A few as promised the first is one of the twins ,the second is my mate ex blue line driver Ray Davies ,then the volvos and the gang Together cheers John
Now then young dan’l I reckon the octopus is from Cromford
Bewick:
This is a shot of two loads of Pet Foods from Asfordby Storage Melton Mowbray, which IIRC one was destined for Barrow and the other was going to Whitehaven, both consignees were Wholesale grocers who are now long gone. Cheers Dennis.
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Thanks for the pic Dennis, you must have took hundred of your trucks !! 
windrush:
Hoveringham had the Hairy Mammoth logo on their trucks from way back, as has been said a skeleton of one was found in a pit ‘somewhere’ around Lincolnshire/Notts I believe? Needlers, the confectioners, owned the company at one time.Pete.
Thanks for confirming that Pete !
8LXBV8BRIAN:
The LPG Daf tanker whats the pipe from the tanker to the unit forlooks strange to be mobile with it coupled up
Thanks for the comment chap, i blew the pic up and to be honest from what i could see i think its just
hanging down by the mudguard !
Punchy Dan:
Chris Webb:
Laporte Marathon.
The Laporte Marathon would be from their Cavendish Mill plant at Stoney Middleton Derbyshire,carrying fluorspar.Iirc there was a trailer of laportes like that one in the interesting yard on Foxwood rd / sheepbridge Lane the one with the old cranes .
Cheers Dan ! 
Chris Webb:
Punchy Dan:
Chris Webb:
Laporte Marathon.
The Laporte Marathon would be from their Cavendish Mill plant at Stoney Middleton Derbyshire,carrying fluorspar.Iirc there was a trailer of laportes like that one in the interesting yard on Foxwood rd / sheepbridge Lane the one with the old cranes .
A couple of photos taken at Cavendish Mill by my late friend Fred Morton…
Thanks for the pics Chris ! 
smallcoal:
A few as promised the first is one of the twins ,the second is my mate ex blue line driver Ray Davies ,then the volvos and the gang Together cheers John
Great pics John, Are they still about ■■?
phop:
Now then young dan’l I reckon the octopus is from Cromford
B Chilton & Son F88
Steetley Fodens. HWJ365W & 364W
Anyone recognise the Leyland Mastiff artic ■■? I dont remember seeing many of these in artic form ■■
Lloyds of Ludlow Scania
TRB Transport Maggie.
Welsh Maggie, anyone recognise the company ■■? I think we have had a pic of this motor before ■■?
Ken Rooms Leyland Roadtrain. I think this was someones dads company from memory ■■?
Illtyd Thomas ERF. I dont think we have had one of his on here before,wheres he from in Wales ■■
Unusual looking trailer ■■?
Matthews Transport Seddon Atkinson.
Hi dean,Ray is still around don’t know about the others Andrew will know more if the twins still alive,here’s one of Ray with blue line and one pic of John brown (open shirt ) Ray on the end and a few others on the continent cheers John
DEANB:
B Chilton & Son F889
Steetley Fodens. HWJ365W & 364W
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Anyone recognise the Leyland Mastiff artic ■■? I dont remember seeing many of these in artic form ■■
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Lloyds of Ludlow Scania
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TRB Transport Maggie.
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Welsh Maggie, anyone recognise the company ■■? I think we have had a pic of this motor before ■■?
I’m trying to think who they are I will post this on the South Wales thread Andrew might know ,his coil timber has collapsed that’s why it’s leaning
3Ken Rooms Leyland Roadtrain. I think this was someones dads company from memory ■■?
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Illtyd Thomas ERF. I dont think we have had one of his on here before,wheres he from in Wales ■■
Unusual looking trailer ■■?
They were from Swansea the trailer had collapsing side they would load tinplate or coil tip lift sides and load scrap back
0Matthews Transport Seddon Atkinson.
