newmercman:
Lenny, that 15spd Fuller, I’m sure they’re a 5spd with range change as is normal, but the splitter only worked on the bottom 5 rather than the top 5. I’m sure that was a box designed for heavy haul, so the extra low gears would make sense. Is that what they used up in SF?
Yes, that’s the one for Australia, in Finland they fitted normal 13 sp single overdrive used in Sisu trucks. Somewhere in the internet I saw an 140 for sale in Australia that had 5X4 or 6X4 twin stick Spicer!
All good interesting M/E info getting onto the thread lately !! What type of grease did you use on the turn table ■■
freshir:
All good interesting M/E info getting onto the thread lately !! What type of grease did you use on the turn table ■■
Crude oil straight from the wells.
freshir:
All good interesting M/E info getting onto the thread lately !! What type of grease did you use on the turn table ■■
Not a lot from any of you lot Fred, at least it hasn’t dropped down into the doldrums of page 20, it would’ve if the recent contributors hadn’t posted 
well hear is some info lads the jobs fu…ed young phil is on his way home as we speak from jeddah he opted out of syria and came back thru jordan in to eygypt had to be police escorted across 600 km because of bandits then sat in aiexandria many days (5) i think syria has turned really bad brummie got caught up in a gun fight 3 weeks ago had to get beween the trailer axles for 2 hours phil text me yesterday 16 turk drivers killed in 1 month and land mines on major routes in syria burned out tanks in the fast lane burned trucks and cars every were its bang on top over there all you old timers never had to dodge bullits like us young bloods doing it now did you lol the other month they came along side me shooting ak 47s of the back of motor bikes using my trailer as a shield bit un nerveing that to put it mildly time for a break i think i cant see any other was that we can gain the time advantage that astran sell to the customer if we start taking 3/4 weeks they will use containers we are just hoping phil can sort out the boat thing but its a turk ship so you are never gona get priority over the turk trucks i think it will be arrive mersin and get on the waiting list advantage gone and you fuller boys the rto 5913 was simple 5 in low range inc crawler then 4 in high using over drive in every gear 5 plus 4 plus 4 is 13 the 15 speed box you could use the crawler in high range and overdrive it plus2 is 15 easy the rto boxes were very noisey large gears and minimal teath contact 1 to 1 they then brought out the rtx seriel in turbostars etc these had finer teeth which meshed 2 to2 huch quiater the rt was a direct drive in top the rto was over drive usually used in trucks with hub reduction axles old dafs seddon aki with the group axle early iveco with the maggie back axle etc
Greta stuff Keith. Please keep this up. Obviously us old timers had it too cushy!
I’ll just mention in passing, the Iraqui military convoys in the early 1970’s through Kurdistan which were regularly shot up and at one time I had a couple of bullet holes in the tilt to prove it!
update im loading tommorow in ross on wye for abu dhabi the customer dont want the load going any were near syria so its mersin ferry to eygypt the 2nd ferry across red sea to saudi im taking plenty of books lol could be a long trip and it was tounge in cheek jazzandy hence the lol iv been an owner driver 31 years now so im a bit of an old timer me self but not on the scrap heap yet
Keep up the blog . These new routes are really interesting.
I thought there was a ferry across the Med to Israel or can that only used for empty returns?
Salamis Lines used to sail from Pireaus to Limasol then onto Haifa in Israel I think it was, I used to do the odd trailer out of Piraeus & load in Italy then drop it back in Piraeus for them, Steve Partridge used to do it full time.
Thats probably the one your thinking of jazzandy, I think some of the roundtrippers used to come back that way but I believe the transit of Israel with cargo is a no no heading east.
The Thief will fill you in I’m sure…
Dodge bullits( Keith the Thief) try driving through Basra with shells flying over your tilt there was a War between Iraq and Iran but maybe you dont remember that one 
newmercman:
freshir:
All good interesting M/E info getting onto the thread lately !! What type of grease did you use on the turn table ■■Not a lot from any of you lot Fred, at least it hasn’t dropped down into the doldrums of page 20, it would’ve if the recent contributors hadn’t posted
Too right newmercman, whats happened to Rita wheres He gone■■?
fly sheet:
newmercman:
freshir:
All good interesting M/E info getting onto the thread lately !! What type of grease did you use on the turn table ■■Not a lot from any of you lot Fred, at least it hasn’t dropped down into the doldrums of page 20, it would’ve if the recent contributors hadn’t posted
Too right newmercman, whats happened to Rita wheres He gone■■?
Fred wrote - I expected a bit of a knock-back, it was all in good fun, I was getting smothered in grease with all the gearbox info, the last I heard of Roger he was talking of moving home to Sweden - WHERE ARE YOU ROGER ■■ - - - Regards to all - Poor old Fred
Roger, as far as I know is still in Australia with Son Matt who as you may or not know is a Rugby player, Roger is down under trying to get Matt into a Top class club,if all goes well Matt will stay in Ozz for a year or two, and Roger will return in the next month,so dont Frett
Loose-wire:
Dodge bullits( Keith the Thief) try driving through Basra with shells flying over your tilt there was a War between Iraq and Iran but maybe you dont remember that one
Another war instigated by the USA after the Shah got deposed. I remember being parked up in Um Qasr with shells going over all night and so will NtC wherever he is…RDF
We were setting up the. British pavilion at the Baghdad international fair when that war broke out.
During the night the Iranians bombed the German pavilion. We were so upset!
I enjoyed reading that /\ thanks for posting 
Mr D and the old girl featured in Juggernaut IIRC?
bombs and rockets flying over head you old timers make me laugh poor old brummie dave had to get between the wheels of his trailer a few weeks ago there was a full gun fight between damascus and derra with a freedom fighter dead in the fast lane he was there for 2 hours young phil give 300 euro for a bullit proof jacket and he is mean as youd like so he must have been worried and i had 2 divs on a motor bike shooting at me with an ak 47 all i hear is how every one just got out of iran when the shar took control and left ther trucks behind we have been running syria for 2 years with this problem but we kept going never turned it in its only the customers now that are saying no syria and dictating our route now iv put the cat in the pidgeons aint i lol
sorry that should have been lost contol
Well,well life continues to amaze me it can only be stupidity or greed or both why you lot are still doing this inane thing. No doubt we will hear soon that the boys from Hereford have mounted a rescue op to save you. Will read about you in the Daily Liar. Fond regards Crow.
