pete 359:
Hi all,
At last I can get photo bucket to work-ish.here’s a Neil jarrold picture of a t.d. Williams transcontinental .
nice scania mirror andrew lol,axles look a bit odd
It looks very much like a conversion from a tandem to a triaxle - there were some trailers around that had an axle with super singles shoved in between the other two. When the weights went up to 38 tonnes, there were loads of peculiarities about for a while…
hi paul,
you are right about the 1983 and on peculiarity’s,the favourite! tractor to be converted by many south wales steel hauliers then was the volvo f86! because it could legally? carry 26 tonne of payload!!!there were some real abortions on the road around that period
regards andrew.
pete 359:
Hi all,
At last I can get photo bucket to work-ish.here’s a Neil jarrold picture of a t.d. Williams transcontinental .
nice scania mirror andrew lol,axles look a bit odd
It looks very much like a conversion from a tandem to a triaxle - there were some trailers around that had an axle with super singles shoved in between the other two. When the weights went up to 38 tonnes, there were loads of peculiarities about for a while…
hi paul,
you are right about the 1983 and on peculiarity’s,the favourite! tractor to be converted by many south wales steel hauliers then was the volvo f86! because it could legally? carry 26 tonne of payload!!!there were some real abortions on the road around that period
regards andrew.
Hi All
I remember seeing this one in the newport area. I think richie Dafman1 may be able to tell us more. The trailer looks like the one behind another of his family’s transcons on page 352 (DWN 707V) I may be wrong.
adr:
Left a bit, right a bit, back a bit, drop it there! John Raymond loading on a lovely day for a bit of R & S!
hi adr,
that’s dai beer in the oilskins (the picture is from a l.d.d. t&d article from 1988-ish).dai still works for jr,in the office as far as i am aware.
regards andrew.
pete 359:
Hi all,
At last I can get photo bucket to work-ish.here’s a Neil jarrold picture of a t.d. Williams transcontinental .
nice scania mirror andrew lol,axles look a bit odd
It looks very much like a conversion from a tandem to a triaxle - there were some trailers around that had an axle with super singles shoved in between the other two. When the weights went up to 38 tonnes, there were loads of peculiarities about for a while…
hi paul,
you are right about the 1983 and on peculiarity’s,the favourite! tractor to be converted by many south wales steel hauliers then was the volvo f86! because it could legally? carry 26 tonne of payload!!!there were some real abortions on the road around that period
regards andrew.
Hi All
I remember seeing this one in the newport area. I think richie Dafman1 may be able to tell us more. The trailer looks like the one behind another of his family’s transcons on page 352 (DWN 707V) I may be wrong.
regards
Tony
You are spot on Tony. DAFMAN1 sent me a text last night claiming it was this particular trailer and his Dad’s Transcon… Good spot!!.
adr:
Left a bit, right a bit, back a bit, drop it there! John Raymond loading on a lovely day for a bit of R & S!
hi adr,
that’s dai beer in the oilskins (the picture is from a l.d.d. t&d article from 1988-ish).dai still works for jr,in the office as far as i am aware.
regards andrew.
Hi Andrew, struth he must have some service in then, the article must be 20+ years old & I think he’d been on there a while then!
Regards Chris
adr:
Left a bit, right a bit, back a bit, drop it there! John Raymond loading on a lovely day for a bit of R & S!
hi adr,
that’s dai beer in the oilskins (the picture is from a l.d.d. t&d article from 1988-ish).dai still works for jr,in the office as far as i am aware.
regards andrew.
Hi Andrew, struth he must have some service in then, the article must be 20+ years old & I think he’d been on there a while then!
Regards Chris
Hi Chris,
That article was/is 24+ years ago? I think dai left jr’s not long after the magazine article came out.meachers from Southampton took on a lot of jr’s drivers then as they were doing a lot of welsh traffic at that time.dai returned to jr several years later and has to my knowledge stayed there since.his father wally beer worked for joint motorways for many years and when I was a kid dai beer had an m registered Atki bordered subbing to j&m on stormy down.he later ran an f7 and then an f12.he ceased being an owner driver around 1984,he then went to jr and had one of their first f10’s b590 cep.
Regards Andrew.
Hi all,
I posted this picture recently,but for reason x? Photo bucket deleted it so here(again) is my old mate stan on the a1 in north Yorkshire loaded with a scrapped transformer.
Many years ago, this roadtrain ran out of of south Cornelly quarry,firstly for wimpy which then became Tarmac.i think member komatsu450 drove it when it was ran by wimpey,though it wouldn’t be the first time I have got the story wrong
Here’s another courtesy of Neil jarrold and the brilliant euro wheels .oriel jones and son,possibly heading for rungis with another load of hanging .an rward favourite up the front,a power liner merc.
hi rowly,
seeing as you enjoyed that last one so much,here’s another.this time a g cabbed 2448,scania eater owned by a west wales owner driver.
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hi rowly,
seeing as you enjoyed that last one so much,here’s another.this time a g cabbed 2448,scania eater owned by a west wales owner driver.
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i think this was owned by darryl who use to drive for watkins out of sageston penbrokeshire
hi rowly,
seeing as you enjoyed that last one so much,here’s another.this time a g cabbed 2448,scania eater owned by a west wales owner driver.
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i think this was owned by darryl who use to drive for watkins out of sageston penbrokeshire
hiya,
Never had anything much to do with the Mercs moved a “bullnose” once,
but doesn’t this one looks the business it gives the appearance of a real
“powerhouse” I like the wordology Scania Eater, I could have lived with
one of these, how good where they??.
thanks harry, long retired.
hi rowly,
seeing as you enjoyed that last one so much,here’s another.this time a g cabbed 2448,scania eater owned by a west wales owner driver.
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i think this was owned by darryl who use to drive for watkins out of sageston penbrokeshire
Hi,
I can’t recall his name,though I remember seeing this motor many times pulling for nolan’s of new Ross.as far as I am aware,this was the only 2448 bevan’s ever sold new? Thanks for the information.
Harry the 1748 that I drove for joint motorways was in it’s day a remarkable machine,it’s the ONLY truck I have ever driven that I can still hear 20 years later.I also loved the eps gearbox,I thought it was a revelation.
Regards Andrew
hi rowly,
seeing as you enjoyed that last one so much,here’s another.this time a g cabbed 2448,scania eater owned by a west wales owner driver.
[album][/]
i think this was owned by darryl who use to drive for watkins out of sageston penbrokeshire
Hi,
I can’t recall his name,though I remember seeing this motor many times pulling for nolan’s of new Ross.as far as I am aware,this was the only 2448 bevan’s ever sold new? Thanks for the information.
Harry the 1748 that I drove for joint motorways was in it’s day a remarkable machine,it’s the ONLY truck I have ever driven that I can still hear 20 years later.I also loved the eps gearbox,I thought it was a revelation.
Regards Andrew
hiya,
I actually drove a ■■■■■■■ engined Atki back in 1967 I used to stuff my lugs with cotton wool, noisy and thirsty wasn’t in it would have skint an OD.
thanks harry, long retired.
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so here(again) is my old mate stan on the a1 in north Yorkshire loaded with a scrapped transformer.
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