Hlb
Who are u mate all of the ME drivers know each other on here,and u have made a silly statement most of the writers on this thread are hardend ME experts with many years and miles between them.
Roger
wheel nut
Was it your wheel forgot the nuts again shame on you 
Roger
sinbin31:
HlbWho are u mate all of the ME drivers know each other on here,and u have made a silly statement most of the writers on this thread are hardend ME experts with many years and miles between them.
Roger
Well I suppose I was experienced eventually, but not when I started, I’d never been outside Lancashire before!
First laugh was when I went to pick up the hire trailer in Ashbydelazouch. The manager said he’d come down the yard with me as the trailers were badly parked. The trailers were parked nose to tail. He asked if I thought I could get under it. 
I dare not tell him I’d never done it before.
So I backed up at what I thought was the right angle and clunck click!! He said that he’d go down one side and wind the legs up and take the hand brake off. Good idea I thought, I didn’t know about that.
So I jumped on the truck and found three pipes, so I stuck the left one in the left hole and the right one in the right hole, then I tought it fairly obvious to turn the taps on.
I thought I was towing the QE 2 when I set off down the yard. 
A year or two later I met this lot at the Jordan/Syria border. Today is the first time I’ve seen it.
The getting stuck bit is a fake. It did happen though.
sinbin31:
HlbWho are u mate all of the ME drivers know each other on here,and u have made a silly statement most of the writers on this thread are hardend ME experts with many years and miles between them.
Roger
Hi Roger
Keep taking the happy pills, and put the toys back ing the pram, 
It could be that your paths never crossed 
mine would not as I did not start untill after he said that he had finished.
So lets give him the benefit of doubt
Best Regards
Ian
Roger you used to be such a placid young man ease up on the new members we will all know if we are being fed b/s.
By the way I agree with you about the diversion I know exactly where you mean but alas can’t remember the name Regards Hughie
Hi Folks
Did anybody get the answer to where Gavins tyre shop was ■■
I cant see the answer anywhere.
I think it may be one of the villages in Doha that you see when running back to the border on the way home but got no idea what it may be called.
Give us a clue Gavin before its lost amongst a new set of photos.
dave
ashbarns:
Hi Folks
Did anybody get the answer to where Gavins tyre shop was ■■
I cant see the answer anywhere.
I think it may be one of the villages in Doha that you see when running back to the border on the way home but got no idea what it may be called.
Give us a clue Gavin before its lost amongst a new set of photos.
dave
Just a guess. But is it in Jordan on the road to H4
Ian
I only asked a simple question please dont make a big thing of it as I dont realy give a s—t I just wanted his name out of interest.wont bother in future might give the hole thing a miss to much back bitting bye
Roger
Anyway, it took about six weeks to get to Abba. There was a Salford Van Hire F88 with us, that was eventually parked up on the Mountain and used for spares. We had a Toyota jeep, we drove it over the mountain to the princes palace, it was him that sent the D9 sixty miles back to help us. It carved the road and at one point a tree fell on it, it carried on relentlessly, with me tied behind it, the trailer going over three foot boulders. Half the trucks had to be carried back.
I finished up in Jeddah with 50p in my pocket, eventually finding some loads from Gulf Link. Anyone remember them? Thats another story.
sinbin31:
IanI only asked a simple question please dont make a big thing of it as I dont realy give a s—t I just wanted his name out of interest.wont bother in future might give the hole thing a miss to much back bitting bye
Roger
Well the truth is, there were some real nasty types out there. I mostly stayed on my own or with the Arabs. Dont get me wrong, there were some great guys as well, but many could not be trusted.
Anyone remember Jethro I think, a Greek mythology student that found no money in greek mythology, so did the ME.
sinbin31:
wheel nutWas it your wheel forgot the nuts again shame on you
Roger
How else did you think I got my name? 
A couple of good ole countrymen stopped and lent me another jack and some wheelnuts I believe. I am sure I got it fixed up in Somats yard.
It was quite odd as I heard something rattling much earlier then it seemed to stop. 
sinbin31:
HlbWho are u mate all of the ME drivers know each other on here,and u have made a silly statement most of the writers on this thread are hardend ME experts with many years and miles between them.
Roger
Roger, for the sake of clarity, would you please explain for all, what you regard as a silly statement
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Getting back to the ME Where is this then…
Reddesertfox:
sinbin31:
HlbWho are u mate all of the ME drivers know each other on here,and u have made a silly statement most of the writers on this thread are hardend ME experts with many years and miles between them.
Roger
Roger, for the sake of clarity, would you please explain for all, what you regard as a silly statement
Yep it was bad form to jump straight in, you had to come up from the gutter. If you scrimped and scraped for a belly tank, You had to give the fuel away to some other pillock with nothing or you were not part of the crowd. Spare wheels
sinbin31:
no
Hullo Roger,
Come on mate it’s only a bit of banter, we’re only sat round a table having an efes and telling tales, Smile you always did 
tell a few of your tales ( You seen a lot more than many on here), just sit back and enjoy it, don’t 
it’s not you.
Cheers, Archie.
ashbarns:
Hi Folks
Did anybody get the answer to where Gavins tyre shop was ■■
I cant see the answer anywhere.
I think it may be one of the villages in Doha that you see when running back to the border on the way home but got no idea what it may be called.
Give us a clue Gavin before its lost amongst a new set of photos.
dave
Well done Dave. You are right. It is Al Karanah Punchery on the Salwa road heading back to Abu Samra. The name is written in Arabic on the block wall. He had a good line of nuts and bolts for tyre patches but nothing for tubeless repairs !! 
GS
hlb:
Reddesertfox:
sinbin31:
Hlb
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Who are u mate all of the ME drivers know each other on here,and u have made a silly statement most of the writers on this thread are hardend ME experts with many years and miles between them.Roger
Roger, for the sake of clarity, would you please explain for all, what you regard as a silly statement
Yep it was bad form to jump straight in, you had to come up from the g you scrimped and scraped for a belly tank, You had to give the fuel away to some other pillock with nothing or you were not part of the crowd. Spare wheels
Welcome to Trucknet hlb , I hope that any unjustified remarks hasn’t put you off already but that is exactly the reason why a few of the older Middle East guy’s prefer to be Lurkers rather than to contribute some of their memories and experiences to this thread.
Nobody can be expected to remember the names of every driver who went down that way in the seventies and eighties but eventually somebody may come along and say I remember that incident or I remember that, was that you .
I am always fascinated when I read about how people like yourself struggled to do the job in the early days so please share your stories with us.
Maybe you can remember a few more Lancashire companies like Jenkinsons of Salford, Eric Hunwick and David Duxbury who I am fairly sure you may of came across on your travels.
Regards Steve.
If this is you … give us a story
