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OilyNice one Oily, Thank you
Yes thank you Oily have enjoyed looking at those , Trevor
Hi Pete , do you remember Hills from Pontesbury nr Shrewsbury , coal tippers in a blue/black colour scheme and mostly Guys , but finished up running bedford TMs ? regards Keith .
Evening all,
Gentlemen, what memories you bring back!..Wrekin Roadways…
Wrekin Roadways…oh, chagrin!..a deal done by my cousin saw me dispatched with our “new”, (ex some scurilous Scottish operator), heavy hauler, ( good grief someone had enjoyed the best years from this S20 cab, Gardner 150hp, Foden 12 speed, underdrive, 6x4), to purchase from David James a , (totally worn out), Dyson 4 in line low loader, that together with said Foden made a rather patina drenched worn out heavy hauler outfit…as we needed such a combination to carry a Shropshire based optomists newly acquired RB dragline from job to job…and having done only one days work with this “evil” combination I informed my dear Uncle and Aunt that , truly, I was not the man to drive this pedigree outfit…I prefered France in a 4 wheeled 4LK Gardner version of Mr Fodens finest…not this vibrating, grunting, squeaking, 29mph velocipede…(untill one came to a steep hill…then you jacked the bugger up, and turned down the rear hub diffs, and away you went)…12 gears up to 15 mph…you could climb a cliff…But not for me…but I do confess a fascination at seeing the rear bogie leaving black rubber lines from its tyres as it easily climbed a 1 in 4 gradient in lo reduction first…but then my enthusiasm was tempered…when I ran out of any sign of retardation at 10mph one dark night in down town Wrexham…Not a happy experience at all…particularly as my gross weight easily exceeded twice the legal limit at that time.
No wonder I lost my hair young.
Cheerio for now.
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Hi Pete , do you remember Hills from Pontesbury nr Shrewsbury , coal tippers in a blue/black colour scheme and mostly Guys , but finished up running bedford TMs ? regards Keith .
Hi Keith,
Sorry I cannot picture their motors, perhaps CC has got some?
pete smith:
kingswinford kit:
Hi Pete , do you remember Hills from Pontesbury nr Shrewsbury , coal tippers in a blue/black colour scheme and mostly Guys , but finished up running bedford TMs ? regards Keith .Hi Keith,
Sorry I cannot picture their motors, perhaps CC has got some?
Yes they had Guys , but also Albions and TK Bedfords , one was i think a Chinese 6 , they did a lot of coal from the Stoke area , thank you Trevor .
pete smith:
kingswinford kit:
Hi Pete , do you remember Hills from Pontesbury nr Shrewsbury , coal tippers in a blue/black colour scheme and mostly Guys , but finished up running bedford TMs ? regards Keith .Hi Keith,
Sorry I cannot picture their motors, perhaps CC has got some?
Hi Pete thanks any way , CC a good bet for the obscure , regards Keith .
kingswinford kit:
pete smith:
kingswinford kit:
Hi Pete , do you remember Hills from Pontesbury nr Shrewsbury , coal tippers in a blue/black colour scheme and mostly Guys , but finished up running bedford TMs ? regards Keith .Hi Keith,
Sorry I cannot picture their motors, perhaps CC has got some?Hi Pete thanks any way , CC a good bet for the obscure , regards Keith .
Have not heard from charliemjp for a while they were from his neck of the woods , Trevor .
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Had this tattoo done yesterday in memory of Dave the Renegade . Going back in two weeks for the word Renegade to be wrote on the bumper .
Thanks Tracy .
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Had this tattoo done yesterday in memory of Dave the Renegade . Going back in two weeks for the word Renegade to be wrote on the bumper .
Thanks Tracy .
Hi Tracy,
An appropriate tribute to Dave, are you going to have Clarence’s Bison on the other arm?! Cheer’s Pete
Looking good, Tracy. 
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Had this tattoo done yesterday in memory of Dave the Renegade . Going back in two weeks for the word Renegade to be wrote on the bumper .
Thanks Tracy .
Well done Tracy your a STAR, Regards Larry.
pete smith:
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Had this tattoo done yesterday in memory of Dave the Renegade . Going back in two weeks for the word Renegade to be wrote on the bumper .
Thanks Tracy .Hi Tracy,
An appropriate tribute to Dave, are you going to have Clarence’s Bison on the other arm?! Cheer’s Pete
No Pete Smith only had the one done .
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Had this tattoo done yesterday in memory of Dave the Renegade . Going back in two weeks for the word Renegade to be wrote on the bumper .
Thanks Tracy .
Dave will be proud of you Tracy , Trevor .
pete smith:
Found this on e-bay, not sure if it is one of Dave’s that has been liberated,
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Pete Hi , have come across this . Not one of mine so photographer unknown .
As it happens i am familiar with Hills of Pontesbury , so will see what i can find , cc .
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pete smith:
Found this on e-bay, not sure if it is one of Dave’s that has been liberated,
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Pete Hi , have come across this . Not one of mine so photographer unknown .
As it happens i am familiar with Hills of Pontesbury , so will see what i can find , cc .
Hi CC,
I wonder if that ERF survived? Cheer’s Pete
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Hi Pete , Burgoynes had their own farm just outside Lyonshall and all the buildings were painted green the same as those on the lorries .
Regarding Sharples the Foden FCJ was sold to Clarence Griffiths as a preservation project , but never knew they had that ERF ! regards Keith ,
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A470 near Rhayader .