Truckfest moving to lincoln

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Fuzrat:
The Road Legends :unamused: :wink:

It’s about…

What the viewer wants isn’t it. I’ll drop in on the Road Legends because it costs me nothing to do so. They’re all as qualified as I am and get on with the job. The difference being, they’ve seen a marketing opportunity and taken it. Nothing wrong with making a shilling whilst your getting paid by someone else, it’s good business. I’ll hazard a guess that it may well encourage people to think about becoming drivers.

The celebrity thing, I avoid like the plague. I’ve stumbled upon a few celebs over the years in airports and made a decision to walk right around them. I kinda sympathize with them a little. I went out, as a foursome with our respective ladies for the evening with a leading cast member from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in a pub in Putney. The whole night we were interrupted for selfies and signed beer mats by complete strangers, literally just butting into the conversation with no manners whatsoever.

You can keep the fame, I’ll keep the money.

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Oh ffs !!!..sweet Jeeezus :open_mouth:
Somebody has sent me a link to this. :open_mouth:

It’s like a check list where I tick off all the reasons why I avoid these events like herpes.
I could only get less than half way through it and I was on number 17 already. :smiley:

Don’t get me wrong there looks to be a lot of nice trucks there (and a lot of hideous ott monuments to BAD taste also :unamused: :smiley: ) and everybody has interests that float their respective boats… but ffs, come on man… to get virtually orgasmic over them :open_mouth:
It is a bit of a foreign concept to me, but maybe I’m in a minority here,.and should not knock other people…but I will anyway. :laughing:

I wouldn’t so much avoid it for the trucks, but mainly for the type of people that go there I’d rather be trapped in a lift with Winseer. :smiley:
People getting this guy’s autograph ffs. :open_mouth:
Just to get the balance (and avoid the flak :smiley: ) I’m sure there are also a lot of ‘‘normal’’ people who.attend these events for a day out…that’s my arse covered here. :smiley:
Anyhow check out the vid and ‘enjoy’.

Me?..
I’m off to buy a decibel counter before I drill a ■■■■ big hole in my silencer, then I’m going to cable tie my torch to the front axle…#robtheroadlegend. :sunglasses:

:unamused: :laughing: :laughing:
Taking cover for those who are…‘outraged’. :smiley:

You have been warned btw. :bulb:

youtu.be/TAy6IUS-4CY

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Just watched that video ^^^^ frankly I’m conflicted!!! I so much wanted to hate him (for no other reason than my own prejudice) but found that I warmed to him. The whole scene certainly isn’t my cup of Earl Grey but who am I to criticise? He certainly brings pleasure to many people and that can only be a good thing I reckon.

Plus if he encourages the next generation of lorry drivers it’ll maybe stop miserable old ■■■■■ like me ■■■■■■■■ about the EE’s flooding into the job.

So all in all I’m certainly not a fan, but I admire his efforts l

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For those of you who’ve never been, Lincoln showground is quite a decent venue. Was there in 2015 for the Harley-Davidson Super Rally.

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the maoster:
Just watched that video ^^^^ frankly I’m conflicted!!! I so much wanted to hate him (for no other reason than my own prejudice) but found that I warmed to him. The whole scene certainly isn’t my cup of Earl Grey but who am I to criticise? He certainly brings pleasure to many people and that can only be a good thing I reckon.

Plus if he encourages the next generation of lorry drivers it’ll maybe stop miserable old ■■■■■ like me ■■■■■■■■ about the EE’s flooding into the job.

So all in all I’m certainly not a fan, but I admire his efforts l

I say good luck to him, he is a ex lorry driver who is earning a fortune being on YouTube. As maoster says he is encouraging the next-generation into haulage…far better than the miserable gits we have on this site :laughing:

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Hmmm!!! :confused: :confused:
Why is he so excited about owning a 10 year old Maritime lookalike?
The video might have got better but I found I was sticking biros into the back of my hands by the time he’d left the yard!

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elsa Lad:

the maoster:
Just watched that video ^^^^ frankly I’m conflicted!!! I so much wanted to hate him (for no other reason than my own prejudice) but found that I warmed to him. The whole scene certainly isn’t my cup of Earl Grey but who am I to criticise? He certainly brings pleasure to many people and that can only be a good thing I reckon.

Plus if he encourages the next generation of lorry drivers it’ll maybe stop miserable old ■■■■■ like me ■■■■■■■■ about the EE’s flooding into the job.

So all in all I’m certainly not a fan, but I admire his efforts l

I say good luck to him, he is a ex lorry driver who is earning a fortune being on YouTube. As maoster says he is encouraging the next-generation into haulage…far better than the miserable gits we have on this site :laughing:

Agreed there is a lot of bitter and jealous people really. It is good that he can be positive in an industry that always puts us down. Good luck to him I say. The way he is going it will not be long before he has a 770S while all the moaners are polishing their bosses tank, doing 15’s 24/7, getting divorced and doing it all for £12 a hour.

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Ahh well you two (My (ex) mate Maoster :smiley: and Elsa lad ) have put me in my place. :laughing:
Ok.

As for attracting people into the industry…is this sort of stuff not giving them a complete false impression of the job ?
I would imagine that 90% of them will get a reality check pretty soon, trying to find a suitable parking place overnight for their poverty spec Craptros after a 15 hour day stressathon …and think this is not what I was expecting at all. :smiley:

Btw @ Adam…
Me bitter,?..Well that’s open to opinion.
Jealous?..How well you (DON’T ) know me. :wink:

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Don’t knock me off of your Chrimbo card list just yet Robroy, as I said it’s not for me but he’s better than some of the screaming yeehaw “truckers” that pollute facetube IMO. Yes, the first ten minutes were a cringefest but after that he just came across as an enthusiast rather than a look at me look at me ■■■■.

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the maoster:
Don’t knock me off of your Chrimbo card list just yet Robroy, .

:smiley: Sometimes you just take me farrrrrr to seriously bud. :smiley:
I don’t know why btw, no ■■■■ else does. :laughing:

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Well I didn’t want to be an ex mate. God knows you have precious few anyway without getting rid of the ones like me who actually tolerate your inane ramblings :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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Beau Nydel:
Hmmm!!! :confused: :confused:
Why is he so excited about owning a 10 year old Maritime lookalike?
The video might have got better but I found I was sticking biros into the back of my hands by the time he’d left the yard!

It’s a ex Mark Thompson unit…so it’s been up and down the M6 very quickly

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the maoster:
Well I didn’t want to be an ex mate. God knows you have precious few anyway without getting rid of the ones like me who actually tolerate your inane ramblings :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Back to normal then I see. :unamused: :smiley:

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robroy:
Btw @ Adam…
Me bitter,?..Well that’s open to opinion.
Jealous?..How well you (DON’T ) know me. :wink:

It wasn’t directed at anyone really but everyone has their different tastes. Truckfest isn’t really my thing either. I am more a Goodwood festival of speed man myself but I do like trucks too.

It is just some people just cannot be happy seeing other people happy which is a bit sad really.