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8LXBV8BRIAN:
The LPG Daf tanker whats the pipe from the tanker to the unit for
mobile with it coupled up
Its the compressor pipe which will be connected to a compressor which is underslung on the chassis the pipe then connects to the tank (as you can see from the picture) and air is then transferred into the tank which allows you to blow the load off as against a pump system for pumping the load off which is used mainly on flammable liquids.
Nice one Dean and thanks to Paul
Autocar and Transporters of Wythall, this Bedford with Hoynor trailer loaded with Vauxhall Chevettes would have previously been Dependable Deliveries of Luton, taken over by A&T.
Oily
Hi Dean,
Thanks for sharing even more gems.ILLTYD THOMAS were a long established welsh steel/general haulier.Their main yard was in cocket (swansea)with another in fforestfach.They had many outbased vehicles mainly working for Metal Box.The obscure looking home made trailer in your shot was one of many,built inhouse,they carried steel out and alluminium frag.back.
I was once,30 plus years ago kicked out of the yard because i asked,why they had one clean tandem trailer with perfect tyres and mudflaps and looking immaculate and always parked in the same spot in the yard and it rarely moved and was never ever loaded.I think? it was what you might call? The MOT trailer,lol.Happy days.
It didnt matter what time of the day or night you were on the M4 in south wales back then,you would always see one or more of illtyd’s on the road.Towards their final years they ran early DAF 95 and 190.36 IVECO’s.Joint motorways were offered a fairly new DAF that had been treble shifted to norwich from swansea 7 days a week,even though it was only 18 months old it was destroyed,i cant recall the km’s now, though as you can imagine,it was inter gallactic.The night heater (unused) had been removed with an axe! The engine oil was like bitumen.
I gather? the “string vest” remains of the now rotten 30 year old IVECO’s are still in the now overgrown yard.Thanks for the memory of a much missed welsh haulier of old…
DEANB:
Morris Young Foden9
Anyone recognise the Bedford tanker ■■? If you look close there is a pic of a cows head near the back
of the cab ■■Hi all, I remember the Bedford TM…what I remember was there were three of them in total brand new in Nelsons Bedford compound in Swansea.
The name they ran under was Tom Harty Meat Supplies, hence the cows head on the cab…then often saw them on the road pulling 40ft fridges.8
Marsh BVT Atkinson.
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P.D.Transport Services Mercedes.
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Vincent Jones & Son Marathon.Is that a Welsh motor ■■?
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I reckon Paul may know about Northwest Freighters ERF.
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Coles Volvo F86 bulker.Fair old load on it.
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Havard Bedford.
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Anyone recognise the Seddon Atkinson ■■?
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Watney Plant Hire DAF
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moomooland:
DEANB:
A couple for “moomooland” Here’s a couple you will recognise Paul !Nice one thanks for those Dean.
You posted one of their Fodens a few weeks back HERE.
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2Raising the roof on those draw-bar trailer outfits enabled 45 flexible foam blocks to fit in a space normally occupied by 18.
For loading and unloading hydraulic jacks raised the roof from 13 foot to 21 foot.1Harrison & Jones (Flexible Foam ) Ltd were based at Swan Mill in Middleton near Manchester and Bee Mill Royton Oldham and were one of the leading foam seat manufacturers in the automotive industry.
Virtually all their fleet were Foden vehicles made up of a mixture of artic’s and draw-bars.0Keep up the great work Dean will look back in on Monday when we get back from a few days away.
I had a S104 Foden with the same drivetrain and a 320 Gardner … loved it
Plenty of artic Mastiff’s about in the 70’s Deanb, my Dad had one like this, and I believe Dennis’s first two artic’s were Mastiff’s. NMP.
smallcoal:
Hi dean,Ray is still around don’t know about the others Andrew will know more if the twins still alive,here’s one of Ray with blue line and one pic of John brown (open shirt ) Ray on the end and a few others on the continent cheers John
Cheers for info and pic John !
smallcoal:
DEANB:
Welsh Maggie, anyone recognise the company ■■? I think we have had a pic of this motor before ■■?
