South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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hi all used to backload pre coats out of craig yr hesg in the mid 70,s when it was arc, the chap in the weighbridge was very strict and i think maybe religious?. might have been called harry?. anyhow that was the first time i met jeff cadwallader when he was just an owner driver. im sure loads of people on here know jeff.

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gah1950:
hello john.
yes the quarry is still open and run by hansons,the quality of the stone there is very high as it is used mostly on trunk roads and motorways as an anti skid surface,when i worked there aberthaw cement had their own fleet of tankers,you must have known harry gardner when you worked for billy.
regards graham.

Hello Graham
Sorry you have lost me there, I don’t think I know anyone called Harry Gardner, and I have never worked for anyone called Billy.

cheers

John.

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trucknet member ec14 used to drive this erf for a west wales operator.

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the erf with a nolan’s trailer coming through dublin.

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delivering a hay feeder to a show at earls court,looks a tad high on that nolan’s flat

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pete 359:
delivering a hay feeder to a show at earls court,looks a tad high on that nolan’s flat

check out the erf beuties picture page its still working hard now as a 4x2

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spencerjones20:

pete 359:
delivering a hay feeder to a show at earls court,looks a tad high on that nolan’s flat

check out the erf beuties picture page its still working hard now as a 4x2

hi,
we had heard that she’s a 4x2 and still running,a mutual friend of ours said he saw it working .
regards andrew

[gah1950]

hello john.
sorry my mistake, i thought that you worked for WT DAVIES aka (billy).
regards graham.

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A white in for M.O.T 1991

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Is this the vehicle that was stolen from outside W.T’s■■?

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The man himself

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A plastic pig on the left & a Seddon Atkinson Strato in for a service at P.M. REES’s back in 97

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One of PMR’s EC’s having an m.o.t steam

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yanto36:
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.

Well done matey in getting the Dodge through its MOT, brilliant! Just found another Dodge K in the form of an ex Newport Fire Engine on a T plate in West Wales, great stuff

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s gates 87:
One of PMR’s EC’s having an m.o.t steam

hi sgates87,
good to see more of your pictures .what happened to p.m.rees?they became p.m. rees 2000?,though i think they have totally gone now?
regards andrew

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A shot from K.C.S Transport. ERF E10 shunter & the Maestro service van

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pete 359:

s gates 87:
One of PMR’s EC’s having an m.o.t steam

hi sgates87,
good to see more of your pictures .what happened to p.m.rees?they became p.m. rees 2000?,though i think they have totally gone now?
regards andrew

Their still going Andrew though he doesn’t paint his vehicle’s in his trade mark livery anymore. He has a mixed fleet now, all the ERF’s have died now i think

Regards Simon.

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One of W.T’s many Tank’s

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terry western brs:
some nice pics of wt davies old fleet that brings back some memories indeed like the first 500hp v8 in the uk and it was stolen from telfords if my memory serves right last i heardit made its way to greece i maybe wrong though did you find any more CAPPERS pics of old 81s 82s 92s 93s and 113s ■■ thanks for the memories cheers mate

s gates 87:
These are some pictures of the W.T. DAVIES fleet from over the last 30 years

Hi Terry, couldn’t find anymore of the capper’s vehicle’s sorry mate but i’ll ask around in work to see if anyone’s got any.
Regards Simon.