Steve ( Proppy ) Teece with J & B’s M A N from Cricklade, coming onto the Gore weighbridge to tare in.
Steve Teece with the loaded artic coming back to the weighbridge at Gore to weigh out.
John Williams not on his usual Foden, driving Son, Clives Scania, coming through the wheel wash at the Gore Quarry.
Bill McQueen’s Foden in the early nineties, pictured at Kington lorry park.
Bill McQueen’s current lorry, a Scania eight wheeler. Bill is another ex Tilcon driver and still hauls out of the Gore Quarry as an owner driver.
John Bathurst with Kens Tipper Hire Foden Alpha, coming off the weighbridge at Strinds Quarry.
Mark Herrits Scania parked at Presteigne lorry park. Mark is an owner driver working out of Strinds/Dolyhir Quarries.
Dave the Renegade:
John Cross loading tarmac at Strinds Quarry, standing on the plant is Kevin Layton, senior plant operator.
that must be in the days before health and safety. If you stood up there now without hi viz jacket and trousers and hard hat you would be banned from tarmac sites.
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
John Cross loading tarmac at Strinds Quarry, standing on the plant is Kevin Layton, senior plant operator.that must be in the days before health and safety. If you stood up there now without hi viz jacket and trousers and hard hat you would be banned from tarmac sites.
Hi jonmea,
You are absolutely right, this quarry, the Strinds is now run by Tarmac,at the time of this pic, early eighties.it was still owned by Nash Rocks. Kevin Layton has since been tango’d, the whole quarry is full of do’s don’t’s and notices, you can’t get out of the lorry at the Gore quarry at the weighbridge, if you are 100 kilo’s over you have to go and take it off, before if you jumped out of the cab, problem solved. Health and safety, good thing, up to a point, but gone totally over the top.
Cheers Dave.
Phil Morris in one of his eight wheeler Daf’s coming down the road from Strinds Quarry, to join the A44.
A important part of the lorry fraternity, the Coucil lorry Driver’s, many have been up the road on artics etc, before getting a steady job like this. Also do an important job when there is winter weather about. Amey do the road contract in Herefordshire, this lorry being loaded on the A44,Tack Barn, Kington.
Owner Driver Wayne Jenkins, leaving Gore Quarry with his loaded six wheeler Scania.
One of N H Jones, from Hereford coming through the lights, at Tack Barn, Kington.
A nice Scania six wheeler plant lorry, pictured at Hatton Gardens industrial estate, Kington.
Dave the Renegade:
Owner Driver Wayne Jenkins, leaving Gore Quarry with his loaded six wheeler Scania.
this scania used to be in minffordd quarry near porthmadog up until last year. the owner swapped it for a scania r500 artic in tarmac colours.
atkidave:
Dave the Renegade:
Two of Roberts mechanics pop riveting the alloy body panels on. The one is Andy Steele, not sure of the other.Hi Dave, yes you are right, it’s Andy Steele on the left and Colin Jones on the stepladder.
Hi both,
I worked with Colin when we were both at Benson’s. Anybody know what has happened to Gary (short bloke) who drove the ERF E10 artic for Benson’s? First lorry I drove after passing my test!
regards
ploughman1963:
atkidave:
Dave the Renegade:
Two of Roberts mechanics pop riveting the alloy body panels on. The one is Andy Steele, not sure of the other.Hi Dave, yes you are right, it’s Andy Steele on the left and Colin Jones on the stepladder.
Hi both,
I worked with Colin when we were both at Benson’s. Anybody know what has happened to Gary (short bloke) who drove the ERF E10 artic for Benson’s? First lorry I drove after passing my test!
regards
Do you mean Gary Proudman? If you do he retired a couple of years ago and i think he spends a lot of his time at his caravan now.
Yes, I think so, nice bloke, pleased to hear he is well. What was the name of the transport firm from Bucknell that went under around 1989 / 1990, he was using the ERF at the time and the receivers tried to seize her.
I still laugh telling my lads about going to Southam on my first ever drive in the ERF. Eaton twin split (pre-select) box, and no-one told me how they worked. I bet there were a few folk cursed me on the way there that morning when I had to keep coming to a stop to start off again 
. Plucked up courage to ask at a butty wagon and from then on she flew 
6 months later they closed the agricultural division and I moved onto pastures new.
Colin
ploughman1963:
Yes, I think so, nice bloke, pleased to hear he is well. What was the name of the transport firm from Bucknell that went under around 1989 / 1990, he was using the ERF at the time and the receivers tried to seize her.I still laugh telling my lads about going to Southam on my first ever drive in the ERF. Eaton twin split (pre-select) box, and no-one told me how they worked. I bet there were a few folk cursed me on the way there that morning when I had to keep coming to a stop to start off again
6 months later they closed the agricultural division and I moved onto pastures new.Colin
Hi Ploughman,
The firm from Bucknell was probably Tommy Edwards, had red lorries and did haulage for McConnells or Bensons. Atki Dave, probably knows more about it than me.
Cheers Dave.
jonmea:
Dave the Renegade:
Owner Driver Wayne Jenkins, leaving Gore Quarry with his loaded six wheeler Scania.this scania used to be in minffordd quarry near porthmadog up until last year. the owner swapped it for a scania r500 artic in tarmac colours.
Hi jonmea,
That would be about the time that this young driver started at the Gore on his own, a lot of the second hand lorries, that haul out of these quarries are sourced from within the Tarmac owned quarries. I haven’t got pics of all the lorries yet, there might be a few more yo recognise.
Cheers Dave.