mechanic77:
terry western brs:
i had this one brand new with hales just before biffa took over in 2002 maclift skip gear
Llanbradach by-pass by any chance? Where were the rusty Hills and Hy-mac trucks?
yes the brad bypass mate
terry western brs:
pete 359:
a couple of welsh oldies.my cousin jeremy parsons owned this truck for about three years and dai chains morris my butty had it before him
my mate Ioan used to own this 88 and was happy to see the picture,thanks to Andrew for putting it on here for me theres a picture of Dai chains transcon on here somewhere that my brother used to drive for him.As for the wrecked BRS 111 my friends dad used to drive that regularly,though thankfully not when that accident happened.
is your brother kelvin clothier ■■ if so he knows my old man i remember dais old transcon what a machine it wasnt your normal 14 litre ■■■■■■■ either it had some experimental american diesel pump on it cos when dai took it to ■■■■■■■ the same time as my cousin jeremy took his transcon they were puzzled dais transcon was plh191w i remember it very well
JB1977:
terry western brs:
pete 359:
a couple of welsh oldies.my cousin jeremy parsons owned this truck for about three years and dai chains morris my butty had it before him
my mate Ioan used to own this 88 and was happy to see the picture,thanks to Andrew for putting it on here for me theres a picture of Dai chains transcon on here somewhere that my brother used to drive for him.As for the wrecked BRS 111 my friends dad used to drive that regularly,though thankfully not when that accident happened.
terry western brs:
is your brother kelvin clothier ■■ if so he knows my old man i remember dais old transcon what a machine it wasnt your normal 14 litre ■■■■■■■ either it had some experimental american diesel pump on it cos when dai took it to ■■■■■■■ the same time as my cousin jeremy took his transcon they were puzzled dais transcon was plh191w i remember it very wellJB1977:
terry western brs:
pete 359:
a couple of welsh oldies.my cousin jeremy parsons owned this truck for about three years and dai chains morris my butty had it before him
my mate Ioan used to own this 88 and was happy to see the picture,thanks to Andrew for putting it on here for me theres a picture of Dai chains transcon on here somewhere that my brother used to drive for him.As for the wrecked BRS 111 my friends dad used to drive that regularly,though thankfully not when that accident happened.
Andy Bartle is my brother who drove for Dai, my dad was Len Bartle,done a bit of wheeling and dealing with Dai over the years. I had good memories of that transcon, i went to scotland in it a lot in the summer hols when i was in school. My dad reckoned you could hear that old ford coming up to rockwool when it was on full song!
me and dad live in ynyshir where dai is from i rode in that transcon of dais loads of times i also went with dai for a week when i had summer hols when he had his iveco 190.36 turbo new he was still on the rockwool contract then the truck reg wa g146orb but i think dai used to miss his transcon
JB1977:
terry western brs:
is your brother kelvin clothier ■■ if so he knows my old man i remember dais old transcon what a machine it wasnt your normal 14 litre ■■■■■■■ either it had some experimental american diesel pump on it cos when dai took it to ■■■■■■■ the same time as my cousin jeremy took his transcon they were puzzled dais transcon was plh191w i remember it very wellJB1977:
terry western brs:
pete 359:
a couple of welsh oldies.my cousin jeremy parsons owned this truck for about three years and dai chains morris my butty had it before him
my mate Ioan used to own this 88 and was happy to see the picture,thanks to Andrew for putting it on here for me theres a picture of Dai chains transcon on here somewhere that my brother used to drive for him.As for the wrecked BRS 111 my friends dad used to drive that regularly,though thankfully not when that accident happened.
Andy Bartle is my brother who drove for Dai, my dad was Len Bartle,done a bit of wheeling and dealing with Dai over the years. I had good memories of that transcon, i went to scotland in it a lot in the summer hols when i was in school. My dad reckoned you could hear that old ford coming up to rockwool when it was on full song!
see if you can find that pic of dais transcon mate i would love to see it again
terry western brs:
me and dad live in ynyshir where dai is from i rode in that transcon of dais loads of times i also went with dai for a week when i had summer hols when he had his iveco 190.36 turbo new he was still on the rockwool contract then the truck reg wa g146orb but i think dai used to miss his transconJB1977:
terry western brs:
is your brother kelvin clothier ■■ if so he knows my old man i remember dais old transcon what a machine it wasnt your normal 14 litre ■■■■■■■ either it had some experimental american diesel pump on it cos when dai took it to ■■■■■■■ the same time as my cousin jeremy took his transcon they were puzzled dais transcon was plh191w i remember it very wellJB1977:
terry western brs:
pete 359:
a couple of welsh oldies.my cousin jeremy parsons owned this truck for about three years and dai chains morris my butty had it before him
my mate Ioan used to own this 88 and was happy to see the picture,thanks to Andrew for putting it on here for me theres a picture of Dai chains transcon on here somewhere that my brother used to drive for him.As for the wrecked BRS 111 my friends dad used to drive that regularly,though thankfully not when that accident happened.
