hi used to do austria and sourrounding countries with a company called leitner spedition in graz , loved the job , but it seems a lot has changed over the 15 odd years or so that i last was ‘’ over the water '. reading through the forums it kinda brings it all back .
what with transit tax , forms , parking and alike , looking back i would do it all again but it seems its all a bit curtailed by the ‘’ FUN POLICE ‘’ regulations and such.
reading through the posts brought back the times spent in q’s , waiting to tipp , getting lost , running through germany at the weekend and wondering why i was the only truck not parked up , jeez the only sat nav i had was a gid scoatish tongue in ma heed… anyways great to read all the stories and love the pics as well , will have to dig out some of mine to post up here , all the best guys and if anyone used to pull for leitner i would be glad to hear from you , regards , gadge
Don’t know if you remember a guy called Graham Dunbar?
Graham ran a purple coloured MAN pulling for an Austrian company,the name of which escapes me,but apparently his mother-in-law was a family member of the company.
He used to load tyres for Ireland,but after a while returned to containers,subbying for Goodways out of Felixstowe.
I don’t know what ever happened to Graham,or even if he is still with us,he had a lot of problems healthwise.
hi , summit rings a bell there kw… knew a big welsh guy ,owner driver with a red globetrotter got on well with him and he showed me the ropes round vienna and such , guy had a big long beard and was HUGE , width and height. used to park up with him and an english driver who was subbied for panalpina , he drove a black and white livered scania and i belive it was himself and his wife that were on the contract together double manning the truck. met them a few times at panalpinas depot in bradford and was offered coffee or tea everytime i met them both .
we met up mostly at GEBRUDER WEISS depot (or other wise know as grubby vice’s ) . at st marxs vienna to clear customs paperwork the name of the guy we delt with at leitners was a great bloke , never no problems with him think his name was kirshie … and a mr. fuchs , used to laugh at that one… ok cheers for now .
gadge:
hi , summit rings a bell there kw… knew a big welsh guy ,owner driver with a red globetrotter got on well with him and he showed me the ropes round vienna and such , guy had a big long beard and was HUGE , width and height. used to park up with him and an english driver who was subbied for panalpina , he drove a black and white livered scania and i belive it was himself and his wife that were on the contract together double manning the truck. met them a few times at panalpinas depot in bradford and was offered coffee or tea everytime i met them both .
we met up mostly at GEBRUDER WEISS depot (or other wise know as grubby vice’s ) . at st marxs vienna to clear customs paperwork the name of the guy we delt with at leitners was a great bloke , never no problems with him think his name was kirshie … and a mr. fuchs , used to laugh at that one… ok cheers for now .
If you did a lot of Vienna, what did you think of the fair? Did you ever park up there?
From what I remember it was about a mile square. Fairground stalls & rides, restaurants and bars everywhere. Different music playing as you walked round and always that hum of fairground engines running and kids screaming. And what about the “outside entertainment”? My god, my eyes nearly fell out of my head the first time I saw that lot. JESUS. Free parking 15yrs ago, don’t know about now. I’ve not been there myself since about 1987 but doubt I will ever forget it.
berewic:
If you did a lot of Vienna, what did you think of the fair? Did you ever park up there?
From what I remember it was about a mile square. Fairground stalls & rides, restaurants and bars everywhere. Different music playing as you walked round and always that hum of fairground engines running and kids screaming. And what about the “outside entertainment”? My god, my eyes nearly fell out of my head the first time I saw that lot. JESUS. Free parking 15yrs ago, don’t know about now. I’ve not been there myself since about 1987 but doubt I will ever forget it.
I have parked at the fair a few years ago, but one of our trucks was out there last year and I told him where to park, thinking it would still be ok, but it has all changed now and you can’t park anywhere near, so he told me
I used to park in front of a large church just outside the centre of town with an Irish restaurant around the corner that would let me use their shower, happy days, but I haven’t been that way for about 5 or 6 years now
I have parked at the fair a few years ago, but one of our trucks was out there last year and I told him where to park, thinking it would still be ok, but it has all changed now and you can’t park anywhere near, so he told me
I used to park in front of a large church just outside the centre of town with an Irish restaurant around the corner that would let me use their shower, happy days, but I haven’t been that way for about 5 or 6 years now
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I can’t remember where I parked exactly, other than it was on the western side of the fair, about 150 meters away. In some warehouse/storage/open market type parking lanes. If there is no nearby parking anymore, I suppose it’s not worth checking out for the sake of passing an hour or two but if your weekended, what a way to spend the time. It’s the best place I can think of, off the top of my head anyway. I hope to get back there one day.
berewic:
I can’t remember where I parked exactly, other than it was on the western side of the fair, about 150 meters away. In some warehouse/storage/open market type parking lanes. If there is no nearby parking anymore, I suppose it’s not worth checking out for the sake of passing an hour or two but if your weekended, what a way to spend the time. It’s the best place I can think of, off the top of my head anyway. I hope to get back there one day.
If you can find soewhere else to park the U bahn takes you right to the place.
They have a WEB SITE that tells you all about the place
JINGS !! the fair , a guy seemingly had a gun pulled on him when i was parked up there one night… guy gets chap on cab door , one of the ladies of the night starts touting for work …next thing guy has gun in his face from her pimp…never did park up there again…bugger that…
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My god, my eyes nearly fell out of my head the first time I saw that lot. 
JESUS. 