South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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how the hell did he manage that without damageing the fairing on the cab■■? rigsby

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hi rigsby he caught it on a tree sticking out in a lane it caught the top of the body on the pillar corner they send all our trucks down lanes on deliverys

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a couple more for the album

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hi all,
a few man’s this morning.

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hi all,
is it me and my poor sub-standard self taught i.t. skills?or has photobucket stopped working for everyone :smiley: ?
regards andrew

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eureka :smiley: .porthcawl fairground,love the caravan at the rear!

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hi all,
a couple of pictures of vaughan’s transport from bridgend.

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pete 359:
hi all,
is it me and my poor sub-standard self taught i.t. skills?or has photobucket stopped working for everyone :smiley: ?
regards andrew

Well it hasn’t worked for me for around a month now Pete, I can’t access it from my favourites list but if I log on via Google etc it only lets me show about 7 pages out of around 20. I have now gone back to using Imageshack, not as good but at least I can post pics.

Pete.

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hi all,
something a little different now,during 1990 the british army used to come to porthcawl for the night, enroute to the large castle martin tank range in west wales.they are seen here on the a4229 going the wrong way around the roundabout in front of the esso garage at south cornelly.it was quite a sight with around 15-20 loaded tank transporters and a spare scammell,which was frequently used :smiley: .i think they were powered by a v12 roller.

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pete 359:

Bit “blurrrey” these last two shots you put on Andrew! Was it you that painted them? didn’t want us to see the “niagara” waterfalls and “orange peel” finishing did you? Thought it was a “speciality” of Coopers!!! Light the “Salamander” get this workshop warmed up!!! Cheers Dennis.

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pete 359:
hi all,
something a little different now,during 1990 the british army used to come to porthcawl for the night, enroute to the large castle martin tank range in west wales.they are seen here on the a4229 going the wrong way around the roundabout in front of the esso garage at south cornelly.it was quite a sight with around 15-20 loaded tank transporters and a spare scammell,which was frequently used :smiley: .i think they were powered by a v12 roller.

Question—Is that Corpral “Carryfast” at the wheel of the leading Scammell? No sorry it can’t be if it has a “Roller” under the hood!!!

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hi andrew there is a new way to put fotos on that why i can do it easy , u must be doing well on your diet another new merc turned up mon i am in sat will take more pics

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one of shanks

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pete 359:
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These boys are going too fast for you Johnnie!!! So don’t start frothing at the mouth–besides there’s too many gears on these "girls"for you to sort out! I know ,I know they’er all in “one box” but your Crusader had a semi auto box, simples wink,wink,Cheers Dennis.

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Andrew, I know things in Porthcawl can traditionally get a bit out of hand on a bank holiday weekend but calling the tanks in seems rather drastic :smiley: .

Seriously though where did they park that lot up?

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mechanic77:

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Andrew, I know things in Porthcawl can traditionally get a bit out of hand on a bank holiday weekend but calling the tanks in seems rther drastic :smiley: .

Seriously though where did they park that lot up?

morning neil,
they were expecting trouble/so they thought they had better play it safe :smiley: .all jokes aside,they always parked up on salt lake carpark,the large area of land opposite the entrance to the fair.they used to have a few on guard duty overnight,the remainder,and i mean dozens and dozens of thirsty squaddies,would then go on the lash in the pubs on the seafront.they always stayed in the esplanade hotel,which was regularly trashed :smiley: .in another album,i have lots of photos of them parked up overnight,will bore everyone with them soon :smiley: .
regards andrew

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hi all,
here’s a couple of local lads :smiley: .

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hello andrew.
From my time moving the Challengers you tend to get a little knowledge on certain things,which brings me to remember that the engines fitted to the Scammell Commanders are basically the same power plant that is in fact fitted to the Challengers themselves. Could be wrong and open to correction.
Graham.