The story i put up previous did happen,the company was called clifton sadler and had a yard on the south side of blackwall tunnel.They would change the name of the company every few months,it was icewain,clifton sadler,unison,precom,etc.A few very well known drivers work there some are well known to some of the ex london drivers on here.The first spain i did for them i was teamed up with nic the greeks farther in law bobby king who years ago had worked for hudsons and joey martin on fruit then freightbus etc.Although id known bobby for years i had never run with him before.I went to the yard that night and bob was loading his gear into his f12 globetrotter.I said to him how ever you want to run this trip is fine by me,he replied i dont stop to eat and i dont stop to sleep so off we went.We had a europa trailer which was loaded for their depot in madrid.We drove none stop to madrid and while we were tipping i went in the shower,just as i was finishing off in the shower bobby was shouting outside “hurry up we have to tip some cases at fords in vallencia.I ran out of the shower with my clothes jumped in the lorry an off we went flat out to fords.Bob was a good driver,he could do spain out an back on his own,unlike some he did,nt need anything to keep him going.We tipped in fords and reloaded oranges back.On the way home i was driveing through lyon,an bob was trying to cook his breakfast on the engine cover going along,he would not stop for anything other than fuel.He was a real character i liked him cause he did,nt care about anything an he was a grafter.Bob retired a good few years ago now thats why i have named him,the other drivers from this company are still driveing and im sure they would back both these tales as the truth.

I worked with a bloke who was always lucky with the laydeez. Well he always told us he was.We would get regular stories about his exploits, it was always when he was running on his own, 

Wheel Nuts efforts must ring true to many, how many times ahve you been to a place expecting it to be like what a fellow driver has said and its nothing like it. To true!! –

We would be told about the blonde lab technician who would knock on his cab door in the night. or the weighbridge clerk who wanted a bit of rough,.we all went to the same customers and parked up at the same places, but these girls were never there and he was the only one who had a vivid imagination or was indeed very lucky.To be honest I think he read too many magazines with sticky pages

I’ve put a note on trucknetuk.com asking for stories of yesteryear. This is a good one from Willie Roadstar of Stoke on Trent. All yours Willie;

Must post this story from my travels, and this is a true one !!

I was pulled at Dunkirk scales Canterbury on my way back from Berlin with a full load of non alcholic beer (sacriledge I know !!), I had an F10 4×2 with the then new 13.6 m tilt on, because I’d topped up the tanks in Zeebrugge, I was 1200 kgs over on my drive axle and got done for it, had to go to an haulage firm in Canterbury to get load shifted about.

While waiting for a police escort to take me there, an Irish 141 4×2 with Tri axle fridge was pulled in, the most cracking peice of kit you have ever seen, gleaming from front to back, anyway, they rolled him over the dynamic at 56,500 kgs, they pulled him to the side and read him the riot act and asked him to produce his tacho, which he did, I was standing next to the attending memeber of her majesty’s boys in blue at the time and could’nt beleive my eyes !!(and Ive done my share – but thats another story !!) – the tacho was completly black, on questioning, the driver stated that he only kept it in to keep the red light off on the head – as it irretated him while driving !!!!

He then was asked to produce his licence, at which point, he selected one from a batch of 4 and said that they could use that one, me and the copper where starting to get the giggles at this point!!

He was asked by the ministry man where he had driven from last, he stated Naples, the reply was “no – where have you started from this morning” – “Naples came his reply, I started yesterday at 2 am, I need to catch the ferry in Stranraer tonight!!!”

The officer then cautioned him and asked him to wait in his truck, at this point he asked if they had finished checking everything and they replied, “Yes, you will now have to wait, while we sort out a court sitting tomorrow” – OK he said – See Yeh Then !! ” and started the truck and drove away.

The ministry man had a dicky fit and started running after him, screaming to the copper to get on his bike and go after him. – The copper turned to him and said

“No way, there’s no point, I’ll radio on up to the boys in Essex and get them to stop him” !!!!!!!!!

Never saw the driver again, but boy, I had to admire is style !!