Scania appears on HBO!

it was a red un with motorsport across the front and the american drivers couldnt believe you could be weeks away in it one even said it would be a good day motor shifting boxes outta the docks up in ny state.i had to chuckle :laughing:

Yep, Yep thats the article Coffee and Carl, how come no-one remembered it last go around we had discussing it.
Pat almost had me believing Iā€™d imagined it, I think Iā€™ll have to go through all my old trucking mags now, see if I canā€™t dig it out. If I can get the Mags name ( Iā€™m sure it was T&D, but if not, then it had to be Trucking ) whoever did it, Iā€™ve still got it somewhere, cause I donā€™t throw anything away, especially my old trucking mags (got almost all T&Dā€™s over the last 20 yrs, and about half again of Truck, Trucking, headlight.etc, whoops, I digress again :blush:) If I find it, and contact the owner of the rights to the story and ask for permission to put it on here (hoping theyā€™ll say yes) then maybe someone can help me put it on, 'cause Iā€™m a bit of an imbecile with these new fangled computer thingys. Although I could send it to Andy M, heā€™s good at this stuff, we could have a special thread for photos, stories etc of Euro trucks in the USA, and have it on on this forum only. what dā€™ya think?

Cliff Warby:
Yep, Yep thats the article Coffee and Carl, how come no-one remembered it last go around we had discussing it.

I must have missed the thread last time around, first time Iā€™ve seen it mentioned is this thread. :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush:

Iā€™ll overlook that admission of slack work ethics Mr Coffee! :laughing:

Actually It last went ā€™ aroundā€™ on the old forums, just before we opened the new siteā€¦if my memory serves me correctly :wink:

As it was over a year ago I guess you can be excused this time :wink: :laughing:

Over her ein Arizona, I have had reports from other drivers who work for my firm, that htye have seen some very ā€œweirdā€ looking cabovers recently. One that was described sounded very like a Merc Actros, the other sounded like a Volvo FH. I have seen a Scania Topliner floating around, its on Mexican plates, so is prolly up here for just short periods, its kinda battered and bruised, but its still a Scanny.

These American drivers donā€™t know a good truck when they see one, I have a Renault magnum on my computer background at work and EVERYONE laughs at it, says it looks like crap and its uglyā€¦!!! The cheek of them. I quickly inform them, that if I could have one of those ā€œuglyā€ trucks over ehre, I would become an owner/operator TOMORROWā€¦!!! Iā€™m sure that will mean a whip round to see if they can raise the cash to buy me one so I can get lost, but what can you doā€¦!!

Any pics of Euro trucks on American roads would be greatly appreciated.

Be safe

Stu

Stuart, Iā€™ve got some pics I can get copied of that old dog of an Iveco that I 've already mentioned, I also have a few ā€˜iffyā€™ shots of the Olive Garden Magnum on I285 in Atlantaā€¦any good to ya?

I nearly forgot, I also have some pics of a rusting right hand drive Ford D series complete with Tacho on the dash, I ā€™ found ā€™ it at the back of a container yard here in Atlanta.

Send 'em Cliffā€¦!!

I have seen a Merc Actros driving north on I-87 and also a Volvo FM :slight_smile:

i saw a 1990 ish looking scania rigid in philadelphia today. it was a model iā€™ve never seen before, not at all like the tippers i see in north jersey.

Donā€™t tell me :exclamation: A white three axle box van with a bigger ā€˜142ā€™ style cab, I have often seen it heading down there. :slight_smile:

Well, when I get out and about (which looks like mid/late Jan) Iā€™ll keep my digital camera ($150 from wally world) to hand, and snap any ā€œwierdā€ trucks I spot. And post pics on allikat.andmuchmore.com which is my lil web site. The site has bandwidth limits for now, so donā€™t expect miracles. :laughing:
Iā€™ve not seen anything too wierd just yet, aside from a ford Cargo bumming around Winnipeg.

pat, it was a white one but it had a bit of graffiti on it. and it was a two axle unit. i saw it in the china town area (around 5th and race). sorry it took a while to get back, this semesterā€™s class schedule really clashes with my work which means no sleep and no freetime.

whoops, i think this went on the wrong thread

maybe not, maybe iā€™ll catch up on my sleep at work tonite. :laughing: