This lovely old girl was spotted in Rensink’s yard at Almelo, Holland. One of our drivers sent the picture the other week. The Scania 111 still looks like its used now and again. The 5th wheel is still well greased and the fuel tank looks spatted with dirt from the front wheel. Hopefully she is still used for light duties, although alot of Rensink’s work is abnormal loads and heavy haulage, so she probably does the same as HC Wilson’s 141, the odd trip out to shows, loaded of course.
Have a look at these pictures sent over by Astran Director Kevin Letham. This Actros has been painted in the legendary Red and Yellow. The plan is to do a few trips to the M/E and then sell her on to a new life in the sun. The big question being will she be replaced by another Red & Yellow beasty?? The load of pipes were collected from northern Italy and deliver to Losail, Qatar in under 2 weeks. Good going but then again the pilot/photographer was the old M/E hand Roger “Rabbit” Gool, returned from retirement for a few trips. Keep the pictures coming Roger/Kevin!
No need for light bars and loads of spot lights for Leicester Heavy Haulages trucks, they carry around there own light source! This lovely old light ship “Calshot Spit“, has been moved by road From Southampton’s Ocean Village to Trafalgar dry dock for full restoration. The ship guided flying boats into their terminal at berth 50 and warned ships of sandbanks. Calshot retired from service in 1987. She was lifted from the water in 1989 and placed at Ocean Village Marina. Landlocked in concrete, the 140-ton vessel needed to find a new home as its current spot at Ocean Village is under redevelopment. So in come LHH to move the ship to the dry dock. Two huge cranes lifted the ship from its concrete mooring onto the 16 rows of Scheuerleaxles. The outfit was moved by 2 of LHH’s 6×4 DAF Super Space Cabs with ballast boxes fitted. The ship itself measured in at 26m Long x 6m Wide x 15m High and some where between 140 & 160 Ton. Its a good job Gary at LHH is a bright spark and made light work of such a flash job!
M6 JUNCTION 21A-23 WINWICK – WOODHEAD SCHEME
Please be aware of the M6 Junction 21A – 23 Northbound and Southbound scheme. The works start on Monday 8th November 2010 and are expected to finish on the 23rd February 2011 weather permitting. The works are for 24 hour major drainage works to the above location.
Night time –There will be a single lane of 3.3M only running in both directions.
Daytime – Narrow lanes as follows; Lane 1 at 3.3m, lane 2 at 3.3m and lane 3 at 3m.
The Traffic Safety Control Officers for the works are Night Time John McGowen on 07917171163 And Daytime Dave Martin 07976266263 and they will advise you if your movement will be able to make a safe passage through the works and help with any other information you may require regarding the scheme.
Regular updates will be posted on the web page. http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/25164.aspx
I received this on the email this afternoon, so i can only assume it is pretty important. If you can help please call the number.
We had The Roving Reporter reading his in his cockpit a few weeks back, so how about reading it on the famous tapline as featured in the book? This is surely a point winner. This picture was sent to me from AstranMD Kevin Letham, although it is Roger Gools photo. Yes Roger Gool as mentioned in the book. Have you been reading your copy in a weird or wonderful place? Send me proof to; ben@truckblog.co.uk
The ever moving Steve Marsh, has been to Norway twice in the last 2 weeks and returned home via Sweden and Germany. I think the size of the Swedish trucks has caught his eye. I think I’m right in saying Swedish combinations can be a max of 25.25m long, so as Marshy’s MAN is only about 9m long you can imagine the size difference. This first picture was of a Scania that pulled into a service station while Steve was on a break. Looks like a tipper or the like. The second picture is a Volvo that he managed to get along side, this shows how the little MAN is dwarfed by the big truck and trailer combo’s.
As many people know MDF Transport from Gt Yarmouth are fair Volvo fans. MD of MDF Mark Farrow sent me a recent wedge of pictures which i am getting through.
First up this cracking shot of a Lotus F89 after what looks like a service at a Volvo dealership (note the seat cover!!). Mark tells me this lovely truck was sadly written off in Italy in about 1983, while on its way home from the Italian Grand Prix. I have no idea what happened to the valuable cargo it was carrying at the time.
Next up is this hard worked F88. Well travelled by the looks of the cab, GB stickers and cab flags are true signs of a well travelled truck in the 1970’s! Although it does look like its parked in an English field, but why its in the field i have no idea! Have you got any idea? email me ben@truckblog.co.uk
Last but not least. This cracking F89 belonging to MDF. This picture was taken 4 or 5 years ago in Sweden, that’s all i can tell you. Working or Show? Working i hope…
As it was quite impressive, i thought i would post a quick couple of pictures of a ship! Not just any ship this was the launch of Stena Line’s newest ship, Britannica, sailing on the ever popular Harwich to Hoek route. We were invited down there as one of Stena’s regular freight customers. After speeches, fireworks, bottle smashing and a delicious 3 course lunch we explored the boat. Now i know why so many of our drivers are happy to get the Hoek boat over all the other North Sea routes. The new ship has space for 1200 passengers, is 240m long, has 538 cabins and has 5.5km of lane’s for vehicles and most importamtly a separate bar and restaurant for Truckers!!
For all you Volvo fans there is a bit of Volvo stuff coming your way in the next few weeks. To start with is any one looking for a decent restoration project? These 2 old girls are sitting slowing disappearing at a yard near Poole. One is a 4×2 and the other a 6×4. They may be available for restoration for a price, if your interested then email me at ben@truckblog.co.uk and I’ll try and put you in touch with the right man. Do you know any thing else about these 2? new pictures? history? email it all through to the above. Thanks to Roving Reporter for sending these through. If only they had been kept under cover!!!
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