Jelliot:
When NASA sent the first rocket to the moon they were about 3/4 of the way there when they met a Willi Betz Merc coming back the other way… Not far behind that were a couple of Dutch drawbars…and an Iranian in an old Mack…
Jeff…
And there were several trucks from, XXXXXXXXXX, (Name any one of the dodgy firms you knew, and there were plenty to choose from!) who were refused entry because they had no permits! (Sound familiar?)
But there was always an enterprising driver to whom having no permits was the least of his problems.
Jazzandy:
Bill Kitt’s F12 subbing for F.G.Hammond Intl. loaded with exhibition equipment for the Tehran International Trade Fair.
A proper lorry. Looks great. Keep them coming lads, a great thread.
Eskside Transport Edinburgh Parked in the Desert Between Jordan & the Saudi Customs…This was a DAF 2800 6 X 4 nicknamed the Beast as it could go over Tahir in any weather lol.
Scotnat:
0Eskside Transport Edinburgh Parked in the Desert Between Jordan & the Saudi Customs…This was a DAF 2800 6 X 4 nicknamed the Beast as it could go over Tahir in any weather lol.
And the regular driver was Alex Peat.
Jeff
I think they had more than one - and right-hookers too! Robert
At last a photo of my old company Trans Mondo, the trucks are a bit newer, we used to have series 1 FH and 143’s
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Jeff…
The long and lonely road!
Yes Jeff they certainly DID ■■?
Death Valley on the way up to Tarsus in Turkey.
Jazzandy:
Death Valley on the way up to Tarsus in Turkey.
There’s always one isn’t there!
What’s he doing overtaking there!
By the way, Andy, love the John Travolta look by the the OHS Mack! Stayin’ alive!
John
That’s Johnny Curran NOT John Travolta!
Wasn’t Death Valley on the old Bolu to Ankara road, now bypassed by a motorway? Robert 
It certainly was Robert, although I am sure that there are a number of Death Valleys which drivers refer to but this one was at Bolu not the one on the M62.
mushroomman:
It certainly was Robert, although I am sure that there are a number of Death Valleys which drivers refer to but this one was at Bolu not the one on the M62.
I wonder if that ROMAN diesel struggling up the other way is pulling a fridge load of horsemeat from Bucharest to the pie factory in Ankara…
…with the driver singing that catchy little Turkish folksong, 'Down Yonder Death Valley (where streamlets meander - or should that be ‘TIR-tilts’ meander). Robert 
PS
Down yonder Death Valley, where TIR-tilts meander,
When drum-brakes were fading I pensively drove
For at the bright noontide in solitude wander,
Amid the dark shades of the Ankara grove;
‘T was there, while the vultures were eerily singing,
I first met that big one, the dread of my heart!
Around us for gladness the cowbells were ringing,
The hares on Erdikkidido; alas an old ■■■■!
robert1952:
Wasn’t Death Valley on the old Bolu to Ankara road, now bypassed by a motorway? Robert
I always remember Death Valley being in the area of Bolu
robert1952:
I wonder if that ROMAN diesel struggling up the other way is pulling a fridge load of horsemeat from Bucharest to the pie factory in Ankara…
I don’t think so Robert as that photo was taken as we were heading towards Ankara and I.I.R.C. the drop over the side of the mountain was on the right before you hit the T.I.R. checkpoint near what we called The Bulgarian Camp or The Bogey camp.
Who knows what the F. Troop fridge was carrying, rumour had it for many years that a Romanian fridge was transiting West Germany on a Sunday during the driving ban with the fridge running. When he was stopped and checked by the B.A.G. they discovered that he was carrying a load of tyres. 
There were several death valleys including the one leading down to Erzincan which could be lethal in the snow and ice.
