Welsh Border and Mid Wales Hauliers 1950's onwards

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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drewster:
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drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

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just after a wash at bromfield rm plant

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Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.

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drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.


Paul Griffiths beleives in keeping them tidy drewster.Dave Neville had some tidy motors,were you driving this one when it was pictured here.
Cheers Dave.

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A Renault four wheeler,seen on the A44 at Gore,Radnorshire.

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An artic in the distance on a break on the A49 at Affcot Lodge formerly the Travelers Rest Inn
north of Craven Arms,Shropshire.

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Two of Alick Archer & Sons Scania artic bulk tippers,seen in their yard at Leintwardine on the Herefordshire-Shropshire Border.

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Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.


Paul Griffiths beleives in keeping them tidy drewster.Dave Neville had some tidy motors,were you driving this one when it was pictured here.
Cheers Dave.

never drove this one dave i had y5 drn which was a lovely truck ,didnt like the lift up axle on this dave apparentley it was terrible on site,dave rhyde had y4 and moaned everytime i saw him about it.y5 was a 310 and pulled really well and y4 a 290 and didnt,glad i ended up with the right truck :question:

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won third prize for best working truck at hereford truck show ,but cant remember the year, think about 2002 :question:

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drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.


Paul Griffiths beleives in keeping them tidy drewster.Dave Neville had some tidy motors,were you driving this one when it was pictured here.
Cheers Dave.

never drove this one dave i had y5 drn which was a lovely truck ,didnt like the lift up axle on this dave apparentley it was terrible on site,dave rhyde had y4 and moaned everytime i saw him about it.y5 was a 310 and pulled really well and y4 a 290 and didnt,glad i ended up with the right truck :question:

Dave Neville lent me a load of pics last year drewster.I didn’t realise that he had two FM six wheelers.Will have to look back through the file,they are all posted on this thread.Thats a tidy motor just spotted your post as I was putting this on.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave didn’t lend me all his pics,as his family had just had a load of them mounted in a frame for his 65th birthday.But he still found over 60 for me.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.


Paul Griffiths beleives in keeping them tidy drewster.Dave Neville had some tidy motors,were you driving this one when it was pictured here.
Cheers Dave.

never drove this one dave i had y5 drn which was a lovely truck ,didnt like the lift up axle on this dave apparentley it was terrible on site,dave rhyde had y4 and moaned everytime i saw him about it.y5 was a 310 and pulled really well and y4 a 290 and didnt,glad i ended up with the right truck :question:

Dave Neville lent me a load of pics last year drewster.I didn’t realise that he had two FM six wheelers.Will have to look back through the file,they are all posted on this thread.Thats a tidy motor just spotted your post as I was putting this on.
Cheers Dave.

i was based in shrewsbury dave but did make it up to the yard at least once a fortnight,worked out of salop sand delivering to builders merchants before everything had to come in dumpy bags,health & safety ■■■■■■■■.if not on salop work i ran back and two running sand to rmc at bromfield :question:

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drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.


Paul Griffiths beleives in keeping them tidy drewster.Dave Neville had some tidy motors,were you driving this one when it was pictured here.
Cheers Dave.

never drove this one dave i had y5 drn which was a lovely truck ,didnt like the lift up axle on this dave apparentley it was terrible on site,dave rhyde had y4 and moaned everytime i saw him about it.y5 was a 310 and pulled really well and y4 a 290 and didnt,glad i ended up with the right truck :question:

Dave Neville lent me a load of pics last year drewster.I didn’t realise that he had two FM six wheelers.Will have to look back through the file,they are all posted on this thread.Thats a tidy motor just spotted your post as I was putting this on.
Cheers Dave.

i was based in shrewsbury dave but did make it up to the yard at least once a fortnight,worked out of salop sand delivering to builders merchants before everything had to come in dumpy bags,health & safety ■■■■■■■■.if not on salop work i ran back and two running sand to rmc at bromfield :question:

I didn’t know much about DRN’s motors until KTH bought them.I used to work fork for KTH part time as cpc holder.Got to know Dave just before that happened,very often had a chat with him at the snack van at Letton.I find him a nice bloke.Would have thought he was OK to work for.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

Dave the Renegade:

drewster:

drewster:
c w griffiths old truck just sprayed

That will serve someone well drewster.They don’t sell rubbish,they get rid of better vehicles than a lot of hauliers run newer than that.
Cheers Dave.

wish i had 56 grand dave its a lovely truck,not a mark on it,inside or out.


Paul Griffiths beleives in keeping them tidy drewster.Dave Neville had some tidy motors,were you driving this one when it was pictured here.
Cheers Dave.

never drove this one dave i had y5 drn which was a lovely truck ,didnt like the lift up axle on this dave apparentley it was terrible on site,dave rhyde had y4 and moaned everytime i saw him about it.y5 was a 310 and pulled really well and y4 a 290 and didnt,glad i ended up with the right truck :question:

Dave Neville lent me a load of pics last year drewster.I didn’t realise that he had two FM six wheelers.Will have to look back through the file,they are all posted on this thread.Thats a tidy motor just spotted your post as I was putting this on.
Cheers Dave.

i was based in shrewsbury dave but did make it up to the yard at least once a fortnight,worked out of salop sand delivering to builders merchants before everything had to come in dumpy bags,health & safety ■■■■■■■■.if not on salop work i ran back and two running sand to rmc at bromfield :question:

I didn’t know much about DRN’s motors until KTH bought them.I used to work fork for KTH part time as cpc holder.Got to know Dave just before that happened,very often had a chat with him at the snack van at Letton.I find him a nice bloke.Would have thought he was OK to work for.
Cheers Dave.

i finished working for dave in 2003 just before kth took over,and dave was a great bloke to work for.he had some real decent people working for him a great bunch,dont know how many are still there working for kth :question:

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Only a few now drewster,not many motors now since the recession.Possibly only a couple of your old workmates and Claire in the office.
Cheers Dave.

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at the truck show

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Dave the Renegade:

Only a few now drewster,not many motors now since the recession.Possibly only a couple of your old workmates and Claire in the office.
Cheers Dave.

i remember claire dave ,is mike still there ,he used to be in the office in charge of the artics ,a sort of transport manager :question:

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drewster:
at the truck show

He had a big fleet of Volvo’s then.I didn’t realise how many vehicles he ran until he lent me the pics.Used to see them about but thought there was only half a dozen.Wrong again :laughing: