Ok they were in the FSA, but they were all coming in or going out of the country!
Basically i was in Custom’s for 19 Hours in Monday, so took shed loads of photo’s out of sheer boredom!
Here’s some of the Brit’s that were heading in/out…
RH Stevens are Regular’s on the Swiss Run.
Never heard of this lot before, have you??
The guy who drives this runs all over Europe in this.
Two Scottish Scania’s pulling Flats.
Nice pictures,thanks a lot as for CROOME
they have been around for a long time try
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nice pics there mate . croome were running fair bit of greece , had a few crossings with their drivers from ancona
i used to work for dr burt hes based in canvey island.iused to do greece for him.nice pic brings back a few memories.
good pics thank!
wonder why you was stay there for 19 hrs ? 
long time! eh! sometime i have seen some turks or brits trucks stay at Dover Freight Customs Centre from 10 mins to 3 days ? what is going on ?
problem with paperwork ? i guess custom officers should make a quick job - like read check the paperwork and give a stamp on the paper then GO! could be under 30mins ?
any chance of pics - Turkish or Iranian trucks in other side parking of Dover Freight Centre, I 'm sure they will be happy offer you a some brew 
also i have notice in Dover Freight Centre - two parking area - one place (front entrance area) were full of brits, swiss, western european trucks parking but other side - huge parking area - full of turkish & eastern bloc lorries parking ? why ?
The turks have to go to the sealing shed to be sealed up,once been in the sealing shed you cant get back round to the front entrance. hence the uk/swiss/european trucks parked at the front entrance.but if you have t5 goods for swiss then your have to go via sealing shed.
BuzzardBoy:
OkThe guy who drives this runs all over Europe in this.
Good pics there BB, particulaly this one.
What was the load? Household removals or something more specialised?
Seems an unusual set up,a 3 axled unit with a single axle trailor!
Look, for about an hour i was the only truck in Customs!!
i used to work for dr burt hes based in canvey island.iused to do greece for him.nice pic brings back a few memories.
The driver was telling me he did a fair bit of Greece, Cyprus and Crete. He was going down to Lugano in Swiss for the first time, He was also telling me they run on running money, no fuel cards or anything.
good pics thank!
wonder why you was stay there for 19 hrs ? long time! eh! sometime i have seen some turks or brits trucks stay at Dover Freight Customs Centre from 10 mins to 3 days ? what is going on ?
problem with paperwork ? i guess custom officers should make a quick job - like read check the paperwork and give a stamp on the paper then GO! could be under 30mins ?
any chance of pics - Turkish or Iranian trucks in other side parking of Dover Freight Centre, I 'm sure they will be happy offer you a some brew
also i have notice in Dover Freight Centre - two parking area - one place (front entrance area) were full of brits, swiss, western european trucks parking but other side - huge parking area - full of turkish & eastern bloc lorries parking ? why ?
Basically Betz, i was in Customs for 19 hours due to a ■■■■ up when loading in Carlisle on Saturday. I had been due to load on Friday, but due to wind and bad wather, didnt make it until Saturday Morning. Well Friday was in February, and Saturday was in March. Pirelli in Italy had to shut down their month end befroe they could raise the Invoices for my load. It caused a few problems to say the least.
On the flip side to that, when i came in on Friday, i was in and out in less than 10 minutes.
I only have one picture that is of reasonable quality of the Turks and here it is…
To be honest, there wasnt a great deal in Customs on Monday.
As for why the park round the back, Johnny answered this ell enough for me not to need to.
The turks have to go to the sealing shed to be sealed up,once been in the sealing shed you cant get back round to the front entrance. hence the uk/swiss/european trucks parked at the front entrance.but if you have t5 goods for swiss then your have to go via sealing shed.
bullitt:
BuzzardBoy:
OkThe guy who drives this runs all over Europe in this.
Good pics there BB, particulaly this one.
What was the load? Household removals or something more specialised?
Seems an unusual set up,a 3 axled unit with a single axle trailor!
Hey Bullit
You’re right, this is indeed a strange set up isnt it.
I actually had a beer on Monday night with the driver in the Cinque Port with the driver and he was telling me all about it.
He works for a Scottish Company and only does 4 or 5 trips a year, but goes all over the place in it. They are a specialist lighting company and do mainly exhibitions/trade shows etc. This time he had just come back from Provence and although didnt need to clear customs, was just using it as a truck park. He has been down to Greece and Portugal in it so he tells me. The reason they use that style of outfit, is a lot of the places are tight and narrow, and they canot get an 18T in to them, but can get the little short trailer into them instead. Like the DC Burt driver, they dont have fuel cards etc and have running money instead. He was also telling me that it does attract a lot of attention in it, from the Gendarmes, Douane etc and didnt understand why. Me and an Eric Vick Driver are of the opinion its because it stands out like a sore thumb in Europe, its the sort of outfit you expect to see in a Supermarket, not Portugal!
yes when i done greece for burt i ran on cash only but he was excellent to work for.
interesting stuff BB, have kentvale been brought out by someone now? sure i read it somewhere. i have just got back from a weekend in belgium, not many brits heading out, and not many heading back hoeward bound saturday
kentvale now part of e m rogers
BB, Ive seen that trailer, heading south on the M6, with the straps, on two saturdays running a couple of weeks ago, around 14.30 / 16.00, between Spagetti + Corley.
I wondered what was in the trailer, now the secret`s out ; TYRES…
Having read your posts about the job, and starting at 02.00am on a sunday, it makes me think it was not you, on these occasions.
jackson619:
yes when i done greece for burt i ran on cash only but he was excellent to work for.
So, what happened, why don’t you work for him still?
i live in northeast and was based in canvey island. i used to go away for 6 weeks at a time and come back for a long weekend.the greece work ran out and i was put on to something else where i was home every weekend and i didnt like being in the yard for weekends.i left on good terms and we keep in regular contact if anything comes ill be back like a shot.
BuzzardBoy:
He was also telling me that it does attract a lot of attention in it, from the Gendarmes, Douane etc and didnt understand why. Me and an Eric Vick Driver are of the opinion its because it stands out like a sore thumb in Europe, its the sort of outfit you expect to see in a Supermarket, not Portugal!
I think it is because there is no sign writing on the truck, I was always getting pulled (just about every trip) when I was driving a plain Blue truck, now it is liveried and I haven’t been stopped for nearly 2 years
(bet I get stopped next trip now 
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Hi, I was chatting to you and the D R BURT, driver Paul, i was in he J A COLES truck, Had Paris, Orange,and five in swiss to do . Got weekended in Geneve and went to the motor show, Sorry Motor was dirty…
Hi, I was chatting to you and the D R BURT, driver Paul, i was in he J A COLES truck, Had Paris, Orange,and five in swiss to do . Got weekended in Geneve and went to the motor show, Sorry Motor was dirty…
hi, buzzardboy Mark pick international are from Boston linc`s.
I really dont know much about them but have seen them in recent weeks in southern spain.
I hope this helps !!!