South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

pete_359 · 25 January 2011 07:21

morning all.
ronnie evans are still very much with us.i saw one of his very smart and distinctive fridges on sunday morning in cwmavon.i am told that he drove for john evans transport many years ago,they were a big player in their day.

smallcoal · 25 January 2011 21:44

hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

trev_h · 25 January 2011 21:53

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

We had 4 alloy dropside grain tipping trailers with lister donkey engines ex. John Evans. they were a nightmare to tip as the controls were on the side and you had to stand next to it as it tipped.

harry_gill · 25 January 2011 22:12

Trev_H:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

We had 4 alloy dropside grain tipping trailers with lister donkey engines ex. John Evans. they were a nightmare to tip as the controls were on the side and you had to stand next to it as it tipped.

hiya,
Hello Trev are those trailers still allowed under H&S rulings, Iv’e used them a while back and I was always ready to run when pushing them up loaded surely they can’t still be allowed to use them now.
thanks harry long retired.

trev_h · 25 January 2011 22:24

No, I think they would frown on that these days, we used them on a scrap job for 5 yrs then weighed them in. Them twin rams were sods for twisting the body if the load stuck and you were stood underneath it. I think John Evans had them for hauling grain one way, then the sides folded double and inward to form a flat trailer for carrying pallets the opposite way.

altitude · 26 January 2011 08:19

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

you could get a few nights out on that one

pete_359 · 26 January 2011 17:40

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

ew_car_truck_amp_bus · 26 January 2011 19:40

Pete 359,

Just to correct the record Ronnie S Evans has never worked for anyone else in his life.

he was rather fortunate that his father had a business prior to him and he started with his own lorries from a very early age in the mid 60’s.

he had 4 Dodge k series tippers with V8’s in, 2 4 wheelers and 2 6 wheelers H,J,&K reg’s 1970- 72, 99% that they were 4 leggers NTH708/9J & PTH664/5K ON 6 wheelers.his colours have remained the same .

i was driving the dodges unofficially with a relative when i was around 15 yrs of age .

I was speaking with Ronnie only last week in person, and he told me he know runs 15 arctics most of them on european routes.

E.W.

pete_359 · 26 January 2011 19:59

hi ew,
thanks for the info.here’s an old scammell from brookside garage bryncethin taken in the early 80’s.why didn’t i get a photo of the atki 8 wheeler in the background? .

altitude · 26 January 2011 20:12

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

pete_359 · 26 January 2011 21:18

altitude:

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

hi john,
.

bewick · 26 January 2011 21:36

pete 359:

altitude:

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

hi john,
.

Can you see “H” peeping out from under the trailer? He must be extremely embarassed after all he’s said about Scania 80/81s!!!

harry_gill · 26 January 2011 23:16

Bewick:

pete 359:

altitude:

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

hi john,
.

Can you see “H” peeping out from under the trailer? He must be extremely embarassed after all he’s said about Scania 80/81s!!!

hiya,
Won’t be me Dennis iv’e phoned a sickie, would be pig sick.
thanks harry long retired.

pete_359 · 27 January 2011 21:54

hi all,
a couple from the yard of d.liscombe builders supplies in south cornelly.now called bracey’s,they run a distinctive pink fleet .

pete_359 · 27 January 2011 22:24

there was a ■■■■■■■ in this one dennis mate .

pete_359 · 28 January 2011 19:40

hi all,
until a few years ago,the remains of this f88 were in harding’s west wales yard.

chris143 · 28 January 2011 20:02

harry_gill:

Bewick:

pete 359:

altitude:

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

hi john,
.

Can you see “H” peeping out from under the trailer? He must be extremely embarassed after all he’s said about Scania 80/81s!!!

hiya,
Won’t be me Dennis iv’e phoned a sickie, would be pig sick.
thanks harry long retired.

cracking photo that,my dad drove a W reg 81 but i dont remember the reg number it could very well be this one there wasnt that many 81;s there w reg,cheers chris .

altitude · 28 January 2011 20:42

pete 359:
hi all,
until a few years ago,the remains of this f88 were in harding’s west wales yard.

Hi Andrew
Great photo that one, must have been the bogs dollocks in it’s day.

cheers

John.

chris_webb · 28 January 2011 21:00

chris143:

harry_gill:

Bewick:

pete 359:

altitude:

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

hi john,
.

Can you see “H” peeping out from under the trailer? He must be extremely embarassed after all he’s said about Scania 80/81s!!!

hiya,
Won’t be me Dennis iv’e phoned a sickie, would be pig sick.
thanks harry long retired.

cracking photo that,my dad drove a W reg 81 but i dont remember the reg number it could very well be this one there wasnt that many 81;s there w reg,cheers chris .

Here’s a W reg 81 Chris,take it away -please.

pete_359 · 29 January 2011 07:11

chris143:

harry_gill:

Bewick:

pete 359:

altitude:

pete 359:

smallcoal:
hi andrew, i went to australia in 2000 and seen john evans lorry over there he used to run loads over , i thought i was seeing things at first but they were there

hi john,
bloody hell!that simply can’t be right john?have read that willi betz do china and i know gilder’s do russia,though i have serious doubts about a firm from llanelli heading to the southern hemisphere .
regards andrew

Hi Andrew
Can you get me John Evans phone number, I would love some of that if he needs drivers.
cheers
John.

hi john,
.

Can you see “H” peeping out from under the trailer? He must be extremely embarassed after all he’s said about Scania 80/81s!!!

hiya,
Won’t be me Dennis iv’e phoned a sickie, would be pig sick.
thanks harry long retired.

cracking photo that,my dad drove a W reg 81 but i dont remember the reg number it could very well be this one there wasnt that many 81;s there w reg,cheers chris .

hi chris,
the date on the back of the photo is october 1982,taken at sarn services.it may be ron .
regards andrew