South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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hi paul john i think the driver in question was a chap from pen y fai very nice helpful driver you dont see many of them anymore his name i believe was idris hughes.

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no south wales haulage thread would be complete without a “griff fender” van. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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pete 359:
no south wales haulage thread would be complete without a “griff fender” van. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Hi Abdrew,
Used to see loads if Griif Fender furniture lorries on the Brecon to Leominster road in the 60’s,they didn’t hang about,it was a regular thing to see one of them through the hedge in the winter.
Cheers Dave.

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hi all,
went to port talbot this morning and it’s good to see the old joint motorways yard being used again.w. doyle transport are in there now.owens left some time ago.

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talking of owens i also called in there and saw some old friends from the joints days.

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I worked for Archbolds distribution,Morley,in the
late '60’sGriff Fender’s 4 wheeler pantechnicon was on the doorstep every Monday morning with full load of Addis for our distribution network.Don’t know if he ran up Sunday.

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owens have astonished me,in a time when many firms are ceasing trading,they just continue to grow and grow.though it’s surprising how friendly the bank will be when you owe them alot of money. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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this is the yard shunter! pretty upmarket shunter i thought!!!

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Great pictures again .Keep them coming in . Yes its nice too see that joints yard is in use again. If you go too the Shropshire show i might see you there .Tony

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ok,so i know randolph transport who own this man are from scotland not wales,however,last summer this man and a foreign registered merc were for around 3 months based in swansea dock running wind farm sections to west wales doing two trips a day five days a week.if you got caught behind them once they were the other side of carmarthen west bound then you would have a very long wait.

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Hi all here’s a few pics of Lee and Peter Hardy’s fine machineshttp://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/PICT1055.jpg[/img]

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a td williams fh.funny camber on that road. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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pete 359:
a td williams fh.funny camber on that road. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

andrew any word to was driving that fh as one of my drivers went to wotk for td regards martyn

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It’d have to be a trailer with: CAUTION HIGH TRAILER on the headboard wouldn’t it.

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mechanic77:
It’d have to be a trailer with: CAUTION HIGH TRAILER on the headboard wouldn’t it.

hi neil,
yes :laughing: and also one of those yellow chevron signs on a black background that even stevie bloody wonder could see.usually the big problem with bridge bashing is the bridge inspection,if the bridge has moved as happens sometimes when hit with a loaded container then that can cost a fortune!especially if its a railway bridge.sorry martyn,i have no idea who was driving,tdw have all kinds of auto box muppets these days.
regards andrew

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Here’s another picture of the Randolph Transport MAN when it was new.The firm’s owner was in the IOM last year and e-mailed me a few pictures.

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hiya,
That would have made the old mainline loco job a doddle Chris, never got owt posh like that.
thanks harry long retired.

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harry_gill:
hiya,
That would have made the old mainline loco job a doddle Chris, never got owt posh like that.
thanks harry long retired.

Aye Harry,it cost a bob or two that motor,not sure if he lets the regular driver take it home :laughing: He’s coming over again this year so will get some more pics off him.
No good me being on that windfarm job - where could you park one of them on a dodgy?
Here’s another one of his:-

Are there any lay-bys long enough? :grimacing: