I don’t mind or blame the DAF was far from optimal as a choice…the intention to develop
this sort of regular transport was good. By then many companies decided to go M-E as a lot
of domestic business was hindered and hardly resulting in cost-compensations nor profits.
Many smart forwarders outsourced to the split-cargo to the M-E-operators longing for cargo
to get back in a profitable way and to see mum and the family
whisperingsmith:
> bullitt:
> Didn’t Trucknet member “Whispering smith” drive for these? Im sure he posted a brilliant tale of a run to Afghan in the late 70`s. I think he even took his young son with himAmazing trip and story.
No I didn’t drive for them & whilst I took my son on a lot of trips, Afghanistan was one place I wouldn’t take him.
Apologies for the misunderstanding Mr smith, It was still a great read.
hi robert think that daf was ranjit from m.keynes he offered me job while i was working for tony bradfield dont know what ranjit doing now tho
stevejones:
hi robert think that daf was ranjit from m.keynes he offered me job while i was working for tony bradfield dont know what ranjit doing now tho
That’s right, Steve, I worked for Ranjit for a while doing Morocco. He had John McFarlane on the newer DAF. I’ve lost contact with him now though. And Tony Bradfield retired a few weeks ago. Cheers. Robert
ye tks robert
On the other part of that article is the I T Holland truck which i drove.That first trip we had to run with the Afghanis as everything was new to them as they had flown to Holland to collect the trucks.
hutpik:
On the other part of that article is the I T Holland truck which i drove.That first trip we had to run with the Afghanis as everything was new to them as they had flown to Holland to collect the trucks.
This one?
No,on the FB page is a complete article including one of the I T Holland trucks in the ITH colours and logos.There were only 3 Dutch registered trucks t,the other 12 were Afghan regs.I T Holland was also part owned by Van Gend & Loos,therefore the combined venture.
hutpik:
No,on the FB page is a complete article including one of the I T Holland trucks in the ITH colours and logos.There were only 3 Dutch registered trucks t,the other 12 were Afghan regs.I T Holland was also part owned by Van Gend & Loos,therefore the combined venture.
Ah! Thank you. I didn’t know about the ITH connection. I’m not on FB but no doubt someone will unearth the rest.
Its on the FB Astran middle east site by a Dutch guy,Rudi Zeeman so maybe you can find it via via.
I believe those DAF Super Continental? were developed by Dormobile in the UK but understand an earlier comment about single glazing and too much glass in them.
Thats the one I had.When they came I thought I was ‘king of the road’.The 3 Dutch ones came first then the Afghans.The Dutch ones were the only ones with the kitchens,[later PIE as well].The so called ‘Super Continental’ was designed by the DAF technical people as a 'Prestige ’ motor for long distance.In retrospect,with all the money,Transport knowledge and engineering\technical knowledge they could have been so much more.Better insulation,better driveline,better thought to harsh climate,maybe even an earlier ‘space cab’ version.
hutpik:
Thats the one I had.When they came I thought I was ‘king of the road’.The 3 Dutch ones came first then the Afghans.The Dutch ones were the only ones with the kitchens,[later PIE as well].The so called ‘Super Continental’ was designed by the DAF technical people as a 'Prestige ’ motor for long distance.In retrospect,with all the money,Transport knowledge and engineering\technical knowledge they could have been so much more.Better insulation,better driveline,better thought to harsh climate,maybe even an earlier ‘space cab’ version.
Interesting observations Mike. And with Esteppe more or less on their doorstep a few conversions probably wouldn’t have gone amiss! Your earlier analysis of the 6x4 set-up sounds like one of the bigger problems, given that crossing Turkey in winter was always going to be a challenge.
I met one of the PIE lads on the train on my first trip, ran with him for a bit, the kitchen was a really great set up, from what I remember!!!
Birdie4x4:
I met one of the PIE lads on the train on my first trip, ran with him for a bit, the kitchen was a really great set up, from what I remember!!!0
Somewhere on this forum I started a thread about the different Middle-East / Long-haul cab packs that were available; and the thread ran for some time. Here’s the link:
trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewto … =cab+packs
I think quite a few apparently off-the-shelf cab packs turned out to be conversions by people like Dormobile - a bit like high-roof cabs then!
