truck thread

styler · 07-05-15, 10:14 PM

im not sure how many of our members are truckers, but i dont know about you but i like a bit of truck!!!

stick your pics up here so we can have a wee peep..

some of the trucks from my last driving employment.. ropey to say the least!!

got in the paper one day..

a rental, looked a mess but had 430 horses!!!!

the best truck they had, till it was run dry of oil!!! RIP!!

and the artics,
didnt get many runs on these unfortunatly..

hoping to get back on the road soon... get some artic experience...

yeti · 07-05-15, 10:52 PM

Always wanted to, but wouldn't pass the medical

sixaxles · 08-05-15, 03:48 PM

a ha! i'll probably have to revisit this thread once i have more time as I'm just trying to tidy up the garage after nearly 2 weeks of not putting stuff away properly due to "i'll need that tomorrow" .... anyway, the '92 Quattro is mobile, plenty of stress involved and still some ongoing issues but more on that later to! in the mean time, yes I'm a trucker and i take chickens to their death! ........

styler · 08-05-15, 04:28 PM

get yer pics up and quit with the excuses!!!!

theschmallfella · 08-05-15, 04:56 PM

My father was a truck driver for 30 years, never followed in his footsteps but only because he told me never to. He always said, 'don't become a truck driver, it's a lonely life'. Having said that, I spent every holiday and some weekends traveling the lenght and breath of Ireland, there are places no one has ever seen that I've been to. I was still going off with him in the truck well into my 30's, I loved being on the road so much. Still do, will only need half an excuse to drive a hundred miles!

His last truck was a Volvo FL10, 1995, he retired from driving about 10 years ago and still misses it. I'll see if I can find any pics, highly unlikely but you never know...

theschmallfella · 08-05-15, 04:58 PM

I've just copped on all those trucks are Irish lorries, what part of the oul sod are you from?

foxracing · 08-05-15, 06:19 PM

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styler · 08-05-15, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theschmallfella

My father was a truck driver for 30 years, never followed in his footsteps but only because he told me never to. He always said, 'don't become a truck driver, it's a lonely life'. Having said that, I spent every holiday and some weekends traveling the lenght and breath of Ireland, there are places no one has ever seen that I've been to. I was still going off with him in the truck well into my 30's, I loved being on the road so much. Still do, will only need half an excuse to drive a hundred miles!

His last truck was a Volvo FL10, 1995, he retired from driving about 10 years ago and still misses it. I'll see if I can find any pics, highly unlikely but you never know...

Quote:

Originally Posted by theschmallfella

I've just copped on all those trucks are Irish lorries, what part of the oul sod are you from?

im from Donegal..
it was my uncle in law that got me into lorries, drove for nilands / musgraves in galway.. used to go out with him when i was about 12.. he died a couple of years ago sadly..

theschmallfella · 08-05-15, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by styler

im from Donegal..
it was my uncle in law that got me into lorries, drove for nilands / musgraves in galway.. used to go out with him when i was about 12.. he died a couple of years ago sadly..

Ah very good, love Donegal town, myself and my wife used to holiday there before we moved over here. I have a serious grá for Glencolumbkille, in fact that drive from Donegal town to Glencollumbcille and back around via Ardara is some drive if you've ever been out that way. I think I remember my father delivering to Nilands many moons ago. Trucks are an addiction, I still love the smell you get from a truck when you pass by them in a truck stop, any time I see a curtainsider I always want to open the ratchets and close them again!

styler · 08-05-15, 07:56 PM

im 60 miles from Donegal Town, i used to drive up there every morning for work!!! i live in Falcarragh.. we had a wee audi run up to Slieve League a couple of years ago..

07-05-15, 10:52 PM	#2
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	Always wanted to, but wouldn't pass the medical __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

08-05-15, 04:28 PM	#4
styler Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Donegal, Ireland Posts: 3,443	get yer pics up and quit with the excuses!!!! __________________ CRASH VALLEY CUSTOMS get 'er done...

08-05-15, 07:56 PM	#10
styler Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Donegal, Ireland Posts: 3,443	im 60 miles from Donegal Town, i used to drive up there every morning for work!!! i live in Falcarragh.. we had a wee audi run up to Slieve League a couple of years ago.. __________________ CRASH VALLEY CUSTOMS get 'er done...

08-05-15, 03:48 PM	#3
sixaxles Grown up member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: scunthorpe Posts: 123	a ha! i'll probably have to revisit this thread once i have more time as I'm just trying to tidy up the garage after nearly 2 weeks of not putting stuff away properly due to "i'll need that tomorrow" .... anyway, the '92 Quattro is mobile, plenty of stress involved and still some ongoing issues but more on that later to! in the mean time, yes I'm a trucker and i take chickens to their death! ........

08-05-15, 04:56 PM	#5
theschmallfella Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Back in the Emerald Isle Posts: 772	My father was a truck driver for 30 years, never followed in his footsteps but only because he told me never to. He always said, 'don't become a truck driver, it's a lonely life'. Having said that, I spent every holiday and some weekends traveling the lenght and breath of Ireland, there are places no one has ever seen that I've been to. I was still going off with him in the truck well into my 30's, I loved being on the road so much. Still do, will only need half an excuse to drive a hundred miles! His last truck was a Volvo FL10, 1995, he retired from driving about 10 years ago and still misses it. I'll see if I can find any pics, highly unlikely but you never know...

08-05-15, 04:58 PM	#6
theschmallfella Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Back in the Emerald Isle Posts: 772	I've just copped on all those trucks are Irish lorries, what part of the oul sod are you from?

08-05-15, 06:19 PM	#7
foxracing Grown up member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 165	10420344_551662684966146_8832124565790040946_n.jpg Here's mine