South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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gah1950:
hiya komatsu 450
Any more info on the two tractors pulling the flat top out of caerau,was it a fairground operator or something similar it,s hard to make out what the trailer is transporting.
regards graham.

Hi boys these were Leyland Super Beavers , they were beefed up export versions of our f/c Beavers
the early ones were fitted with the old faithful 600 engines later models used the 680 versions, some of these super
Beavers entered service in this country for heavy duty service.(Siddle Cook for example)
These Super Beavers owned by the N.C.B. operated alongside Scammell Mountaineers a rugged 4x4 chassis
usually fitted with Meadows Diesels or the Leyland 680. both types operated with mobile winding gear
in the South Wales coalfield ( might be of interest to one or two of you) the history lesson now ends
Richard

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here’s one from tsp transport from skewen.many years later they became tsp beer when they bought out geo.beer transport,not long after they disappeared.

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here’s another picture of an entress deutz.bill entress apparantley got sick and tired of uk truck manufactures inability to supply vehicles during the 1960’s.so he started buying some of those odd named continental lorries,scania,volvo,deutz aaah they’ll never catch on!

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pete 359:
my dear mate sid evans who took me everywhere when i was a kid in the many trucks he drove,luckily i wasn’t with him in yugoslavia in the spring of 1986 when a german on the wrong side of the road nearly killed him.sadly sid passed away three years ago this december 12th…r.i.p. mate

hi all,
i have just found two other pictures of this impact,they are of the german registered renault artic that caused it.i think that the german pinched a little bit of the white line and collided with sid,who was travelling in the opposite direction.
i think? that the german was carrying coil springs as they are all over the road.i know that sid was taking ladies dress’s down to the middle east.the ex a.s.griffiths scania111 owo 697r was a total write off!
regards andrew

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hi andrew rewbridge were dark green in colour,they also had some on contract to alco swansea painted silver.
i used to stay in the same digs on the london run at hi wycombe "aunty’s"when i was at brs bridgend late sixties.
regards tony

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beaver 680:
hi andrew rewbridge were dark green in colour,they also had some on contract to alco swansea painted silver.
i used to stay in the same digs on the london run at hi wycombe "aunty’s"when i was at brs bridgend late sixties.
regards tony

hi tony,
thanks for that info. i can’t remember them to be honest.obviousley i am too young. ,here’s a shunter that sid evans ran she was used for loading gap tilts with export coil many years ago in the abbey,it had a dog and chain holding the gearbox in place. he bought it from alec. archer in lentwardine.

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sid had this 1735 new with gap,the 1635 he had before it is seen in the background.seen here at gap’s yard in bridgend.

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[lynxman]

pete 359 a colour version of the photo you posted earlier
cheers Richard

[lynxman]

same long load and a tight turn.

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LYNXMAN:

same long load and a tight turn.

hi lynxman, that last one’s a top picture!they had to use alot of road in the days before steering trailers.
regards andrew

[gah1950]

hello pete.
the turning that the scania is trying to take is between drefach and porthyrhydd and even for us with all dancing and singing trailers it is a pretty tight turn, fair play to him.we sometimes take that option of joining the A48 when coming out of torcoed quarry instead of doing battle in cross hands.
regards graham.

[lynxman]

T J REE MCG 963L 6X4 LWB FODEN and drawbar trailer at Rhoose mid 70s ?

[pete_359]

LYNXMAN:

T J REE MCG 963L 6X4 LWB FODEN and drawbar trailer at Rhoose mid 70s ?

hi richard,
you have come out with another gem there tonight mate.rhoose/wow that sends me back way before cardiff international…in the days of rhoose you could park easily,board an aircraft without having to get undressed and fly hassle free…try doing that these days! did they (t.j. ree) used to go abroad with that foden AND DRAG?I CAN REMEMBER SEEING IT OUT AND ABOUT ON THE A48 DURING THE EARLY/MID.70’S.i think that it had bull horns on the front.someone told me that ree’s used to take cattle to sweden?
REGARDS ANDREW

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