ianto:
pete 359:
Hi allWas that F7 a blow or ■■■■ bulker ?
Hi ianto,
TBH,I wouldn’t know.though I’ve never heard of a ■■■■ bulker?
Regards Andrew.
Hi Seadyke Bulk Blowers of Wisbech developed a bulk blower whereby the system could be reversed and making the vehicle capable of sucking bulk cattle cake or poultry food out of bulk bins etc as far back as the late 1970s when I gave up bulk blowing haulage. This system was useful when the wrong or faulty product had been blown into a bin and needed to be removed and taken back to the mill. I never witnessed one in operation but a company who I worked alongside back then operated one.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Hi Seadyke Bulk Blowers of Wisbech developed a bulk blower whereby the system could be reversed and making the vehicle capable of sucking bulk cattle cake or poultry food out of bulk bins etc as far back as the late 1970s when I gave up bulk blowing haulage. This system was useful when the wrong or faulty product had been blown into a bin and needed to be removed and taken back to the mill. I never witnessed one in operation but a company who I worked alongside back then operated one.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Hi Leyland 600,
Thanks,I’ve learnt something new there!
Chris Webb:
smallcoal:
Chris Webb:
I’ve seen Tonteg mentioned on here. I remember going up that hill with an empty AEC MK3 around 1970 but can’t recall where to.Was there a coking plant in that area?
Also I once did a load of toluene out of Baglan Bay to Ferndale,Porter Paints. I went via Porth int fogwith me Mandator round some really sharp bends and got to within 100 yards of the place,now in bright sunshine, only to find a bridge with a 7 ton weight limit.Apparantly the way to go was Glyneath-Hirwaun-Aberdare.I didn’t turn round though,went over the bridge but went back empty via Aberdare.
Coastal Roadways driver told me he always went via Porth and zb the bridge.Hi Chris you would have been going to cwm coking works ,it’s gone now ,it was quite busy years ago cheers John
Hi John.
I always went to Cwm via Cardiff and the roundabout near Llantrisant.The only other coking plants I loaded out of were Bedwas,Nantgarw,GKN Eastmoors and SCOW.Could it have been Nantgarw? It was 1970.
hi chris
there was also coedely coke works at tonyrefail.
clive.
Hi Chris couple of pics of cwm Coke works if you regonise anything cheers John
smallcoal:
Hi Chris couple of pics of cwm Coke works if you regonise anything cheers John
Thanks for those John. Last time I went in there was sometime late 1976,I’ve been trying to work out where I pumped gas oil off in that photo. I don’t ever recall loading crude benzene out of there when on 8-leggers,just the once years later when on artics. Was Nantgarw anywhere near Cwm?
hi all.
A couple of isaac caswell from llanfoist.firstly courtesy of DEANB and the incredible Paul C. Gee collection,a seddon atki 400.The black and white images are all courtesy of Ken Thomas,a former Caswell driver.
You have to say that some Welsh companies had some tidy fleets back in the 70s. I dont know how
big Robbins were but this Crusader looked smart !
pete 359:
Hi all,
courtesy of DEANB and the Paul C.Gee collection.An ex J&M Transport F88,RBO 400M was the last 8 speed VOLVO they bought brand new.It may be owned here by Mike Prosser from the forest of dean?
prosser only owned one 240 8 speed F88 andrew. it came from dandos chipping sodbury SHU 571M
wideboybob:
0pete 359:
Hi all,
courtesy of DEANB and the Paul C.Gee collection.An ex J&M Transport F88,RBO 400M was the last 8 speed VOLVO they bought brand new.It may be owned here by Mike Prosser from the forest of dean?prosser only owned one 240 8 speed F88 andrew. it came from dandos chipping sodbury SHU 571M
hi wideboybob.
thanks for that,who had YTG 480H then? an ex J&M 240 88.I think you sent me an old grainy photo of it bob?
regards andrew.
pete 359:
wideboybob:
pete 359:
Hi all,
courtesy of DEANB and the Paul C.Gee collection.An ex J&M Transport F88,RBO 400M was the last 8 speed VOLVO they bought brand new.It may be owned here by Mike Prosser from the forest of dean?prosser only owned one 240 8 speed F88 andrew. it came from dandos chipping sodbury SHU 571M
hi wideboybob.
thanks for that,who had YTG 480H then? an ex J&M 240 88.I think you sent me an old grainy photo of it bob?
regards andrew.
that was a chap called graham james. he had the ex J & M F88 with chrome grill. .he is retired now and lives down by pencader.
wideboybob:
0pete 359:
wideboybob:
1pete 359:
Hi all,
courtesy of DEANB and the Paul C.Gee collection.An ex J&M Transport F88,RBO 400M was the last 8 speed VOLVO they bought brand new.It may be owned here by Mike Prosser from the forest of dean?prosser only owned one 240 8 speed F88 andrew. it came from dandos chipping sodbury SHU 571M
hi wideboybob.
thanks for that,who had YTG 480H then? an ex J&M 240 88.I think you sent me an old grainy photo of it bob?
regards andrew.that was a chap called graham james. he had the ex J & M F88 with chrome grill. .he is retired now and lives down by pencader.
Hi bob,
My mistake mate,thanks for the information.
Regards Andrew.
Hi all,
i am surprised this photo isn’t blurry and out of focus? must have been a brilliant photographer,lol…
pete 359:
Hi all,
i am surprised this photo isn’t blurry and out of focus? must have been a brilliant photographer,lol…
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M9 ctl that plate was used on the scania carline had on texturing technologies in the abbey running to llanwern cheers John
Hi Andrew,that erf you had was that the original joints erf cause of the number plate cheers John
smallcoal:
Hi Andrew,that erf you had was that the original joints erf cause of the number plate cheers John
Hi John,
TBO 694N was new to joint in September 1974.driven buy long serving employee Warwick gittins from Shrewsbury.pictured here 20 years ago at shepton mallet.
pete 359:
smallcoal:
Hi Andrew,that erf you had was that the original joints erf cause of the number plate cheers JohnHi John,
TBO 694N was new to joint in September 1974.driven buy long serving employee Warwick gittins from Shrewsbury.pictured here 20 years ago at shepton mallet.
Was it that or gbo which ended up shunting I drove one of them shunting