Here is another old classic heading off for a new life in the Middle East. Wilsons collected this little thing and took it to Felixstowe for shipping out to Qatar. It seems there are a lot of old commercials heading out that way, so i quizzed the driver if he knew why it was going out to the M/E. This is the story; “Apparently some Sheik or another has a large picture on his wall of an oil well his family have owned for donkey’s years. He now wants to recreate a living version of the picture, so is buying up all the vehicles in the picture and shipping then out to the oil well.” So now you know! A great story and sounds perfectly plausable, but then again any thing seems plausable to when Oil Barons are involved. Great little truck though and its been around a bit. According to the paperwork it was fully rebuilt and restored in 1996 in Melbourne, Australia.
After the pictures Kindle 530 from www.trucknetuk.com sent me of the little Atego artic at Killingholme, click here, i thought i’d email Activ Cars to see if they wanted to send me any more pictures.
My new best mate at Activ, Malte Horneburg, sent me 3 pictures of what was in his yard on Friday morning, which you can see below. It turns out the trailer Kindle530 spotted was only an 11m trailer but the majority of Activ’s trailer’s are 13.6m long but still with a single axle. I can’t say i fancy one on a windy day though, how ever smart they are! Of course I’d happily drive one given the oppotunity.
In the above picture note how long the weelbase of the furthest Atego is., or is it just a trick of the camera that it looks longer than the other truck??
I’m hoping to get a little more information about these to see what they actually carry, apart from airbus parts obviously!
After having a scout through the old photo archive yesterday i came across this little gem. Back in the good old days when i was tramping the Country keeping our citizens going by delivering many a varied load of stuff i took this some where in the Leeds area. First drop was the BAR Cargolifts, to some where just off the M62 in the Leeds area (i’m ashamed i can’t remember where though!). Next drop was the rear pallet of boxes containing a sunbed from Cyrano Leisure in Braintree and delivered to Warrington. Then 3rd Drop late in the afternoon was the front pallet with yet another Urgent sun bed for Larkhall up in sunny Scotland. Great Days. It always amazed me that of all the cargoes we all carry that one of the most urgent ones is Sunbeds! They couldn’t wait, it was same day delivery if possible at worst next day. On the other hand if only i could share with you some of the people i met in the Tanning Salons of the UK or some of the staff…………..Crikey! Snap out of it i won’t get to sleep thinking about them…. those….
My good friend David at Kersey Freight sent me these pics of one of his new DAF’s delivering in Milton Keynes. Looking at the pics i couldn’t help but think they looked familiar. Out come my photo archives and i found the picture below of me tipping at the same place many moons ago (in the best truck i had!) on the same bay as the Spaniard in the back of the newer photo. How bizarre!! How sad i recognised a loading bay!!!
Or is it an if only, or an as well as, if she has any thing to do with it its just a dream!!! See www.leobol.nl for all dreamy ideas
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………
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