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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Omegatoy on 13 December 2007, 19:31:53
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thats it the hired 7.5 ton tonka toy of a truck is loaded to the gunnels with 3 tons of assorted crap the mrs wants to take with us to Spain, so we have a 1500 mile journey ahead of us starting at 4oclock in the morning and the damn thing has a limiter on set to 55mph, :D ::) gonna be a long painful drive that :-/ hoping to get there sunday morning and set most of it up, then jump back in and drive back to arrive back here 23rd of december ::) spend a cold and furniture less christmas ::) then make the journey out there in the Omega to stay till march when i will be back!!!!!
see ya in 10 days guys!!!! :y
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thats it the hired 7.5 ton tonla toy of a truck is loaded to the gunnels with 3 tons of assorted crap the mrs wants to take with us to Spain, so we have a 1500 mile journey ahead of us starting at 4oclock in the morning and the damn thing has a limiter on set to 55mph, :D ::) gonna be a long painful drive that :-/ hoping to get there sunday morning and set most of it up, then jump back in and drive back to arrive back here 23rd of december ::) spend a cold and furniture less christmas ::) then make the journey out there in the Omega to stay till march when i will be back!!!!!
see ya in 10 days guys!!!! :y
Have a safe journey :y
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Rather you than me...drive safely.
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Rather you than me...drive safely.
my thoughts exactly!!!!!! but its saving us a grand on removal costs so it has to be done!! :y
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The 300 mile round trip to collect the Westfield kit was bad enough in one of those. It'll be a struggle staying awake, I'd say. Drink lots of coffee! Despite the guy at the hire place saying mine was a turbo diesel one as opposed to NA and that it went "like a rocket" I doubt a 55 MPH limiter would have made much difference >:( And it was virtually unloaded. 650Kg of car minus the wheels, engine, gearbox, diff, suspension uprights, calipers, seats,...
Have a safe journey and tell yourself it'll be more fun in the Omega next time!
Kevin
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Yeah safe journey :y, your always welcome in peckham, for a few nights :y
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Take care and have a safe journey :y
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Good luck mate hope all goes well :y
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Have a good trip Graham :y
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Good luck mate, its been a long time in the making. Drive safe... :y
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Take care and be safe ... better to arrive late and safe than early in an ambulance .. :)
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Good luck graham with the journey, get plenty of breaks in the journey and arrive safe, and if ness late, but arrive safe. Get some good shut eye now , see you in 10 days. :y
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Keep on truckin' 8-) safe journey :y
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Thanks guys :y how about that tho tried to sleep and rather well wide awake cos me brain wont switch off >:( only got 3 more hours before i have to get up!!!! :'(
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Remember...Red Bull is your friend.
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Remember...Red Bull is your friend.
as is pro plus.......
bit late now as he will be on his way
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LOL - I was hearing the saga of not being able to use the LDV from the ABS lot last night. I tried not to laugh. Honest ;D
Hope the services are hooked up by the time you get there.
If your back in the UK first week of Jan, hope to see you at the pub, if not before :y
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mind how you go mate and have a good trip :y :y
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:)I live @ 56mph so sympathize. All the best & don't be a stranger. :y
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:)I live @ 56 so sympathize. All the best & don't be a stranger. :y
I thought you lived at No 4 ;D
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Thanks guys for all the wishes of good luck,
would like to record for posterity that if i ever had to do that journey again IT WOULD NOT BE IN A SPEED LImITED TRUCK!!!! I would rather do the trip twice in a smaller van cos it would be a lot easier,
ok got off thr boat in France and set off at a sedate 55mph thinking it would not be to bad and 15hours later had just reached Bordeaux!!!! couple of hours kip and fired the beast up again and just plodded on and on and on and on and 12hours later we werejust down the mountain from our destination, collapsed over the steering wheel for a well deserved kip but woke up an hour later as stiff as a board so just drove on up, so 29 hours after getting off the boat we had arrived spent the next three days getting the place right and all our gear where we wanted it, reluctantly left wed at 4 oclock in the after noon and got to calais at 0130 friday morning after driving through severe snow storms in the sierra nevada mountins and howling winds that were strong enough to fold the mirrors back in, got stopped by the gendarmerie at rouens for a spot check, and more snow storms through france thern thick fog last 20 mies to calais, took the 02.10 ferry and arrived in uk at 4am drove home emptied the truck cleaned the interior and took it back to the hirer a day and a half early with 6500 more kms on it than it had when we started , and because it was returned a day and a half early got a sizeable refund on the price After i had the money returned to my account i told just how much of a piece of crap his renault 7.5 ton truck was drove home and slept for over 14hours with only a peebreak to wake me up!!
so back for now and we move out there in early january !!!
GC
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Good move graham waiting for your money back before telling him what you thought of the truck, but i doubt that he cared much. Glad that you got there and back ok and have a good christmas and new year :y
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Glad to hear you made it ok. 55mph would be a grind :(
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Glad you made it baqck safe & sound ... as they say . better to arrive late than not at all ... :)
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Good move graham waiting for your money back before telling him what you thought of the truck, but i doubt that he cared much. Glad that you got there and back ok and have a good christmas and new year :y
same to you and yours buddy thanks :) how the headlights?
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Glad to hear you made it ok. 55mph would be a grind :(
thats stating it mildly, it was pergatory :o cos it would do it down hill as well as it used the automatic exhaust brake to slow itself down when going down hill, arrrggghhhh ::) after the first time it did it i kept knocking into neutral, whereupon an alarm would sound and a message would flash up on the dash shouting maximum speed exceeded!!! and the blooming alarm wouldnt shut up till it got back to 55mph!!!!