Yes I’ll be at truckfest next weekend with the truck as well as 5 other collegues looking foreward to seeing friends
tango boy:
Yes I’ll be at truckfest next weekend with the truck as well as 5 other collegues looking foreward to seeing friends
you getting the Merc back after the cab has been rebuilt? 
shuttlespanker:
tango boy:
Yes I’ll be at truckfest next weekend with the truck as well as 5 other collegues looking foreward to seeing friendsyou getting the Merc back after the cab has been rebuilt?
Yes I’m getting the merc back and I take it you hear plenty of stories from George Hyde then
how much without a truck “admission that is”…
cliffystephens:
how much without a truck “admission that is”…
£18? 
Are the organisers dressing up as highwaymen too?
I only went to truckfest once in 1993 that was enough ,ERF were celebrating 60 years ,lorries were individual then ,not rows and rows of foreign motors with kelsa bars and cheapo wheel trims and cabs wrapped in plastic like now .
tango boy:
shuttlespanker:
tango boy:
Yes I’ll be at truckfest next weekend with the truck as well as 5 other collegues looking foreward to seeing friendsyou getting the Merc back after the cab has been rebuilt?
Yes I’m getting the merc back and I take it you hear plenty of stories from George Hyde then
I’ll take that as a yes then
tango boy:
tango boy:
shuttlespanker:
tango boy:
Yes I’ll be at truckfest next weekend with the truck as well as 5 other collegues looking foreward to seeing friendsyou getting the Merc back after the cab has been rebuilt?
Yes I’m getting the merc back and I take it you hear plenty of stories from George Hyde then
I’ll take that as a yes then
wasn’t George that told me 
OVLOV JAY:
Each to their own. I like going, it gives me a chance to meet up with friends past and present. If the boss gives me a truck to take, it makes it a cheap weekend. It’s a hobby as much as a job to me. One of our drivers just spent £700 on some fishing reels. His money, his choice. Sitting on a river bank doesn’t float my boat. Don’t knock him though. I used to like doing the car shows. Detailing is my thing, but can’t afford and don’t have room for a show car, so truckfest fills a void
As you say bud each to his own and everybodys different, fair play.
Don’t get the hobby/job bit, as you usually find that a lot of bosses tend to take full advantage of this to the detriment of the driver.
The difference between your mate spending £700 on his reels/car/house/wife/bit on the side etc, is that all of these are HIS, not some ■■■■■■■ else’s, who should be spending his own money on such items, but is more than willing to sit back and laugh his ■■■■ off at the driver that does it for him 
(That’s a fact, I was talking to a well known show fleet owner in a pub on a Sunday lunch, he told me with a cynical grin, he had 3 drivers on Sunday runners to pay for their spotlights, as he had stopped fitting them himself)…I wonder why 
Not knocking Truckfest fans, just making a point about some “hobby” drivers that are evidently a bit slow on the uptake.
Have you seen the price of them light bars 
or anything else to put on a lorry after you have bought it,how does any married man or somebody who lives with someone get away with spending such money on a lorry ,my ex wife would have gone barmy
seth 70:
Have you seen the price of them light bars
That is what the guy in the pub said, as he knew that I knew one of the said drivers “For Christ’s sake dont tell his Mrs”
Im going this yr, i havent been for yrs, im taking my lad with me which im looking forward to as he is 8 and we dont spend enough time together, were looking forward to it, i think the noce thing if you have kids is that its not just looking at trucks they have the displays, the celebs , and that it is family orientated .looking forward to it and meeting a few people .
richmond:
Im going this yr, i havent been for yrs, im taking my lad with me which im looking forward to as he is 8 and we dont spend enough time together, were looking forward to it, i think the noce thing if you have kids is that its not just looking at trucks they have the displays, the celebs , and that it is family orientated .looking forward to it and meeting a few people .
hope you put some air in that tyre before you bring the truck
Lets hope so, the picture was taken in doha, and the truck is now in gloucester, although i havent actually washed it yet, so im not expecting a prize for anything when i get there.!
i never enter mine for judging, i can’t be arsed polishing it all weekend to get nowt at the end of it
i prefer to go and give it a quick polish up, then enjoy the rest of the show
there is a large RC trucks display in the sheds, i will probably be in there for a part of the weekend with my RC truck and the eldest boy with his too
Shall look out for you, if we meet up give me a clue to your names, what little memory i had is fading fast…
i will be there with 2 trucks, the one i drive is my avatar pic, the other will be a MAN TGA XXL, usually try and get parked down near gate 10 somewhere
Yeah i think im on the the commercial
Motor or. Truck an driver stand , but will be wandering around so no doubt we will catch up, its traditional on the middle east game to feed me when you see me as im hopeless at cooking…
if the BBQ is on mate, you’re more than welcome