Emac of Kington Daf,seen again on the Kington bypass.
Dave the Renegade:
hammer:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Pete,
Much the same at the quarries here.These are controlled from Bristol,half of the customers trying to order materials can’t get through or get any sense out of them.There are only two four wheelers left,they are capped to 14 ton,several of the owners of six wheelers have moved up to eight wheelers. Cheers Dave.Dave,
I wouldn’t like to name the large company in question but I have it on good authority that they missed SIXTY THOUSAND phone calls over a three month period earlier in the year.Assuming they are open roughly twenty days per month (the offices don’t work Saturday of course
) thats a thousand phone calls per DAY!!! What I don’t get with the ‘central control’ thing is that they still pay the weighbridge staff the same money so what are they saving?
Also, the 4 wheelers in our area get 14tonne only on tar, paid what they carry otherwise.
Hi Hammer,
Sounds like the same bunch that run these down by me.They are the same outfit that run the one that jonmea hauls from.
Lets hope that someone buys the lot off them and things improve,but it will be another big outfit that doesn’t give a monkey’s about the hauliers.
A lot of those phone calls are from hauliers booking waiting time. new idea they have got. not good enough on the ticket now got to phone the call centre and listen to music for 5 minutes before talking to someone!
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
hammer:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Pete,
Much the same at the quarries here.These are controlled from Bristol,half of the customers trying to order materials can’t get through or get any sense out of them.There are only two four wheelers left,they are capped to 14 ton,several of the owners of six wheelers have moved up to eight wheelers. Cheers Dave.Dave,
I wouldn’t like to name the large company in question but I have it on good authority that they missed SIXTY THOUSAND phone calls over a three month period earlier in the year.Also, the 4 wheelers in our area get 14tonne only on tar, paid what they carry otherwise.
Hi Hammer,
Sounds like the same bunch that run these down by me.They are the same outfit that run the one that jonmea hauls from.
Lets hope that someone buys the lot off them and things improve,but it will be another big outfit that doesn’t give a monkey’s about the hauliers.A lot of those phone calls are from hauliers booking waiting time. new idea they have got. not good enough on the ticket now got to phone the call centre and listen to music for 5 minutes before talking to someone!
They text the orders to the driver for the next day each afternoon this way,soon they will have robots in charge of each plant.
Only a small one,but a useful little lorry of Kington Building Supplies,seen on the bypass.
A Volvo FH livestock lorry,seen on the A44 Kington bypass.
A scania milk tanker,seen on the A44 Kington bypass.Not sure where they run from these days.
Another of Steve Holder’s Scania’s,seen again on Kington bypass.
A Volvo FM12 artic of Wynnstay Farmers,seen on the A44 Kington bypass.
A Daf of Huw Thomas & Daughters from Rhayader,seen on the A44 Kington bypass.
Owner/Operator Bill McQueen in his Scania,seen on Kington Bypass.
Another of C W Griffiths Volvo’s,seen on the A44 Kington bypass.
One of long time livestock hauliers A E Jones of Ludlow,seen on the A44 at Lyonshall,Herefordshire.
Dave the Renegade:
Only a small one,but a useful little lorry of Kington Building Supplies,seen on the bypass.
hiya,
You’ve cracked it Dave, finally found something i might be able to manage, no not the mini wagon the blue jam jar overtaking it, the wagon’s loaded and i don’t do loads anymore except a bit of shopping for my “old lady”
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Only a small one,but a useful little lorry of Kington Building Supplies,seen on the bypass.hiya,
You’ve cracked it Dave, finally found something i might be able to manage, no not the mini wagon the blue jam jar overtaking it, the wagon’s loaded and i don’t do loads anymore except a bit of shopping for my “old lady”
thanks harry long retired.
You would manage the wagon no problem Harry,no handballing with that,its got a crane on the back. The lad that drives it delivered some big bags of scalpings here last year with the previous lorry of the same spec,just put the jacks down hooked on to the bags and lifted them off.I would think the site he’s taking those sheets on the back,has a forklift,different to when I drove a builders wagon back in the 60’s,handball everything 
.
Cheers Dave.
One of Bayliss Bros eight wheelers,seen on the A44 at Dunfield near Kington.
A couple transporters, parked at Knill’s Services at Crossgates,Radnorshire.
One of A W Jenkinson’s,probably loaded with wood chip,out of BSW Newbridge on Wye for Kronospan at Chirk,seen on the A483 near Crossgates,Radnorshire.
Dave the Renegade:
One of A W Jenkinson’s,probably loaded with wood chip,out of BSW Newbridge on Wye for Kronospan at Chirk,seen on the A483 near Crossgates,Radnorshire.
hiya,
Go on Dave what does the sign on the grass verge say, my puter is only a little notebook thing and being a nosey old scrote i would like to know, nice motor though but thankfully not licenced to drive it anymore.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
One of A W Jenkinson’s,probably loaded with wood chip,out of BSW Newbridge on Wye for Kronospan at Chirk,seen on the A483 near Crossgates,Radnorshire.
hiya,
Go on Dave what does the sign on the grass verge say, my puter is only a little notebook thing and being a nosey old scrote i would like to know, nice motor though but thankfully not licenced to drive it anymore.
thanks harry long retired.
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Hi Harry,
You ain’t a nosey old scrote at all,just taking an interest in the pic,which makes it worth while for me.
The sign is for a snack van,which is just out of shot on the left,it was on the layby,but I would imagine the County Council has made him move as its a fairly new venture.
Cheers Dave.
Scania artic with a grab on the trailer,seen on the A483 at Llandrindod Wells.