South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

dave_the_renegade · 11 February 2011 20:54

Bewick:

Bewick:

ec14:
one man can operate most of these crushers,its all hydraulic drive from a donkey engine.

Thanks for that EC14.

PS how much stone tonnagewise can it crush an hour?

ec14 beat me to it Dennis.I just phoned my next door neighbour who works in the quarry,he said the same as ec14,it’s fed by a 360% tracked machine and the crushed stone shifted by a loading shovel.
Cheers Dave.

gah1950 · 11 February 2011 21:07

hello dennis.
ec14 is quite correct on the operation of the crusher, there are different types of set up ie jaw operation /cone operation/and rotating hammer operation.mostly they are operated by one man and that man is the excavator driver that feeds the hopper,he has a simple infra red remote control in the excavator,i believe that recent health and safety regulations have prohibited personell from standing on or near the crushers whilst they are operational.that particular crusher looks a beast but it is not a mega high output machine it weighs around fifty odd ton and i open to correction when i say the output would be around 200 tons per hour,tarmac run some really big crushers like the Gippo Combi which weigh in excess of 130/140 tons which have really high outputs but then they are not easy and quick to move from AtoB due to the need of a partial stripdown,hope this has shed a little light on the subject for you.
kindest regards graham.

bewick · 11 February 2011 21:37

Thanks for the Gen Dave and Gah1950,no need for fixed immovable crushing plant with kit like that!!!Cheers Dennis.

pete_359 · 11 February 2011 21:53

porthcawl carnival.notice the single wheels on the drive axles,i think? this one had an l10 ■■■■■■■■

pete_359 · 11 February 2011 21:57

life long driver,derek pickett jumping out of his j.r. 2025 merc.

pete_359 · 12 February 2011 13:04

hi all,
here are a couple more fodens from a few years ago .

harry_gill · 12 February 2011 15:50

pete 359:
life long driver,derek pickett jumping out of his j.r. 2025 merc.

hiya,
Shades of the Pete new rear mudguards on this Merc.
thanks harry long retired.

pete_359 · 12 February 2011 23:39

pete 359:
hi all,
i think? the remains of this volvo are still in porthcawl fairground?

hi all,
found the remains of this n10,in a yard in swansea this afternoon.stripped down ready for recycling .

chalkie_wales · 12 February 2011 23:53

few of jb evans llanmartin… if anybody has anymore more it would be fantastic to see them…

chalkie_wales · 12 February 2011 23:56

chalkie wales:
few of jb evans llanmartin… if anybody has anymore more it would be fantastic to see them…

pete_359 · 13 February 2011 10:01

chalkie wales:

chalkie wales:
few of jb evans llanmartin… if anybody has anymore more it would be fantastic to see them…

hi chalkie,
if this is the same firm? that i am thinking of,they did bell containers when i was a kid in the 1970’s.there is an f88 of theirs on here somewhere.thanks.
regards andrew

chepstowchap · 13 February 2011 10:28

John Beynen Evans , as used on Rugby cement work.

pete_359 · 13 February 2011 10:40

in the same yard as the volvo n10 remains were all of these and many others .this man was on the steel in south wales with multiserve .

pete_359 · 13 February 2011 10:41

in the same yard as the volvo n10 remains were all of these and many others .this man was on the steel in south wales with multiserve .

paul_john · 13 February 2011 12:55

pete 359:

Hi all, Andrew what would this FH sell for? It looks as if it would not take to much to restore it, or even put it under cover for 10 yrs. If you think about all them F88s that could of been saved from the torch, would this be a worth while project for someone?.
Paul

pete_359 · 13 February 2011 13:26

Paul John:

pete 359:

Hi all, Andrew what would this FH sell for? It looks as if it would not take to much to restore it, or even put it under cover for 10 yrs. If you think about all them F88s that could of been saved from the torch, would this be a worth while project for someone?.
Paul

hi paul,
i thought that whilst wading through the swamp like mud yesterday afternoon.the only thing you must remember is,that in europe at least,the scrap price is very high at the moment,guys who have kept old lorries that they said they would never sell,are selling them.the foreign,mainly african and carribean buyers are snapping up everything they can,for some pretty high cash prices .any,hub reduction axles and double drive bogie’s are like gold dust to these buyers.
regards andrew

sammy_dog · 13 February 2011 15:57

pete 359:
in the same yard as the volvo n10 remains were all of these and many others .this man was on the steel in south wales with multiserve .

