost of the farmers this way only do baled straw,the harvest is all silage,and most of the straw is in the big square bales.
Somewhere in the thread you said that your dads artic came from this way,or am I mistaken,looks tidy in the yellow livery.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Hi hammer,
Don’t think they have sorted the contracts out this way yet. I know some have been told they have got contracts,others who have signed haven’t heard yet. They sometimes split a twenty ton order and give it to the four wheelers,shh.
Cheers Dave.
The contracts are sacred up here. I think of 35-40 in the area the number has only been cut by 4 or 5 since the recession bit.
There are frequently loads of 5,6,7 and 8 tonnes going out on 8x4’s, being paid 19t…someones good idea. 
jonmea:
Hi Dave. Found a couple of pics of dads artic loaded with hay
He always prefered to carry small bales. The round bales always moved.
If your Scania is painted in these colours, then I know who you are Jonmea. Its very tidy, I was admiring it last time I was down there.
hammer:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi hammer,
Don’t think they have sorted the contracts out this way yet. I know some have been told they have got contracts,others who have signed haven’t heard yet. They sometimes split a twenty ton order and give it to the four wheelers,shh.
Cheers Dave.The contracts are sacred up here. I think of 35-40 in the area the number has only been cut by 4 or 5 since the recession bit.
There are frequently loads of 5,6,7 and 8 tonnes going out on 8x4’s, being paid 19t…someones good idea.
Hi Hammer,
Since they have moved the offices from here to Bristol,a lot of the work is being sourced from other quarries.
I think there will be a few falling by the wayside. 
Cheers Dave.
hammer:
If your Scania is painted in these colours, then I know who you are Jonmea. Its very tidy, I was admiring it last time I was down there.
Hi Hammer yes my scania is the same colour. I think i saw you in minffordd quarry before christmas with your Hino 6 wheeler
Dave the Renegade:
Hi jonmea,
Never had anything to do with round bales myself,nost of the farmers this way only do baled straw,the harvest is all silage,and most of the straw is in the big square bales.
Somewhere in the thread you said that your dads artic came from this way,or am I mistaken,looks tidy in the yellow livery.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave Yes the artic came from your way from Derek Brick livestock haulage. those pics are old ones from 1997. dad has retired now but we have kept the unit.
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi jonmea,
Never had anything to do with round bales myself,nost of the farmers this way only do baled straw,the harvest is all silage,and most of the straw is in the big square bales.
Somewhere in the thread you said that your dads artic came from this way,or am I mistaken,looks tidy in the yellow livery.
Cheers Dave.Hi Dave Yes the artic came from your way from Derek Brick livestock haulage. those pics are old ones from 1997. dad has retired now but we have kept the unit.
Hi jonmea,
Yes I remember now,you said before,it had a careful owner previous to your Dad. Derek always looked after his lorries,when I was in school in the late 50’s early 60’s,he was driving a school bus then,he then moved on to the lorries driving for his uncles Brick Bros,then set up on his own.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi jonmea,
Never had anything to do with round bales myself,nost of the farmers this way only do baled straw,the harvest is all silage,and most of the straw is in the big square bales.
Somewhere in the thread you said that your dads artic came from this way,or am I mistaken,looks tidy in the yellow livery.
Cheers Dave.Hi Dave Yes the artic came from your way from Derek Brick livestock haulage. those pics are old ones from 1997. dad has retired now but we have kept the unit.
Hi jonmea,
Yes I remember now,you said before,it had a careful owner previous to your Dad. Derek always looked after his lorries,when I was in school in the late 50’s early 60’s,he was driving a school bus then,he then moved on to the lorries driving for his uncles Brick Bros,then set up on his own.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya Dave 9 rounds high 6/7 loads of straw once a year from Sam Smiths brewrey farms at Tadcaster back to my pals farm that bordered the depot at Minthorpe .That was as near to agricultral haulage as we wanted to get !! Smiths refused to burn their straw so as he was related to them he got as much as he wanted just for the haulage .We always had a few handy lads ex farming stock so had no trouble in doing the job but we had a lot of drivers who would have crapped themselves if we had asked them to load it!! There would have been straw lying from Taddy to Milnthorpe !! We have been looking at putting some photos up and I know there is a shot in the trailer albumn that includes a couple of loads in the depot waiting to go down to the farm. Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dave,
If the number plate ends SFL on that little 4 wheel Merc you posted, it was new to Manchetts Transport which used to run a reasonable size fleet from Warboys in Cambridgeshire. They packed up a while ago to concentrate on warehousing but I think they may have one or two on the road again.
