Price:
Dave the Renegade:
Don’t know if this is TNUK member Hywel’s Son,seen on the A470 just below the Storey Arms on Brecon Beacons.Hi Dave,
It’s not my son Mike. It is Stan’s son - John, driving the latest outfit 11.reg. all new.
regards — Hywel.
Hi Hywel
Didn’t know which of the fleet it was.Did see it was a new one.Their wagons always look tidy as do most of the timber hauliers.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Avery weighbridge testing unit,seen on the A470 near Storey Arms on Brecon Beacons.
They visit us about 3/4 times a year at Gill Mill: Part maintenance contract plus a couple of Trading Standards tests as it’s a public weighbridge. PITA when it’s trading standards as they take ages and wont let lorries weigh in or out using lorry and shovel weighers.
Muckaway:
Dave the Renegade:
Avery weighbridge testing unit,seen on the A470 near Storey Arms on Brecon Beacons.They visit us about 3/4 times a year at Gill Mill: Part maintenance contract plus a couple of Trading Standards tests as it’s a public weighbridge. PITA when it’s trading standards as they take ages and wont let lorries weigh in or out using lorry and shovel weighers.
They have a couple of weighbridges at Dolyhir/Strinds quarries and when the Gore weighbridge is out of action,they send the lorries over there to weigh.
Cheers Dave.
Muckaway:
Fryske; Do you ever get up Oxon/Glos way with your photography? A few picturesque spots up here for lorries working hard…
I’d like to - actually — what are the good spots - ?
fryske:
Muckaway:
Fryske; Do you ever get up Oxon/Glos way with your photography? A few picturesque spots up here for lorries working hard…I’d like to - actually — what are the good spots - ?
Hello Fryske, I’d suggest Burford High Street looking down for lorries working hard; Nice and steep with lovely ancient stone buildings either side.
Chipping Norton Worcester Road (A44 I think it is, near the cemetery) many fridge wagons coming up from the growers out Evesham way en route for London and the M40 etc. Nicely wooded either side with the old Bliss Tweed Mill chimney in the background.
Bunkers Hill near the old Blue Circle cement works on the A4095. Tipper lorries belonging to Smiths of Bletchingdon are very common here as their head office is nearby, plus lorries avoiding the A34.
A361 near and through Lechlade is very good again for tipper companies, mixers, farm wagons etc. Just before Lechlade on the Burford side is a trout farm and a an old mill in a wooded area with a tea van around the corner 
I’ll have a think for more…
Dave the Renegade:
A Hanson liveried Volvo FM eight legger tipper,seen climbing up the A470 on Brecon Beacons towards the Storey Arms.
Dave, Heard that Hanson hauliers are on strike in South Wales. I would go too but our lot wouldnt stand together. Mark
pursy:
Dave the Renegade:
A Hanson liveried Volvo FM eight legger tipper,seen climbing up the A470 on Brecon Beacons towards the Storey Arms.Dave, Heard that Hanson hauliers are on strike in South Wales. I would go too but our lot wouldnt stand together. Mark
Wouldn’t blame you if you did go on strike Mark,also these up here should do the same.These big quarry concerns don’t care about anyone other than themselves.
The pic on the Beacons was taken over two weeks ago in the hot spell in March.
Cheers Dave.
An Iveco four wheeler with a crane probably earning more than most these days,seen on the A470 climbing Brecon Beacons.
Dave the Renegade:
An Iveco four wheeler with a crane probably earning more than most these days,seen on the A470 climbing Brecon Beacons.
You’re right there Dave; A bloke nearby has one almost identical (Sed Atki) and he does a lot of bag deliveries as we don’t have one.
d ave they striked today at machen quarry could not get tarmac delivered messed my day up but iagree with them i dont know if this is true but a driver said offered 1 pence a mile rise robbin ■■■■■■■■ regards rowly good luck all tipper boys
rward:
d ave they striked today at machen quarry could not get tarmac delivered messed my day up but iagree with them i dont know if this is true but a driver said offered 1 pence a mile rise robbin [zb] regards rowly good luck all tipper boys
Rumour has it that one of the big quarry owners has started buying some of their own tippers,as they can’t get many to haul for them Rowly.They may need to purchase some more unless they up the rates by quite a bit.
Cheers Dave.
Graham gah1950 set me some pic’s of his new motor with a valuable load of mobile plant tyres aboard.
Looks like loading shovel tyres.
I wouldn’t mind the value of the lorry and the load in my bank account.
Another big white DAF -
fryske:
Another big white DAF -
Could be a South Wales,Bayston Hill or Stowfield artic.There are atrics from all three locations hauling from these quarries every day.Plus the local artis and a lot of outsiders.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
fryske:
Another big white DAF -
Could be a South Wales,Bayston Hill or Stowfield artic.There are atrics from all three locations hauling from these quarries every day.Plus the local artis and a lot of outsiders.
Cheers Dave.
The white Tarmac livery is not unattractive but it would be nice to see more unique liveries!
Dave the Renegade:
rward:
d ave they striked today at machen quarry could not get tarmac delivered messed my day up but iagree with them i dont know if this is true but a driver said offered 1 pence a mile rise robbin [zb] regards rowly good luck all tipper boysRumour has it that one of the big quarry owners has started buying some of their own tippers,as they can’t get many to haul for them Rowly.They may need to purchase some more unless they up the rates by quite a bit.
Cheers Dave.
The stupid idiots running the big quarries are to blame. Muppets who wouldn’t know a wagon from on old tin bath and who only look at the short term. I’ll give an example.
I had a customer, the boss and 3 lads, nothing massive but he provided me with good, local work and always paid immediately. I’d carried a bit of stone here and there and mainly just did muckshifting for him. He wanted some tar for a job he had. He asked me for a price on the haulage and waiting time. I gave him a competetive quote and even said I’d help him on the barrow. He booked me for the Saturday morning, this was the Wednesday. He rang me back on Thursday morning saying sorry but he’d have to get it delivered because the quarry were going to deliver it cheaper. I asked how much and he said they were doing it for nothing. The price delivered was the same price collected! How can I compete with that ffs 
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fryske:
Dave the Renegade:
fryske:
Another big white DAF -
Could be a South Wales,Bayston Hill or Stowfield artic.There are atrics from all three locations hauling from these quarries every day.Plus the local artis and a lot of outsiders.
Cheers Dave.The white Tarmac livery is not unattractive but it would be nice to see more unique liveries!
Could happen if Lafarge get hold of it,although most of them will be white in a couple of years Steve due to the cost of painting them.
Cheers Dave.
A bit of colour then, from last summer
Fellows Bulk Haulage DAF XF
Previously with M. A. Johnson:
