Hi DIG,
oh man, that was certainly a bad day for you. As if the job is not hard enough. Some can, however, be quite reasonable.
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Johnny human nature will always remember the incident or person that causes grief whereas the normal pass unremembered. 
Dig
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What a great idea if the body of the Scammells are living quarters and possibly ballast box floor then lock up tool tyre store for the longer trips.
Dig
rigsby:
Plodding on Patric thanks , I’ve put about12 kilos on sitting about on lockdown , but as the local saying goes , there are plenty in the graveyard that would gladly swop places with me . Morbid buggers round here y’know . I hope you are ok with the virus about everywhere . Dave
Good to hear you’ve put some weight on Dave, I reckon you fancy the bakings of the Mrs 
Still doing my rounds around Europe mate, it’s not too bad to be honest, but I sincerely hope that we don’t get another lockdown.
DIG:
Aye DIG, that’s why you have to wear safety boots while driving!Does that really work, the eggs and black pepper? Always thought that was too good to be true
Patrick I first saw an owner driver I know putting black pepper in his radiator one day in Broome,he was from Perth and in the area on supply runs to a rig working in the desert the track was really rough and he told me his Mack radiator had started to leak where the core is soldered to the top tank plate so he put the pepper in and it worked he was able to keep working until a replacement radiator was sourced.
I was told at a later date about the eggs by another operator so when I had my malfunction I reckoned as it was bit larger than just some cracks extreme measures should be taken so I used both.
I.m happy to report a complete success although I did not screw the cap down so allowed any pressure to escape.
I drove home with the prime mover and one loaded trailer I left the second trailer at the roadhouse and another o/d who was day or so behind me latched on to it a brought it in for me.Just as well as the replacement core had to be shipped from the eastern states and was over a week getting to Perth so I had a holiday.
Dig
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I’ll bear that in mind next time my radiator calls it a day
jsutherland:
This one goes back to 1956 - a particle accelerator (whatever it is) being moved in California0
Very interesting Johnny, cheers for posting! Can anyone identify the units being used here?
jsutherland:
Allelys moving a 640 tonnes - 328 feet long (almost 100 meters) 16 feet wide (4.9 meters) load.0
Allelys site - heavy haulage: allelys.co.uk/services/heavy-haulage/
That’s the Goldhofer Faktor 5.5 Johnny, some impressive kit that is. I think Allelys is the only one left in the UK that can handle hauling these massive generators, as ALE is now part of the Mammoet group. I’m not sure if the girder trailer material is still in the UK or that it’s being used around the globe.
Anyway, click on the link for some information about the Faktor 5.5
DIG:
Hi DIG,
I didn’t know it either until I was watching a German Police video on checking lorry loads, restraints, driving hours etc. One of the police officers was giving the different drivers grief about not having safety shoes on. Maybe a pet hate of his…
Sure an interesting topic.
Grüße
Johnny
Good day Johnny
That makes sense a cunable 
who knows very little about trucks but is allowed to rewrite the rule book, i had one of them who decided my Kab air ride seat was unsafe because when the bag was deflated the seat would move.I took it into the local Kab [Bostrom] depot they said they had had 3 others from the same roadside inspection nothing wrong with the seats I got them to put a small tap valve in the air line so if I got pulled up again I could pump up the airbag manually so it didn’t move.I then had to present the truck at the inspection centre which from memory cost around 150dollars plus I missed the trip i was heading into load.
Not a happy chappie that friday.
Cheers Dig
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I think we all at some point had some unpleasant “tête a tête” with law enforcement.
Mine was in 2008 in France, Chaumont to be more precise, the old Bill there seemed to have a allergic reaction to orange lorries! I was immobilized due to the fact that according to him, I hadn’t had a legal permit. Thing was, I’d loaded a digger at the expo in Villepinte (north of Paris) and was on my way to Barcelona. Initial plan was to offload the digger in Antwerp, but then they’d realised it was probably faster to deliver it by road. So we had permits from the expo site to the Belgian border, and our usual permits to the Spanish border (La Jonquera). So I never did anything dodgy by cutting corners and such… but because of the original cmr, that had the address of Villepinte on it, and me driving on a border to border permit, the copper thought I was at fault. So 6 weeks later, and a new permit richer, I was able to get the old girl back on the road! By that time, the Spanish customer cancelled the order, so I turned round and offloaded at Antwerp docks…
oiltreader:
Mack x 2 from the USA.
Oily
Cheers Oily! I was actually planning on going to the Mack museum in Allentown this year, as the Mrs is from that area, but now with all that’s going on in the world, I’ve put a stop on that plan… 
jsutherland:
Montejo - Kenworth1
Ralp Sar
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That’s some massive front drive axle on that Kenworth!
DIG:
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What a great idea if the body of the Scammells are living quarters and possibly ballast box floor then lock up tool tyre store for the longer trips.
