Can any of You ex Middle East hands tell me what this means as it was always on the bumper bars
of the Turkish trucks
Thanks
DM46
dm46:
Can any of You ex Middle East hands tell me what this means as it was always on the bumper bars
of the Turkish trucksThanks
DM46
I’m not a middle east hand but I have been to Portugal
vehicule longo 
It means Long Vehicle.
GS
Thanks Guys
DM46
Wheel Nut:
dm46:
Can any of You ex Middle East hands tell me what this means as it was always on the bumper bars
of the Turkish trucksThanks
DM46I’m not a middle east hand but I have been to Portugal
vehicule longo
well you weren’t paying attention Malc cos it’s VEICULO LONGO 
jj72:
Wheel Nut:
dm46:
Can any of You ex Middle East hands tell me what this means as it was always on the bumper bars
of the Turkish trucksThanks
DM46I’m not a middle east hand but I have been to Portugal
vehicule longo
well you weren’t paying attention Malc cos it’s VEICULO LONGO
Some years ago I was talking to an old mate of mine Steve Nickolson (who was an old middle east hand) and I asked him “are UZUN ARAC the biggest haulire in Turkey cos you see loads of their trucks over hear”!!! He stopped laughing after about 10 minutes!!! 
Ross.
Over here,either language is acceptable,LONG VEHICLE,or FEITHICIL FADA.Like to see the VOSA tell one, it was illegal! 
Out of interest, is it now illegal to have an actual “Long Vehicle” plate in the UK, I haven’t seen a lettered reflective plate for ages?
The best thing ever is to listen to some prat on the train telling me he used to work for Uzun Arac 
Sorry JJ, Only been to Portugal once in a lorry and once in a paraffin budgie
bigr250:
jj72:
Wheel Nut:
dm46:
Can any of You ex Middle East hands tell me what this means as it was always on the bumper bars
of the Turkish trucksThanks
DM46I’m not a middle east hand but I have been to Portugal
vehicule longo
well you weren’t paying attention Malc cos it’s VEICULO LONGO
Some years ago I was talking to an old mate of mine Steve Nickolson (who was an old middle east hand) and I asked him “are UZUN ARAC the biggest haulire in Turkey cos you see loads of their trucks over hear”!!! He stopped laughing after about 10 minutes!!!
Ross.
Hi Ross, was Stevie Nicks from Liverpool an owner driver who did some work, I think for either Joe Lucas or Norseman Freight from Birkenhead and he also did some for Dow in the seventies. He was a thin fellow, a bit shacky at times who needed a smoke quite often and once took an abnormal load to Sinop on The Black Sea Coast in Turkey. If so I met him at Kapic once while we were waiting for wide load permits to arrive from Ankara. I think that Bob Matthew’s worked for Steve or with him for a while 
I don’t suppose that you have heard of Bob have you ?.
mushroomman:
Hi Ross, was Stevie Nicks from Liverpool an owner driver who did some work, I think for either Joe Lucas or Norseman Freight from Birkenhead and he also did some for Dow in the seventies. He was a thin fellow, a bit shacky at times who needed a smoke quite often and once took an abnormal load to Sinop on The Black Sea Coast in Turkey. If so I met him at Kapic once while we were waiting for wide load permits to arrive from Ankara. I think that Bob Matthew’s worked for Steve or with him for a while
That’s ‘Stevie Nicko’ for sure, traded as Interfreight driving a T reg F12 with twin tanks (unusual back then) from new then in 1983 he bought a new Areg one, (went ‘skint’ soon after) during this time he also had a Maggie 310 V10.(did Bob ‘M’ drive this) Your description is inch perfect the only thing you missed was the hair colour!! Don’t think I ever met Bob Mathews but that doesn’t mean much these days as I meet people all the time and don’t recognise their faces or names but they seem to know me well (an age thing??) I normally remember them well after about half an hour of chit chat!!
