keith the thief:
maltese truck that is id bet me hat on it
Anyway what you doing up Mr Tea Leaf■■?
sinbin31:
Looks like a Greek with orange stripes no brit would paint his trailer that colour ,might be wrong but will eat my hat if I am
Roger
That’s the first thing I thought,Greek.
you never know fly sheet it could even be one of Dow freights they ran a few Transcons even blown up cant read the reg but but that wasnt unusual for DOW any wat Pablo told me you had gone to Canada is it true regards C
Fly Sheet .
Have u got 5000 dracs wont be worth a lot now as there on Euro’s and there borrowed.
Archie.
I Was always in front of you your little legs could never keep up
I will stick my neck out and say it has to be greek ,it has to be proven, who took the pic thats the only way to find out ,and forget the Dow Freight comment.
Roger
Archie.
I Was always in front of you your little legs could never keep up
Roger
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Ha! Bloody Ha! Cheeky Prat. I’ll have you know there’s good things in little parcels. 
By the way mate, when are you going to stick those pictures of Georges Funeral up ? It’ll be the anniversary soon.
Cheers, Archie.
geoffthecrowtaylor:
you never know fly sheet it could even be one of Dow freights they ran a few Transcons even blown up cant read the reg but but that wasnt unusual for DOW any wat Pablo told me you had gone to Canada is it true regards C
Yes Geoff I’ve left again driving for an outfit out of Winnipeg doing mostly US work, its flat deck work & I’ve got a Volvo with a pointy front end.
fly sheet:
geoffthecrowtaylor:
you never know fly sheet it could even be one of Dow freights they ran a few Transcons even blown up cant read the reg but but that wasnt unusual for DOW any wat Pablo told me you had gone to Canada is it true regards CYes Geoff I’ve left again driving for an outfit out of Winnipeg doing mostly US work, its flat deck work & I’ve got a Volvo with a pointy front end.
Hullo fly sheet.
If you are going down near to Seatle, you should give Chazzer ( on here ) a call, sure he would just love to meet up and have a natter with another Limey
You may even know him.
Cheers, Archie.
that aint chasser that used to work for ray the bracknall mafia is it archie. hows nick archie is he still in italy? brian jennings and emma are working out of my yard arch both driving for me mate (pcl) delivering milk round super makets she is a better worker than him lol and john sorry i aint phoned been bizzy as hell just brought a nice 1999 fh xl lhd ex race team 470k km from new i keep findin em lol phils on his way down now so i will see how syria is then shees next to go its got bahrain all over it
keith the thief:
that aint chasser that used to work for ray the bracknall mafia is it archie. hows nick archie is he still in italy? brian jennings and emma are working out of my yard arch both driving for me mate (pcl) delivering milk round super makets she is a better worker than him lol and john sorry i aint phoned been bizzy as hell just brought a nice 1999 fh xl lhd ex race team 470k km from new i keep findin em lol phils on his way down now so i will see how syria is then shees next to go its got bahrain all over it
Hullo Kieth mate,
No I don’t think so, although he will know them because we were all on Greece at the same time. Charlie was from Bicester, had a White Transcon with A/C on the top, then an ex Cave Wood F10, painted Black and Maroon. Yes Nick is still down in Italy, piston broke, living in his truck and off to some bird’s at the weekend for a shower and shag. He thinks more about his position in the Hells Angels than anything else, strange world we live in eh ? Give my regards to Brian and Emmarosa please, she always was a good worker, even when she worked for Mamma at the Garonne. You can give me a job if you like, I’ ll be back in the UK 2nd, April. Good to hear from you mate.
Cheers, Archie.
fly sheet:
keith the thief:
maltese truck that is id bet me hat on it5000 Drachmas its a Greek I reckon, the orange stripe represents its licened for international work plus the load of old tat bolted on it.
