South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[pete_359]

pete 359:
A sebden steel haulier had this nasty one near Newport today,hope the driver is ok.

i gather the driver is ok? testimony to modern truck safety.
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[plant_fitter]

Y111RDF:
Pete359 quietly sneaking into Warwick Services…

What motor is in her Andrew? I’m guessing at a 3408?

[pete_359]

plant fitter:

Y111RDF:
Pete359 quietly sneaking into Warwick Services…

What motor is in her Andrew? I’m guessing at a 3408?

Hi,
She’s a 3406b cat.around 500hp.thanks.
Regards Andrew.

[plant_fitter]

Nice

[harry_gill]

pete 359:

plant fitter:

Y111RDF:
Pete359 quietly sneaking into Warwick Services…

What motor is in her Andrew? I’m guessing at a 3408?

Hi,
She’s a 3406b cat.around 500hp.thanks.
Regards Andrew.

hiya,
Andrew with all that power surely this would make a heavy hauler or is the
gearing not able to be altered ie’ double reduction hubs etcetera.
thanks harry. long retired.

[pete_359]

Hello Harry,
To be honest by American standards my 1983 peterbilt wouldn’t be considered over powered,more the normal run of the mill spec.when ever we have been there on holiday you notice some really unusual (compared to europe) spec. Outfits.the heavy haulers I have seen over there seem to be a similar spec.to mine, often a cat, fuller and by the way they go down the interstate very high gearing .some of them add an extra non driven axle ahead of the double drive bogie in some states,it lifts when they are empty or bobtail.they still believe in building traditional trucks in the USA,often using glider kits to achieve this.vehicle age doesn’t appear to be a barrier there as it is in Europe.though I dare say that will all change now,they tell me disc brakes are fitted now and I believe some new kenworths and peterbilts have the daf engine in them.i gather Volvo are still the best seller though and have been for a while now.
Regards Andrew.

[pete_359]

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[kingtrucker143]

Y111RDF:
Pete359 quietly sneaking into Warwick Services…

I’ve never seen that wagon quietly sneak anywhere.

[pete_359]

Hello pete,
You got me mixed up with someone else mate
Regards Andrew.

[paul_john]

This will be reply 10810, one ahead of the excellent scrapbook memories, and equal on pages at 361. What an achievement.
Probably will not get anywhere near bubb’s number of views, as we have a smaller audience, but nevertheless what an achievement to have such a successful thread.
I am just a small part of it, but believe we should reconise and congratulate Andrew/pete359 for his tremendous commitment.
Well done Andrew and everyone who contributes.

Regards Paul.

[kingtrucker143]

pete 359:
Hello pete,
You got me mixed up with someone else mate
Regards Andrew.

Oh yea, sorry matey, mixed you up with Mr Jacob Brake again, he’s a nice fellow, appears at most of the shows, I usually hear him before I see him though.

[mercman123]

Paul John:
This will be reply 10810, one ahead of the excellent scrapbook memories, and equal on pages at 361. What an achievement.
Probably will not get anywhere near bubb’s number of views, as we have a smaller audience, but nevertheless what an achievement to have such a successful thread.
I am just a small part of it, but believe we should reconise and congratulate Andrew/pete359 for his tremendous commitment.
Well done Andrew and everyone who contributes.

Regards Paul.

Yes well done Andrew keep up the good work .Tony

[daibootsy]

C759AVF

[b_waddy]

Hi Andrew ,did u have this Peterbuilt as it looks now or have u done all the work your self, Iff so you deserve a medal its a fantastic job all that chrome sets her off ,Cheers Barry

[pete_359]

b.waddy:
Hi Andrew ,did u have this Peterbuilt as it looks now or have u done all the work your self, Iff so you deserve a medal its a fantastic job all that chrome sets her off ,Cheers Barry

hi barry,
thanks for the compliments and thanks to the others that complimented our thread.everyone has contributed so much over the last three years.barry i bought my peterbilt 4 years ago,from an owner operator in west virginia,truck net member pERFection14 kindly collected it from southampton dock,this is what it looked like as bought.
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[steved]

pete 359:

b.waddy:
Hi Andrew ,did u have this Peterbuilt as it looks now or have u done all the work your self, Iff so you deserve a medal its a fantastic job all that chrome sets her off ,Cheers Barry

hi barry,
thanks for the compliments and thanks to the others that complimented our thread.everyone has contributed so much over the last three years.barry i bought my peterbilt 4 years ago,from an owner operator in west virginia,truck net member pERFection14 kindly collected it from southampton dock,this is what it looked like as bought.
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Hi Andrew, What an amazing transformation from then to now, though not an out and out lover of American trucks I think yours is the DB’s from the photo’s I have seen on here and would like to see it in the flesh one day. Have you kept a record of the hours/work you have done the beauty.

[pete_359]

hi steveD,
thanks very much.i have kept a record and hundreds of pictures of every stage.

here’s one of d&a saunders’ new fh’s,good to see the old erf era colour scheme on this one,i also saw a few white fh’s with saunders recently.
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[pete_359]

here’s a pair from komatsu450,he loaded this today for newcastle tomorrow .
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[pete_359]

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[ec14]

n. r. evans ran 18 of those ecx s they wer nt olympics just high cab double sleepers.