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DEANB:
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Hi Dean,
Thanks for the Cardiff Transport article.a notorious firm in their day! Not exactly sure what year they left ferry road? They went from there to the former WYNNS yard in Newport.
hi all,
courtesy of DEANB and Mark S.Bailey.One of williams bros.ERF 8 wheelers,at the old main entrance to swansea dock.
Hi Andrew,this was on deans site Tom Hughes of Barry have you heard of these John
Punchy Dan:
one for Andrew ( not from Wales )
Hi Dan,
Thanks for the photos,especially the SK eurocab!with recent mention of Cardiff Transport on here then its only right to post this ERF seed vehicle, loaned when new in 1992 to Cardiff for evaluation.seen here loaded with aluminium for Rogerstone.If ever there was a Welsh haulier who would evaluate a truck,then it was them!
Hi all. Andrew that EC10, was it fitted with the ■■■■■■■ M11? Surely not an L10 or LTA10. I would of thought the 14l lump was the obvious choice from 320 to about 440 hp at that time. The 320hp MAN’s had twin splitters and were a tremendous work horse.
Cardiff Transport was surely the ideal firm for a seed vehicle!
Paul
Paul John:
Hi all. Andrew that EC10, was it fitted with the ■■■■■■■ M11? Surely not an L10 or LTA10. I would of thought the 14l lump was the obvious choice from 320 to about 440 hp at that time. The 320hp MAN’s had twin splitters and were a tremendous work horse.
Cardiff Transport was surely the ideal firm for a seed vehicle!Paul
Hi all Cardiff transport trucks ran 24/7 with the mans and erf they were never off the road if they did an engine would be out stripped and back in a day the fitters could spot a problem by listening to the engine sound ,I remember coming down from charnock Richard services on night change over with 3 slabs on trailer total 60 tonne on a tri axle and tandem erf,this was my truck which was used for advertising the tyres we used I enjoyed working for them good boys as well
Hi all. John looks as if your truck had a Rolls Royce Eagle engine in it. Unless the ■■■■■■■ in the U.K. at that time were marketed differently! Perhaps someone may have the answer.
Regards Paul
Paul John:
Hi all. John looks as if your truck had a Rolls Royce Eagle engine in it. Unless the ■■■■■■■ in the U.K. at that time were marketed differently! Perhaps someone may have the answer.Regards Paul
You could get an EC10:325 with the ■■■■■■■ L10 in. Some of them even had the 9-speed Fuller to match! 
Robert
Paul John:
Hi all. John looks as if your truck had a Rolls Royce Eagle engine in it. Unless the ■■■■■■■ in the U.K. at that time were marketed differently! Perhaps someone may have the answer.Regards Paul
Hi Paul That had a ■■■■■■■ the only two rolls Royce were j23 as below & j34 which they gave me j23 brand new as from the eagle badge on the side cheers John
smallcoal:
Hi Andrew,this was on deans site Tom Hughes of Barry have you heard of these John
That Ford was mostly driven by Gerry Davies from Cardiff. It has his wife’s name on the front. I have driven it occasionally but I usually used our 2200 then 2800 Dafs
Mike
taffybloke:
smallcoal:
Hi Andrew,this was on deans site Tom Hughes of Barry have you heard of these JohnThat Ford was mostly driven by Gerry Davies from Cardiff. It has his wife’s name on the front. I have driven it occasionally but I usually used our 2800 Daf
Mike
hi mike and smallcoal,
i saw it earlier,on DEANB’s thread.it didn’t ring any bells with me tbh.i am guessing these images are from 1977/78?
regards andrew.
smallcoal:
Paul John:
Hi all. Andrew that EC10, was it fitted with the ■■■■■■■ M11? Surely not an L10 or LTA10. I would of thought the 14l lump was the obvious choice from 320 to about 440 hp at that time. The 320hp MAN’s had twin splitters and were a tremendous work horse.
Cardiff Transport was surely the ideal firm for a seed vehicle!Paul
Hi all Cardiff transport trucks ran 24/7 with the mans and erf they were never off the road if they did an engine would be out stripped and back in a day the fitters could spot a problem by listening to the engine sound ,I remember coming down from charnock Richard services on night change over with 3 slabs on trailer total 60 tonne on a tri axle and tandem erf,this was my truck which was used for advertising the tyres we used I enjoyed working for them good boys as well
Now come on “smallcoal” you are definitely romancing a bit there aren’t you ■■ You should be writing fairy stories for Hands Christian Andersen! Cheers Bewick. 
pete 359:
taffybloke:
smallcoal:
Hi Andrew,this was on deans site Tom Hughes of Barry have you heard of these JohnThat Ford was mostly driven by Gerry Davies from Cardiff. It has his wife’s name on the front. I have driven it occasionally but I usually used our 2800 Daf
Mike
hi mike and smallcoal,
i saw it earlier,on DEANB’s thread.it didn’t ring any bells with me tbh.i am guessing these images are from 1977/78?
regards andrew.
I am not sure of the date. I cant remember if the Ford was new when we bought it. We operated from the mid seventies to early eighties running out of BP in Barry, Tom and myself worked for Valley Carriers before setting up Tom Hughes transport.
Mike
Hi all. John and Robert. Thanks for the replies.
I am trying to figure out the year here. Was H reg 90/91 or 92/93. I jumped ship Sept 91. The ■■■■■■■ M11 came out later and possibly was fitted to the K reg EC.
I had a brand new Volvo WA 4x2 tractor with the first batch of M11s in 1994. I ran around 200 miles daily on a city peddle route on LTL (pallet work), and the night time guy ran 520 miles turning Tifton Ga from Orlando FL. Robert you will be happy to hear it was fitted with a Eaton Road Ranger 10 gear but 9 speed box. It never operated at full weight 73000lb on 4 axles close to 32000kg, but remained on the fleet for 10 years trouble free, although went to day shift only, after 3 years. I also had the last new M11 in a 6x4 before the Volvo VN arrived with the M11E. The electronics really stopped the M11E from performing like its predecessor!
The only experience I had with a L10 was in a Bedford TM demo, and it was a little jumpy on the throttle iirc. Didn’t they have cooling problems.
I couldn’t see the 10 litre engines handling the work load Cardiff Transport threw at them.
Dennis, you worked your trucks hard, but didn’t abuse them. Cardiff Transport abused them every day and night, and yes they did run overweight and anything else that got in their way.
Paul
Hi all. Just realized could of been 91/92. Could of edited but would of been cheating!
Paul
Bewick small coal is Wright about overweight anything went on that firm day night overweight flat out everywhere no regard . not like your firm in my opinion proper transport company to proud of regards rowly
Bewick small coal is Wright about overweight anything went on that firm day night overweight flat out everywhere no regard . not like your firm in my opinion proper transport company to proud of regards rowly