rward:
yes we did have loads of 80s but we plodded on and they gave us hardly any trouble atall and we all earned afab living out of them i went everywhere in mine bloody lovely truck bad luck sounds like you had a duff one regards rowland
hiya,
Rowland how you doing mate, we had a couple and they both gave problems, I don’t think they was man enough to be classed as 32 tonners about a six wheeled rigid with that engine would have been plenty, now the 110s which came at the same time were a different motor altogether, I would have “killed” to get one of them as my motor, instead I had to settle for the odd trip in them, they did need a crowbar to get me out of the cab after every little spell I managed to get a go in one.
thanks harry, long retired.
rward:
yes we did have loads of 80s but we plodded on and they gave us hardly any trouble atall and we all earned afab living out of them i went everywhere in mine bloody lovely truck bad luck sounds like you had a duff one regards rowland
hiya,
Rowland how you doing mate, we had a couple and they both gave problems, I don’t think they was man enough to be classed as 32 tonners about a six wheeled rigid with that engine would have been plenty, now the 110s which came at the same time were a different motor altogether, I would have “killed” to get one of them as my motor, instead I had to settle for the odd trip in them, they did need a crowbar to get me out of the cab after every little spell I managed to get a go in one.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
To be honest with you,whilst I like Scania’s,I have NEVER understood or agreed with the whole “scarnia king of the road” thing that the manufacturers sales people ram down your throat!
Thought it poignant to post this catnic p cab today as she’s being driven by the much missed echo one and today is the day of his grandson dewi’s first birthday.
rward:
yes we did have loads of 80s but we plodded on and they gave us hardly any trouble atall and we all earned afab living out of them i went everywhere in mine bloody lovely truck bad luck sounds like you had a duff one regards rowland
hiya,
Rowland how you doing mate, we had a couple and they both gave problems, I don’t think they was man enough to be classed as 32 tonners about a six wheeled rigid with that engine would have been plenty, now the 110s which came at the same time were a different motor altogether, I would have “killed” to get one of them as my motor, instead I had to settle for the odd trip in them, they did need a crowbar to get me out of the cab after every little spell I managed to get a go in one.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
To be honest with you,whilst I like Scania’s,I have NEVER understood or agreed with the whole “scarnia king of the road” thing that the manufacturers sales people ram down your throat!
Thought it poignant to post this catnic p cab today as she’s being driven by the much missed echo one and today is the day of his grandson dewi’s first birthday. http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/ipad2/again/7b72e5682e8b1ac51daf18d040a80cb5.jpg[/img]]
rward:
yes we did have loads of 80s but we plodded on and they gave us hardly any trouble atall and we all earned afab living out of them i went everywhere in mine bloody lovely truck bad luck sounds like you had a duff one regards rowland
hiya,
Rowland how you doing mate, we had a couple and they both gave problems, I don’t think they was man enough to be classed as 32 tonners about a six wheeled rigid with that engine would have been plenty, now the 110s which came at the same time were a different motor altogether, I would have “killed” to get one of them as my motor, instead I had to settle for the odd trip in them, they did need a crowbar to get me out of the cab after every little spell I managed to get a go in one.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
To be honest with you,whilst I like Scania’s,I have NEVER understood or agreed with the whole “scarnia king of the road” thing that the manufacturers sales people ram down your throat!
Thought it poignant to post this catnic p cab today as she’s being driven by the much missed echo one and today is the day of his grandson dewi’s first birthday. Thanks andrew very nice http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/ipad2/again/7b72e5682e8b1ac51daf18d040a80cb5.jpg[/img]]
hello John,im fine thanks, just getting my daily fix of Trucknet hows yourself mate?
im good thanks mate hows steve these days im still on clarkes been looking out for you but no sighting you local or tramping
hi john thanks for the info last sunday down the 4 winds really sorry to hear about jimmy the rat keep on trucking mate rip
from your old mate hoss aka john brown
Dave the Renegade:
Does anyone remember the south wales hauliers, such as Entress, Morfa Transport, Blue Line, Slver Roadways etc
C’mon Dave youv’e missed out the two best firms ---- Gwynne Bowen and Trevor Phillips !!! and you claiming to be a good Welshman and Plaid Cymry supporter !!!
i remember all of them drove for trevor phillips entress blue line cls protheroes brs silver roadways crap lorries but great times
pete 359:
a neighbour of mine,tony flye is a retired driver.one of the firms tony drove for was brs at bridgend depot.tony very kindly called into see me on new years eve and gave me the following brs images,thanks mate and happy new year.
i worked at brs bridgend best firm in the country i was known as hoss and i was a day tramper
morning dai eco and pete 359 done my morning check on tn and wat do i see catnic p cab with echo 1 three things about this pic no 1 a scania best trucks ever built ah ah im not biased no2 best firm you could work for no 3 one of the very best blokes i ever worked with and our families remain strong to this day he was mad as a box of frogs 35 years of fun echo 1 no 1 rip rowly
brynley:
Well well well, hello John this is Karen (ex manageress of West Brom Truckstop) and Ian, he used to drive the puky green lorry. Have only just got onto the site but have read your messages, interesting to read all the comments. John if you send me your email i can send you my phone number and i’ll get in contact with you. There’s a couple of photo’s recently been added one of the “puky green lorry” and an old one when i was working at Clodes. Memories eh! Be in touch. Ian
stanway aka hedge hopper this your old foreman /charlies right hand man known as the tailgunner 10-4
brynley:
Well well well, hello John this is Karen (ex manageress of West Brom Truckstop) and Ian, he used to drive the puky green lorry. Have only just got onto the site but have read your messages, interesting to read all the comments. John if you send me your email i can send you my phone number and i’ll get in contact with you. There’s a couple of photo’s recently been added one of the “puky green lorry” and an old one when i was working at Clodes. Memories eh! Be in touch. Ian
stanway aka hedge hopper this your old foreman /charlies right hand man known as the tailgunner 10-4
chris143:
ive heard some stories about percy baily, he was a character by all accounts, my dad was on the rockwool he had his first brand new truck with a bed on that job a scania 82 JWS127X, there was a driver there who was a photographer called Trevor Owen who was always clicking away with the camera he also had a shop in stationhill porthcawl i would love to see his collection of pics…
yes chris he certainly was a character, my dad told me a few tales about him. then you had his brother! a character from john raymonds was Mad Al, he was as crazy as they come! got fed of being messed about by a security gaurd on one drop and ended up reversing the trailer through the gates! you dont get them like that anymore.
me and percy were delivering reels of paper to huskinson docks in l/pool and the checker wanted us to stack them all on end in the corner i started to argue with the dock checker when percy reversed back and shot all the paper off in a pile so i followed the checker said to percey you wont get out to which our percey said tell the copper to have steel toe caps on cos we are not stopping he was quite a good mate
anyone remember b.w.rees (farm milk collections)newport road cardiff i worked there avery many years collecting milk from farms and taking it to the creameries around wales and the rest of the uk a very good firm to work for but when the son took over he wanted general haulage and went into llanwern steel works but it didnt workout couldnt compete with the likes of r.g miles ken jones cardiff transport thats where i ended up workin for cardiff transport another good firm to work for my boy john worked at cardiff transport aswell hes now working for gwynedd shipping in llanwern hes been workin in llanwern delivering steel now for nearly 23 yrs lol
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