AT LAST WE HAVE GOT AROUND TO SORTING PETER GOODLEY`S CONTRIBUTION OUT, AND IT FOLLOWS BELOW, PLUS A SELECTION OF PHOTOS FROM THE WESTERN REGION, FROM 1978 UPTO THE LAST KNOCKINGS IN 1990.
PETER`S RECOLLECTIONS FIRST, PHOTOS FOLLOWING..............BUT FIRST, WE COULD NOT RESIST SHOWING THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG WHIPPER-SNAPPER IN HIS FOOTBALL TOGS IN 1953.......SO WHICH ONE IS HE ???????
WESTERN REGION, CAERPHILLY.
Recollections from Peter Goodley, Sales Manager from 1980 to 1991.
Sales Teams before & during Peter`s time……..
1970 Hal Kelly, George Mitchell, Ron Martin
1980 Leslie Cutting, Peter Goodley, David Magee, Danny Lightfoot, Tony Green
Business was steady in the 1970`s, with little going to the coal industry.
Opencast Coal was small beer compared to the Northern & Scottish Regions, then by the 1980`s, sales gradually got better, with inroads being made into some major companies, Tarmac, both Construction & Roadstone, McAlpine, ARC Western, Tilcon, N.C.B., Kingston Minerals & Short Bros.
The beginning of the 1990`s turned out to be very special for Western Region because of the effort put into the job by everyone in the team. The sale of 6 units Terex 33-10E to E.C.C. in Cornwall for instance.
David Magee had moved house to Somerset, and set the ball rolling with an enquiry from E.C.C. for 9 units of 60 ton trucks.
A demo against the equivalent Caterpillar truck too place, with Martin Ede doing an excellent report showing the 33-10 the winner in every way.
A visit to Terex at Newhouse by E.C.C. personnel was well organised by Ken Coughlan, plus a visit to see 33 Series trucks working in Derbyshire.
The unfortunately timed closure of St Austell depot was negated by a visit by John Judson, with a promise to have a consignment stock on E.C.C.`s site. Team work at its best !!
The artic truck demo went quite well, despite the “arctic” conditions. The “Lovely South “?
David Magee was also successful with a sale of 2 x Terex 33-05B dumptrucks, in what was to be eventually the last working colliery in South Wales, Tower, and also in the late 1980`s from Tarmac again, orders for the newly built model of the TS-24C motor scraper, the first units sold in the UK.
This order followed more excellent teamwork, when Mike Henshaw, Terex Export Sales Manager, took myself and John Tull from Tarmac, to Fort Dodge (Des Moines), Iowa, USA, and thence onto a US Gypsum quarry with J. Bell, who was a service manage for the local Terex Dealer.
There we met up with the quarry & plant managers from US Gypsum, and saw TS-24C`s stripping overburden.
The visit was excellent, and went down well with John Tull, and was followed by another visit, this time to Amax Mining`s Chinook Mine. Amax were running 9 x TS-24C`s, both pushed by Cat & Komatsu dozers, and also with helpmates, self-loading.
After another excellent site inspection, the next day we were given a full and detailed report of the running costs and reliability of the TS-24C`s, from Rich Johnson, the Amax manager. A report from their drivers also glowed with praise for the Terex over the Cat 631D, as it carried more (bigger bonuses), had better hydraulics and also was much the more comfortable machine to drive.
Peabody Coal was the next call on the schedule, in Cumberland, Idaho, which was a really huge operation. 1.85M tons per month overburden removal, by many machines including a mixed fleet of 5 x TS-24B/C`s, the worlds largest excavator (at that time, Ed.), a Bucyrus 4350, 3 x 150 ton rock trucks, and 5 x 150 ton coal haulers, etc, etc……a well worth stop on the schedule.
Following this trip, Juhn Tull also came to Terex`s 3 day presentation, and an order for 2 new TS-24C`s was placed, brought about by teamwork yet again. John even won the sweep and drew the eventual Derby winning horse.
After the Zettelmeyer agency was acquired, Tony Green, who covered quite a few Tarmac & Tilcon quarries, and the CEGB in his patch, made his name by selling the very first ZL5001F loading shovel with the self levelling suspension to ECC at Much Wenlock (ref AFM).
Zettelmeyer had Robert Blazias on site for the demonstration, with Tony, Alan Matchett & Martin Ede, this being followed by a customer visit to the factory in Germany.
At the demonstration, the QM from Much Wenlock drove the ZL5001F, and when he got out and drove off in his Land Rover, he stopped twice to check his tyres and suspension, such was the quality of the Zett, he thought he had a problem !!
Tony sadly died before he could properly enjoy his retirement.
Danny Lighfoot covered the north of Western Region, and was successful with the quarrying people in his area, Tarmac, Tilcon, and ARC, but also made a breakthrough with 6 of the new range of Terex articulated dumptrucks to George Noblett, in Cheshire.
Danny was always hunting around, looking for new outlets, and an excellent member of our team. Fortunately still growing old disgracefully like the rest of us.
NOW SOME PHOTOS......1978/79 CHRISTMAS PARTY, PROBABLY AT BLACKWOOD, JUST NEAR THE M50/M5 JUNCTION.....THOSE PRESENT ARE.... FROM THE LEFT, FAR SIDE OF TABLE---- CAROLE LOWE & HUSBAND, PG, MARGARET MAGEE, KEITH BREALEY, ELFREDA MITCHELL.....AND FROM THE RIGHT, ON THE NEARSIDE OF TABLE....."THE DUKE", DEAR OLD GEORGE MITCHELL, ANN BREALEY, DAVID MAGEE, JEAN GOODLEY, AND JANET ? & HUSBAND.
THE AREA AND PERSONNEL DURING THE EARLY SEVENTIES.....
KINGSTON MINERALS, 1983, DELIVERY OF 2 NEW 33-05B`S AND A 72-61.....JBH PERSONNEL ON PARADE ARE LESLIE CUTTING & PG ON FAR RIGHT, AND 4TH LEFT AS YOU LOOK AT IT.....THE EXCELLENT JOHN GREGORY, DRIVER EXTRAORDINAIRE....
LATER THAT YEAR, LESLIE CUTTING AND HIS WIFE JOAN, AT LESLIE`S RETIREMENT "DO" AT CAERPHILLY OFFICE.....
......AND LASTLY, USKMOUTH POWER STATION, 1990, THE COMPLETE SALES TEAM, THE "FOUR MUSKETEERS"....PG, DANNY LIGHFOOT, DAVID MAGEE, AND TONY GREEN.