I must be carefull what I say on here but, I heard some years ago from a friend of his that he had passed away, then (about 12 months back) I was sat at a set of lights just outside Birkenhead Docks when who pulled up next to me in a LHD Irish truck?? If it wasn’t Steve it was his absolute double or his ghost!! I’d love to know if he is still around, in fact I remember where his wife Edith lived after their divorce (a ‘war and peace’ story in it’s self that involved trucks and a subbie of his!?!?!?) so I think I’ll pop round there and see of there’s anything to find out & get back to you.
Ross.
Wow……. the Turkish Language and how it can be used.
Uzun Arac, who knows which way the Turks were thinking when they had the idea of the signage,
The word Uzun can also be translated to; long, tall, lengthy, extended, prolonged, maxi and far-off. You could interpret the Tonka climbing Bolu with a 30 ton payload spitting out blue or red flames from the exhaust as a “Prolonged Vehicle” 
Harry Monk:
Out of interest, is it now illegal to have an actual “Long Vehicle” plate in the UK, I haven’t seen a lettered reflective plate for ages?
Yes your right Harry. A pal of mine took his trailer for test it had the new type markers by the lights and long vehical in the middle the long vehical was taken off to pass.
Lesson : Fred Adams(Butter ltd Leek) Had the lettering on his trailers made with adhisive backed paper reflective blue(Adams) Red(Butter ltd) this really worked as it showed up in the dark. Fred the tryed to Patt’nt the marker board idea(Chevron/long vehical)He put the idea to forward for patt’nt using reflective Yellow/Orange, He didnt get the patt’nt as the ministry said it would be better reflective Yellow /Day glow orange. Not bad as they haddn’t even thought of any idea.I think it is now law on the back of new trailers to have reflective tape all around the edge is’nt it ■■
Adams butter also had there own test bay in about 1965. The ministry come and inspected the idea, They built identical test stations around the
country but adapted metal windows. They said wood was’nt suitable that adams had used.and that might of been the other way round.
John
bigr250:
Some years ago I was talking to an old mate of mine Steve Nickolson (who was an old middle east hand) and I asked him “are UZUN ARAC the biggest haulire in Turkey cos you see loads of their trucks over hear”!!! He stopped laughing after about 10 minutes!!!
there was probably a couple of Turks chatting one day and one said that “Long Vehicle” firm must have some motors arbi
jj72:
bigr250:
Some years ago I was talking to an old mate of mine Steve Nickolson (who was an old middle east hand) and I asked him “are UZUN ARAC the biggest haulire in Turkey cos you see loads of their trucks over hear”!!! He stopped laughing after about 10 minutes!!!there was probably a couple of Turks chatting one day and one said that “Long Vehicle” firm must have some motors arbi
Chuck gazelle Andy or was it chock gazelle , hopefully The Red Desert Fox will know.
So I think that it acceptable to think that the word Uzun could also mean Clapped Out .
Hi Mushy
It’s Cok Guzel with a little squiggle under the “C” and an “umlaut” over the “U”. If my memory serves me correctly…
GS
GS OVERLAND:
Hi Mushy
It’s Cok Guzel with a little squiggle under the “C” and an “umlaut” over the “U”. If my memory serves me correctly…
GS
Good to know the memory and the humour stays intact for some of us
Reddesertfox:
GS OVERLAND:
Hi Mushy
It’s Cok Guzel with a little squiggle under the “C” and an “umlaut” over the “U”. If my memory serves me correctly…
GSGood to know the memory and the humour stays intact for some of us
At risk of joining in and causing more teddies to be launched out of prams the wheel chocks mentioned on another thread was called Ekmek lovely with those hard boiled eggs they sold at the roadside, 1000 year old eggs, who cares they were delicious with fresh ekmek
GS OVERLAND:
Hi Mushy
It’s Cok Guzel with a little squiggle under the “C” and an “umlaut” over the “U”. If my memory serves me correctly…
GS
Like so:
Çok Gûzel
and ÛZUN ARAÇ