Re Penllyne Haulage . The ruthin that they loaded out of was ruthin quarry near m4 junction 35 from there they would run 7 or 8 loads a day with each truck to the aberthaw cement works at aberthaw or rhoose
marktaff:
pete 359:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Thanks to a fellow member on here,who is a great guy.Geoff Evans,whose livestock SCANIAâs have appeared on our thread many times previously.Geoff very kindly called into work yesterday to show me some old T.J.Ree of Llysworney photos.The Ree family were quite a player in livestock haulage in their time.I can recall being told as a truck mad kid of them doing many trips to Italy,Sweden and many other far flung destinations.Quite an impressive journey back then in either of their day cab Atkiâs or FodenâŚHi marktaff,
Thanks for your comment.I remember the Flamingo Cafe very well.ive been going back and forth to Cardiff a lot lately and Iâve noticed the name has changed on that building,yet again.Was a very busy place in the 1970âs.Here are two photos of Adamsâ new VOLVO,based just down the road from the old Flamingo Cafe and also not that far from the former Ree hq.A Globetrotter FM and Houghton Parkhouse box is a world away from the T.J.Ree motors of 40 plus years agoâŚHi Andrew,
Yes the Flamingo was a very busy stop back in the 70s for sure that A 48 was the M4. âŚyes Iâve also watched it change names many times over the years to⌠if only someone had taken pics of trucks stopped there at those times it would have for good viewing for sure todayâŚthe Adams Volvo thatâs a beatiful looking machineâŚthey also like you say have been around for a long time and a familiar sight on the slip road out of Cowbridge on to the A48âŚthey run more Leyland trucks in the 70s if my memory serves me Andrew ?Attached pic of the Foden my old man drove for Morris brosâŚIâve borrowed this pic itâs not mineâŚmy old man pulled bulcker trailers with it maily though.
Regards Mark
Re T J Ree & E T Adams it was only last winter i was talking to rob adams & he was telling me that his father started haulage in 1969 so they not far away from half century on job .
And as Andrew has quoted t j ree were a big player in there time & after the death of tj himself the buisness was run & its fortunes were been turned around by the late dilwyn ree a great character & very forward thinking he was the one on the european services with the atkis before the foden .
As rob adams has said many times if dill ree had not been taken by cancer at an early age he would still have been a big player in livestock haulage in south wales & beyond & the blue wagons would still be on the road & the adams business would not have grown to what it is today .Regards .
cowking 2:
Re Penllyne Haulage . The ruthin that they loaded out of was ruthin quarry near m4 junction 35 from there they would run 7 or 8 loads a day with each truck to the aberthaw cement works at aberthaw or rhoose
Morning Cowking,
I thought it was Ruthin in North Wales as the picture was took in Telford!, Cheerâs Pete
smallcoal:
A couple more courtesy of the above named,dai strato is driving the transcon I take it your Phil ,whatâs Howell up to these days
Hi smallcoal yes im Phil great photos remember working on all those and building the slider trailer for the Abbey. Hywel living out in Tailand in a bar !!!
smallcoal:
Sleepinggiant:
pete smith:
Morning Andrew,
Iâve had some pictures sent me and i will pick the South Wales one out for you, think this is from Swansea, I really do need to go and get some glasses!
ps. Took on the M54 near Junction 4, Cheerâs PeteHi just got on site for first time you have a photo of our Scania would love to see any other out there my grandfather started the co. after the war and William Morgan and son first started in the Abbey works PortTalbot my young brother was known by his handle Ball Bearing, hope theres someone out there with some photos I will dig out any I have. Cheers
Hi mate I knew Howell ,lyn Phil and ,des as I was shunting in port talbot my handle was low loader then I had the nickname small coal these courtesy of dean and Ron weatherall and Chris farnah cheers John ,and cc sorry mate
Hi again where did you get the photo of the Marathon with the tilt on, i cant recognise the young guy in the front of the wagon. Cheers
DEANB:
One from 1957.Click on page once.
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Hi Dean, remember having a similar low loader trailer like this at John Raymond for recovering stricken trucks, having to remove the rear bogie to put ramps on to get vehicles on and off. Remember Ian Jones, the workshop manager, going out on breakdown âItâs ok I donât need you, I can do it myselfâ Please yourself. Couple of hours later I get called out in the van to go and help him, the bogie had gone over a broken kerb and landed at the bottom of the banking at the side of the M5! 
Sleepinggiant:
smallcoal:
Sleepinggiant:
pete smith:
Morning Andrew,
Iâve had some pictures sent me and i will pick the South Wales one out for you, think this is from Swansea, I really do need to go and get some glasses!
ps. Took on the M54 near Junction 4, Cheerâs PeteHi just got on site for first time you have a photo of our Scania would love to see any other out there my grandfather started the co. after the war and William Morgan and son first started in the Abbey works PortTalbot my young brother was known by his handle Ball Bearing, hope theres someone out there with some photos I will dig out any I have. Cheers
Hi mate I knew Howell ,lyn Phil and ,des as I was shunting in port talbot my handle was low loader then I had the nickname small coal these courtesy of dean and Ron weatherall and Chris farnah cheers John ,and cc sorry mate
Hi again where did you get the photo of the Marathon with the tilt on, i cant recognise the young guy in the front of the wagon. Cheers
I had it off this site I think itâs a woman in front of it ,how you keeping I didnât expect Howell to be running a bar out there ,I remember you making them sliding tilts you went under the name lph if you speak to him tell him I said hi and keep away from them ladyboys 
cheers John
vanman99:
DEANB:
One from 1957.Click on page once.
