South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

pete_359 · 2 March 2010 18:50

chris143:
Hi all, today i went up to Margam park where Scania was doing a promotion i was lucky enough to have the opportunity to take this 620 R series out for a test drive and what a tool it is to, it was only when my mate Alan Cruise who took me out explained it had 28 ton on her back i appreciated how well went, Alan also gave me some pics to share with my trucknet Buddies

hi chris,
i can see that r620 with seabourne’s name on it. they do a special edition black pearl,a mate of mine has had one on demo. and fell in love with it,shame it was 125,000 euro list price,that would take some paying back these days!
regards andrew

chris143 · 2 March 2010 21:04

hi Andy, my view on Scania was fadeing i thought they had lost the plot since the 500- 3 series but what a truck that 620 was today,the gear change was quick,i had heard reports of it being crap compared to volvo’s i shift, but 28 ton was effortless fairplay,steve seabourne can get the check book out cheers Chris.

pete_359 · 2 March 2010 21:12

chris143:
hi Andy, my view on Scania was fadeing i thought they had lost the plot since the 500- 3 series but what a truck that 620 was today,the gear change was quick,i had heard reports of it being crap compared to volvo’s i shift, but 28 ton was effortless fairplay,steve seabourne can get the check book out cheers Chris.

hi chris,
yes that’s what my mate in belgium told me,they are a proper two pedal now,just like volvo i shift.the only 620’s i have driven are all on the r series so have a clutch pedal to pull away and stop.
regards andrew

chris143 · 2 March 2010 21:44

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chris143 · 2 March 2010 21:50

These two pics are of Alan Cruise’s first trucks as an owner driver[][/album]

chris143 · 2 March 2010 21:52

And heres a few of his first artic.http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/AC3.jpg[/img]

chris143 · 2 March 2010 21:54

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chris143 · 2 March 2010 22:02

going up market now this Daf was replaced by a 2035 merc when Alan was doing traction for Ralph Davies of Cheltenham running Spain but sadly no pics of that truck to be found.http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/AC6.jpg[/img]

chris143 · 3 March 2010 09:43

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chris143 · 3 March 2010 09:48

Heres one for you sammy dog, you may remember these two Martyn, Alan cruise’s scania and Gilberts volvo on the coal job from newport dock.http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/AC9.jpg[/img]

chris143 · 3 March 2010 09:53

This was a serious tool,Alan sold this truck to a fella from the midlands last year when the country went belly up…

chris143 · 3 March 2010 10:01

This one is outside Llanwern, Graham who drives the walters Scania talking to alan in front of the Foden he owned and run on
RG Miles,a foreigner reversed into the Foden one sunday morning and cracked it from top to bottom…

pete_359 · 3 March 2010 19:24

pete 359:
i was asked recently what had happened to sal 513r. g.e. keedwell bought it from one of his brothers.seen here at keedwell’s pyle yard in 1996.this rare beast is still (mostly) at the rear of the yard in “kit form”.i believe one of the few original hht’s built is being restored somewhere? anyone know anything??

hi all,
back on page 24 of the south wales thread i posted this picture above.i took that picture back in april 1996,when pyle based g.e. keedwell bought this hht from his brother norman.these rare machines were built in the 70’s by heanor haulage in derbys.the photo below was taken in keedwell’s pyle yard today.keedwell tells me he intends to restore this hht.the original detroit has been replaced with a 14 litre scania v8 and the f89 cab has been scrapped and a 2 series scania cab now sits in it’s place.as can be seen in these photo’s below,the past 14 years have taken their toll.

pete_359 · 3 March 2010 20:14

also in the same yard are the remains of this wrecker.

pete_359 · 3 March 2010 20:18

i remember a firm called groom and llewellyn running this truck.

pete_359 · 3 March 2010 20:27

i also spied this erf in keedwell’s yard.

mechanic77 · 3 March 2010 20:38

Was hoping to see the HHT looking all restored and shiney red, looks like theres a lot of work to be done there. Hopefully it will get done, it’d be good to have some of those preserved.

pete_359 · 3 March 2010 21:17

mechanic77:
Was hoping to see the HHT looking all restored and shiney red, looks like theres a lot of work to be done there. Hopefully it will get done, it’d be good to have some of those preserved.

hi neil,
yes neil totally agree with you mate,here’s a couple of tarmac subbies.

bewick · 3 March 2010 22:00

pete 359:

Just so as you don’t lose the will to live Andrew I thought I had better give you a flash of inspiration with a shot of OJM480L in the Paper Mill at Beetham with what would be probably one of its first re-loads of pulp back to the Mill it would be virtually brand new Jan 73’ Cheers Dennis.

sammy_dog · 4 March 2010 21:21

chris143:
Heres one for you sammy dog, you may remember these two Martyn, Alan cruise’s scania and Gilberts volvo on the coal job from newport dock.http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/AC9.jpg[/img]

hi chris mate hope your feeling better regarding the volvo and scania i cant really remember those 2.when i was up at newport dock we were taking coal to uskmouth power station for penllyne were they on for them cheers martyn.