Simon:
Make sure he’s taking plenty of notes n photos Jonboy. Some of us are interested in these types of trips.
Here, here Simon would make a very interesting read.
It would appear that I was wrong 
Taken from the STG website
Date Town Country Return Trailer Type Axles Enquire
20/05/04 Mezhdurechensk RUS, Russia GB Semi low loader 3 >>
20/05/04 Mezhdurechensk RUS, Russia GB Semi low loader 3
This trip is a STG job!!!
Simon Wrote:
If I had any heavy experience, I’de be camping on their doorstep, waiting for a job .
There might be a queue there now, Me at the front 
Im trying to get my pictures sorted of some Hogsped trucks, Bob took loads when he was there.
Hope to hear a lot more about this trip from Jonboy@RH
hooray! i told you it was true!! 
I never doubted you for a minute Jon, 
todays message from rob, the convoy is over the uralls into central asia. the nearest town is st kathrinburg, he says its very remote and quite hard going. theyve been buying diesel from tankers at 16p a litre :open_mouth: :open_mouth: . just had a look at the acme kids atlas and i think its yekaterinburg hes near. its quite a large city with 1.2million people just on the eastern side of the ural mountain range. i could be wrong of course! but i cant find st kathrinburg anywhere.
600km northeast of omsk today, 6 punctures over the last few days… its raining and the roads are just mud 
novosibirsk area tonight, they had a busher on the doubledrive go near omsk, had to have it repaired at volvo. the roads have improved, he hopes to be at the drop by weds afternoon. 2 days to clear carnets(rob hopes!) tip by the weekend, then a fortnights drive home. rgds jon
i had a msg from rob at 0100 gmt this morning(good job i was at work!). it was 0800 siberian time! anyway, they`ve done all the customs business, tipped the loads, and were setting off for home this morning. he reckons its 7200km to the boat . should be a bit easier going on the homeward journey…no big lumps on the back!
Heyup Jonboy,i see people have started to take you seriously at last. Pity the trips on the homeward leg 
Eyup Stevie B
Are we still doing the tourist route to Romania?
North sea ferries and the love boat
JONBOY@RH:
. the company hoggsped run out of I.M.R transports yard in nottingham, balloon wood i think its near beeston. dave hogg has been in the game for years and used to do saudi and beyond. its not general haulage as such and i suppose he has a lot of experience and contacts. i dont know the economics of the job or why there doing it and not eastern europeans. do you have a lot of experience in this field? i`m sure some of the long haul boys would have heard of the firm. rgds jon
Never doubted you for a moment JonBoy, I agree what an experience. If I was a bit younger I’d be on the doorstep too with my Econofreight reference.
But who is IMR? I know that Balloon Wood depot well. Used to be Marshal’s years ago and then Bob and Robert (can’t remember the firm’s name) took it over. Bob or Robert left and Mick Frost (who used to be Les Wilson’s TM) bought in. Sorry to go off thread, just trying to catch up!
Salut, David.
Wheel Nut:
Eyup Stevie B
Are we still doing the tourist route to Romania?North sea ferries and the love boat
Eyup Wheel Nut,am not on International duties no more mate 
.Am back in Blighty mate .Only Felix nowadays Just popped on to see what Jonboy was talkin about. He was sayin that a few on here wernt takin him seriously about Hoggys job to Russia. 
.Nice to see he was havin a bit more luck lately. 
He was sayin that a few on here wernt takin him seriously about Hoggys job to Russia.
He’s probably makin it up
How long ago did you finish Eurograft Steve?
Wheel Nut:
He was sayin that a few on here wernt takin him seriously about Hoggys job to Russia.
He’s probably makin it up
How long ago did you finish Eurograft Steve?
Eyup Wheel Nut, i finshed after Xmas mate 
. We dont do as much Romania as we used to,its nearly all Morocco nowadays. Half of the lads have left and are doing UK with other companies now Maroc,s OK but its just the mither you get off indigenous inhabitants if you catch my drift. 
Nice to hear off you Malc. Drum bun mate.
By the way Lads and Lasses i am sorry about losin the thread of Jonboy@RH,s topic 
Its still a bit new to me all this.
No problem Stevie, happens all the time just like conversations in the real world.
Welcome to TruckNet UK, hope you will be a frequent visitor and poster.
Ta very much Mr Coffeeholic .I hope to be frequent reader and poster. I will be on most weekends i hope (Lost the thread again)
welcome to trucknet mate
oi wheres my thread gone! lolololol