South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[dai_cap]

beaver 680:
hi andrew
viking transport did not last very long they were yellow scanias i think smiths enterprises had a share in them
they did not do much in the abbey
regards tony

Dai cap I think that Viking transport was run by pat smith one of the smith bros.regards Dai cap.

[chris_webb]

Reading this South Wales thread jogs the old memory. When I was on for A E Evans tankers I was asked to do a local job out of BP Baglan Bay to Porter Paints at Ferndale.Our two local drivers were not available to do it.I remember it was 3000 galls of toluene,about 12 tons,and I had a Mandator at the time,OKC 130M with a 6000gall tank.I’d never heard of Ferndale,but I got loaded and stayed in Neath for the night.I can’t for the life of me remember too much about the trip,only that I went over what was called Maerdy Mountain to Ferndale,it was drizzling and misty and the trailer wheels were well over the white lines when climbing up,with cars belting down the other way.When I got over,the mist cleared,and in sight of the paint works I came across a 7 and half ton weight limit bridge ,but the thought of making a diversion was a no-no,so over it I went. The feller in the works had seen me coming and was grinning like a Cheshire cat when I stopped.He explained that a lot of drivers still used the Maerdy road instead of going up the A465 Glyneath and down through Aberdare to Ferndale.I wonder if there is a weight limit on that road now and if that bridge is still standing,it was 1974 when I did the job.

I also remember doing local work,about 1970, with an 8-wheeler AEC MK5 out of Baglan Bay,carrying Styrene to Powell Duffryn’s tank farm at Barry for storage,and queuing up at the side of steam locos parked up for scrapping,the place was next door to Dai Woodhams scrap yard.
As usual,no camera,very much regretted.

[pete_359]

pete 359:
Hi all,
Another of Howard’s pictures I had forgotten that tony Morgan had this crusader I think it was ex wynns

hi all,
i recently asked by pm to borrow this from the brilliant crusader thread.i didn’t get a reply,so i have assumed that’s a yes

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Pic of my lorry up gilfach goch

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Erf me and mat spotted abandoned in Exeter

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In gilfach

[pete_359]

Chris Webb:
Reading this South Wales thread jogs the old memory. When I was on for A E Evans tankers I was asked to do a local job out of BP Baglan Bay to Porter Paints at Ferndale.Our two local drivers were not available to do it.I remember it was 3000 galls of toluene,about 12 tons,and I had a Mandator at the time,OKC 130M with a 6000gall tank.I’d never heard of Ferndale,but I got loaded and stayed in Neath for the night.I can’t for the life of me remember too much about the trip,only that I went over what was called Maerdy Mountain to Ferndale,it was drizzling and misty and the trailer wheels were well over the white lines when climbing up,with cars belting down the other way.When I got over,the mist cleared,and in sight of the paint works I came across a 7 and half ton weight limit bridge ,but the thought of making a diversion was a no-no,so over it I went. The feller in the works had seen me coming and was grinning like a Cheshire cat when I stopped.He explained that a lot of drivers still used the Maerdy road instead of going up the A465 Glyneath and down through Aberdare to Ferndale.I wonder if there is a weight limit on that road now and if that bridge is still standing,it was 1974 when I did the job.

I also remember doing local work,about 1970, with an 8-wheeler AEC MK5 out of Baglan Bay,carrying Styrene to Powell Duffryn’s tank farm at Barry for storage,and queuing up at the side of steam locos parked up for scrapping,the place was next door to Dai Woodhams scrap yard.
As usual,no camera,very much regretted.

hi chris,
i haven’t been up to ferndale for a very long time.i think? i can recall the bridge you mention,i can recall very well woodham’s in barry,that was a hell of a sight for me as a young kid on a day out in barry island in the early 70’s.during the 80’s i used to see a lot of low loaders running out of barry with locomotives for preservation,mike lawrence’s mighty mack was one i remember leaving barry,it’s a fair old pull heading up out of the town with a loco
regards andrew.

[pete_359]

That looks like a coil liner on the end? I didn’t realise c.pike did steel,I thought they were on brick and block

[mechanic77]

pete 359:
That looks like a coil liner on the end? I didn’t realise c.pike did steel,I thought they were on brick and block

Andrew, I cant say I remember seeing them aound with that coiler, but seeing as they are virtually next door neighbours to a certain Spencer works, it would make sense for them to have done it at some point.
Neil.

[pete_359]

[chris_webb]

pete 359:

mechanic77:
I think you are right about it being Queen street Andrew, I think the corner building above the offside,front of the buses roof was and still is the Principality building which would mean we are looking down from the castle end with what is now Macdonalds on the right.
Neil.

Hi Neil,
Yes it still looks fairly similar now.my old man has told me they used to go in and out the city that route during the 60’s,it would have been one of the main routes to and from south/west wales.I can’t remember that though,I am far too young
Regards Andrew.

I remember the old A48 from Newport to Cardiff went through St. Mellons (there was a weighbridge on Cardiff Road in Newport,right next door to Mrs Bales’ digs) It was four lanes into Cardiff,not dual though,bit of a racetrack,and to miss the City Centre you could turn left down by the jail and come out t’other side of town,not far from Ely Transport’s yard.I think the area was called Roath near the jail,I’m going back late 60s so to say I’m a bit hazy would be an understatement.

Chris.

[yorkie_taff]

Hi all.
Just back from Dominican Republic, I enjoyed the time which included a visit to the Brugal rum bottle plant. Got talking to one of the drivers there, they operate all MACKs so the tour had to wait for me taking photos after the samples. What a wonderfull time. If they don’t appear, then I’ll send them to Pete 359, along with some more of Tony Morgans fleet. Love some of the photos and the talk of places I have not spoke or heard of for such a long time.
Cheers Howard

[pete_359]

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[bryanalexanderboy]

Hi there, just a quick message to say that there is truck racing this weekend down Pembrey race track. It is £12 for adults and kids under 14 go free. Thank you.
Regards
Mat

[ben_gwrec]

Here’s me outside west London Audi. What an awesome showroom.

[ben_gwrec]

[cargo-girl]

Great postings in here, one could spend hours looking through all the old pictures.

The Coddy lorry, P820ACY, posted by Pete 356 earlier, was driving for Owens 2004 -2006. I drove it my self a few times

[pete_359]

hi all,
the final event of the 2012 truckshow season was held today at malvern .last night michaelwood msa was more like iowa80 truckstop ,harry and i met up with jake butler from torquay and spud taylor from frome,even the vosa man gave us a big wave as the three texan atki’s headed north on the m5 .
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[pete_359]

we were very quickly surrounded by dozens of “foreign language speaking transport professionals”
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[pete_359]

spud’s peterbilt (blue one) is powered by a 19 litre k series ■■■■■■■ that does around 5mpg even running as a solo unit.spud went over to alaska for a few months to drive on the ice road and imported the peterbilt he drove there .i don’t think you would ever!see one of those peterbilt’s in a certain high profile fleet from coed ely
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