A reunion…only if theres a never ending supply of EFES…ha ha ha
I thınk he wıll stay ın Bodrum till end of the year.
From old team, who you are ın contact wıth?
I’m stıll ıncontact wıth few old drıvers…RUSEN…MUSTAFA HARPUTLU-JUDO SELAHATTIN<…
Jazzandy:
Great Idea Nazmi.When is Orhan back in UK?
Hı there,
Mr Sertel is in Bodrum now, hv spoken with him yesterday,was fine.
sending his regards to everybody
Mornıng everybody ,
I thınk th best thıng to do ıs to get together ın Bordum, Orhan Bey is there all the year.
Nazmi:
I thınk he wıll stay ın Bodrum till end of the year.From old team, who you are ın contact wıth?
I’m stıll ıncontact wıth few old drıvers…RUSEN…MUSTAFA HARPUTLU-JUDO SELAHATTIN<…
Jazzandy:
Great Idea Nazmi.When is Orhan back in UK?
Jazzandy:
Here’s a picture of the two main truck types on the OHS fleet at the time. The Mack is an F786 with a 280 hp. Thermodyne straight six with turbocooler.
Does anyone know how many Mack trucks were in the fleet of OHS? And does anyone know the connection between OHS and United? Is that the same company? Any information of the Mack trucks is welcome, as I collect information of Mack trucks in Europe. Thanks!
Gerlof
Nazmi Ozcan will know for sure. When I left in 1975 there were something like 30 Macks, 10 Seddon Atkinsons, and 2 GMC’s.
United was a company created by OHS owner, Orhan Sertel, but I have no further details.
Jazzandy:
Nazmi Ozcan will know for sure. When I left in 1975 there were something like 30 Macks, 10 Seddon Atkinsons, and 2 GMC’s.United was a company created by OHS owner, Orhan Sertel, but I have no further details.
Was there/is there any connection with a company called SATRANS? They operated some 40 Macks (as I was told) and carried sometimes the same logo as OHS? Can anyone shine a light on this?
I think by SA Trans you mean Sabanci which is a large Turkish conglomerate. I can’t remember if they had Macks but they did have a lot of Kenworths, They were nothing to do with OHS/Contex/United.
Jazzandy:
Nazmi Ozcan will know for sure. When I left in 1975 there were something like 30 Macks, 10 Seddon Atkinsons, and 2 GMC’s.United was a company created by OHS owner, Orhan Sertel, but I have no further details.
Well, I hope that Nazmi can give us some more details. But 30 Macks is a whole bunch. But were the trucks of OHS later repainted in the United colours, of were it different trucks? Looking forward to more information.
Gerlof
Mornıng ALL,
The whole group had 4 companies.
Contex in Tr - had 30 F700 Macks (painted in blue ) + 4 B61 Long Nose Macks + 4 other make trucks (FWD-OHM-MAN)
Contex fleet had 38 trucks.
United’‘S’’ Transport Gmbh in Germany…had 8 Macks + 2 Volvo’s - total 10 trucks
OHS Transport Rainham…had 75 Macks + 20 Volvo’s + 6 Seddon Atkınson …total 101 trucks
United Ä°nternational Carriiers(Ex Pie) had 40 Macks + 10 Volvo’s (F89).
The group was the largest Mack Truck operator in Europe/M East.
Ohs/Unıted gone ınto lıqudation in 1985…
in 1986 we hv formed company Sahara TrANS (uk lTD.were runnıng only 10 trucks.
I left the company in 1987,and was sold to a doner shop owner in Ashford.
Sa-Sa-Tr,was owned by Sabancı Group and were runnıng Whıte and Kenworth trucks at the time
in lates 80 ies.
regards
United was a company created by OHS owner, Orhan Sertel, but I have no further details.
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Well, I hope that Nazmi can give us some more details. But 30 Macks is a whole bunch. But were the trucks of OHS later repainted in the United colours, of were it different trucks? Looking forward to more information.
Gerlof
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Another Mack truck operator was Er-Sen in Turkey.
They were runnıng 20 Macks V8.
