South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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C.L.S

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C.L.S

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F.W.T(ROSS)Ltd, Monmouth. TAX 550.

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daibootsy:
some more golden oldies, wheale bros, fodens 1942

Bert Heywood on the left and Jimmy “The Major” Brooks on the right. Both long serving drivers with my dad from steam days. The article is from the 1942 Foden company magazine. My father always told a tale of carrying naval mines in the war. One is reputed to have become “primed” in transit … fortunately, one of these two knew how to “un-prime” it …!

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kenfig bill:

deecee:
Thanks for the Watkins pics chaps, those 8 leggers were man killers, but one of the regular drivers was rewarded with that F86, what happened to it?

Hi andrew and deecee, that F86 was very unreliable according to one of its drivers … several problems and Watkins vowed not to buy another !! . I belive it may have ended its days as a shunter at either the Whitehead , or GKN tremorfa …, i note that the former garage still proclaims J M Watkins Westgate garage … deecee, by any chance do you remember the Scammells Watkins ran ? … i did not see them myself … Geraint .

Hi Geraint
No Scammells while i was with Watkins during the 60,s until we were all sacked for striking about 1970.
Thanks Dave

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hi andrew
the protheroes driver looks like mike evans to me
regards tony.

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Hi all some of the cls are Scunthorpe trucks the blue tippers were never used down here ,the tilt was port talbots you can tell by the trailer numbers the numbers down here was cls 200 to cls 260 they were a mixture of tandems & tri axles

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RYAN PLANT

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RYAN PLANT

I’am sure i saw this PBO 403G at they’re tredegar site as they had removed the 4 in line back wheels to unload a D8H and being about 12 years old at the time stayed and watched as i seen them side loaded D8’s before.They did also have another highwayman as well at the same time i think,Rich.

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rdnicholls:

daibootsy:
RYAN PLANT

I’am sure i saw this PBO 403G at they’re tredegar site as they had removed the 4 in line back wheels to unload a D8H and being about 12 years old at the time stayed and watched as i seen them side loaded D8’s before.They did also have another highwayman as well at the same time i think,Rich.

Hi all. Rich, are you talking about a collery they washed and cleared? I don’t remember Ryan’s having a yard in Tredegar.

Regards Paul.

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this one is 190 LNY.

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BETTER SHOT

[rdnicholls]

daibootsy:
BETTER SHOT

Hi Paul, it was at Peacehaven Tredegar where they were washing coal tips in the 1970’s and i was living close by at the time,I also had lots of photos of most of the plant and 8 wheelers they had but when i left home they got left behind and could not find them years later.

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Hills of Cardiff.

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Hills

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Hoover,s from Merthyr.

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Nantgaredig based n&a James have recently put this beast on the road .

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Wynns, ENY 290V

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daibootsy:
Wynns, ENY 290V

hi dai,
cool wynns crusader shot,looks like the albany road yard.oddly enough a load of us and our trucks are going there for most of the day a week tomorrow (20/12/14).a good christmas day out for a truck mad 13 year old autistic boy from cwm called kian badcock,he has sadly lost the sight in his left eye this year and with his other medical issues he hasn’t had the best of time recently.via Facebook a call was put out to gauge interest in a day out for him amongst the road transport community of south wales and the response has been absolutely phenomenal.around 50 plus trucks are expected and a lot of guys and their companies have put a lot of effort into creating this christmas treat.i’ll get a few pictures for us all.very well done to all those involved. your help and continual offers of support have been magnificent.
regards andrew.