Now, question for Hammer, how are you getting on with the Hino mate?
Cheers
Mark
roadcommander2:
Hi Dave,If the number plate ends SFL on that little 4 wheel Merc you posted, it was new to Manchetts Transport which used to run a reasonable size fleet from Warboys in Cambridgeshire. They packed up a while ago to concentrate on warehousing but I think they may have one or two on the road again.
Now, question for Hammer, how are you getting on with the Hino mate?
Cheers
Mark
Hi Mark,
You are spot on with your observation. The number is N60 SFL . I think it is run by Hay and Straw merchant Ivor Jones from near Pontrilas.Ivor also runs a Volvo FL6 which is pictured back in this thread.
Cheers Dave.
Bewick:
Dave the Renegade:
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi jonmea,
Never had anything to do with round bales myself,nost of the farmers this way only do baled straw,the harvest is all silage,and most of the straw is in the big square bales.
Somewhere in the thread you said that your dads artic came from this way,or am I mistaken,looks tidy in the yellow livery.
Cheers Dave.Hi Dave Yes the artic came from your way from Derek Brick livestock haulage. those pics are old ones from 1997. dad has retired now but we have kept the unit.
Hi jonmea,
Yes I remember now,you said before,it had a careful owner previous to your Dad. Derek always looked after his lorries,when I was in school in the late 50’s early 60’s,he was driving a school bus then,he then moved on to the lorries driving for his uncles Brick Bros,then set up on his own.
Cheers Dave.Hiya Dave 9 rounds high 6/7 loads of straw once a year from Sam Smiths brewrey farms at Tadcaster back to my pals farm that bordered the depot at Minthorpe .That was as near to agricultral haulage as we wanted to get !! Smiths refused to burn their straw so as he was related to them he got as much as he wanted just for the haulage .We always had a few handy lads ex farming stock so had no trouble in doing the job but we had a lot of drivers who would have crapped themselves if we had asked them to load it!! There would have been straw lying from Taddy to Milnthorpe !! We have been looking at putting some photos up and I know there is a shot in the trailer albumn that includes a couple of loads in the depot waiting to go down to the farm. Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
Being born and bred in the country,I was used to handling bales from an early age,wasn’t keen on loading prefered to pitch them with a pikel as we call them,pitchfork in other words,being fairly tall helped. My Dad used to haul quite a lot of hay and straw,working for a feed merchant. You wouldn’t get away with loading that many layers nowadays. I think its six high now,although most of it is big bales nowadays,only merchants like the Merc of Ivor Jone haul the small bales,mainly to small farms who haven’t got the kit to handle the big bales,or horse owners.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Bewick:
Dave the Renegade:
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi jonmea,
Never had anything to do with round bales myself,nost of the farmers this way only do baled straw,the harvest is all silage,and most of the straw is in the big square bales.
Somewhere in the thread you said that your dads artic came from this way,or am I mistaken,looks tidy in the yellow livery.
Cheers Dave.Hi Dave Yes the artic came from your way from Derek Brick livestock haulage. those pics are old ones from 1997. dad has retired now but we have kept the unit.
Hi jonmea,
Yes I remember now,you said before,it had a careful owner previous to your Dad. Derek always looked after his lorries,when I was in school in the late 50’s early 60’s,he was driving a school bus then,he then moved on to the lorries driving for his uncles Brick Bros,then set up on his own.
