kelsan erf 410 just picked up a dfds trailer in immingham,the coldest night out i have ever had in any truck ever! 
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kelsan replaced the 410 with this 500 olympic,seen here around 2002 with part of a large baler/frag.
This at first glance looks like a Leyland Octopus, but the badge says Albion Caledonian, the reason for this was
Albion still had a strong following and many customers only wanted Albion products, so leyland gave in and
introduced the Caledonian in 1957, it had Leyland cab,600 engine,leyland 5 speed gearbox,
everything else was pure Albion, chassis, this was bolted Leylands were riveted, axles althouth very sturdy were
lighter than the octopus, and many drivers said the Albion handled better than the Leyland
hi andrew and graham
s protheroe porthcawl ran stone from neath area to the deep water harbour port talbot, they ran ex brs bristols and the old 8 wheelers they had finished long dstance with when they went over to artics,the name pascoe does not ring a bell. northways was a name protheroe’s gave to the fleet they bought from clifford powell from caldicot for tax reasons.I drove the beaver in the photo of the yard.
regards tony
JAMIE10:
komatsu 450:
sammy dog:
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motorhappy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
Happy New year all that tandam that martyn has got on finally died when the body went up and the back end stayed where it was we were running it at 50ton plus on nights internal in llanwern with granulate
was that an ex sanmar truck looks like it
hi jamie
yes she was ex sanmar bought her from bridgend tony morgan was selling second hand trucks at the time i also had ex joint motorways 1633 .the old v8 s as pete 359 said were bomb proof never had a moments trouble with the engines .
sammy dog:
JAMIE10:
komatsu 450:
sammy dog:
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motorhappy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
Happy New year all that tandam that martyn has got on finally died when the body went up and the back end stayed where it was we were running it at 50ton plus on nights internal in llanwern with granulate
was that an ex sanmar truck looks like it
hi martyn,
someone? on the forum,a while back told me they had a very nasty accident in c110 in towcester one night coming back from southampton on containers heading for sanmar’s @ wakefield.he told me she had a new cab and chassis straightened.i think she’s in a far warmer place then twcester or wakefield now
regards andrew
hi jamie
yes she was ex sanmar bought her from bridgend tony morgan was selling second hand trucks at the time i also had ex joint motorways 1633 .the old v8 s as pete 359 said were bomb proof never had a moments trouble with the engines .
pete 359:
sammy dog:
JAMIE10:
komatsu 450:
sammy dog:
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motorhappy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
Happy New year all that tandam that martyn has got on finally died when the body went up and the back end stayed where it was we were running it at 50ton plus on nights internal in llanwern with granulate
was that an ex sanmar truck looks like it
hi martyn,
someone? on the forum,a while back told me they had a very nasty accident in c110 in towcester one night coming back from southampton on containers heading for sanmar’s @ wakefield.he told me she had a new cab and chassis straightened.i think she’s in a far warmer place then twcester or wakefield now
regards andrew
hi jamie
yes she was ex sanmar bought her from bridgend tony morgan was selling second hand trucks at the time i also had ex joint motorways 1633 .the old v8 s as pete 359 said were bomb proof never had a moments trouble with the engines .
hi andrew got to be honest i would never have known as it drove as it should regards martyn
sammy dog:
pete 359:
sammy dog:
JAMIE10:
komatsu 450:
sammy dog:
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motorhappy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
Happy New year all that tandam that martyn has got on finally died when the body went up and the back end stayed where it was we were running it at 50ton plus on nights internal in llanwern with granulate
was that an ex sanmar truck looks like it
hi martyn,
someone? on the forum,a while back told me they had a very nasty accident in c110 in towcester one night coming back from southampton on containers heading for sanmar’s @ wakefield.he told me she had a new cab and chassis straightened.i think she’s in a far warmer place then twcester or wakefield now
regards andrew
hi jamie
yes she was ex sanmar bought her from bridgend tony morgan was selling second hand trucks at the time i also had ex joint motorways 1633 .the old v8 s as pete 359 said were bomb proof never had a moments trouble with the engines .hi andrew got to be honest i would never have known as it drove as it should regards martyn
just remembered myself and martin potter going up to assetwell to get onother 2 steer axle beam cant remember what problem was though. regards martyn.
hi martyn,
i thought that was for rth?,didn’t you have kingpin trouble and martyn potter had to change the front axle?ooh and was that before?i drove rth through one of his pit boards .i remember you borrowing joints special tool that adjhumahl used to use on the kingpins.
regards andrew
pete 359:
hi martyn,
i thought that was for rth?,didn’t you have kingpin trouble and martyn potter had to change the front axle?ooh and was that before?i drove rth through one of his pit boards
regards andrew
pete 359:
hi martyn,
i thought that was for rth?,didn’t you have kingpin trouble and martyn potter had to change the front axle?ooh and was that before?i drove rth through one of his pit boards
regards andrew
im almost sure it was for c110 when me and martin potter arrived at assetwells yard they despatched a forklift to the other yard with hot axe man forky found 6 wheeler merc and lifted up whilest hot axe man stood underneath me and martin looked at each other and decided it might be wise to have a look around yard and beat a hasty retreat peering around a corner waiting for hot axe man to become screaming in pain man and by the way i would never have mentioned you driving over wooden pit boards covering apit in a 7 ton tractor unit 
regards martyn.
