Welsh Border and Mid Wales Hauliers 1950's onwards

pete_359 · 11 November 2013 21:18

Hi dave,
Alot of Joint motorways drivers had their fare share of bad accidents on the beacons over the years.it has always been that type of road.over the years I have loved driving that route,in my car,for joint and more recently in any one of the trucks I have restored.more chance of bikers having accidents on there these days,not that many trucks running that route now.
Brilliant evocative r&b photos,thanks.
Regards andrew.

dave_the_renegade · 11 November 2013 21:25

pete 359:
Hi dave,
Alot of Joint motorways drivers had their fare share of bad accidents on the beacons over the years.it has always been that type of road.over the years I have loved driving that route,in my car,for joint and more recently in any one of the trucks I have restored.more chance of bikers having accidents on there these days,not that many trucks running that route now.
Brilliant evocative r&b photos,thanks.
Regards andrew.

Hi Andrew,
I travelled over the the Beacons a lot taking loads to South Wales and returning with slag from Margam many years ago. Also in various cars and vans that I’ve owned. Its not a road to mess about on,lovely on a nice day,but rough when the weather is bad. As you say,nowhere near the wagons using that route as there used to be.
I dropped lucky with Paul putting his pics on FB,then giving me the OK to post them on TNUK.
Cheers Dave.

dave_the_renegade · 11 November 2013 21:46

A nice pic of an R & B Transport ERF artic.

kingswinford_kit · 11 November 2013 21:49

Dave the Renegade:

Another classic from Paul Booth’s collection.

Hi Dave , lovely shot as you say of a classic , that Scammell was supplied by Fletchers of Swansea . regards Keith

dave_the_renegade · 11 November 2013 22:23

A Seddon Atkinson of R & B Transport seen in a layby for the pic.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 15:13

Side view of one of R & B’s.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 16:43

Some of the wagons at the BSW sawmill.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 19:36

AN R & B ERF being loaded with timber in the Forest.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 21:00

Some more of R & B’s previous motors loaded with timber.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 21:10

R & B’s wheel wash.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 21:54

Some of R & B Transport fleet,seen in their Llanwrthwl yard a few years ago.

pete_359 · 12 November 2013 21:56

Hi dave,
Cool pictures.i passed an fh of theirs today,loaded with timber westbound on sarn bank m4.
Regards andrew.

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 21:59

pete 359:
Hi dave,
Cool pictures.i passed an fh of theirs today,loaded with timber westbound on sarn bank m4.
Regards andrew.

They seem to be like Gough’s running some Volvo’s and some Scania’s.
Cheers Dave.

fryske · 12 November 2013 22:40

Taken last summer near Dolgellau

dave_the_renegade · 12 November 2013 22:43

fryske:
Taken last summer near Dolgellau

Nice pic Steve, have got some of his, but nothing recently.
Cheers Dave.

retired_old_fart · 13 November 2013 01:04

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

A LAD cabbed Leyland Comet artic with four in line trailer of R & B Transport,seen in the 1960’s.

Hi Dave , what a stunner ! Thats must be vincent Greenhaus Lyde .
That Comet would do quarry work by day and steel at night from Margham . Regards Keith

I was trying to work out where that was Keith. As you say it must be Lyde, but I couldn’t think what a Leyland would be doing there. Vincent Greenhouse were Bedford dealers. Were they also Leyland dealers ? I have been there enough of times, but forget.
Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave , not really sure that they were Leyland dealers as well . Back in those in the Hereford area for Leyland , and AEC it was Carmichael at Worcester or Watts down at Lydney . regards Keith

I think I can confirm that Vincent Greenhous only did Bedfords at Lyde. They were the local Vauxhall dealers, too, but I’m blowed if I can remember where the car showroom was. Their main Bedford depot was in Shrewsbury where, in the dim and distant past they built bodies- platform and livestock- for other makes besides Bedfords.

dave_the_renegade · 13 November 2013 11:25

Retired Old ■■■■:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

A LAD cabbed Leyland Comet artic with four in line trailer of R & B Transport,seen in the 1960’s.

