We’ve got the 972 and 982 or whatever the 980 equivalent is. Not sure the difference between the 972 and 966. There wasn’t much difference between the 966F and 970F, just the bucket sizes I think.
Sone of the shovels at Strinds/Dolyhir quarry.
CAT 980 loading Roland Young at Minffordd
jonmea:
new CAT 966 arrived in Minffordd quarry few weeks ago
I bet that nice yellow paint on the bucket didn’t last long Merfyn 
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Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
He’s going to knock the 2 back cylinders off with the trailer coupled that close !
Dave the Renegade:
jonmea:
new CAT 966 arrived in Minffordd quarry few weeks ago
I bet that nice yellow paint on the bucket didn’t last long Merfyn
Cheers Dave.
no Dave the paint didnt last long. the one he had before was about 5years old and the steel had worn on that bucket. Had a lot of welding done on it.
Trev_H:
Dave the Renegade:
He’s going to knock the 2 back cylinders off with the trailer coupled that close !
atkidave has tidied the photo up on the 8LXB thread Trev.
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atkidave:
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Nice one Dave,Chepstowchap has posted a great shot of the 240 engined Big J on that thread,hope he will stick on here.
Cheers Dave.
Got an album of older lorries coming soon.Putting pics of a few that have packed up in the last year.
Nigel Williams in his Volvo,packed it in,now running a Burger Van.
Tarmac sold there four lorries based at Dolyhir off earlier this year,including this nice FH,which was
driven by Malcom Cross.
Roger Griffiths suffered health problems this year,and had to pack it in.
Keith Bufton drove this mixer for Tarmac,until they sold it off with the tippers.
Les Jarrett another owner driver,had enough,sold his nice Scania and now runs a mini bus.
Wayne Jenkins another owner driver,sold his lorry recently and got a job in the quarry.
These now belong to Breedon Aggregates,pictured here at the Leinthall quarry in Herefordshire.
Dave the Renegade:
Wayne Jenkins another owner driver,sold his lorry recently and got a job in the quarry.
Hi Dave shame to see these owner drivers selling up. i remember this 6 wheeler in Minffordd the owner changed it for a scania artic about 2 years ago. i think it was tarmacs own lorry based in Kington. He has sold the artic now and is driving for someone else now.
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
Wayne Jenkins another owner driver,sold his lorry recently and got a job in the quarry.Hi Dave shame to see these owner drivers selling up. i remember this 6 wheeler in Minffordd the owner changed it for a scania artic about 2 years ago. i think it was tarmacs own lorry based in Kington. He has sold the artic now and is driving for someone else now.
Sounds about right Merfyn,it probably is a couple of years since Tarmac sold theirs.A certain boss dealt with buying and selling the lorries.
Cheers Dave.
atkidave:
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hi dave
youve done a good job of the big j pic,i think dads got some pics of her from the late 1970s
i asked my dad and he said it did have 240 gardner fitted
regards
dieseldunc