Cheers Dave.Hiya Dave 9 rounds high 6/7 loads of straw once a year from Sam Smiths brewrey farms at Tadcaster back to my pals farm that bordered the depot at Minthorpe .That was as near to agricultral haulage as we wanted to get !! Smiths refused to burn their straw so as he was related to them he got as much as he wanted just for the haulage .We always had a few handy lads ex farming stock so had no trouble in doing the job but we had a lot of drivers who would have crapped themselves if we had asked them to load it!! There would have been straw lying from Taddy to Milnthorpe !! We have been looking at putting some photos up and I know there is a shot in the trailer albumn that includes a couple of loads in the depot waiting to go down to the farm. Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
Being born and bred in the country,I was used to handling bales from an early age,wasn’t keen on loading prefered to pitch them with a pikel as we call them,pitchfork in other words,being fairly tall helped. My Dad used to haul quite a lot of hay and straw,working for a feed merchant. You wouldn’t get away with loading that many layers nowadays. I think its six high now,although most of it is big bales nowadays,only merchants like the Merc of Ivor Jone haul the small bales,mainly to small farms who haven’t got the kit to handle the big bales,or horse owners.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya Dave You were obviously a Top man with a pitch fork in your day !! The best Hay and Straw Merchants up our way were Bayrams from Newbald north of Hull. They were big farmers as well and ran a fleet of scany 6wheelers/draw bars.The motors were mainly driven by the sons of the two brothers and boy could those boys graft ! they were over our way every day with massive loads ( I got a load of the very best horse hay off them every year ) and they would call in at our depot for any minor repairs ! Frank Bayram one of the two bosses was always over our side and he would drop me and our fleet engineer a bag of tatties off or he would give me some nice fat partridge in the season Bootiful !! Cheers Dennis.
jonmea:
hammer:
If your Scania is painted in these colours, then I know who you are Jonmea. Its very tidy, I was admiring it last time I was down there.Hi Hammer yes my scania is the same colour. I think i saw you in minffordd quarry before christmas with your Hino 6 wheeler
Guilty as charged. 
roadcommander2:
Now, question for Hammer, how are you getting on with the Hino mate?Cheers
Mark
Ok, the weight is a real issue though but that is down to the body I put on it not really the truck which was always gonna be heavier with 13litre motor and steel wheels. It used to have a heavy steel body on it, so I bought it as a chassis-cab and ram. It weighed 8.90t with a full 300litre fuel tank. I bought a body that was cut down off an 8x4 as the Hino is quite a short chassis (over a foot shorter than the Daf). However, the bloody body is very heavy. I weighed off in the quarry on the 1st day, half tank of fuel…10.36t. I was gutted with that, to be honest.
Talking to a lad who specced a new 6x4 about 6 years ago, he said the body should weigh about 1.0 to 1.2tonnes but no more. Makes mine about half a tonne too heavy!
I’ve swapped the steel fuel tank for a 200litre plastic one which saved a bit and didn’t cost me hardly anything but I can’t afford ally wheels at the moment. Next job will be to take to floor out and start again - I’ve drilled a couple of small holes and the rails seem to be full of sand and muck which is weighing it down. The floors been patched and stuff has got down into the rails I think.
Fuel wise, its a bit jucier than the Daf but I expected that (about 0.5-0.75mpg down) but I expected that. It pulls nicely and will pull from nothing. I need to learn how to drive it properly, I’m still driving it like the Daf, changing down too quickly and not letting it pull. Fingers crossed, it will do me well. It might be 55-reg but its still only done 150,000kms so I’m hoping for a 5/6 year life out of it. Reducing my maintenance was the aim, time will tell I suppose.
One Volvo FM7 beavertailed six wheeler for sale,seen by the side of the A483 near Llandrindod Wells,Radnorshire.
You will have to find your own beavers. 
Saw this ERF with a load of roof trusses, waiting to turn right off the A483, in Tremont Road,
Llandrindod Wells,Radnorshire.
Trevor Pounder in Tony Lewis Daf CF,seen on the A44 at Crossgates Radnorshire. Knills services seen in the background.
Volvo FL10 eight legger seen on the A49 at Marlbrook near Leominster,not sure if this a Ball Mill gravel pit lorry from near Worcester.
One of Shropshire haulier Derek Marston’s seen on the A49 Leominster bypass,probably loaded with wood chips from Pontrilas sawmills heading for Kronospan at Chirk.
Dave the Renegade:
Volvo FL10 eight legger seen on the A49 at Marlbrook near Leominster,not sure if this a Ball Mill gravel pit lorry from near Worcester.
Hi Dave That FL looks tidy. Not many of them left now. They used to be everywhere.
