Astran / Middle East Drivers

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So you are still the proud owner of,Rob? :unamused:
PS; It didnā€™t inspire me. When it started in Clacton I knew there was no hopeā€¦ :open_mouth:

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Jelliot:
Whatā€™s the Road to Tashkent, I just googled it and nothing came upā– ā– ?
Jeffā€¦

Here you go Jeff, Ā£2.54 on amazon for Kindle!

amazon.co.uk/Road-Tashkent-A ā€¦ o+tashkent

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Do kindle work on my iphad?

Reg Danne

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harry:
So you are still the proud owner of,Rob? :unamused:
PS; It didnā€™t inspire me. When it started in Clacton I knew there was no hopeā€¦ :open_mouth:

I took it with a pinch of salt from page one. Non-drivers who write truck-books always feel they have to ā– ā– ā–  things up, whereas drivers who write books tend to tell it how it is because one white lie at km 10 will undoubtedly undo them at km 679! Robert

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There seems to some kind of Mix-Up I donā€™t remember being part of UCC or any Union ,I never cut any rates ,didnā€™t do the Job if the money wasnā€™t good enough,12 years with Astran ,through the Good and Bad times ,dabbled a bit ,did some internals in the East,made some Money ,saved as much as possible,Have home in UK and Sweden,so in other words Im all right Jack. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Roger Haywood

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Dirty Dan:
Do kindle work on my iphad?

Reg Danne

Yes Dan, I think you buy your kindle stuff from iTunes?
Put 'Kindle 'in the search box then when the page comes up look along the top and choose ā€˜Booksā€™ then I guesse you put the name of the book into the search box.

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u lucky boy

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Thanks harry,al sorted now. Hope for some good reading as i one a four weeks holliday :smiley:

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There is loads of trucking books on Kindle about the M/E runs and other work.
Some are dirt cheap I got one for free via the lending Libary just about to get started on it.
Iā€™ll dig the name up see if it means anything to anyone.

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I think my first book went out on Kindle. When I was doing the publishing I thought I was on print to order, but I got conformation and a recite from Kindle saying it was now available as an on line book. As far as I know my wife managed to drag it back of, but it took the best part of a week to sort it out, and even after that Kindle said it was still available.

Iā€™ve got a hard print editors copy that Iā€™m going through at the moment and am trying to set up my W10 Ben system for the IRS, so when I get all that sorted out it should be availableā€¦

Soldier Z there was a thread on here called Reviews by some guy doing reviews about books and Videos If I remember right he was called Dodger 69ā€¦
Jeffā€¦

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Jelliot:
Probably wonā€™t hear from GS for a while, last I heard from him he was up to his elbows in a Volvo Penta engine, trying to get it ready for one of his boats for the holiday season.

Jeffā€¦

Hi Guys
I just poached the wifeā€™s iPad and had a quick visit to TN and what should I stumble upon !
Jeff, I got the old Volvo running sweet as a nut and then lo and behold it locked up. Circulating water pump bearing collapsed and seized, locking up the engine via the belts because they were all new and correctly adjusted. So, while it was down I whipped the engine out again and replaced the steering ram at the same time which is located behind the engine against the inside of the transom. Anyway all done now and the engine is going back in next week. Poxy boats !! Just like trucks !! Well it is a truck engine after all.
Anyway, sorry to slip off the road, back to Poggieā€™s Scud.
The Turks named it that when we were running down during the Gulf war. It was so fast and when we were all racing back on the Syrian convoy empty nothing could touch it !! I blew liner seals on my 141 racing with him!! We always came close to the front at Bab el Hawa coming home.
I never knew him to have any mechanical failures during his time on Astran, reliable but that silly cab was a bit small, and Bob was a big fellah, but I never heard him complain though. Probably too hyped up because of the Scud status.
It used to be a plough in Czechā€¦ha ha. Some of you will know what I mean !!
And yes, that is me in the photo with Bob, Barnsey and a Sudanese driver, on a break during the Kuwaiti convoy to Saudi. Photo taken by John Willie. I took the photo of the Scud at the Telex.
Good night all.
GS

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Hi GS, good to here youā€™re still having fun and that boats are just as reliable as trucks.

Iā€™ve been on this for a few months now, ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  555, 100kph @ 1400 rpm, speed limiter is set to 120kph, 57 tons as it is in the photo with baby B, but 73 tons with the longer tri+tri.
When I get it wound up full tilt at 2 in the morning, my first thought is of being at the front of the pack running from Homs to Bab- el- hawa.
And just for Robert 1952 it has an 18 speed Road Ranger in it. Iā€™ve no idea what itā€™s like on fuel, we just fill it up at the start of the shift, thereā€™s no gauge on the pumpā€¦

Still doesnā€™t answer my first questionā€¦ Who was the guy in Aylesbury in the early 90ā€™s with the Astran tilt and Leyland Road Train

Jeffā€¦

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Hi Jeff, the Astan tilt you saw in Aylesbury in the early nineties could have been Hoss International (Derek Horsley). He lived in or near Aylesbury,but he had a six wheeler transcon and done a lot of work for Astran. He left it down in Doha in the mid Nineties and I donā€™t know if he ever brought it home. The last time I ran with Hoss he had a 1925 Merc, when we were on the KFOR job to Kosovo. He was still subbing for Astran and had bought the merc as a seller to take to the middle east when the KFOR job came up, Chris Hooper was also on the same job at the time, subbing for Astran.
Regards Jamie.

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GS OVERLAND:
Anyway, sorry to slip off the road, back to Poggieā€™s Scud.
The Turks named it that when we were running down during the Gulf war. It was so fast and when we were all racing back on the Syrian convoy empty nothing could touch it !! I blew liner seals on my 141 racing with him!! We always came close to the front at Bab el Hawa coming home.
I never knew him to have any mechanical failures during his time on Astran, reliable but that silly cab was a bit small, and Bob was a big fellah, but I never heard him complain though. Probably too hyped up because of the Scud status.
It used to be a plough in Czechā€¦ha ha. Some of you will know what I mean !!
And yes, that is me in the photo with Bob, Barnsey and a Sudanese driver, on a break during the Kuwaiti convoy to Saudi. Photo taken by John Willie. I took the photo of the Scud at the Telex.
Good night all.
GS

Thanks for your response regarding ā€˜the Scudā€™ GS, much appreciated. Robert :slight_smile:

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The photoā€™s free,frame costs Ā£1. :laughing:

BTW,you need a cast iron backbone to handle that outfit. :unamused:

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Another quid. :sunglasses:

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harry:
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Another quid. :sunglasses:

You and Jeff going into business Harry :laughing: :laughing:

R Jimmer

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My old girl :-

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. . . .Hello Fred, good to see you back on here, that is a good looking girl. Nice to see youā€™ve got the new computer sorted out.

All the very best
Mick B

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whisperingsmith:
I sometimes get tempted to get back in the saddle while Iā€™ve still got a few yearā€™s health & fitness left

Mr Smith, after your last post with excellent pics about your run to Afghanistan, we are still waiting for any more tales and photos you may have to post!! :smiley: :smiley: :wink: