Category Archives: Friendships

Playing away from home

Posted on February 20, 2013 by davesdemolitiondiaries

The next Hypermarket was in Bristol, meant that additional Plant was required to cope with the work. Cat D8H tractors c/w 463G and 435F towed scrapers, were purchased, larger Low Loaders were required to transport the ever increasing fleet. D8H … Continue reading →

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My first acquisition

Posted on January 30, 2013 by davesdemolitiondiaries

In 1971 we decided to replace our AEC Mercury Tractor Unit with a new heavier Tractor Unit. I found such a vehicle at Commercial Motors, Clay Cross, an Atkinson Borderer powered by a Rolls Royce Eagle diesel engine, David Brown … Continue reading →

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Something’s Burning?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by davesdemolitiondiaries

The 955F`s were updated with Cat 951`s, Case 750`s, 850`s also Case 1000`s and Komatsu D50s tracked loaders being purchased as business continued to flourish and expand. A large contract with the Ministry of Public Works at Whittington Barracks near … Continue reading →

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Floods, friends and a diesel Land Rover!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by davesdemolitiondiaries

One evening in the spring of 1967 we received a phone call from Peter Rowe, who owned a motorboat, which he moored on the River Severn near Tewkesbury. There had been a period of exceptionally heavy rain that had caused … Continue reading →

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