chester:
powered by a 700bhp, 18 litre Caterpillar diesel engine which is fully compliant with EU emission regulations and can pull heavy loads up 1 in 5 slopes at a maximum operating weight of 120 Tonnes
That is Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
That with the army?
Joshh:
chester:
powered by a 700bhp, 18 litre Caterpillar diesel engine which is fully compliant with EU emission regulations and can pull heavy loads up 1 in 5 slopes at a maximum operating weight of 120 Tonnes
That is Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
That with the army?
This is where it gets confusing, our firm own the HETs (heavy equipment transporters) the army lease them from us, I drive and operate them as a civvy and also in green kit as and when the army want me, if we go to Afghanistan and Iraq then we are fully under army rule and are just normal squaddies in the RLC, in the UK and Germany we operate in our firms blue trousers and shirt and treated as civillians, if the army want me then I would be treated like a squaddie and wear combats, 98% of us are ex army anyhow so they is no issues. Its a little like the T.A. the only difference is that I get paid a years salary and its my full time job.
Joshh:
chester:
powered by a 700bhp, 18 litre Caterpillar diesel engine which is fully compliant with EU emission regulations and can pull heavy loads up 1 in 5 slopes at a maximum operating weight of 120 Tonnes
That is Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
That with the army?
no Joshh 
look at the picture again mate.
its a very crude pic because i havent got the time to sit and do it properly 
More pictures of the HET here, a vid I made last year sometime pictures are of the biggest armour move in years in the UK, the sandy photos are of Iraq.
happyhebridean436:
Canāt get pic on but here a link
flickr.com/photos/32442172@N05/4392932625/
That your unit everyday buddy ? iāll have a look out for you - usually in your yard once in a bluemoon up in blantyre.
chester:
More pictures of the HET here, a vid I made last year sometime pictures are of the biggest armour move in years in the UK, the sandy photos are of Iraq.
That would be a amazing job
merc0447:
happyhebridean436:
Canāt get pic on but here a link
flickr.com/photos/32442172@N05/4392932625/
That your unit everyday buddy ? iāll have a look out for you - usually in your yard once in a bluemoon up in blantyre.
No i jus do the odd day for them on the uists mate, waitin on summit permanent tho 
Some more pics of the wagon i drive occasionaly
Chopsticks:
Maddog:
heres my trusty steed, up to tilbury tomorrowjavascript:;sorry cant get pic uploaded
Mate, you need to upload your pic to a photo hosting site like photobucket or image shack then copy the link for the photo you want to use and insert it between the img codes above so it looks something like this
http:blah.blah.photobucket.com/albums/blah.blah.blah
Then click submit and pic should show up then.Heres two of my recent rides while training for my Aussie truck licence.
For the HR Licence.(Class 2)
After being told by the driving school that Queensland Transport messed up when telling me I had to do HR first, I can skip this and go straight to HC (Class 1) as I hold a UK Class 1.
For the HC Licence.
Test tomorrow.
Thanks Chopsticks, will try again with my usual ride, and my other occasional variational ride!!
Laters
My latest ride.
bigdavidg:
Danny27404:
About time i let you know what my truck looks like although my name plate is straight now lol Wed to monday but mondays been the alternate days and i usually am coming down from Glasgow to rugby that day.
Am pretty sure i seen that lorry going southbound on the M74 this morning about 7:30 at Larkhall
Not me at that time lol never start whilst 8 from livingstone itād of been one of our bolton branchā¦ i know its hard to spot from the other side of the road but mine is the only one with the griffins on the mirrors. If in doubt shout me on ch 19 my rig is on all the time apart from 2.15 till 3 or the changed weekend times of 2.30 or 3pm till 4 of the afternoon play on radio 4.
Danny27404:
bigdavidg:
Danny27404:
Am pretty sure i seen that lorry going southbound on the M74 this morning about 7:30 at Larkhall
Not me at that time lol never start whilst 8 from livingstone itād of been one of our bolton branchā¦ i know its hard to spot from the other side of the road but mine is the only one with the griffins on the mirrors. If in doubt shout me on ch 19 my rig is on all the time apart from 2.15 till 3 or the changed weekend times of 2.30 or 3pm till 4 of the afternoon play on radio 4.
av been looking out for you aswell been goin to hazchem an coates by your yard and been keeping clock for you
so if you see a merc actros on irish plates with a double decker behind it, it wil be me
some smashed up motors outside your place aswell any idea what happened ?
This is my new ride out here in Canada
Cruise Control:
Joshh:
chester:
powered by a 700bhp, 18 litre Caterpillar diesel engine which is fully compliant with EU emission regulations and can pull heavy loads up 1 in 5 slopes at a maximum operating weight of 120 Tonnes
That is Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
That with the army?
no Joshh
AFPMSL! 
mark h:
Danny27404:
bigdavidg:
Danny27404:
Am pretty sure i seen that lorry going southbound on the M74 this morning about 7:30 at Larkhall
Not me at that time lol never start whilst 8 from livingstone itād of been one of our bolton branchā¦ i know its hard to spot from the other side of the road but mine is the only one with the griffins on the mirrors. If in doubt shout me on ch 19 my rig is on all the time apart from 2.15 till 3 or the changed weekend times of 2.30 or 3pm till 4 of the afternoon play on radio 4.
av been looking out for you aswell been goin to hazchem an coates by your yard and been keeping clock for you
so if you see a merc actros on irish plates with a double decker behind it, it wil be me
some smashed up motors outside your place aswell any idea what happened ?
1 blew up was a y reg and loacals raped it before we had chance to salavge parts. Another jacknifed outside m & s Barnsley on the hill and wraped it round a lampost and the other jackknifed on the a34. Bad weather all 3 killed them off. We got 10 plates rolling through the gates each week to replace them. Do you ever night out there? Should go for a beer if iām home. With me doing long distance iām rarely seen in rugby wed to unday/monday normally seen m74/m6 for scotland sometimes a1/a19/m1 on the way back if i got a collection from sunderland. m1 j19 to m25 to channel tunnel out and dover back to rugby back.
nar mate dnt do nights out on this job am on, pick up birkenhead docks, do couple of deliveries/collections and get the trailer back into irkenhead the same night, still doing 9-10 hours driveās like so its a good shift
Joshh, hereās my latest one
This is the one I had last yesterday. Birmingham down to Romford and back via agency. Back there tonight and, strangely, I hope Iāll have the same
just some of the work we do out of cornwall