.hi all,
thanks for not mentioning that mistake of mine martyn .i may have a photo of rth.stuck down the pit somewhere .here’s a couple of faces you will recognise.for any others that don’t, davies bros.were based in south cornelly and had skips and tippers.they kept the yard brush painted fleet going with green? recycled parts .they sold out to uk waste in 1992 for a serious chunk of change .pictured below on the day the sale went through are,dai. ginger davies (wearing a suit) and his mate mike standen.
i think davies bros. had four of these little fiat luggers.this particular one was driven by long term employee phil warwick and i think? was the only one to still have the original fiat motor.the rest had been converted in davies’ doorless workshop to leyland power.
pete 359:
.hi all,
thanks for not mentioning that mistake of mine martyn
is that a bundle of cash he s got in left hand pocket where s all the scammells gone.
sammy dog:
malcolm kirk:
sammy dog:
malcolm kirk:
yanto36:
Another trip to Jeff Ways has turned up somemore gems!
A ray of hope to save the Mickey Mouse Foden. Spoke to Jeff yesterday and he tells me has had two enquiries to buy her as a complete lump. Both are up country so there might be a delay because of the weather etc. But fingers crossed she will be one of only a small amount of vehicles to ever be ‘sprung’ from this garden of doom.
where about is jeff ways yard please regards martyn
Hi Sammy Dog. Take A470 North off junc 32 M4, take 3rd exit off, take old road through Rhydyfelin(behind Upper Boat Pub) go about 1.5 miles, just before road bears to right to go under the A470, take a left off that bend and go over a narrow steel bridge over the river. Park at the end and go through where there is an old trailer blocking the way. Good hunting!
cheers malcolm ill pop up and have a look looking for something else once the massey is finished.regards martyn.
Hey Sammy Dog, you won’t find much saveable there, except one or two in the inner sanctum. There are some good projects around? why not look at that ex Crown Brewery Ergo Mercury? ex three pod tanker? thats still for sale. Let me know what you fancy.
malcolm kirk:
sammy dog:
malcolm kirk:
sammy dog:
malcolm kirk:
yanto36:
Another trip to Jeff Ways has turned up somemore gems!
A ray of hope to save the Mickey Mouse Foden. Spoke to Jeff yesterday and he tells me has had two enquiries to buy her as a complete lump. Both are up country so there might be a delay because of the weather etc. But fingers crossed she will be one of only a small amount of vehicles to ever be ‘sprung’ from this garden of doom.
where about is jeff ways yard please regards martyn
Hi Sammy Dog. Take A470 North off junc 32 M4, take 3rd exit off, take old road through Rhydyfelin(behind Upper Boat Pub) go about 1.5 miles, just before road bears to right to go under the A470, take a left off that bend and go over a narrow steel bridge over the river. Park at the end and go through where there is an old trailer blocking the way. Good hunting!
cheers malcolm ill pop up and have a look looking for something else once the massey is finished.regards martyn.
Hey Sammy Dog, you won’t find much saveable there, except one or two in the inner sanctum. There are some good projects around? why not look at that ex Crown Brewery Ergo Mercury? ex three pod tanker? thats still for sale. Let me know what you fancy.
hi malcolm not much point in having a look then at jeff ways when i worked worked for davies bros after a few 28 ton scammells i was given a nice mamouth major with the crome grill and bumper av760 engine so would nt mind 1 of those probably the mercery looks the same regards martyn.
LYNXMAN:
This at first glance looks like a Leyland Octopus, but the badge says Albion Caledonian, the reason for this was
Albion still had a strong following and many customers only wanted Albion products, so leyland gave in and
introduced the Caledonian in 1957, it had Leyland cab,600 engine,leyland 5 speed gearbox,
everything else was pure Albion, chassis, this was bolted Leylands were riveted, axles althouth very sturdy were
lighter than the octopus, and many drivers said the Albion handled better than the Leyland
Keep em comig Richard
hi all,
graham hillman kindly rang me today,though i have left the bloody camera in work 
.sorry graham and thanks very much for calling me.how do you make it look so easy mate?here’s a photo that dai cap kindly loaned me.taken in the late 60’s?joint motorways original picton street kenfig hill yard and three k series dodge tippers.
hiya andrew.
not a problem at all,there is some good old glamorgan suffixes on the dodges there.parked in finnings overnight with a new 777f for east pit tommorow.thanks to the tarmac drivers that kindly waited for me today.
graham.
for beaver 680.
thanks for your reply,the quarry in neath where blockstone was sourced was i beleive gilfach it was owned for years by rmc but it is run i think by cemex now.
graham.