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punyXpress
28-01-09, 07:59 PM
On now - Channel5
The garage is run by Northwind - Ours?
Most of the trucks look desperately delapidated
Baph
28-01-09, 08:45 PM
That's an old series of it.

Five is carp these days. Wait, it always has been. :)
Thingus
28-01-09, 09:59 PM
I love that series. Been trying to find vids of it but i keep giving up.
Dicky Ticker
28-01-09, 11:46 PM
The state they get in on flat ice defies belief,they should try pulling 40ton up Mt Blanc and down again. A bit of Bulgaria,Romania and Turkey in the middle of winter would soon sort the men from the boys
yorkie_chris
28-01-09, 11:48 PM
It's the going down bit which sounds worse.
keithd
29-01-09, 12:01 PM
It's the going down bit which sounds worse.

often is, but stick with it
pmapp
29-01-09, 12:12 PM
often is, but stick with it


*chuckles*
yorkie_chris
29-01-09, 12:14 PM
You're a sick man keith :mrgreen:
Supervox
29-01-09, 01:01 PM
often is, but stick with it

Keith my old mate, my IT Manager would your contact details . . .

. . . so he can bill you for the result of a "coffee / monitor / keyboard interface" incident !! :D
embee
29-01-09, 01:11 PM
It's the going down bit which sounds worse.

Yep, they were saying on the prog that if you fall in you're unlikely to survive long enough for anyone to pull you out again.
Daimo
29-01-09, 02:01 PM
On now - Channel5
The garage is run by Northwind - Ours?
Most of the trucks look desperately delapidated

1st series the truckers talked about how none of the "modern" rigs can handle the cold and end up just looking fancy.

The older trucks were more reliable, more robust, easier to work on and cheaper to fix too so they all keep the old trucks.

just look at Hugh Rowlands truck. one of the oldest and retro looking, but he always manages the most loads without breakdowns ;)
Miss Alpinestarhero
29-01-09, 03:00 PM
I love that programme, think its great :mrgreen: (except the trucker drew annoys me). I think its great how the battered trucks keep on going.

I was a bit "ooooo" being on a frozen lake which borders finland & sweden. Gawd knows how id feel being on a frozen ocean. They are brave men.
Captain Nemo
29-01-09, 03:22 PM
1st series the truckers talked about how none of the "modern" rigs can handle the cold and end up just looking fancy.

The older trucks were more reliable, more robust, easier to work on and cheaper to fix too so they all keep the old trucks.

just look at Hugh Rowlands truck. one of the oldest and retro looking, but he always manages the most loads without breakdowns ;)


hasnt he got a new truck in this series??