Dig
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Indeed mate, a nice bunk and kitchen will do
moomooland:
0 For sale on Ebay only 99p at the moment.
Nine books including Moving Mountains from 1983
Looks like Xmas came early this year
I think we all at some point had some unpleasant “tête a tête” with law enforcement.
Mine was in 2008 in France, Chaumont to be more precise, the old Bill there seemed to have a allergic reaction to orange lorries! I was immobilized due to the fact that according to him, I hadn’t had a legal permit. Thing was, I’d loaded a digger at the expo in Villepinte (north of Paris) and was on my way to Barcelona. Initial plan was to offload the digger in Antwerp, but then they’d realised it was probably faster to deliver it by road. So we had permits from the expo site to the Belgian border, and our usual permits to the Spanish border (La Jonquera). So I never did anything dodgy by cutting corners and such… but because of the original cmr, that had the address of Villepinte on it, and me driving on a border to border permit, the copper thought I was at fault. So 6 weeks later, and a new permit richer, I was able to get the old girl back on the road! By that time, the Spanish customer cancelled the order, so I turned round and offloaded at Antwerp docks…
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My little holdup for a week Patrick pales to insignificance compared to your 6 weeks, I.m quite unfamiliar with the paperwork that you blokes have to carry with multiple country border crossings etc your office staff have to be on the ball and then you drivers have to check so I guess thats some multi tasking when planing the movement of oversize loads across europe mmm i will stick to my dusty corrugated dirt roads and lack of h and s knowledge,it is coming but to late for me at least we don’t have different countries to deal with only other states and at present with the cov19 problem we do have border controls.
Dig 
Is that a RR under the red tarp.
pv83:
Spotted by yours truly
Cool pictures Patrick. Is the 6th picture (upside down) for DIG and other lads from down under? 
ALE Heavylift - now part of the Mammoet group - with a 70 metre, 145 tonne load meets a small Surrey roundabout.
ALE: ale-heavylift.com/
Mammoet: mammoet.com/heavy-transport/
DIG:
I think we all at some point had some unpleasant “tête a tête” with law enforcement.
Mine was in 2008 in France, Chaumont to be more precise, the old Bill there seemed to have a allergic reaction to orange lorries! I was immobilized due to the fact that according to him, I hadn’t had a legal permit. Thing was, I’d loaded a digger at the expo in Villepinte (north of Paris) and was on my way to Barcelona. Initial plan was to offload the digger in Antwerp, but then they’d realised it was probably faster to deliver it by road. So we had permits from the expo site to the Belgian border, and our usual permits to the Spanish border (La Jonquera). So I never did anything dodgy by cutting corners and such… but because of the original cmr, that had the address of Villepinte on it, and me driving on a border to border permit, the copper thought I was at fault. So 6 weeks later, and a new permit richer, I was able to get the old girl back on the road! By that time, the Spanish customer cancelled the order, so I turned round and offloaded at Antwerp docks…
My little holdup for a week Patrick pales to insignificance compared to your 6 weeks, I.m quite unfamiliar with the paperwork that you blokes have to carry with multiple country border crossings etc your office staff have to be on the ball and then you drivers have to check so I guess thats some multi tasking when planing the movement of oversize loads across europe mmm i will stick to my dusty corrugated dirt roads and lack of h and s knowledge,it is coming but to late for me at least we don’t have different countries to deal with only other states and at present with the cov19 problem we do have border controls.
Dig
Is that a RR under the red tarp.
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All part of the game DIG, driving the bloody things is probably the easiest thing about the job
It’s all different rules and regulations from one country to another, but sometimes it’s even different in the same country, Germany comes to mind… in some counties you’re only allowed to drive at night, others only got a driving ban in the morning and afternoon, some counties demand a second driver… sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees, but that does make it interesting to be honest.
Yup, nicely spotted mate, a RR engine indeed underneath that tarp
jsutherland:
pv83:
Spotted by yours trulyCool pictures Patrick. Is the 6th picture (upside down) for DIG and other lads from down under?
Yes, I thought I would give them a taste of their own medicine!
pv83:
jsutherland:
pv83:
Spotted by yours trulyCool pictures Patrick. Is the 6th picture (upside down) for DIG and other lads from down under?
Yes, I thought I would give them a taste of their own medicine!
Most kind and heres something which would be a head turner for you to peruse. 
Dig
DIG:
pv83:
jsutherland:
pv83:
Spotted by yours trulyCool pictures Patrick. Is the 6th picture (upside down) for DIG and other lads from down under?
Yes, I thought I would give them a taste of their own medicine!
Most kind and heres something which would be a head turner for you to peruse.
Dig
jsutherland:
ALE Heavylift - now part of the Mammoet group - with a 70 metre, 145 tonne load meets a small Surrey roundabout.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApuqDou-CmU
ALE: ale-heavylift.com/
Mammoet: mammoet.com/heavy-transport/
Heres a bit of reading for you Johnny.
Click on pages twice to read.
