This thing was shown off at the Assen Truckstar Festival this year. I still haven’t got really got to the bottom of it yet, but it looks like it as built by Truckstar Magazine for fun and will eventually be sold off for charity. Pretty smart though. Thanks to Tony Van Der Nunn for the picture.
This old beauty was spotted in the M/E by Astran boss Kevin Letham on a previous trip. You can see the old english plate still under the bumper, it was a “G” reg but does any one know any other history of the truck?? Email me at ben@truckblog.co.uk
It took a while but now the pics are flooding in! Back in January i put a New Thread on www.trucknetuk.com asking if any body had seen these little Mercs running about. They are a German firm called Active Cars. The company seems to have a contract with Airbus, at a guess taking large light weight plane parts to Broughton and else where. Smart little trucks though, if you spot one feel free to send me a picture to ben@truckblog.co.uk
Mr Skinner has sent an update. A few posts ago i put a picture of this truck on its way to a new life in the sun and with another load for the legendary ASTRAN. The truck was part of a group of 6 trailers taking some steel down to Qatar for a stadium that they are building. They are hoping to win the 2022 world cup!!!! Now the truck is there and probably needs to learn the new language, looking at the road signs!! Although the desert isn’t all that interesting, some how it still makes a cracking shot!! Keep them coming Wayne. Any pics you lot want to send, please do to; ben@truckblog.co.uk
Oh what a bugger getting into your truck can be on a Friday morning. The thought of crossing the M62 for one final time this week, the boredom of parking on the M25 with thousands of others who have nowhere else to be, your old ageing Iveco struggling to pass a few more miles in the week………………….. Hang on a boomerang throwing minute, what am i talking about. ANdy Wilson sent this picture Friday with his days ride. He says; “Todays jigger. Kenworth T904 heading out in Queensland Desert near South Austraila border with gas exploration stuff.” Tough old job………
How about this then, Wilsons had to load this old beauty in Horncastle this week to deliver to Southampton. Why? Because it is being shipped out to Doha, Qatar for the State National Day Celebrations. Yea, exactly. I just hope it comes back in one piece and not put to work for another 20 years, like most commercials heading East.
I know its not exactly truck related, but you all know where the new Colchester Stadium is and the new junction they are building on the A12 in Essex. On Sunday just gone the road was closed and it was a lovely quiet nights sleep i can tell you, but before the ZZZZ’s i popped down the road to see what was going on, only to find this big Sarens crane lifting in the pieces for the new junction bridge. Not a bad picture, but i was very odd seeing the A12 in pitch darkness, very odd.
The time has arrived for Dave Crawford and Kersey Freight to put their first 2 new trucks on the road. The trucks in question are K18 KFL and K19 KFL. Both are DAF XF105 Super Space Cabs. They will be mainly running to Paris and Italy but i’m sure they will end up any where that pays! Nice to see a company that are actually doing well at the moment.
These pictures were taken by Wayne Skinner on his way to the ME with some sellers. Still seems to be a good trade in European trucks out there although he did say he was a little cautious about the ex MW Tasker Scania as they are slighty out of favour at the moment. Still a cracking pic of the Volvo in the desert and does any one know where the Scania pic was taken?? i have no idea! At least Astran are keeping him busy, hopefully more pics to come.
Having noticed a few weeks ago Steve Marsh had broken down in Germany, it turns out he’s been having problems with the clutch. A big MAN was called out and supposedly fixed the problem, see below.
A few weeks later Marshy was back to full fitness or so he thought. After loading in Lee on Solent with Helicopter Rotors, he headed off to Milano. But more problems occured with the clutch, some leaking oil or some thing. He made it to Italy and reloaded back in Belgium yesterday. Hopefully the little MAN will get sorted and be back to full fitness soon enough.
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