as an English driver that always worked for Irish firms I drove for many of these outfits ,who else remembers the old A75 Stranraer road ,I cut my teeth on there in the black of night with 70 mph trucks whizzin past yr mirror with only inches between you both ,and screamin thru every village , Amazin times ,retired now with bad ticker , but what a mad ride it was in those days ,

Top video/pics mate. Thanks a lot! So many beautiful giants, so many memories... It's so sad that the vast majority of these trucks have been scrapped, when they helped to develop economies and provided bread and butter for their owners and operators. Yet, ferraris, porsches and others are kept safe and sound through the ages. Lord, where's the good men gone? :(

Drove 141 when I was fifteen. Birmingham to liverpool. God bless him he let at the wheel. Still at it now at 57 .not sure I'm grateful but may he rest in peace .could have been 14 now I think about it . Good old days.

Good to see three Lagan Transport lorries parked up ..Wonder who the drivers were? Jerry maybe .Phylum or even Séamus ,,, Great days hanging out with these guys x

Awesome, Great Nostalgie 👌

I remember the old DAF2600 at 4.30 if you had any kind of accident your chance of survival was very limited crap brakes and crap paper thin cab,great vid I ran with most of these firms down to Italy because the police thought that the irish were mental so they would leave them alone, good lads to have on your side

Those Swedes can build some fine trucks!

Thanks for the selection of Scanias ,Scanias oh and more Scanias

those old reed corrugated commers made a real racket! run for ever though!!!

Brilliant 👍🏻👍🏻

Old trucks are much better then today trucks

The 141 Scania was best truck in it day.i had a drive of one but I only had 111

nice to see the volvo 88s. use to ride in one with my uncle (calvers transport, suffolk.)

Great trip down memory lane.

beautiful photos, keep up the good work. "ahh the days before trucks were plastered with kelsa bars!" :)

Thanks for that love looking at the old lorrys was hoping to see the da's lorry he used to call himself the tipperary flyer R.I.P ARTIE CLARKE

I can only suppose those Whites @1:19, 1:22 must have been pretty damn reliable; I mean, it can't have been too easy to come in the way of parts for a lorry - _truck,_ rather, that while well regarded were uncommon even in North America, well behind your Macks, Peterbilts, Kenworths etc..!

I really enjoyed that video. From a very early age I was truck mad and am still. I drive a shunter so manage to do normal hours and sleep in my own bed every night. I am looking for a pic or two of a CIE Volvo rear double axle circa 1977. Thanks again. JD.

Excellent video mate, great old pic's..

Don’t be sad because it’s over, be happy because it happened

Run the fish with all these boys - the crack was great - ullapool, mallaig, spain france poland... etc etc .....hard work but a great time.......... Charlie - Nippress.

As a fridge engineer sometimes found in the Irish trailers hanging Beef over steel girders.Must have been 50 ton plus?

Memories of times past.

Great music

These trucks are now rare in a million and a lot of them you can see at truck shows

this brings back oul memories

I remember Roffs transport from Lincs pulling Norfolk Line trailers 38tons gross with Daf 2300's, poor drivers must have really struggled and would imagine never ever got into top gear!

Forgot to mention it goes great with a water boys tune like this one

Nice. Well done

thanks for that, reminds me off the oul boy.

it a great to reamid about the truckes years ago

great vid

Why oh why were the cabs so close to the ground!?

what? not a foden in sight? apart from that very nice.

Blimey we have it good nowadays

Lagan me granda drove for r.i.p gunner

waterboys ...good man gone

them pics remind me of wen driving a lorry was no 1 a pleasure (no vosa) an no 2 worth doing not like these fools driving day an nite for a few pound 1974 a run to london paid £120 wit mc anaerneys in arma these young clowns are not even geting that now the real lorry drivers are all 6 ft under R.I.P.MY OWL SCAGOSHAS...

it's sad that most of these trucks are all gone, right?

glad you like

irish trucks there also

Long live Lagans

first class video, Lb cabbed Scanias, you wont get a better Truck.

they are old school

rabbie boyed yous to drive that white of maxwells no longer with us .

yep my mute button works.

Crap trucks and crap roads compared to modern gear and todays motorways But the craic has gone from the job!