pete smith:
Saviem:
pete smith:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Bit of a wimp, in my opinion. Only 8 high?
Thats 6 higher than i’d have em Casey!
Oh the “happy” days of 10 up!!!
Managed 9 on the old Scarab this morning…well before 0700…and no bridges, (or telephone wires…at least when I came home)!!!
Them little bales do weigh heavy…at my age!
Cheerio for now.
No wonder Paul never answered his phone earlier 
I only ever put ten-high on the S-type Bedford once. I got a proper bo**ocking for wasting fuel and time avoiding the low bridge on my route! I wouldn’t have tried it on a TK with those soggy rear springs!
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A44 near Aberystwyth .
chepstowchap:
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A44 near Aberystwyth .
Thats only 3 high Casey
Us Old Bu**ers don’t count those fancy modern big bales, matey. Too much technology for our old brain cells to get involved with!
And if the driver had put that front bale on the right way round it wouldn’t have ended up looking like some sort of mohair creation. 
Retired Old ■■■■:
Us Old Bu**ers don’t count those fancy modern big bales, matey. Too much technology for our old brain cells to get involved with!
And if the driver had put that front bale on the right way round it wouldn’t have ended up looking like some sort of mohair creation.
Hi Casey , so come on tell us that DAF is Gloucester reg , Gilders perhaps ? regards Keith .
Not a clue matey. Being a hay & straw haulier, with a drag at that, it could have started out in life as a very different beast. Maybe 4- or 6-wheeled artic, maybe a two-axle rigid in “wag & drag” configuration. Presumably it’s a 3300? My monitor isn’t good enough to make out the badge.
The Daf is a 3300. Roger Davies is Hay & Strw merchant from Cressage, Shropshire. The registration is Staffordshire.
Cheers Dave.
In 1992 I was back in the Orthopaedic Hospital at Gobowen, Shropshire, and in the next bed to me was one of Roger Davies drivers, possibly the chap in the pic. His name was Trevor Owen who lived at Westbury, Shropshire and he had unloaded a load of hay or straw below Aberystwyth when a farmer dropped a big bale of a tractor with a siked loader on top of him as he was gathering his ropes and sheets up. Trevor had a broken neck and was paralyzed for a while, but did walk out of the spinal injuries unit after making a good recovery.
Cheers Dave.
Sorry to have to contradict you, Dave, but Keith is correct- the registration is definitely Gloucestershire.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Sorry to have to contradict you, Dave, but Keith is correct- the registration is definitely Gloucestershire.
Apologies to you both. I stand corrected FH - Gloucester.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Sorry to have to contradict you, Dave, but Keith is correct- the registration is definitely Gloucestershire.Apologies to you both. I stand corrected FH - Gloucester.
Cheers Dave.
Well my little black book has it down as a Chester Reg, ■■?, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Dave the Renegade:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Sorry to have to contradict you, Dave, but Keith is correct- the registration is definitely Gloucestershire.Apologies to you both. I stand corrected FH - Gloucester.
Cheers Dave.Well my little black book has it down as a Chester Reg, ■■?, Regards Larry.
That’s if its FM, My eyesight is not the best, Regards Larry.
Should have gone to Specsavers, Larry- it’s FH on my computer.
AD,DD,DF,DG and FH were Gloucestershire but I couldn’t tell you the rest. I only took notice of the ones I came across regularly like AE for Bristol, KG for Glamorgan, MW for Wiltshire, DE for Pembrokeshire and the Herefordshire ones of CJ and VJ. No doubt Larry’s little black book will enlighten those who are interested in specific numbers.
Dave the Renegade:
In 1992 I was back in the Orthopaedic Hospital at Gobowen, Shropshire, and in the next bed to me was one of Roger Davies drivers, possibly the chap in the pic. His name was Trevor Owen who lived at Westbury, Shropshire and he had unloaded a load of hay or straw below Aberystwyth when a farmer dropped a big bale of a tractor with a siked loader on top of him as he was gathering his ropes and sheets up. Trevor had a broken neck and was paralyzed for a while, but did walk out of the spinal injuries unit after making a good recovery.
Cheers Dave.
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Hello Dave ,
Maybe Trevor is at the wheel of this ERF . cc
chepstowchap:
Dave the Renegade:
In 1992 I was back in the Orthopaedic Hospital at Gobowen, Shropshire, and in the next bed to me was one of Roger Davies drivers, possibly the chap in the pic. His name was Trevor Owen who lived at Westbury, Shropshire and he had unloaded a load of hay or straw below Aberystwyth when a farmer dropped a big bale of a tractor with a siked loader on top of him as he was gathering his ropes and sheets up. Trevor had a broken neck and was paralyzed for a while, but did walk out of the spinal injuries unit after making a good recovery.
Cheers Dave.
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Hello Dave ,
Maybe Trevor is at the wheel of this ERF . cc
Possibly before his time with Roger Davies cc. I think he was driving an ERF at the time, just a bit newer version.
Cheers Dave.
Chepstowchap , hello so glad i have found this extraordinary thread .
I have enjoyed seeing your photos on the West Wales thread , and my word you have aroused some strong emotions !! Mansel Davies , Joint Motorways , and T D Williams lets have some more kid !! , if you have any …?
Looking forward to more with interest … Geraint .
chepstowchap:
Dave the Renegade:
In 1992 I was back in the Orthopaedic Hospital at Gobowen, Shropshire, and in the next bed to me was one of Roger Davies drivers, possibly the chap in the pic. His name was Trevor Owen who lived at Westbury, Shropshire and he had unloaded a load of hay or straw below Aberystwyth when a farmer dropped a big bale of a tractor with a siked loader on top of him as he was gathering his ropes and sheets up. Trevor had a broken neck and was paralyzed for a while, but did walk out of the spinal injuries unit after making a good recovery.
Cheers Dave.
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Hello Dave ,
Maybe Trevor is at the wheel of this ERF . cc
Hi “Chepstowchap” ,
A good photograph of an English wagon and drawbar trailer. The driver/stacker will be proud of that photograph.
There is an art and craft to loading hay & straw neatly , with the bales positioned the correct way , - i.e. - stalk ends outwards when
lengthways and crossways . Every individual bale has to be handled and positioned into place too .
That is sadly disappearing to the now larger bales which are mechanically loaded.
Thats different from a load in tipper , - when its out of sight and out of mind in a tub !
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
There’s a driver who’s not afraid of the “nine or nothing” rule!
Retired Old ■■■■:
There’s a driver who’s not afraid of the “nine or nothing” rule!
Very true . Anyone suffering from vertigo need not apply ! 
Cheerts , cattle wagon man.