Vladislav Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Ok, count it out. Gråsten - a town in Denmark. Don't ask me how I could type that letter Edited February 26, 2021 by Vladislav 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-469632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Vladislav said: Paul, too much of credit to me. I (virtually) wiped my eyeglasses and looked at those letters on the screen. Norway, Sweden, Danemark... My bet it's in Danish. But it's more bet than a fact. There's a Dutch guy who knows everything about every Mack in Europe. But he's a seldom visitor on here. I'll try tossing a question. After thinking incorrectly that people from that side of the world would know for sure what it all meant I did some googling and it is definitely from Denmark I guess I really have egg on my face now, I guess it would be like someone thinking because I'm Australian I would know whats going on over the top of Western Australia, I have never been there lol All good Vlad and Frenchy, there really is little known about European Mack's except they had them and I think in quite large numbers as I have collected hundreds of photos of different ones from Europe and the middle East Im sure it will all become clear in the future Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-469638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Jave just finished reading book Me, My Mack, Tehran and Back ! By AndybMacLean A good read, if this type of thing intresets you then well worth a read I'm fascinated by this era in Europe and the middle east, a era in transportation I will never understand as we never have any of the issues in Australia that these truck drivers had So as Molly Meldrum would say "do your self a favor and go out and buy a copy" He would say this about vinyl records back in the day not books lol Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-471506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 At least Mack even though Owned by Volvo is still alive and well here in Australia, And we have the biggest range and horsepower ones available the Titan and SuperLiner at 685HP for Big Roadtrain Operations, My Favourate Cab Over I drove on a B Double was A Mack Renault Quantum with a Cummins 525 HP ISX with an 18 Speed Fuller RoadRanger 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Well Im officially a dick Mike Tee sent some pics and story to go with them to share here and I ruddy well forgot so please forgive me I have a thousand excuses but the truth is I'm a useless joker at times so sorry about this From months ago Mike Tee 2 Started conversation: November 27, 2020 I'll have to send multiple emails due to file size regards Mike 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Some more These are in Saudi Arabia as I believe the whole lot are Warehouse Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 And some more These are the workers camps, we have similar set ups in lots of Australian mining and remote construction camps Mike Tee sent me these on November 27, 2020 I'm bloody hopeless sorry Mike I'll have to send multiple emails due to file size regards Mike this is the last one! Hope they are of interest Staff housing family housing 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 Some more And the story in Mike Tee's words We had more than a couple of hundred just in our fleet! At that time though, I don't think there were many more in the country - as we carried a huge spares inventory, if there had been others, I'm sure they would have been around looking for spares. We got a few european Macks passing through, and helped out some of them. We did cover the whole country, firstly based near Dammam on the east coast with our original Aramco contract, then we got the job of carrying all the pipe for the trans Saudi pipeline that went from the east coast over to Yanbu on the west coast - plus just about every destination in between! The dump truck was one of many that we carried up to the new King Khalid Military city site in the north of the country - it was bare desert when I took one of the first convoys up there - we had a huge amount of equipment etc that had to be moved up before they could do any construction. Had to bring in a few Kenworths for the heavy stuff, though just before I left we took delivery of our own custom built heavy haul rig - if memory serves me, it had a capacity well north of 200 tons. One of my jobs was safety manager, so I saw a lot of the country investigating many accidents, most of which were not our fault, and I eventually persuaded the police to accept that! Thoroughly enjoyed my time over there - about 4 years - but got moved on to other projects. regards Mike I must apologize to everyone for my lapse in this Especially to Mike for entrusting me with his photos and story I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, thank you fgor sharing these Mike Paul 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 And this from Mike on the heavy haulage Mack "Forgot to say - the heavy haul was Mack as well (although I think it had a Detroit Diesel engine, so not a gold dog on the front)" Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
85snowdog Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Thanks for sharing this Paul, I find it interesting . 1 Quote Keith Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-472426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Great posts and photo indeed. Really interesting to read stories from earlier times. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-479133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1953 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) The Mack in this photo could well been en route to Saudi Arabia. Seems to have been stopped by the Turkish police. Luckily 200 duty free Marlboro would pay most fines. Edited September 30, 2021 by chris1953 Grammar 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-480693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragot Laetitia Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 3/12/2020 at 1:41 PM, j hancock said: That is the top part of a Kenworth Aerodyne COE grafted to the roof of the F model. Hello ,this truck , it's m'y father 's truck Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-494426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACK64 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 12/03/2020 at 11:34, mrsmackpaul said: J'en doute, je devine un travail personnalisé Bonjour, c'est une modification faite par un carrossier en Espagne, l'idée est bien-sûr prise sur le modèle du KW. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-514834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Welcome and thankyou for your information Please feel free to share any knowledge on Macks from your part of the world Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-514855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACK64 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Le 12/11/2022 à 17:47, mrsmackpaul a dit : Bienvenue et merci pour vos informations N'hésitez pas à partager toute connaissance sur Macks de votre partie du monde Paul Bonjour, je vous apporte une précision, ce camion était celui de mon père. Sur une des photos on le voit en Turquie, il parcourait les routes du Maghreb au Moyen-Orient. Eric (Mack 64) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-515007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACK64 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Hello, I bring you a precision, this truck was that of my father. On one of the photos we see him in Turkey, he traveled the roads from the Maghreb to the Middle East. Eric (Mack 64) 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-515008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Very good, please feel free to share any photos or memories Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-515079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MACK64 Posted December 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 07/08/2020 at 08:16, mrsmackpaul said: Ça fait un moment alors mieux vaut craquer Voilà, assez d'excitation pour une journée Paul Hello, here is the Mack of the last photo after a transformation at a bodybuilder in Spain. good memories of this truck that belonged to my father. Eric. Mack64 2 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page/8/#findComment-517979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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