pete 359:
me in g800 heading for either west brom. or atkins of derby? to changeover tommy roberts.loaded with a slab for b.s.c. lackenby.
What weight was in the slab then Andrew ? Dennis.
hi dennis,
they were usually around 22 tonne.if they were the smaller lighter ones then you would load two.then they were double chained at each end.the one in the photo would be tight against the headboard so centre chains were fine,as long as you were carefull.for a while we took export slabs to swansea dock that were used in the u.s.a. to stamp out the bottom of the railway cars,most of them were 24 tonne and 9 feet wide.i always wondered what they did with the port talbot slabs at the primary mill in lackenby?we used to take them there,they would then move them around the yard a few times,then a few months or so later we would bring them back to port talbot or more often llanwern.
regards andrew
If youvâe been having a bad day Andrew this shot should brighten you up !! It will have been taken at the time we re-furbed the old girl then it went onto local, running loads of woodpulp from the warehouse in Carnforth to the paper Mill at Beetham 14 mile round trip.The shunters nickname who drove 480L was âCycloneâ and he couldnât half make the old girl percolate !!! Dennis.
sounds like you had you,r moneyâs worth out of ojm dennis?earlier today,grahame hillman who is a well known and respected plant heavy haulage driver with walters group kindly called into see me and enabled me to take these photos of an 85 tonne machine that he had collected from the tarmac quarry in south cornelly.the scania and trailer weigh 55 tonnes empty,so all up weight today was in excess of 140 tonnes.grahame being the consumate profesional man he is, made it look all so easy.you are a fine ambassador to the uk heavy haulage industry.
thanks grahame.
A load and a half there Andrew !! Well out of my league those lads ! It is a very specialist job Heavy Hauling !!! Excellent all the same well done ! Cheers Dennis.
hi dennis,
thanks for that.they are also well out of my league ,grahame has this evening very kindly sent me some cracking shots.this first batch look like profesional images,especially when compared to my snaps.thanks again grahame.
regards andrew
thanks for calling in today grahame,and thank you for taking the time tonight to email images to me and giving me permission to post them.this thread is all the better for people like yourself.
Paul John:
Tremendous photos, Andrew and Grahame. The open cast one is brilliant and you can almost hear the equipment working.
Regards Paul.
what cracking photos yes open cast phots look like they belong on the cover of scania mag passed this truck on m5 this week looked right outfit with that dumper cheers ian
Paul John:
Tremendous photos, Andrew and Grahame. The open cast one is brilliant and you can almost hear the equipment working.
Regards Paul.
what cracking photos yes open cast phots look like they belong on the cover of scania mag passed this truck on m5 this week looked right outfit with that dumper cheers ian
hi boys,
thanks for that.you can tell those first batch of images were taken by someone with more photographic knowledge and equipment than me. ,graham told me he has been running reconditioned cat777 dump trucks down from alfreton to south wales alot the last few weeks,so ian thatâs probably how you have seen him on the m5.
regards andrew
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Andrew & Graham,
Got to agree with everything said,superb photoâs,they would grace any truck book.
Cheers Dave.
hi dave,
thanks to everyone who has contacted me today saying how much they enjoyed graham hillmanâs walters group photos.the good news is,that graham has sent some more,this time starting with the 4 series scania that he had new a few years ago,seen here loaded with a crusher,thanks graham.
regards andrew
now a very good mate of mine who is into plant in the same way i am into trucks has told me that walters group run all manner of large machines,though i donât think he mentioned they had one of these!
pete 359:
would this happen to be finningâs in llantrisant graham?
Hiya Andrew if Iâd known you could have done me a âHalf decent paint jobâ I wouldnât have dragged these two 113s all the way back from West Trucks !! I could have just shot them across the Bridge !! Cheers Dennis.
,grahame has this evening very kindly sent me some cracking shots.this first batch look like profesional images,especially when compared to my snaps.thanks again grahame.