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These were my most recent pictures of the 141. Supposedly wheels are now on and 5th wheel has been added too, so should only be just over a week’s work left to do, but i’ve heard that before! nice though isn’t it. Any comments email me at ben@truckblog.co.uk
well here we are, its now 2008!
Well i’m hoping to blog much much more regularly, a job from Scania would be nice (come on Mr Pugh), to finally get the old 141 on the road would be nice, seeing as its been at Ashley Pierce’s yard since April 2006!!
Just a few small resolutions i guess you can call them. Not forgetting the wedding in April just incase she’s reading!
So sorry for being away so long. I hope you will all still read this and haven’t completely given up on me.
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One for you to think about. If you look carefully the supports for the exhaust stacks are set back down the chassis towards the 5th wheel and you can just see the 5th wheel in the photo. Now i dont know about you but there doesnt seem like there’s much room on the back for a trailer, well a box type any way, perhaps it pulls a silo or a tanker, even so i would think the susies might get caught up on those supports. Never mind lovely truck perhaps its just all for show!
This one made me a little jealous, thinking about my dail steed. This is a 440 10×4. It has a roof mounted air-con box, lovely body and i think i’m right in saying has a gross weight some where around 40 ton, perhaps you can let me know ( ben@truckblog.co.uk ) . I would happily drive this Volvo instead of my old 7+ year old Iveco Eurotrekker, simply no comparison. The extra axle is just to spread the weight it is not a drive axle, but it can be lifted and some also steer, but i’mnot sure about this one.
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Not a bad looking truck i think you’ll agree, horses this side and buffalo the other. Lovely leather interior as you can see from the picture above. I’m not usually a lover of bull bars but some how it doesn’t look to stupid, but them again i’m a bit of an Actros fan.
To see all my RAI photos click on this link; http://www.flickr.com/photos/13716483@N07/sets/72157602938903470/
I will be using some more of my pics over the next few days and blogs.
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Well where can i start?! What an excellent day we had, and yes even Jo said she enjoyed it (and i believed her!) For me this black beauty was the highlight of my day, but unfortunately it was sold the morning the show opened, Bugger! The Show its self was excellent, lots to look at that we don’t get over here. A huge change in attitude and approach to transport was very very noticeable in every thing, all the products on show seemed to be tailor made to each operators needs where as over here i get the impression we all go for the standard things because we can make do. Then again i think there is another more important reason, money! It is quite clear to see that the dutch are making money out of transport where as we aren’t. Take the black King of the Road Edition Scania, yours for a mere 115,000euro bought the morning of the show by a small haulier Ronald van Wel. There is still a good enthusiasm for transport over there, lots of kids wanting to be truck drivers , operators still wanting to paint there trucks in striking liveries, unlike most of our hauliers who more and more often seem to be turning to white, why? because its all they can afford. Sad but true. Being out there almost made me want to be an owner driver again, it was all very …….hmm……….. inspiring, if only we could all move to Holland!
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