Gerlof:
Jazzandy:
Here’s a picture of the two main truck types on the OHS fleet at the time. The Mack is an F786 with a 280 hp. Thermodyne straight six with turbocooler.
Does anyone know how many Mack trucks were in the fleet of OHS? And does anyone know the connection between OHS and United? Is that the same company? Any information of the Mack trucks is welcome, as I collect information of Mack trucks in Europe. Thanks!
Gerlof
Thanks Nazmi, We’ve now got the official figures.
Nazmi:
Mornıng ALL,
The whole group had 4 companies.
Contex in Tr - had 30 F700 Macks (painted in blue ) + 4 B61 Long Nose Macks + 4 other make trucks (FWD-OHM-MAN)
Contex fleet had 38 trucks.
United’‘S’’ Transport Gmbh in Germany…had 8 Macks + 2 Volvo’s - total 10 trucks
OHS Transport Rainham…had 75 Macks + 20 Volvo’s + 6 Seddon Atkınson …total 101 trucks
United Ä°nternational Carriiers(Ex Pie) had 40 Macks + 10 Volvo’s (F89).
The group was the largest Mack Truck operator in Europe/M East.
Ohs/Unıted gone ınto lıqudation in 1985…
in 1986 we hv formed company Sahara TrANS (uk lTD.were runnıng only 10 trucks.
I left the company in 1987,and was sold to a doner shop owner in Ashford.Sa-Sa-Tr,was owned by Sabancı Group and were runnıng Whıte and Kenworth trucks at the time
in lates 80 ies.regards
Hi Nazmi,
Thank you for this information!! I’ve seen pictures of OHS Macks in white/blue colours and saw the same license plates on United white/orange coloured trucks. Do you know why the trucks were repainted?
Best regards,
Gerlof
Good afternoon,
Contex trucks,F700 >Macks, were all Dark Blue / Trailers were Dorsey Trailers.
B61 long nose mAcks were in red colour.
United’S trucks were all orange.
Ohs Trucks were Dark Blue .United Intl Carriers trucks:
F89’s were red and white, F12 Volvo’s were orange,were bought in 1982,20 ın total,
other Unıted trucks ( 30 second hand Macks were imported from USA were in orange colour)
in orange + whıte colours…
Also had 2XF86 Uk Shunter + 4 Mack (Dutsbın trucks) as Uk shunter.
I am tryıng hard my memory…Herebelow you will find the number plates of the trucks.-
Jyh326N-Myh580P-Myh581P-Luu530P-Luu529P-Myh548P-Myh549P registired in 1975-1976
Pyk667R-Pyk668R-Pyk596R-Pyk762R-Pyk763R
Pmp798S-Pmp799S-Pmp800S-Pmp801S-
Cpu830T-Cpu831T-Cpu834T-Buc833Y-Buc834T
Jmc213W-Whj359W-wvw600w upto 604…
Jhj469Y - upto Jhj483Y were Vıolvo’s…
it isa not the full list,I will try to make all the list.
Fırst one ıs 4x2 Jmc213W…at the end there ıs a Turksped Reefer…
orientmack:
Antwerpen,
Interesting thread and some great pics.
One question,why did OHS feel the need to have Sed/Atks in amongst a fleet of Macks and Volvos?
Hello Nazmi
I have spoken and been to your office so we must have met but it was 30 years ago and the memory goes a little grey. I was working for a company called BR FRANKS Costal (Morissa confectionary) based in East London I worked with a guy called Chris. OHS, Astran and Leadhams did a lot of work for us back then bringing confectionary from Zagreb and taking other stuff out to Iraq for us. Met a lot of the drivers either here or in Yugo, Turkey and other european places. Still in contact with Chris he told me that Ken was in quite a bit of trouble but that was over 10 years ago no idea what he is doing now.
Nazmi:
Good afternoon,Contex trucks,F700 >Macks, were all Dark Blue / Trailers were Dorsey Trailers.
B61 long nose mAcks were in red colour.United’S trucks were all orange.
