Truck & Driver UK – August 2019

Truck & Driver Summer 2019^11

EDITOR’S CHOICE

The changing nature of

driving – including all the testing

that drivers have to go through

• is just one example of how the
  industry has changed in the 35
  years Mike has been an operator.
  But then he has played his
  part in how it changed. During
  the fuel protests of September
  2000, when farmers and hauliers
  blockaded oil refineries and
  created rolling roadblocks on
  major roads over the high taxation
  of fuel, Mike was one of the
  leading protestors in West Wales.

Organised by CB

The late Brynle Williams, one of

the leaders of the protests in

Wales, called Mike on a

Thursday evening and

said he and a group of

hauliers and farmers had

The quality of the trucks is

also a reason why M&M Greene

is never short of drivers. “We

often get people phoning up

asking if there is a job going.”

The missing M

M&M Greene is still very much a

family concern. As well as Mike,

there is his brother Mark – the

other ‘M’ in ‘M&M Greene’ – and

Mike’s son, Carwyn, has also

recently joined the business.

Turning just 19 in June,

Carwyn has already passed his

Class 2 and Class 1 – within a

couple of months of each other,

Mike notes proudly – and is

starting to fill in when regular

drivers are off. He has also taken

college courses in HGV repair,

so can help out in the workshop

• another side to the business.

This means all day-to-day

maintenance of the trucks can be

done in-house – although any

major work is still carried out by

the main dealerships – as well as

jobs for other transport outfits.

Mike himself is based in the

office and the workshop these

days. He came off the trucks

full-time three years ago after an

accident – yes, another one!

• when he fell off a trailer and
  broke four ribs. “Mark said to me:
  ‘You can do a bit of driving and
  more maintenance or we can
  employ someone full-time in the
  workshop.’ So I came off the road.”
  While he still takes the odd
  load out to fill in when a regular
  driver is off, or if the company is
  very busy, Mike doesn’t miss life
  out on the road. “Not with the
  way the traffic is now,” he says.