In no particular order

OUT OF HOURS TRANSPORT PHOTO FORUM (MEMBERS ONLY)
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A few pics from the last few weeks,random,and in no particular order…


I picked up this new fridge a few weeks ago,one of two that have come home.


Lost an hour sitting in the queue because of this a few weeks ago,on the A2 between Recklinghausen & Dortmund.


The blindspot mirror on the Actros is pretty good,can even see the passenger step.


Spied this beasty on the A31 near Papenburg.


This old girl still runs.


This is the exit from a delivery we do in Bremen.There’s always someone who’s parked right on the corner!


If only they’d made the cupboard a bit deeper…


…then I’d be able to close the lid! Still,it’s in there and it’s working.


A nice load.Picked up the 24t steel coil in Bremen and then loaded twelve tipping bins in Südlohn.


Last week in Tienen.It had to happen,these guys fly low!


See a lot of old 143’s doing containers around Antwerp.


Chuckle,chuckle…there’s probably a place somewhere called Vomit!


This lot get up everyone’s nose!


With the fridge fitted in the top drawer,it makes for a bigger table.
I actually ordered the fridge from Kuda UK Ltd,and because of the weak pound sterling,I saved myself over €300 on the price in Belgium.
And it was shipped from Holland!


One of our driver’s got snowed in the week before.All the way from Dortmund to Bad Berleberg,and when I got there,nothing to load!


Saw this parked behind a garage in Heusden-Zolder.Not my cup of tea though.


This week I loaded wine again in Zell/Mosel.Some lovely scenery,but a bit of a climb to the Industry area.


Lots of hairpins too.


Loading 27 pallets of wine from Chile,New Zealand and California.It’s all shipped in bulk and then bottled here.
They even supply Tesco’s!


Loaded and then off to Kinderbeuren for the rest.


Mosel River.

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excellent read !!

nice motor ya av got there mate ! the scania 143, correct me if am wrong but are’nt the indicators/sidelights fitted upside down ?

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mark h:
excellent read !!

nice motor ya av got there mate ! the scania 143, correct me if am wrong but are’nt the indicators/sidelights fitted upside down ?

Yeah,I believe they are,probably so he’s got orange side-lights.

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Impressive photos!!! also amazing to see clear well - mercedes 's blindspot mirror!!! very good! :open_mouth:
Thanks Keith

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very good pics :smiley:

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Interesting photos KW.

How are you finding that auto box ? :smiling_imp:

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DAFMAD:
How are you finding that auto box ? :smiling_imp:

The auto-box is a treat to use,smooth,quick changes.Much better than my old I-shift Volvo.

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great pics mate and iv also jst been doina bit of research… turns out u live bout an hr away from me when im at home in belgium yet iv never seen ur lorrys about on the ring or that…

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great pictures keith, i had chris jordan stood here looking at them with me, he is going to ring and come see you for a weekend, but he says he doesnt want to be served by a woman with one arm again!!

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good pics mate, im finding myself liking the Actros more and more nowadays, dont know why thou. I used to go to thaat industrial estate at Zell/Mosel, it is a very steep climb, luckily i only took empty plastic bottles there!

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euromat:
great pictures keith, i had chris jordan stood here looking at them with me, he is going to ring and come see you for a weekend, but he says he doesnt want to be served by a woman with one arm again!!

I had to think about that for a while,then I remembered the old girl from the B&B when we went to the Truckstar Festival at Zandvoort!
Tell him he’s very welcome to come for a weekend,as you are if you’re this way,but not if you’re ‘that’ way,if you know wot I mean :wink: :wink: :wink: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Was that him that sent me that abusive txt message this week?

Big trucker indeed!

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euromat:
great pictures keith, i had chris jordan stood here looking at them with me, he is going to ring and come see you for a weekend, but he says he doesnt want to be served by a woman with one arm again!!

Here,he doesn’t still smell of pigs does he■■? :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :confused: :confused: :wink:

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must be something about these mercedes benz tippers and central resevations kw.

took this in kallo last year, what you dont see is the driver and another driver ranting at each other whilst stood in the middle of the motorway.! :open_mouth:

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is that a single 24tonne coil keith? - if so those trailers must be stronger than i’d imagine, what make are they?

by the way, after two good puns you totally missed the one about winterberg, in the snow :grimacing:

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jj72:
is that a single 24tonne coil keith? - if so those trailers must be stronger than i’d imagine, what make are they?

They are LAG trailers,made in Bree,Belgium jj but most of the major trailer manufacturers do coil trailers.
We can actually load coils up to 25,5t in a 13,6m trailer to tip the scales at 40t.Anything bigger is carried in our short coil trailers.

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KW:
We can actually load coils up to 25,5t in a 13,6m trailer to tip the scales at 40t.Anything bigger is carried in our short coil trailers.

can only put 24t in my coil carrier bloody lecinena really heavy like the sound of that weight of yours :slight_smile:

out of interest what did that fridge cost :question: want one for my actros but mercedes dealer in malaga wants my apartment in part exchange it is so expensive :laughing:

good pictures wish i had digi camera could post some spanish mishaps there’s plenty of them :laughing: :laughing:

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KW:

euromat:
great pictures keith, i had chris jordan stood here looking at them with me, he is going to ring and come see you for a weekend, but he says he doesnt want to be served by a woman with one arm again!!

Here,he doesn’t still smell of pigs does he■■? :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :confused: :confused: :wink:

its either pigs or bull ■■■■ mate!!! :laughing: :laughing: not sure if it was him who sent the text, if it made no sense then probably yes :laughing:

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welshboyinspain:
out of interest what did that fridge cost :question: want one for my actros but mercedes dealer in malaga wants my apartment in part exchange it is so expensive :laughing:

From Kuda UK it cost me just over €600,incl. VAT and postage.
Exactly the same make and model in Belgium & Holland would have cost me around €900!!!

Send Kuda a mail or check out their website for a price to send it to Spain,very helpful people.

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thanks KW will look at website :smiley: :smiley:

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I love Germany but the Mosel has got to be one of the prettiest places ever. I always feel like you should not be paid when delivering in the Eifel region. I posted pictures before about the weinlagers between Cochem and Kues. Brilliant as usual KW