I’m trying to think who they are I will post this on the South Wales thread Andrew might know ,his coil timber has collapsed that’s why it’s leaning
3Illtyd Thomas ERF. I dont think we have had one of his on here before,wheres he from in Wales ■■
Unusual looking trailer ■■?
They were from Swansea the trailer had collapsing side they would load tinplate or coil tip lift sides and load scrap back
Thanks again John for your comments.
Stanfield:
8LXBV8BRIAN:
The LPG Daf tanker whats the pipe from the tanker to the unit for
mobile with it coupled upIts the compressor pipe which will be connected to a compressor which is underslung on the chassis the pipe then connects to the tank (as you can see from the picture) and air is then transferred into the tank which allows you to blow the load off as against a pump system for pumping the load off which is used mainly on flammable liquids.
Thanks Stanfield !
oiltreader:
Nice one Dean and thanks to Paul
Autocar and Transporters of Wythall, this Bedford with Hoynor trailer loaded with Vauxhall Chevettes would have previously been Dependable Deliveries of Luton, taken over by A&T. Oily
Cheers Oily, those transporter companies seemed to have had a lot of take overs from
different companies.
pete 359:
Hi Dean,
Thanks for sharing even more gems.ILLTYD THOMAS were a long established welsh steel/general haulier.Their main yard was in cocket (swansea)with another in fforestfach.They had many outbased vehicles mainly working for Metal Box.The obscure looking home made trailer in your shot was one of many,built inhouse,they carried steel out and alluminium frag.back.
I was once,30 plus years ago kicked out of the yard because i asked,why they had one clean tandem trailer with perfect tyres and mudflaps and looking immaculate and always parked in the same spot in the yard and it rarely moved and was never ever loaded.I think? it was what you might call? The MOT trailer,lol.Happy days.
It didnt matter what time of the day or night you were on the M4 in south wales back then,you would always see one or more of illtyd’s on the road.Towards their final years they ran early DAF 95 and 190.36 IVECO’s.Joint motorways were offered a fairly new DAF that had been treble shifted to norwich from swansea 7 days a week,even though it was only 18 months old it was destroyed,i cant recall the km’s now, though as you can imagine,it was inter gallactic.The night heater (unused) had been removed with an axe! The engine oil was like bitumen.
I gather? the “string vest” remains of the now rotten 30 year old IVECO’s are still in the now overgrown yard.Thanks for the memory of a much missed welsh haulier of old…
You should write a book with these stories Andrew ! “The MOT trailer” and the night heater
being removed with an axe ! Quality stuff chap !
marktaff:
DEANB:
Anyone recognise the Bedford tanker ■■? If you look close there is a pic of a cows head near the back
of the cab ■■Hi all, I remember the Bedford TM…what I remember was there were three of them in total brand new in Nelsons Bedford compound in Swansea.
The name they ran under was Tom Harty Meat Supplies, hence the cows head on the cab…then often saw them on the road pulling 40ft fridges.
Well done “marktaff” was that the 4th attempt !! Who did you
drive for ■■?
ramone:
moomooland:
You posted one of their Fodens a few weeks backI had a S104 Foden with the same drivetrain and a 320 Gardner … loved it
Thanks Ramone.
Steetley Fodens: spot the difference.
Dieseldog66:
Plenty of artic Mastiff’s about in the 70’s Deanb, my Dad had one like this, and I believe Dennis’s first two artic’s were Mastiff’s. NMP.
Thanks for the pic “Dieseldog66” Its funny what you do and dont remember from years ago i
remember seeing Mastiffs but mainly rigids. Like you say there were obviously artics about !
You and Oily may find this intresting. Click on pages twice to view.
One for “Kingswinford kit”
Blue Dart Volvo F7, Keith.
One for you Cliff
