South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

An old Cardiff picture I saw on the net. Roath Dock as named on the sign is now home to the BBC studios in Cardiff.
Neil.

A very old picture of Wynns at work.

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Cardiff’s Gabalfa interchange under construction.

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pete 359:
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Hiya,
Well Andrew never seen that format before but have been out of the game for a while
the old spread axle tandem axle jobs could fairly scrub the tyres what must pushing or
pulling one of these round in a tight area be like, be OK though on motorway A to B on
trunk work I suppose.
thanks harry, long retired.

harry_gill:

pete 359:

Hiya,
Well Andrew never seen that format before but have been out of the game for a while
the old spread axle tandem axle jobs could fairly scrub the tyres what must pushing or
pulling one of these round in a tight area be like, be OK though on motorway A to B on
trunk work I suppose.
thanks harry, long retired.

Hello Harry,
That picture was taken in Saudi.the ex Owens Llanelli Actros had been exported mate :laughing:

pete 359:

harry_gill:

pete 359:
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Hiya,
Well Andrew never seen that format before but have been out of the game for a while
the old spread axle tandem axle jobs could fairly scrub the tyres what must pushing or
pulling one of these round in a tight area be like, be OK though on motorway A to B on
trunk work I suppose.
thanks harry, long retired.

Hello Harry,
That picture was taken in Saudi.the ex Owens Llanelli Actros had been exported mate :laughing:

Hiya,
Thanks for the info Andrew I was totally wrong I’d thought Australia, they do run
some funny movements in that neck of the woods.
thanks harry, long retired.

One of perennials also load I picked up in Swindon hi Andrew seen mrs coops on tele :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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Hi all,
A few cracking pictures from the early 80’s courtesy of matt Powell from glos.first of all,tony Morgan’s kenworth at I think wentwood picnic area.

pete 359:
Hi all,
A few cracking pictures from the early 80’s courtesy of matt Powell from glos.first of all,tony Morgan’s kenworth at I think wentwood picnic area.

Wentwood or not looks U S paint job :smiley:

Walters Heavy Haulage in Commercial Motor tomorrow. (Thursday)

Another of the kenworth,she did a bit of steel to the midlands in the early80’s.

pete 359:
Another of the kenworth,she did a bit of steel to the midlands in the early80’s.

Still looks like a US paint job that should be on route 66

Lance Biscomb:

pete 359:
Another of the kenworth,she did a bit of steel to the midlands in the early80’s.

Still looks like a US paint job that should be on route 66

hello m*,
with a tandem bogie right on the back,that coiler looks american to me :laughing:
regards andrew.

hi all,
another courtesy of matt powell.olly huish’s white road boss 2.