Was with Ken Corrigan a few weeks ago and he has just mastered how to turn it on the PC that is so may be a while before we get anything
Roger Haywood
If I know Corrigan Roger ( and I do) he will get someone to turn it on for him,LOL
Hi Roy, do you remember that time when you borrowed Kenās left hand drive diesel Mercedes car so that you could go to the hospital and that young nurse said āgood morning doctorā to you. You had a smile on your dial for a week .
Regards Steve.
Yeah! I remember that Steve, I left the handbrake off and it rolled away and hit a wall I took it to a bodyshop and got it repaired and corry came home and scrapped the bloody thing.LOL
Yes Roy I do remember that incident those repairs that your mate did must of doubled the value of the car.
I used to give Ken a lift home sometimes if his truck was in the workshop when I had that white Capri, after he scrapped The Merc he bought the Capri off me for his son Steve.
Ken Singo told me that he once asked Corrie what he liked best about his Merc and Corrieās reply was āit runs on Hungarian dieselā.
Hereās one of Jimmy Walkers photos, I am not sure if this is you Roy but you really should of chained up a bit earlier .
mushroomman:
Yes Roy I do remember that incident those repairs that your mate did must of doubled the value of the car.
I used to give Ken a lift home sometimes if his truck was in the workshop when I had that white Capri, after he scrapped The Merc he bought the Capri off me for his son Steve.
Ken Singo told me that he once asked Corrie what he liked best about his Merc and Corrieās reply was āit runs on Hungarian dieselā.
Hereās one of Jimmy Walkers photos, I am not sure if this is you Roy but you really should of chained up a bit earlier .
Regards Steve.
great pic steve why dont you put some more up.im gonna buy a new scanner gonna put all the m/e articles i have on here the hooperman ones the lawrence kiely ones even the steyr one about the tankers about 85ish you boys will remember all the routes and places if i dig deep in my boxes i may find the my mistakes ones in trucking international which some of you may have wrote will take some finding again but hopefully it shouldnt take to long to find them all
Im a little confused ,who is richmond spill the beans mate who are you, one minute he is going on his own to Doha next he is waiting for visaās then he hopes to load in a month from Astran ,next he has just returned from Doha did I miss the plot
How are you going to get through Derra now its a no no surley with every Brit being told to leave Syria .Do you still have to drive through the middle of the town ,I remember a couple of sharp lefts and rights in the middle and you had to stop for oncoming if you mett another Truck mid corner .or have they built a super highway round the town ,I still wouldnt go without insurance from UK ,if you have a bad one you have lost everthing and pls dont tell me the border insurance will pay you out ,if you believe that your in kookoo land ,
Last thing that other Astran thread is an insult and should be wiped from rthe site.
sinbin31:
Last thing that other Astran thread is an insult and should be wiped from rthe site.
Roger
I couldnāt agree more & I so regret getting drawn into it, it started looking like a genuine opinion and question but it has become obvious that itās a wind up & the o/p is a ātoolā!!!
Hi Roger, it was a grammatical error by Gerry Mac, that you read. It was Gerry who had just returned from the M.E. and was passing on the information to Richmond. and not Richmond who was posting.
I wholeheartedly agree with you about the insurance, or lack of it. If the job cant stand the cost of proper insurance then it is not worth doing.
The first thing that a freight forwarder would ask for in my day, was proof of your insurance cover. No cover no load.
Many of us could duck and dive on occasions but there were some risks not worth taking.
When it comes to repatriating a body from the M.E. it can be very expensive as a few companies have found out, never mind an owner drivers familly having to find the money.
I am glad that i am out of it now. My one and only personal experiance of repatriation was being air ambulanced from Baku to Cardiff and a return Club class flight from cardiff via Schippol to Baku a month later, when i was well enough to go back for my truck. This was for the princely annual sum of Ā£132.00 to Transmed insurance.
Regards Jamie.
Those Transmed stickers in the windscreen were a sign that the firm was a good one, I never had to use their services, but was glad to have the cover just in caseā¦
newmercman:
Those Transmed stickers in the windscreen were a sign that the firm was a good one, I never had to use their services, but was glad to have the cover just in caseā¦
I still have a couple spare Not sure they are paid up though, wouldnāt like to take the risk
Nice one Dave thanks ,looks a bit better than the one arch either way at least its a little bit of progress,but whats the fasination with arches ,is it protection from the rain what about the Jordanian border is it new as well or do You drive round in no-mans land to the same border
Ah so Richmond hasnt gone yet ,good luck to him when he goes but like in Toy Story he should take a moving Buddy,
sinbin31:
Last thing that other Astran thread is an insult and should be wiped from rthe site.
Roger
I couldnāt agree more & I so regret getting drawn into it, it started looking like a genuine opinion and question but it has become obvious that itās a wind up & the o/p is a ātoolā!!!
Ross.
it was an opinion and not a wind up so make of it what you will
M&C Jamie:
Hi Roger, it was a grammatical error by Gerry Mac, that you read. It was Gerry who had just returned from the M.E. and was passing on the information to Richmond. and not Richmond who was posting.
I wholeheartedly agree with you about the insurance, or lack of it. If the job cant stand the cost of proper insurance then it is not worth doing.
The first thing that a freight forwarder would ask for in my day, was proof of your insurance cover. No cover no load.
Many of us could duck and dive on occasions but there were some risks not worth taking.
When it comes to repatriating a body from the M.E. it can be very expensive as a few companies have found out, never mind an owner drivers familly having to find the money.
I am glad that i am out of it now. My one and only personal experiance of repatriation was being air ambulanced from Baku to Cardiff and a return Club class flight from cardiff via Schippol to Baku a month later, when i was well enough to go back for my truck. This was for the princely annual sum of Ā£132.00 to Transmed insurance.
Regards Jamie.
Hello men, im richmond, my real name shall be a mystery, just like zorros, but really, its not that hard to find out, im the low loader man!, no offence meant !, I have only done a few trips down, was at the office tuesday having a chat,i am only a part timer, last trip was october last year, went to tell astran im ready for another, if and when one turns up i dont expect to be top of the list as im not a full timer.,For your info, i always have transmed cover, i have my own cmr cover for europe, when i go further i take up astrans deal of using there insurance, for the load, i then buy insurance at the borders at each country for that country, i expect that its third party only I have fully comp throughout europe, mind you the trucks 22 yrs old thats what i got ,trucks paid for, trailers paid for, and i try to leave enough on my credit card for a flight home, i can deal with it, pls discuss and enjoy
sinbin31:
Last thing that other Astran thread is an insult and should be wiped from rthe site.
Roger
I couldnāt agree more & I so regret getting drawn into it, it started looking like a genuine opinion and question but it has become obvious that itās a wind up & the o/p is a ātoolā!!!
davemackie:
This is what it looks like at ground level.
Dave.
Ayup,when was that pic taken?The Franken trailer is a long way from home,I used to work for them in the 90s but they never went that far to my knowledge,Hungary was the farthest as far as I know.Maybe a fridge that was sold on,but he used to keep them runing local and get his moneys worth cheers Joe.
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Not sure they are paid up though, wouldnāt like to take the risk
