Did a little job today in the Roadrunner. Littleport, Cambs to Harwich Dock with an urgent pallet that was put straight into the corner of a storage warehouse!! Never mind, made a change to be out of the office on a sunny day…………… I’m sure my roadrunner wasn’t that bumpy, perhaps it was the lack of an air seat!!
I got to drive the Road Train Saturday. I picked JF up from Harwich as he was out of hours. Drives well although as JF said it does roll about abit, still it was a nice drive.
GW popped out to grab a couple of pictures of these 3 HC Wilson trucks on the A14. The drums are 4.30M diameter and weigh about 35 Ton each. These 2 are the first of many heading to Harwich, so they will be a regular site on the A14, A12 and A120 over the next few weeks. Good picture, i also blame the camera for the slight blur!!
After a lovely overnight stay at De Lichtermans Routier, we popped back down the road a mile or 2 to try and get the trucks washed at Scania Beers just north of Zwolle. But due to a large que of trucks in desperate need of washing we were declined, although they did tell us of a coach wash near by that we went to and got a wash down.
After arriving in Rotterdam we went round to the Tekno model factory for a nose about there little shop/museam. Officially it is only open to the public on Saturdays but we were welcomed as we hadf come from England and they liked our “cars” so much. If you have some time on your hands it is worth a visit. They have 1 of every model they have ever produced on the shelves and a new country by country museam just being built upstairs which we were given a sneak preview of.
Lashed and chocked, UJN, EGV and Mr Cribbins also of HC WIlson fame in WU02 and NB28 ready to depart the UK.
Note the rubber mats so we didn’t scratch the paint work! Although we did need a piece the size of the chassis as the young asian deck hand was about to put a chain over the chassis as there were no rear lashing points………..i pointed out that chocks under the wheels were enough!!
So this is where the road trip started. Norfolkline terminal at Felixstowe. Waiting to board the 0800 sailing last Thursday to Vlaardingen. It was a dry morning for a change so we got to Felixstowe without getting dirty, although we had already had the cab up on EGV to prime the fuel pump when we left Elmswell, but hey ho, it didn’t need doing for the rest of the trip.
2 of 5 TR100’s we moved the other week from Newhouse to Southampton. Picture taken by the expert photographer Mrs Sue Rammmmmmmm. Fumpa was in SW02 HCW for the week while the Titan had an MOT and wheel paint! All 5 machines moved without a problem.
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