Middle East - Not Astran!

deanb · 3 July 2015 23:29

Thought this picture was a bit odd having four axles on the trailer ! Anyone know why this would be the case it
is a picture taken of a truck on the middle east run.

m_amp_c_jamie · 4 July 2015 22:40

DEANB:
Thought this picture was a bit odd having four axles on the trailer ! Anyone know why this would be the case it
is a picture taken of a truck on the middle east run.

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Hi DEANB, I remember that trailer of David Duxbury’s. I think it was an extendable Broshious Low loader that he had a tilt body made to fit when it was in the closed position. He had a job for it but i cant remember what. some of his drivers detested it as it had to be stripped right down for low loader work and rebuilt for other tir goods. The concept was good except for the poor driver that had to strip and rebuild it. It was a long time ago when he bought it I think it was the late seventies. Regards Jamie.

bestbooties · 5 July 2015 06:39

DEANB:

bestbooties:
I met him on one trip and found him a most agreeable chap, of Jamaican origin, brought up in South Wales and had an hotel in North Devon if I remember correctly.

Yes he seemed a bit of a character !

Ian do you remember this ■■?

Drip-feed reporter ! (click on page to read)

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Blimey yes, that must be going back erm, yes 40 years!. (I can’t be that old surely?)

klunk_cumbria · 5 July 2015 15:56

I remember the four axle trailer David Duxbury had,it was loaded with a tracked excavator that had moved, and we had to try and push it back accross with a piece of wood on to back of another trailer without breaking the Tir cord seal, as where the tracks were it was too wide to have the side doors on it. we did it that was in the telex motel in Ankara.
Klunk
After the said job parked up and into the bar.

deanb · 6 July 2015 06:59

M&C Jamie:

DEANB:
Thought this picture was a bit odd having four axles on the trailer ! Anyone know why this would be the case it
is a picture taken of a truck on the middle east run.

Hi DEANB, I remember that trailer of David Duxbury’s. I think it was an extendable Broshious Low loader that he had a tilt body made to fit when it was in the closed position. He had a job for it but i cant remember what. some of his drivers detested it as it had to be stripped right down for low loader work and rebuilt for other tir goods. The concept was good except for the poor driver that had to strip and rebuild it. It was a long time ago when he bought it I think it was the late seventies. Regards Jamie.

Thanks Jamie and Klunk that explains it then,must have been a bugger with the forth axle on tyre wear unless one
axle lifted.

Found this old merc advert.(click on each page to read.)

robert1952 · 6 July 2015 17:49

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robert1952 · 6 July 2015 17:50

I’ve just done something I’ve not done for some years: popped into the supermarket, bought a tin of Big Soup, chopped some fresh garlic and small spuds into it (with a splash of Rioja) and made camion stew in my own kitchen! Delicious! Robert

Nice! All I need now is some ‘scratch-and-sniff’ cards of:

sun-dried powered drivers’ ■■■■, passing glossy goats, leaking diesel, exhausted diesel, lingering diesel, cloth-infested diesel and dried olives. Robert

deanb · 14 July 2015 08:04

Small piece about White Trux from the 1970s.Click on page to read.

buzzer · 14 July 2015 16:05

Have just been passed some pictures from Barclay Holland’s, this is really about Barry.A.Titterall who worked out of East India Dock Road, London. First met two of there drivers on my initial trip to Italy just south of Paris, they were bound for Italy as I was but there was a strike on the Blanc tunnel by customs etc so they decided to try Cenis this was in 1976ish and I did not have a clue to be honest and tagged myself to them, they had Scania 140’s me a 110 so hard to keep up with over Cenis.
The picture of the three chaps was taken in Tehran in 1976 and the one in the middle is Barclays dad, does any one know him or the other two ?
Will post the BAT pictures later on a different thread and Barclay says he has loads more in the attic when he gets time to look them out, always good to get fresh stock, cheers Buzzer.

zb_anorak · 15 July 2015 00:27

Jazzandy:
Photographed in Tehran in 1973

Beautiful. The vehicle, the setting, the thoughts it provokes.

baldrick1953 · 17 July 2015 23:17

Hi all…
I know from reading the m/e forums that efes is mentioned a lot… Have never tried it , but can imagine it must have been a very welcome relaxant!
I was very surprised to see it in my local LIDL here in County Cork today , " Premium Turkish Beer " 1.79 Euro . 500 ml.

Probably a lot more than you blokes paid back in the day!

bestbooties · 21 July 2015 07:39

When I went to the Gaydon Truck Show last year and they had a Middle East themed show, they had some Efes on sale there, thought I’d re aquaint myself with a few, but at £3.50 a small bottle I just managed a taste, yes, it’s still the same!

robert1952 · 17 August 2015 17:44

Never mind the wobble-box this summer, go caravanning in style with one of these . Robert

robert1952 · 17 August 2015 17:46

Have a look at that ‘balcony’ on the front! I could have done with one like that to park my garden chair and a small Moroccan table with a bottle (or six) of vino collapso when off duty awaiting customs / re-load instructions / tacho credibility etc. Robert

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robert1952 · 17 August 2015 18:19

deanb · 23 August 2015 07:49

A few of you will of known this fella.Pat Seal stuck due to striking sea men.Click on page for better focus.

robert1952 · 25 August 2015 20:29

If you go on this French site and click on the ‘Moyen Orient TIR’ panel on the left, you’ll get loads and loads of old Middle East Run pics. Here’s one to whet your appetite and here’s the link. Robert

fierdetreroutier.com/

bestbooties · 27 August 2015 07:11

DEANB:
A few of you will of known this fella.Pat Seal stuck due to striking sea men.Click on page for better focus.

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If there’s one guy you met on the middle east who you’d never forget, this was him!
One of a kind and missed by all who knew him.
Like the man, his truck was one of a kind also, and is still living.
It’s now owned by Arthur Shirley, (Shirley’s Transport), from Cellarhead.
HFA 137N is now in red and turns up at many truck shows.

davemackie · 27 August 2015 07:22

bestbooties:

DEANB:
A few of you will of known this fella.Pat Seal stuck due to striking sea men.Click on page for better focus.

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If there’s one guy you met on the middle east who you’d never forget, this was him!
One of a kind and missed by all who knew him.
Like the man, his truck was one of a kind also, and is still living.
It’s now owned by Arthur Shirley, (Shirley’s Transport), from Cellarhead.
HFA 137N is now in red and turns up at many truck shows.

Ian, I think that Pat’s unit has been sold on, and that it has been restored to original colours.
Dave.

bestbooties · 27 August 2015 07:33

Thanks for the update, it would be a shame if this motor went off the radar, after all, how many original m/e motors are there still about?