andrew were those man s bought brand new but only ever did site work at bsc regards martyn.

andrewv8 · 13 February 2011 16:02

pete 359:

Paul John:

pete 359:

Hi all, Andrew what would this FH sell for? It looks as if it would not take to much to restore it, or even put it under cover for 10 yrs. If you think about all them F88s that could of been saved from the torch, would this be a worth while project for someone?.
Paul

hi paul,
i thought that whilst wading through the swamp like mud yesterday afternoon.the only thing you must remember is,that in europe at least,the scrap price is very high at the moment,guys who have kept old lorries that they said they would never sell,are selling them.the foreign,mainly african and carribean buyers are snapping up everything they can,for some pretty high cash prices .any,hub reduction axles and double drive bogie’s are like gold dust to these buyers.
regards andrew

Thats an old one of NS Clarkes of Lichfield , spent most of its time going back and forth to South Wales.

pete_359 · 13 February 2011 17:51

andrewv8:

pete 359:

Paul John:

pete 359:

Hi all, Andrew what would this FH sell for? It looks as if it would not take to much to restore it, or even put it under cover for 10 yrs. If you think about all them F88s that could of been saved from the torch, would this be a worth while project for someone?.
Paul

hi paul,
i thought that whilst wading through the swamp like mud yesterday afternoon.the only thing you must remember is,that in europe at least,the scrap price is very high at the moment,guys who have kept old lorries that they said they would never sell,are selling them.the foreign,mainly african and carribean buyers are snapping up everything they can,for some pretty high cash prices .any,hub reduction axles and double drive bogie’s are like gold dust to these buyers.
regards andrew

Thats an old one of NS Clarkes of Lichfield , spent most of its time going back and forth to South Wales.

hi andrewv8,
now there’s a name.shaun clarke,i have a lot of pictures of the early trucks he bought,mainly sk mercs.he started on the coal convoy with a sed. atki 400 that was well passed it’s best .we have family near lichfield and whenever we visit,i always look into his yard,it’s a fair size operation these days.fair play to shaun, from the start he worked hard and has done well,i didn’t realise that fh was one of his though ,thanks.
regards andrew

andrewv8 · 13 February 2011 18:28

pete 359:

andrewv8:

pete 359:

Paul John:

pete 359:

Hi all, Andrew what would this FH sell for? It looks as if it would not take to much to restore it, or even put it under cover for 10 yrs. If you think about all them F88s that could of been saved from the torch, would this be a worth while project for someone?.
Paul

hi paul,
i thought that whilst wading through the swamp like mud yesterday afternoon.the only thing you must remember is,that in europe at least,the scrap price is very high at the moment,guys who have kept old lorries that they said they would never sell,are selling them.the foreign,mainly african and carribean buyers are snapping up everything they can,for some pretty high cash prices .any,hub reduction axles and double drive bogie’s are like gold dust to these buyers.
regards andrew

Thats an old one of NS Clarkes of Lichfield , spent most of its time going back and forth to South Wales.

hi andrewv8,
now there’s a name.shaun clarke,i have a lot of pictures of the early trucks he bought,mainly sk mercs.he started on the coal convoy with a sed. atki 400 that was well passed it’s best .we have family near lichfield and whenever we visit,i always look into his yard,it’s a fair size operation these days.fair play to shaun, from the start he worked hard and has done well,i didn’t realise that fh was one of his though ,thanks.
regards andrew

I worked for Shaun for 4 years or so, left 5 years ago. He’s got a fair size fleet, about 50 or so now. He has gone back to Mercs again, not got many Volvo’s left. Shaun has had some bad luck lately, He’s had 3 tipped over since Christmas.(1 of them in the yard!)