mercman123:
pete 359:
mechanic77:
Did Joints deliver steel into Ryton car plant near Coventry? I went past there earlier and its all ben levelled for redevelopment.
Neil.
hi neil,
yes we went there.that was a really big place,when my old man used to go there it was chryslers.the other one near there was jaguar browns lane? dennis i can’t recall any in aintree mate.the only drum named steel drop i remember was tanks and drums in goodlass rd off speak boulevarde,joint also went to their place in mexborough yorkshire.martyn thanks for having a word with adj.nothing was broken down long when he worked for joint 
regards andrew.
Was that the tanks and drums in Liverpool ? If it was you had too have the short trailer too get in there. They were quick too unload there It was the start of a good day ! Tony
hi tony,
that’s the place,peter was the guy who tipped you,good as gold he was.i seem to remember? they (some staff) were on strike for years.f131 ath (foden) had the windscreen smashed by the pickets when new in sept. 1988.
regards andrew.
Thought it was the place. It was a good tip no hastle. The bad place was Widnes ( it was the holding place for the ford factory at Hailwood ) when you got there you always had too wait. They told you that they wanted the sheet on so next time you left it on but they wanted it off ! They would really bugger you off all they wanted was too be in the office watching tv and drinking . I had enough one day and lost it I thought i had really messed up and was waiting for some one too tell me I was going too be sacked ! Nothing happened and when I went there the next time they were really good ! So some times a little arguement helps ! Tony
Going off the subject a bit my dad RIP was driving a new Bedford TM about 1980 in liverpool when the strikes were on up there. He went through a picket line with it. He drove it back too Shrewsbury and parked up at the old Greenhouses ( the local Bedford truck dealers) When he came back too take it out the next morning some one had put paint stripper over it saying scab ! So either some one had followed him back or had got in touch with some where in Shrewsbury. It had too have the cab all resprayed it looked allright once it was sprayed but it made you too think twice too go though a picket line. Tony
sammy dog:
pete 359:
hi martyn,
after you tipped this coil at van leer ellsmere port,you loaded salt for margam 
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hi andrew looking at two diffrent pictures of 675 when tipping at ellsmereport she s got a splitter on bottom of bumper and the picture with the steel body trailer its gone did you do any body repairs to her cheers martyn.
hi martyn,
when i think peter morgan had d675 the front was smashed in.i think someone backed into him queing for a weighbridge somewhere.the lower bumper splitter was never replaced.i changed the large grille surround,screen,bumper etc etc.have photos of the damage amongst the 1 or 2 joint photos i have 
regards andrew
mercman123:
Thought it was the place. It was a good tip no hastle. The bad place was Widnes ( it was the holding place for the ford factory at Hailwood ) when you got there you always had too wait. They told you that they wanted the sheet on so next time you left it on but they wanted it off ! They would really bugger you off all they wanted was too be in the office watching tv and drinking . I had enough one day and lost it I thought i had really messed up and was waiting for some one too tell me I was going too be sacked ! Nothing happened and when I went there the next time they were really good ! So some times a little arguement helps ! Tony
hi mercan was nt there a guy next door that used to renovate morris minors cheers martyn.
pete 359:
sammy dog:
pete 359:
hi martyn,
after you tipped this coil at van leer ellsmere port,you loaded salt for margam .
hi andrew looking at two diffrent pictures of 675 when tipping at ellsmereport she s got a splitter on bottom of bumper and the picture with the steel body trailer its gone did you do any body repairs to her cheers martyn.
hi martyn,
when i think peter morgan had d675 the front was smashed in.i think someone backed into him queing for a weighbridge somewhere.the lower bumper splitter was never replaced.i changed the large grille surround,screen,bumper etc etc.have photos of the damage amongst the 1 or 2 joint photos i have
regards andrew
hi andrew he did nt have much luck tipping 247 over as well .if you could dig the pics of d675 bumped out of the 1or2 photo s you ve got id like to see them . 
mercman123:
Thought it was the place. It was a good tip no hastle. The bad place was Widnes ( it was the holding place for the ford factory at Hailwood ) when you got there you always had too wait. They told you that they wanted the sheet on so next time you left it on but they wanted it off ! They would really bugger you off all they wanted was too be in the office watching tv and drinking . I had enough one day and lost it I thought i had really messed up and was waiting for some one too tell me I was going too be sacked ! Nothing happened and when I went there the next time they were really good ! So some times a little arguement helps ! Tony
Hi chaps wasnt that Armet at Widnes ? At the same tim e did a lot of scrap aluminium from Liverpool docks imported from Russia for Alcoa at Swansea think some of this work was via Cardiff Transport regards keith
Yes keith I think you are right about Widnes was Armits . Sorry Martyn I didn’t see a moggy minor work shop but it could have been there . Tony
here you go martyn,this will send you back mate
old ross services north bound,it’s now a large retail outlet,the government and i called in there a while back
rward:
proper looking truck
hi rward got to be honest from what i can remember was i nice lorry to drive .twin splitter g/box no problem
had to pick up foden 8 wheeler couple of years ago with with same g/box if im honest i was like an arse could nt drive the thing cheers martyn.
sammy dog:
rward:
proper looking truck
hi rward got to be honest from what i can remember was i nice lorry to drive .twin splitter g/box no problem
had to pick up foden 8 wheeler couple of years ago with with same g/box if im honest i was like an arse could nt drive the thing cheers martyn.
hi all,
joint bought this 1633 when she was around 9 months old,an ex demo unit.bought to replace stg 10y when that was written off on the then new m25 going to dagenham.billy “the cap” hathaway had b948 and anyone who had a motor after bill always ended up with a good un ,once it had been valeted and the steel bristled scrap brush removed from the bunk,(r.i.p. bill mate 
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pete 359:
rth at the yard.this was the second merc.joint ever bought and was driven from new by long serving shrewsbury driver,warwick gittins.the remains of stg 10y are in the background.joint’s yard looks like a muddy field
andrew im still kicking myself everytime i see rth cheers martyn.
these are the last two photos i have of rth.seen at joint’s green recycled parts dept.
here’s one to cheer you up mart .sept.1999 raf colerne.me and beaver680 on the bournemouth to bath run.
