Welsh Border and Mid Wales Hauliers 1950's onwards

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

Dave the Renegade:

pete smith:

Dave the Renegade:
Hi Dave,
The amazing thing is it is all done by gravity! How would they of surveyed that and got it right in 1890 ish?

Hi Pete,
If you have a spare day, take a trip up to the ‘’ Elan Valley Visitor Centre ‘’. They have displays on the building of the Dams and pipeline etc showing how it all works. You can look it up on the web.
Cheers Dave.

It is on my to do list Dave, I done a job up by there year before last, the old Elan Valley Social Club,was on the right hand side just before the hotel,in fact it was one of my last jobs driving before I got stuck behind this bloody desk with just Trucknet to keep me in touch with the outside world!!

Google Elan Valley Pete, it will give you all the info and photo’s.
Cheers Dave.

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A regular on the A49 taking lime down to Welsh Water.

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Dave the Renegade:

A regular on the A49 taking lime down to Welsh Water.

Lovely picture Dave , they have been doing that work for years , one drop is on the Brecon beacons to the reseviors there , thank you trevor .

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tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:
A regular on the A49 taking lime down to Welsh Water.

Lovely picture Dave , they have been doing that work for years , one drop is on the Brecon beacons to the reservoirs there , thank you trevor .

We see Walsh’s ERF’s regularly Trevor. A blast from the past and good to see.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:
A regular on the A49 taking lime down to Welsh Water.

Lovely picture Dave , they have been doing that work for years , one drop is on the Brecon beacons to the reservoirs there , thank you trevor .

We see Walsh’s ERF’s regularly Trevor. A blast from the past and good to see.
Cheers Dave.

Also Dave in your picture you have sunhill from up our way taking steel down to S wales , i really do enjoy your A49 and A5 pictures Dave , .Trevor .

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tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:

tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:
A regular on the A49 taking lime down to Welsh Water.

Lovely picture Dave , they have been doing that work for years , one drop is on the Brecon beacons to the reservoirs there , thank you trevor .

We see Walsh’s ERF’s regularly Trevor. A blast from the past and good to see.
Cheers Dave.

Also Dave in your picture you have sunhill from up our way taking steel down to S wales , i really do enjoy your A49 and A5 pictures Dave , .Trevor .

Don’t get on the A49 or A5 as much as I used to Trevor. When the better weather comes along, we will take a trip and park up and get some good pics.
Cheers Dave.

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A pair of hard worked tippers. Looks as if they have been used on farm road construction.

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Dave the Renegade:

A pair of hard worked tippers. Looks as if they have been used on farm road construction.

Hi Dave,
Look like ex mixer chassis judging by the lower part of grill where pump takes drive off the nose of the crank

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they can’t have been used on farm work dave , they’ve got mirrors on , mind you i can’t see from here if there is any glass in them . dave

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rigsby:
they can’t have been used on farm work dave , they’ve got mirrors on , mind you i can’t see from here if there is any glass in them . dave

Yes, and the D-series has no headlights - gotta be a farm lorry! Robert :laughing:

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robert1952:

rigsby:
they can’t have been used on farm work dave , they’ve got mirrors on , mind you i can’t see from here if there is any glass in them . dave

Yes, and the D-series has no headlights - gotta be a farm lorry! Robert :laughing:


A lot of grants for building farm roads in the 60’s/70’s. Stone dug out of hillside on site and hauled varying distances on knackered tippers. Bodies came off anything Pete.
Cheers Dave.

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Hi, Trevor I THINK the Sunhill has a load of Kingspan on not steel, Cheers Barry

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Dave the Renegade:

robert1952:

rigsby:
they can’t have been used on farm work dave , they’ve got mirrors on , mind you i can’t see from here if there is any glass in them . dave

Yes, and the D-series has no headlights - gotta be a farm lorry! Robert :laughing:


A lot of grants for building farm roads in the 60’s/70’s. Stone dug out of hillside on site and hauled varying distances on knackered tippers. Bodies came off anything Pete.
Cheers Dave.

They look like they have had a hard life Dave, and now you have blown picture up you can see that cowl on the bottom grill to cover where pump was, Cheer’s for the info on Elan dam’s as well mate

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Hi, Folks , The two Albions look like ex mixers , Cheers Barry

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barrywaddy:
Hi, Folks , The two Albions look like ex mixers , Cheers Barry

I would say you are correct “barrywaddy”, The front grill points to this for the pump being driven from the front of the engine, Regards Larry.

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Neil Richards has some cracking photo’s. Here’s one from Knill’s that I had forgotten about.

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Dave the Renegade:

Neil Richards has some cracking photo’s. Here’s one from Knill’s that I had forgotten about.

A Radnorshire registration number Dave

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pete smith:

Dave the Renegade:

Neil Richards has some cracking photo’s. Here’s one from Knill’s that I had forgotten about.

A Radnorshire registration number Dave

Based three miles from Llandrindod Wells County town of Radnorshire Pete. All the new lorries that Bill Knill bought had FO plates.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

pete smith:

Dave the Renegade:

Neil Richards has some cracking photo’s. Here’s one from Knill’s that I had forgotten about.

A Radnorshire registration number Dave

Based three miles from Llandrindod Wells County town of Radnorshire Pete. All the new lorries that Bill Knill bought had FO plates.
Cheers Dave.

Hi All, I feel a backache coming on ,the memories of the 12 ton cement or 4000 bricks loads will never go away ,who said the good old days? keep them pics coming dave ---- toshboy

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One of the two brand new Dodge V8 units that Knill’s had in 1966. They didn’t last long.