Hi Dave , what a stunner ! Thats must be vincent Greenhaus Lyde .
That Comet would do quarry work by day and steel at night from Margham . Regards Keith

I was trying to work out where that was Keith. As you say it must be Lyde, but I couldn’t think what a Leyland would be doing there. Vincent Greenhouse were Bedford dealers. Were they also Leyland dealers ? I have been there enough of times, but forget.
Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave , not really sure that they were Leyland dealers as well . Back in those in the Hereford area for Leyland , and AEC it was Carmichael at Worcester or Watts down at Lydney . regards Keith

I think I can confirm that Vincent Greenhous only did Bedfords at Lyde. They were the local Vauxhall dealers, too, but I’m blowed if I can remember where the car showroom was. Their main Bedford depot was in Shrewsbury where, in the dim and distant past they built bodies- platform and livestock- for other makes besides Bedfords.

Their car showroom and workshop was in Blackfriar Street at the back of the old cattle market in Hereford Casey. I bought a new Vauxhall Cavalier 2 litre mk3 off them in 1989.
Cheers Dave.

dave_the_renegade · 13 November 2013 15:41

Some bulk blowers,courtesy of Andrew Deakin.

jacko1 · 13 November 2013 16:44

Dave the Renegade:

Retired Old ■■■■:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

A LAD cabbed Leyland Comet artic with four in line trailer of R & B Transport,seen in the 1960’s.

Hi Dave , what a stunner ! Thats must be vincent Greenhaus Lyde .
That Comet would do quarry work by day and steel at night from Margham . Regards Keith

I was trying to work out where that was Keith. As you say it must be Lyde, but I couldn’t think what a Leyland would be doing there. Vincent Greenhouse were Bedford dealers. Were they also Leyland dealers ? I have been there enough of times, but forget.
Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave , not really sure that they were Leyland dealers as well . Back in those in the Hereford area for Leyland , and AEC it was Carmichael at Worcester or Watts down at Lydney . regards Keith

I think I can confirm that Vincent Greenhous only did Bedfords at Lyde. They were the local Vauxhall dealers, too, but I’m blowed if I can remember where the car showroom was. Their main Bedford depot was in Shrewsbury where, in the dim and distant past they built bodies- platform and livestock- for other makes besides Bedfords.

Their car showroom and workshop was in Blackfriar Street at the back of the old cattle market in Hereford Casey. I bought a new Vauxhall Cavalier 2 litre mk3 off them in 1989.
Cheers Dave.

The only connection I can see is,that Bedford used to fit Leyland engines in some of TKs,the vehicle may of been there to have something done to its engine? The Bedford TK that Tom Henderson used to use to tow his low loader/ steam engine (Pride of Wye)had a Leyland 400 engine in it.
Regards Jack.

dave_the_renegade · 13 November 2013 18:24

Jacko1:

Dave the Renegade:

Retired Old ■■■■:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

A LAD cabbed Leyland Comet artic with four in line trailer of R & B Transport,seen in the 1960’s.

Hi Dave , what a stunner ! Thats must be vincent Greenhaus Lyde .
That Comet would do quarry work by day and steel at night from Margham . Regards Keith

I was trying to work out where that was Keith. As you say it must be Lyde, but I couldn’t think what a Leyland would be doing there. Vincent Greenhouse were Bedford dealers. Were they also Leyland dealers ? I have been there enough of times, but forget.
Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave , not really sure that they were Leyland dealers as well . Back in those in the Hereford area for Leyland , and AEC it was Carmichael at Worcester or Watts down at Lydney . regards Keith

I think I can confirm that Vincent Greenhous only did Bedfords at Lyde. They were the local Vauxhall dealers, too, but I’m blowed if I can remember where the car showroom was. Their main Bedford depot was in Shrewsbury where, in the dim and distant past they built bodies- platform and livestock- for other makes besides Bedfords.

Their car showroom and workshop was in Blackfriar Street at the back of the old cattle market in Hereford Casey. I bought a new Vauxhall Cavalier 2 litre mk3 off them in 1989.
Cheers Dave.

The only connection I can see is,that Bedford used to fit Leyland engines in some of TKs,the vehicle may of been there to have something done to its engine? The Bedford TK that Tom Henderson used to use to tow his low loader/ steam engine (Pride of Wye)had a Leyland 400 engine in it.
Regards Jack.

Hi Jack,
Jack Jones of Unicorn Transport from Weobley, ran a Bedford TK with a Leyland engine in it.
Cheers Dave.