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A .TruckNetUK.com Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports
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on some at the latest topics to be discussed by professional drivers.
What's the scariest road for truckers? As you'd expect, this topic brings up a huge variety of answers. Porlock Hill gets a few votes, as does Sutton Bank. Mont Blanc seems to have made a few old hands nervous some years back, while Middle East veterans remember, not so fondly, the road between Zacho and Sumall. And one driver who is working on convoys believes that every road in Iraq is a contender.
A former Middle East driver has announced on theforums that after many requests he will be compiling the stories he has told on TruckNet UK into a book. As a joke he posted that he was taking advance orders and was shocked to be inundated with replies. It seems we have a future best-seller writer frequenting the forums.
Old Mercs keep trotting on, apparently, and the memories of their drivers don't fade either. Two photo topics were started this week by drivers looking at pictures of the V8 SK-cabbed trucks, and very quickly more photos and stories were addedI was particularly happy to see someone post a photo of a 1635, one of the trucks I drove many years ago.
Stoke-on-Trent may not be the first town that comes to mind when discussing old-time European/Middle East hauliers, but it seems the town had more than its fair share of transport companies lured by the expectation of making big money.
Stories and photos of the trucks and drivers venturing forth from the Potteries are pouring onto the thread; do you have any memories to add?
Continuing the Middle East theme, it seems that some drivers can't go anywhere without being spotted. Chris Hooper has almost legendary status as one of the pioneers of Middle East driving, and is still at it. One of the welosite users spotted him at a truckstop and managed to persuade him to pose for a photo with his truck. No sooner was it posted than stories of TruckNet UKmembers meeting up with Chris abounded.
Now he has been given the website address, you never know -the man himself may be along to tell a tale or two.