Saviem's fan club (Part 2)

I seem to remember a picture on here some years ago of a Foden 8 wheeler with a 5th wheel on the deck carrying beams on a small dolly some metres behind the wagon. In Kent I think, because it was parked outside a hotel I was staying in while my wagon was being repaired nearby.

Great story! And prove that most Italians are actually quite nice people😉.

Piacenza is a regular tipping address for me actually, I offload combine harvesters there that get a special treatment, meaning a wider front axle and hydraulic cylinders, so that the harvester still works on steep hills and such, very interesting to see. To give you an idea, I’ll attach some pic’s of older machines that were converted.

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I’m guessing that the drivers got paid by the hour?:wink: ahum… I’ll get me coat…

Might have been featured on the “Heavy haulage through the years” page?

Possibly, but it was a long time ago when I posted it.
Been trying to find the cafes in Italy I stopped at, the one on the way back was near Susa I think and it had a very small parking area, room for the 3 artics that were there and me plus one other besides and I think it was called La Rosa Blu.

Talking of nice Italians I wasn’t too sure where to go to at Piacenza so I drove towards the peage as if joining the autostrada and stopped before it and asked directions from the police there. After putting me right they stopped all the trafiic in both directions to allow me to do a Uie to get back on route. :grinning:

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Barreiros-Dodge (Spain)

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Cabs made by Pelpel?

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In Algeria.

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