South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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member gah1950 has kindly emailed me with some images :sunglasses: .the first bit of weight on the new motorsā€™ back.a cat. d9 from gore quarry in kington to tamworth :sunglasses: .thanks graham.

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pete 359:

pete 359:

Trev_H:

pete 359:

gah1950:
hello andrew,
the last marathon possibly one of hills transport,they had a few i am sure, and the old kg reg,
graham.

Hi graham,
Correct sir,seems a sad waste of a classic motor to me.the marathon cabs were known for tin worm,as can be seen :laughing:

You wouldnā€™t need a gas axe to cut that up, I think a good pressure washer would do it !

Hi trev,
A good gust of wind would do it :laughing: :slight_smile: :laughing:
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hi all,
the last time i saw that silver marathon was when i had my a series erf and i parked next to it at pembrey truck racing around? 1997,ec14 was also there in this erf,which is still working and on ebay at the moment :sunglasses: .

Iā€™m sure I seen this ERF the other day on my way to birmingham.

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ben@gwrec:

pete 359:

pete 359:

Trev_H:

pete 359:

gah1950:
hello andrew,
the last marathon possibly one of hills transport,they had a few i am sure, and the old kg reg,
graham.

Hi graham,
Correct sir,seems a sad waste of a classic motor to me.the marathon cabs were known for tin worm,as can be seen :laughing:

You wouldnā€™t need a gas axe to cut that up, I think a good pressure washer would do it !

Hi trev,
A good gust of wind would do it :laughing: :slight_smile: :laughing:
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hi all,
the last time i saw that silver marathon was when i had my a series erf and i parked next to it at pembrey truck racing around? 1997,ec14 was also there in this erf,which is still working and on ebay at the moment :sunglasses: .

Iā€™m sure I seen this ERF the other day on my way to birmingham.

hi ben,
i dare say you did see it.i saw it on the m25 just before xmas 2011,fully freighted in lane 2 going well loaded with heavy scrap.

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graham,what weight is this d9? also what is the gross train weight please?

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hello andrew,
surprisingly the D9T is not very heavy,it comes in around 48/50ton complete with blade and variable tine hook, gross weight i would guess as i took the inter -dolly out would be i the region of 90 ton,only half a load lol.
graham. :smiley:

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gah1950:
hello andrew,
surprisingly the D9T is not very heavy,it comes in around 48/50ton complete with blade and variable tine hook, gross weight i would guess as i took the inter -dolly out would be i the region of 90 ton,only half a load lol.
graham. :smiley:

Hi graham,
Thanks for the reply.i thought that d9 was heavier than that,shows how little I know :laughing:

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Iā€™ve borrowed this picture posted by ā€˜Fryskeā€™ on the graveyard thread. The Atki belonged to Pontypool commercials, I remember seeing it parked up on an industrial site in New inn [all houses now] about 20 years ago, it was in a more complete state then and I recall a Scammell Explorer in same colours parked with it. Anyone else remember it?
Neil.

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mechanic77:
Iā€™ve borrowed this picture posted by ā€˜Fryskeā€™ on the graveyard thread. The Atki belonged to Pontypool commercials, I remember seeing it parked up on an industrial site in New inn [all houses now] about 20 years ago, it was in a more complete state then and I recall a Scammell Explorer in same colours parked with it. Anyone else remember it?
Neil.

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hi neil,
i saw that on the graveyard and wondered,who and where :question: :sunglasses: thanks .
regards andrew.

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The place in New inn were I saw it used to be Walker steels if that rings any bells. As I said its been a housing estate for a long time now.
Neil.

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hi all,
hereā€™s a couple from daibootsy.

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Hereā€™s a few sent to me by another mate,Danny Thomas,whoā€™s father had hired graham keedwell to collect this scrap handler from Barry dock last friday and deliver it to their recycling facility at fforestfach.
Regards Andrew.

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Waiting to recycled @ fforestfach :sunglasses: .

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pete 359:
Waiting to recycled @ fforestfach :sunglasses: .

Couldnā€™t you have saved that one Andrew? Would have made a nice little shunter for you, :slight_smile: [I suspect youā€™ve saved a part off it]
Neil.

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Hi all
These mercs were once a very familiar sight 24/7 on the m4.

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pete 359:

Hi all,
Didnā€™t this belong to Glovers Recovery of Cardiff -Celtic- many moons ago?

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Hi all,
Didnā€™t this belong to Glovers Recovery of Cardiff -Celtic- many moons ago?

Thats the one, sheā€™s done her share of towing in South Wales over the years.
Neil.

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mechanic77:

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Hi all,
Didnā€™t this belong to Glovers Recovery of Cardiff -Celtic- many moons ago?

Thats the one, sheā€™s done her share of towing in South Wales over the years.
Neil.

Hi Neil,
Didnā€™t walls buy glovers and that then morphed into Celtic :question: I am sure as this threads recovery guru,that you would know :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: