More Scottish timber hauliers on Biglorryblog thanks to Tom G!

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Tom Gormley saw Bob Tuck's recent contribution on Collie Transport and says "You mentioned that operators here were not as impressive as in some other areas. Here in Ayrshire, JST Services run an impressive fleet of wagons on timber haulage and some other rather specialised bits of kit. I am not too sure what he is currently operating but here are a few photos. I believe that there is 3 or 4 lorry-mounted cranes on 6 and 8-wheeled Scanias and Volvos, a couple of FH 8 wheel tractors that tow a pair of cranes for timber and port handling."

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"The crane attaches to the fifth wheel similiar to a swan neck, and the rear attached to a 4 axle bogie. I also believe he runs some 6x6 Volvo FMs and a John Deere Challenger 5x4 tractor (one big wheel up front to steer with) for low ground pressure and forwarding the timber out to the other wagons." Now click through for more...

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Tom continues: "JST previously operated a Terberg, and the boat seen in the Collie article is also operated by him. I am actually surprised that nobody has done a feature on him already.Check out the two links below for some more photos and info.
 
http://public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckphotos/scottish-trucks/ayrshire-hauliers/general-haulage/jst_ayr_scotland/
 
http://www.jstservices.co.uk/port.htm   Cheers Tom Gormley.

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Thanks Tom, smart trucks.

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Bob Tuck

Tom - I've tried twice over the last few years to do a feature on some of the great vehicles operated by JST (the Terberg and the Scammell S26 in particular) but sadly the JST owner refuses to allow his vehicles to appear in Truck & Driver. I know not why but I presume he doesn't need the coverage.

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