Ohs Trucks were Dark Blue .United Intl Carriers trucks:
F89’s were red and white, F12 Volvo’s were orange,were bought in 1982,20 ın total,
other Unıted trucks ( 30 second hand Macks were imported from USA were in orange colour)
in orange + whıte colours…
Also had 2XF86 Uk Shunter + 4 Mack (Dutsbın trucks) as Uk shunter.I am tryıng hard my memory…Herebelow you will find the number plates of the trucks.-
Jyh326N-Myh580P-Myh581P-Luu530P-Luu529P-Myh548P-Myh549P registired in 1975-1976
Pyk667R-Pyk668R-Pyk596R-Pyk762R-Pyk763R
Pmp798S-Pmp799S-Pmp800S-Pmp801S-
Cpu830T-Cpu831T-Cpu834T-Buc833Y-Buc834T
Jmc213W-Whj359W-wvw600w upto 604…
Jhj469Y - upto Jhj483Y were Vıolvo’s…it isa not the full list,I will try to make all the list.
Good afternoon Nazmi,
Thanks again for the great information. You mention that 30 Mack trucks were bought second hand in the US. That’s means that the other onse were new i guess. Do you know if they were importer by the Mack distributor in the UK at that time? And is it true that maintenance was done by Van Hove in Belgium?
Best regards,
Gerlof
Helo there,
Only 30 were second,and they were imported directly from Southern USA with Freuhauf Reeefer Trailers behınd.
no agent was involved.
For the maintenance…we had two optıons.
a- For bıg maıntenance…i.e re-buıldıng the engıne + gearbox etc,we used to buy the parts from Mack-Antwerp and do the
repaırs ın our workshops…Raınham&Munıch.
b-For other maınentance , ıf the truck ıs ın Belgıum ,yes we used to use Vanhove for
repaırs.
We had 2 other workshops as well, 1 in Istanbul maın one was ın ızmır.
There was no computers at the tıme, I had to rcv all the reports and ask a gırl to record them
in trucks and trailers maıntenance fıle, so that we know how many kılometers truck done before
needs for example clutch to be changed…Beleıve me was not very easy to follow up.
Regards
Gerlof:
Nazmi:
Good afternoon,Contex trucks,F700 >Macks, were all Dark Blue / Trailers were Dorsey Trailers.
B61 long nose mAcks were in red colour.United’S trucks were all orange.
Ohs Trucks were Dark Blue .United Intl Carriers trucks:
F89’s were red and white, F12 Volvo’s were orange,were bought in 1982,20 ın total,
other Unıted trucks ( 30 second hand Macks were imported from USA were in orange colour)
in orange + whıte colours…
Also had 2XF86 Uk Shunter + 4 Mack (Dutsbın trucks) as Uk shunter.I am tryıng hard my memory…Herebelow you will find the number plates of the trucks.-
Jyh326N-Myh580P-Myh581P-Luu530P-Luu529P-Myh548P-Myh549P registired in 1975-1976
Pyk667R-Pyk668R-Pyk596R-Pyk762R-Pyk763R
Pmp798S-Pmp799S-Pmp800S-Pmp801S-
Cpu830T-Cpu831T-Cpu834T-Buc833Y-Buc834T
Jmc213W-Whj359W-wvw600w upto 604…
Jhj469Y - upto Jhj483Y were Vıolvo’s…it isa not the full list,I will try to make all the list.
Good afternoon Nazmi,
Thanks again for the great information. You mention that 30 Mack trucks were bought second hand in the US. That’s means that the other onse were new i guess. Do you know if they were importer by the Mack distributor in the UK at that time? And is it true that maintenance was done by Van Hove in Belgium?
Best regards,
Gerlof
Hello there,
Seddons were bought before the purchase of Pıe and Ohs Volvo’s.
At the tıme >>I was in Turkey, to be quite honest just thınkıng that
the Boss decıded to hv Brıtısh Make trucuks ın the fleet as well.
But I wıll check wıth the boss and advıse you accordıngly
kınd regards
Suedehead:
Interesting thread and some great pics.
One question,why did OHS feel the need to have Sed/Atks in amongst a fleet of Macks and Volvos?