South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

hi all a couple more of hitlers revenge i drove this friday up to forest of dean then to bristol and back half a tank of diesel used showing 5.66mpg :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :unamused:

this i took near my house my mate steve(gupta)khan his uncle is ex joints fitter ajmahal

smallcoal:
hi all a couple more of hitlers revenge i drove this friday up to forest of dean then to bristol and back half a tank of diesel used showing 5.66mpg :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :unamused:

hi john,
clarke’s will give you this one to drive after they see your fuel figures :smiley: .

hi andrew that would most prob give better figures :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

hi all,
is it me? or does the new look layout crop the right hand side of the photos?anyway,gah1950 kindly rang me today.he had just collected a 324l cat from the abbey,whilst in there an old mate of graham’s called reggie camps gave him some photos he took of tipper haulage in south wales.thanks graham.

reg standing by a mk5 aec.in 45 years i have never heard mention of mostyn motors :smiley: .

pete 359:
hi all,
is it me? or does the new look layout crop the right hand side of the photos?anyway,gah1950 kindly rang me today.he had just collected a 324l cat from the abbey,whilst in there an old mate of graham’s called reggie camps gave him some photos he took of tipper haulage in south wales.thanks graham.

Hi Andrew,
You can zoom the pics bigger,but I am not keen on the new cropped pics at all,but I suppose we will have to grin and bear it.
Cheers Dave.

:wink:

pete 359:
hi all,
is it me? or does the new look layout crop the right hand side of the photos?anyway,gah1950 kindly rang me today.he had just collected a 324l cat from the abbey,whilst in there an old mate of graham’s called reggie camps gave him some photos he took of tipper haulage in south wales.thanks graham.

Hi Andrew

Yeah your right it does cut the pictures off, the hole page needs moving over to the left,… but there you go… they call it progress or something like that. :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

cheers
John.

sorry to make trucknet seem like facebook :smiley: .from left to right in this photo.eric morgan (owner of happy valley haulage),jim blayney,my father david cooper and reggie camps.my father drove for happy valley haulage before he went to joint motorways.when this photo was taken the old man was driving a guy tipper for happy valley on the cwmavon tip job.i am sure that a few local trucknet members,dai cap is one i can think of,who would recognise everyone in this picture.

atki, at a local carnival.can’t figure out whose though?and no,steelboyf10,it’s not one of joints :smiley:

i think?this says skewen on the door.

john mccarthy owned this 141.many years ago :smiley:

hi andrew i hope you dont class me as old but i know 2 persons in that photo mr cooper & reggie camp.

last one for tonight lads.a big thank you to reg camps for kindly meeting up with gah1950 today and lending his photos for us to share.the final shot is of ,so i am told?all the men involved in the convoy.thanks dave and john for the advice,pics. are fine now :smiley:

ec14:
hi andrew i hope you dont class me as old but i know 2 persons in that photo mr cooper & reggie camp.

hi mate,
ec14,you will never be old :smiley: you may know three-ish :smiley: .jim blayney (next to my old man) his grandson,chris ware(alloy welder extraordinaire) has just made rear wings for my peterbilt :smiley: .
regards andrew

hello andrew.
come to think of it reg told me that the s80 was brian rogers of skewen.
graham.

Some of Smiths mechanical Heavy Haulage loads

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hi john,
here’s an ex-smiths motor,sorry about the crap quality :smiley: .the scammell highwayman and trailer,she moved thousands of tonnes of coil internally around the abbey with joints.that truck is a world away from your fh’s :smiley: .

an e.l. bayliss of troes, scammell routeman pulling out of the old esso garage in south cornelly 1983.that fuel price is for a gallon :smiley: .

w.m. vaughan leyland marathon,with my old mate eddy smart (r.i.p.) in his 3.0s capri.