ianto:
back in the late 60 i remember going with my late father to b.o.c.m.mill at avonmouth you crossed the weighbridge then qued up and were called in via a tannoy system .you then went to a convoyor and if lucky it would telescope out if not it meant running back and forth with the bags of animal feed on your shoulder.does anyone remember the vertical conveyor that you could take up to the floor where the canteen was in spillers mill at cardiff ? in the 60s my father had a austin ffk140 had a legal 8 ton payload but usually carried 10 tons in 1968 he had a new lorry jbx 295 f a seddon 13/4/354 that carried almost 11ton legal
Ianto,I did the same a few years earlier, went Avonmouth, Cardiff and Barry with my Dad or one of his mates fetching bagged animal feeds. I drove a FFK 140 with an underfloor engine, most of the four wheelers at that time could carry 10 tons, although only marketed as 8 ton payload, 14 ton gross, was the legal limit until the transport bill changed it to 16 tons gross. Thats a Carmarthen number bx if I’M right.
Cheers, Dave.