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Hi Dean, remember having a similar low loader trailer like this at John Raymond for recovering stricken trucks, having to remove the rear bogie to put ramps on to get vehicles on and off. Remember Ian Jones, the workshop manager, going out on breakdown âItâs ok I donât need you, I can do it myselfâ Please yourself. Couple of hours later I get called out in the van to go and help him, the bogie had gone over a broken kerb and landed at the bottom of the banking at the side of the M5!
Classic vanman99 ! So did the trailer have a winch so you could pull the bogie up the bank or did you have to
have another recovery vehicle come out and assist â â 
DEANB:
BusesClick on page once to read.
Dean I am amazed where you pull these pics and articleâs fromâŚkeep it up.
Regards Mark
Two or three of these ex Merthyr PD2/12s went on to give good service to operators i the Glasgow area and one to Lancaster City Council. I guess this image is taken from a Leyland PSV range publicity booklet. I have an earlier edition.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
DEANB:
vanman99:
DEANB:
One from 1957.Click on page once.
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Hi Dean, remember having a similar low loader trailer like this at John Raymond for recovering stricken trucks, having to remove the rear bogie to put ramps on to get vehicles on and off. Remember Ian Jones, the workshop manager, going out on breakdown âItâs ok I donât need you, I can do it myselfâ Please yourself. Couple of hours later I get called out in the van to go and help him, the bogie had gone over a broken kerb and landed at the bottom of the banking at the side of the M5!
Classic vanman99 !
have another recovery vehicle come out and assist â â
It did, but wasnât up to much, ok if a straight pull, the driver of the broken down truck had buggered off - âI got a delivery to doâ plus the stricken truck was on the trailer by then, we hooked it up by putting a rope around the towing eye of the van and around a bracket on the truck on the trailer to pull it up straight, funny how Ian never went out on breakdown again, unless it was in the van!
vanman99:
DEANB:
vanman99:
DEANB:
One from 1957.Click on page once.
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Hi Dean, remember having a similar low loader trailer like this at John Raymond for recovering stricken trucks, having to remove the rear bogie to put ramps on to get vehicles on and off. Remember Ian Jones, the workshop manager, going out on breakdown âItâs ok I donât need you, I can do it myselfâ Please yourself. Couple of hours later I get called out in the van to go and help him, the bogie had gone over a broken kerb and landed at the bottom of the banking at the side of the M5!
Classic vanman99 !
have another recovery vehicle come out and assist â âIt did, but wasnât up to much, ok if a straight pull, the driver of the broken down truck had buggered off - âI got a delivery to doâ plus the stricken truck was on the trailer by then, we hooked it up by putting a rope around the towing eye of the van and around a bracket on the truck on the trailer to pull it up straight, funny how Ian never went out on breakdown again, unless it was in the van!
Good morning Simon,
Didnât you go to Manchester-ish area after a driver threw the keys into a field and buggered off? Wasnât the foreman Ian James? Had his own garage briefly,later ended up back at J.R.
Regards Andrew.
Morning Andrew / Ian James now theres a name I remember Dai James his father known as Dai continental did he live in S Cornelly at one time ?
Ianto full pelt:
Morning Andrew / Ian James now theres a name I remember Dai James his father known as Dai continental did he live in S Cornelly at one time ?
hi Ianto,
I think thats the same person? Tbh,i never knew his father.The Ian James i am thinking of,did live in South Cornelly for a while.After leaving J.R. I recall him running a blue box van Ford Cargo rigid as an owner driver.He used to park it outside our workshop and walk to and from home,be late 80âs early 90âsâŚ
Regards Andrew.
Owens race transporter off NA3T site,
Hi all,
A few here courtesy of my old mate Clive Tame,a former J.R. driver.A Kent based J.R. subbie had this little mishap,years ago,on what is still known as John Raymondâs roundaboutâŚ
Hi Dean, remember having a similar low loader trailer like this at John Raymond for recovering stricken trucks, having to remove the rear bogie to put ramps on to get vehicles on and off. Remember Ian Jones, the workshop manager, going out on breakdown âItâs ok I donât need you, I can do it myselfâ Please yourself. Couple of hours later I get called out in the van to go and help him, the bogie had gone over a broken kerb and landed at the bottom of the banking at the side of the M5!
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Classic vanman99 ! So did the trailer have a winch so you could pull the bogie up the bank or did you have to
have another recovery vehicle come out and assist â â
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It did, but wasnât up to much, ok if a straight pull, the driver of the broken down truck had buggered off - âI got a delivery to doâ plus the stricken truck was on the trailer by then, we hooked it up by putting a rope around the towing eye of the van and around a bracket on the truck on the trailer to pull it up straight, funny how Ian never went out on breakdown again, unless it was in the van!
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Good morning Simon,
Didnât you go to Manchester-ish area after a driver threw the keys into a field and buggered off? Wasnât the foreman Ian James? Had his own garage briefly,later ended up back at J.R.
Regards Andrew.
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Afternoon Andrew, Yes on both counts, we went up with the spare keys instead, couldnât be bothered to go look in a field for them, especially when it was getting dark! Ian James, yep thatâs him, nice enough guy, funniest thing when his mate called to ask âHow do you take these wardrobes apart in your bedroom mate?â Ian asked, what he was on about, he said giving your misses a hand to move out! Ian left soon after, donât think the phone landed in the cradle and he was through the gate!