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hi all,
d652 mep a 2033 merc.driven on days by shrewsbury foreman cliff ashley and on nights by mick glover.the 33’s went well,the twin turbo’s made a hell of a difference :laughing: this motor did a galactic trouble free mileage :sunglasses: .

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pete 359:
stopped at “the caravan” in leominster :sunglasses: .

I’ll bet that E14 sounded well going on that run Andrew.There would be some “craic” in that lay-by I’ll bet :laughing: Was it rough coil on t’trailer having no sheet or had the driver looked at weather forecast. :laughing:
Without going back over the thread when did Joints start,I do remember them in the 70s I’m sure.Great thread is this.

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Chris Webb:

pete 359:
stopped at “the caravan” in leominster :sunglasses: .

I’ll bet that E14 sounded well going on that run Andrew.There would be some “craic” in that lay-by I’ll bet :laughing: Was it rough coil on t’trailer having no sheet or had the driver looked at weather forecast. :laughing:
Without going back over the thread when did Joints start,I do remember them in the 70s I’m sure.Great thread is this.

hi chris,
thank you for your comments.yes the e14 did go well,those 320’s were one of ■■■■■■■■ finest motors in my opinion.the two open (unsheeted) coils in the photo were to be tipped at shotton’s outside coil store.these and several other steel drops, orb works (under the gantry) newport being another,mean’t that the coil was never packed by b.s.c.and was left exposed to the elements.bizarrly,b.s.c. dictated that unsheeted coil had to be chained :open_mouth: sheeted coil in the well never was,a classic case of out of sight out of mind.below is joint’s only sleeper cab 401,tipping at the outside coil storage facility at shotton :sunglasses: .joint’s started with a horse and cart around 80+years ago,called jones motors,until the 60’s.

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Thanks for the info Andrew. I’ve not been in Shotton since 1978,by-products plant when on tankers,it was a long hike to that bloody weighbridge,even longer if you were a bit over. :laughing:
I understand that coil goes by rail from your end to Shotton for coating and then back down again? I well remember the queues of wagons at the weighbridge,nearly as many as Llanwern.(where the shunter had priority - Edwards of Lydbrook was one company with shunters in there).
Not bothered now,the queue can be back to either Cardiff,Swindon or Monmouth for me. :grimacing:

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the remains of hard worked marathon :laughing:

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hi all,
e409 ucy was a 2028 based in shrewsbury and driven by mike preece.seen here in the yard at port talbot loaded with scrap for leeds.

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pete 359:
the remains of hard worked marathon :laughing:

cant be sure on the reg but i think that was the first lorry i ever drove for joints regards martyn.

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sammy dog:

pete 359:
the remains of hard worked marathon :laughing:

cant be sure on the reg but i think that was the first lorry i ever drove for joints regards martyn.

hi martyn,
i thought? that you drove 279t?,it was 24 years ago though :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
regards andrew.

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pete 359:

sammy dog:

pete 359:
the remains of hard worked marathon :laughing:

cant be sure on the reg but i think that was the first lorry i ever drove for joints regards martyn.

hi martyn,
i thought? that you drove 279t?,it was 24 years ago though :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
regards andrew.

you are right there it was 279 used to bloody freeze in those :frowning: :frowning: :smiley:

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Chris Webb:

pete 359:
stopped at “the caravan” in leominster :sunglasses: .

I’ll bet that E14 sounded well going on that run Andrew.There would be some “craic” in that lay-by I’ll bet :laughing: Was it rough coil on t’trailer having no sheet or had the driver looked at weather forecast. :laughing:
Without going back over the thread when did Joints start,I do remember them in the 70s I’m sure.Great thread is this.

this erf used to be fitted with tipping gear ,i used to take coil up shotton /elsmereport etc return loads usedb to be salt out of winsford bloody thing would nt sit at 60 mph on motorway was very high geared used to come down m6 before you new it she ed creep up to 80mph regards martyn.

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hi all,
martyn,you would be a long time getting this one upto 80 mph mate :laughing: ex smith enterprises bridgend.owned now by scammel enthusiast robert wilson from goytre near pontypool :sunglasses:

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taken at work in 1998,my old erf.several years after this photo was taken mechanic 77’s father bought the 143 :sunglasses:

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pete 359:
taken at work in 1998,my old erf.several years after this photo was taken mechanic 77’s father bought the 143 :sunglasses:

That’s a cracking pic Andrew.Those A series ERF’s always looked good.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
taken at work in 1998,my old erf.several years after this photo was taken mechanic 77’s father bought the 143 :sunglasses:

That’s a cracking pic Andrew.Those A series ERF’s always looked good.
Cheers Dave.

I agree about those A Series ERFs Dave,a nice looking motor.I like the livery as well,was it ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Andrew?

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Chris Webb:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
taken at work in 1998,my old erf.several years after this photo was taken mechanic 77’s father bought the 143 :sunglasses:

That’s a cracking pic Andrew.Those A series ERF’s always looked good.
Cheers Dave.

I agree about those A Series ERFs Dave,a nice looking motor.I like the livery as well,was it ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Andrew?

hi all,
dave and chris thanks for your comments.my old a series was a 14 litre 250 ■■■■■■■ and a 9509a fuller,a cracking combination :sunglasses: .it was very very noisey,but it went well,though she was a tad thirsty,even with my timber mock load of coil, nowhere near as good on fuel as the cat.in my pete.seen here in glencoe in the western highland’s on the 1999 west coast run :sunglasses:

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hi all,
me loading scrap @ shotton,early 1990’s.

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pete 359:
hi all,
me loading scrap @ shotton,early 1990’s.

Nice shot Andrew! did Joints haul all the scrap back to The Abbey? can’t anything else other than Joints trailers in the bay!! Cheers Dennis.

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Bewick:

pete 359:
hi all,
me loading scrap @ shotton,early 1990’s.

Nice shot Andrew! did Joints haul all the scrap back to The Abbey? can’t anything else other than Joints trailers in the bay!! Cheers Dennis.

hi dennis,
thanks mate.that load that day was for the abbey,though we also loaded scrap out of shotton for llanwern.joint moved alot of scrap over the years,sheperd’s in rochdale and manchester.cooper’s in smethwick,swindon and canning town were all regular jobs backloading to wales.as you correctly mentioned, joint’s shotton shunter (jeff bennet) had dropped a few trailers for him too load and leave for the changeover lads and nightmen.
regards andrew.

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This is a shot of a Bewick trailer standing in the depot we once had at Hockliffe north of Dunstable on the A5.It is loaded with Dexion racking from their factory in Dunstable.Notice the nice clean,straight,lines of the Crane Fruehauf 40footer!!! Cheers Dennis,

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Bewick:
This is a shot of a Bewick trailer standing in the depot we once had at Hockliffe north of Dunstable on the A5.It is loaded with Dexion racking from their factory in Dunstable.Notice the nice clean,straight,lines of the Crane Fruehauf 40footer!!! Cheers Dennis,

hi dennis,
we used to take abbey coil to dexion at hemel hemstead.
regards andrew.