I’m with you lot, that’s a bubble’s motor, the orange stripe and the 2 series visor give it away, they used to put the bits off all the stolen 142s the eyeties took over there on anything they could
Well Rita again no acknowledgement from you despite me asking about your welfare several weeks ago Dow freight did indeed operate several Transcons and their colors were black and orange with guess what an orange stripe down their trailers as did their other co Balkan Transport however i don t remember any Greeks with Fords but as they mainly drove at night as obviously we did as with afew exceptions notably Wheelnut and Fly sheet no one of any consequence remembers us A more realistic answer is that its one of that well known East Kent haulier Deutrans whose initials DDR stood for Dover Dartford and Rochester. As far as I k;ow your filmstar namesakes were Rita Hayworth and Susan Hayworth so why youre not Roger Susan Haywood is amystery I ve broken bread with you several wish I could forget as quick on yer bike pal Crow
Sorry that should have been Susan Hayward Crow
Who was the owner of the black Transconti I saw about 2000-2001 at Augsburg Autohof? It had Renault type roof extension, 3 axles, tow bar, tanks and other middle-east equipment. Trailer was also black if I remember right.
Best Booties aka Ian Taylor remember you well mate helped you change trailer wheel studs at Londra camping once also bought a load of f89 bits off you at Stoke our original name was Metro freight Bury later changed to Eastern European Freight and finally Taylor bros Rossendale our colors were always blue and white except one f88 which was in dawnyards dark blue and yellow .Dawnyard which was run by Keith Rayner was the successor to Ski International and Arabian Freight he operated from Bury and later formed TIF he died several years ago . Incidentally my first trip was in 1976 to Craiova for Dawnyard in a1968 g reg ex Sammy Williams non sleeper Scania followed by several more to Romania and then in 1977 2 trips to Izmir all in the same truck which belonged to us and so you can say the saga had really begun best regards Ian Crow
geoffthecrowtaylor:
Best Booties aka Ian Taylor remember you well mate helped you change trailer wheel studs at Londra camping once also bought a load of f89 bits off you at Stoke our original name was Metro freight Bury later changed to Eastern European Freight and finally Taylor bros Rossendale our colors were always blue and white except one f88 which was in dawnyards dark blue and yellow .Dawnyard which was run by Keith Rayner was the successor to Ski International and Arabian Freight he operated from Bury and later formed TIF he died several years ago . Incidentally my first trip was in 1976 to Craiova for Dawnyard in a1968 g reg ex Sammy Williams non sleeper Scania followed by several more to Romania and then in 1977 2 trips to Izmir all in the same truck which belonged to us and so you can say the saga had really begun best regards Ian Crow
Hullo Geoff,
When did Kieth Raynor die ? I haven’t heard of him for years now. I know that he was living either in West Yorkshire or over the hill somewhere near to Oldham or perhaps Bury. I remember that he was also a big Man.U fan. I did maybe half a dozen Greek loads for him when he started up at Mythomroyd as Impex. I first met him when he was on Sca, for Ronnie Hall.
Cheers, Archie.
Sheeplady never put you down as a shepherdess you should remember us you dealt mainly with my wife Susan sadly no longer with us. We brought lakes of wine from Pavlikeny and Suhendol aswell as fields of hops from near Celje. I remember your legendary parties, do you still live at Kirby Malzeard , best regards the Crow ps what about the Patrick White drivers Kylie et al
Archie Keith died circa mid 90s I also remember Impex, TIF came later mainly to Spain, perhaps you knew Johnny Howard Manchester John to his mates a Howard Leighton sound alike some guys thought they were brothers but not true .Before he set up on his own John worked for Gem Transport/Ronnie Scott wsa the gaffer doing internals in Saudi with his fleet of 2 stroke Fodens 12 speed air change gearbox a real mans truck yeah yeah regards Crow
Im years behind here ,but ive just bought The long haul pioneers book ,i haven`t opened it yet but is it an accurate account of how the job was?
Crow
What the hell you on about ,dont recall you asking about my welfare ,ranting and raving about Rita Hayworth and susan Hayworth come to the point buddy ,as for your last comment , 
Roger
Oh dear Roger upset are we didn t mean to really upset you did i don t be so bloody touchy comes to us all with adevancing years, work out the film star connections for yourself aint so difficult see you the otherside of the great divide .back track to 140 and do have a nice night. Bon repose cheers Crow.