Andy Bartle is my brother who drove for Dai, my dad was Len Bartle,done a bit of wheeling and dealing with Dai over the years. I had good memories of that transcon, i went to scotland in it a lot in the summer hols when i was in school. My dad reckoned you could hear that old ford coming up to rockwool when it was on full song!
taken in 1988 or 89? havent seen Dai in about 14 years or so, hope hes keeping well, a bit of a character!
sorry about that mate, im still no good with this photobucket lark! theres a picture of it on the trucking in the 80s thread between pages 33-34 if i remember right. i,ll dig out the photo and scan it on my mams p.c. as mines on the blink. sorry about that.
think i did it right this time!
can you put them on here please i cant see it matey
JB1977:
taken in 1988 or 89? havent seen Dai in about 14 years or so, hope hes keeping well, a bit of a character!
good god that brings back some fond memories mate where are you from then ??are you a rhondda boy dai has retired now his missus is ill so he looks after her quite a lot i see him often though he hasnt changed
JB1977:
think i did it right this time!
yanto36:
Yanto36 great photos as always. I will ask the same question as mechanic 77, where did you get the HY-MAC shots from.
The blue and white super comet had a leyland 401 in it and was the last of in Powell Duffryn colours and spent most of its life supplying the production line working internally. The sherpa was used by the parts dept as a run around.
The last vehicles run by HY-MAC in yellow was an A series Ford, a F88 and F86 all of which were bought by my cousin Nigel, and contracted back to them.
Tremendous stuff.
Alun and Terry welcome to the forum.
Paul.
Paul John:
yanto36:
Yanto36 great photos as always. I will ask the same question as mechanic 77, where did you get the HY-MAC shots from.
The blue and white super comet had a leyland 401 in it and was the last of in Powell Duffryn colours and spent most of its life supplying the production line working internally. The sherpa was used by the parts dept as a run around.
The last vehicles run by HY-MAC in yellow was an A series Ford, a F88 and F86 all of which were bought by my cousin Nigel, and contracted back to them.
Tremendous stuff.
Alun and Terry welcome to the forum.
hi all,
totally agree with everything that’s been said,where was that photo of the hill’s marathon taken?
regards andrew
Paul.
mrken:
pete 359:
yesterday (saturday) ec14 and i saw it.Andrew this has got such a good cab on it I did a s41 a few years ago and the amount of tinworm was unreal cant believe how clean this is for a s40
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Also look at the little mini in the back ground just finished a cooper s the Silver Scania was that a ex Dennis Oats with that headboard and reg
keep up the good work you have so mant lost tresures over the bridge
Are these wagons over the bridge? or still in Wales?
malcolm kirk:
mrken:
pete 359:
yesterday (saturday) ec14 and i saw it.Andrew this has got such a good cab on it I did a s41 a few years ago and the amount of tinworm was unreal cant believe how clean this is for a s40
a
Also look at the little mini in the back ground just finished a cooper s the Silver Scania was that a ex Dennis Oats with that headboard and reg
keep up the good work you have so mant lost tresures over the bridgeAre these wagons over the bridge? or still in Wales?
hi,
they are in the owners workshops in wales 
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regards andrew
pete 359:
malcolm kirk:
mrken:
pete 359:
yesterday (saturday) ec14 and i saw it.Andrew this has got such a good cab on it I did a s41 a few years ago and the amount of tinworm was unreal cant believe how clean this is for a s40
a
Also look at the little mini in the back ground just finished a cooper s the Silver Scania was that a ex Dennis Oats with that headboard and reg
keep up the good work you have so mant lost tresures over the bridgeAre these wagons over the bridge? or still in Wales?
hi,
they are in the owners workshops in wales
regards andrew
Cheers Andrew, I will add them to the register, would be great to see these back on the road, especially the Foden, thats a rare beast around these parts!
Regards Malcolm. 
terry western brs:
good god that brings back some fond memories mate where are you from then ??are you a rhondda boy dai has retired now his missus is ill so he looks after her quite a lot i see him often though he hasnt changedJB1977:
think i did it right this time!
my familys from the ogmore valley,my dad was good mates with Dai,he used to service his trailers when he was on nights in rockwool! plenty of tales to be told there!, sadly dad passed away in march but i always smile when i think of the old stories he used to tell me when i was younger.
Sorry for the late reply been busy in work!. Glad you all like the pics of the Hills Marathon and Hymac trucks,they were taken over at Jeff and Andrew Ways scrapyard a couple of weeks ago and i was shocked to see they were having a a real clearout and after years of being hidden and these beauties were in sight so couldn’t resist taken some phone snaps to post on here knowing they would stir up some memories!!!.
Went over for a throttle cable for my K series Dodge (after it snapped on the way to MOT at the ministry in Llantrisant!) and ended up fitting a bedford throttle cable after some modification, Dodge spares are so hard to come by now.
Dodge is now a fully paid up member of the MOT and tax bracket at last!!!.
Got more photos to scan and upload including a Mobile pit winder Scammell Crusader in NCB colours and NCB F7 8 wheeler tipper which were given to me at the Tonyrefail classic car show.
hi all,
west wales based owner driver,colin wilshaw used to run this bedford tk artic.
colin,later graduated to a ford transcontinental.