porthcawl based s. protheroe and son leyland tipper.
protheroeās later moved to port talbot and ran a litchfield changeover with sandersonās of great broughton for many years.
i think they only had two of these f86ās.the mainstay of the fleet were atkiās,later 400ās and one 401,until they finished around 1984.
i scrounged the protheroe photoās from a family friend and retired driver,graham ricard.after leaving protheroeās, graham drove for south cornelly based davies bros.seen here in summer 1980,grahamās scammell routeman and davies bros doorless workshop.
graham graduated to several manās with davies bros.this one here (c149 gcy) was probably the last one he had?
pete 359:
mason bros. from haverfordwest use this f16 to move their steam engine around.
I know this photograph!!
I took it at the 2008 Welland Steam Rally.
Andrew, that 150 ton MAN didnāt take long to get done from phone call to painted and outside, anyone would think you wanted to make sure you had this weekend off or something. 
Neil.
mechanic77:
Andrew, that 150 ton MAN didnāt take long to get done from phone call to painted and outside, anyone would think you wanted to make sure you had this weekend off or something.
Neil.
hi neil,
yes,the man was collected at 6 a.m. tuesday morning.you bet i wanted this weekend off work mate 
i am looking forward to it,daibootsy is also attending and meeting us at warwick.ec14 and gareth with the transcon. are coming to my place friday afternoon,what time do you want to leave mate?
Andrew,
Iāll give you a call tomorrow to arange.
Neil.
mechanic77:
Andrew, that 150 ton MAN didnāt take long to get done from phone call to painted and outside, anyone would think you wanted to make sure you had this weekend off or something.
Neil.
Well boys it looks as if you are getting ready for a good time, this weekend. That was pretty neat for Dave to meet Graham and get the photos.
If I win the Florida lottery tonight, Iāll be on the plane Friday afternoon. If not I will wait to see all your photos, and perhaps read a tale or two as well.
Regards Paul.
Paul John:
mechanic77:
Andrew, that 150 ton MAN didnāt take long to get done from phone call to painted and outside, anyone would think you wanted to make sure you had this weekend off or something.
Neil.Well boys it looks as if you are getting ready for a good time, this weekend. That was pretty neat for Dave to meet Graham and get the photos.
If I win the Florida lottery tonight, Iāll be on the plane Friday afternoon. If not I will wait to see all your photos, and perhaps read a tale or two as well.
Regards Paul.
hi paul,
if i won the lottery i will be heading straight to florida ,after gaydon though!
regards andrew
pete 359:
a seddon from r. nessbert of cardiff,fully freighted with timber.
Good to see āSixties & Seventiesā stuff again. My friend drove for Nesbertās. One day him and his mate were bringing paper and print down to the mint. One carried the paper, and one the print. My mate stopped off at his house for a cuppa and there was a major police alert as they had not both arrived. My mate rolled up about an hour later as calm as you like, wondering what all the police were having such a panic about!!!
pete 359:
Paul John:
mechanic77:
Andrew, that 150 ton MAN didnāt take long to get done from phone call to painted and outside, anyone would think you wanted to make sure you had this weekend off or something.
Neil.Well boys it looks as if you are getting ready for a good time, this weekend. That was pretty neat for Dave to meet Graham and get the photos.
If I win the Florida lottery tonight, Iāll be on the plane Friday afternoon. If not I will wait to see all your photos, and perhaps read a tale or two as well.
Regards Paul.hi paul,
if i won the lottery i will be heading straight to florida
regards andrew
Hi Andrew,
Got some pics of your moter at Gaydon,had a look for you,but you werenāt about,like the murals on the back of the cab.Will post them on the Border thread next week.
Cheers Dave.
hi all,
just returned from an excellent weekend of,classic trucks,good friends and ice cold strongbow.this years steelboys run to gaydon was a corker!with around 50 trucks we were quite a sight to see.this year we were all raising money for help the heroeās,a charity that has surely touched the heart and minds of everyone.this ended with our group raising a very large donation for this deserving charity.many trucknet members have donated,you and everyone else should feel very proud.more of that tomorrow in the mean time a couple of pictures.