Popular Post les n Posted June 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hi . What a forum ! After being away from the trucking life I found a forum on youtube which took me through to a forum of Old Guys that I worked with from the 1980 throught to end of the 1990's driving UK to the Middle East and Asia , On the forum I have written accounts of my life back in the day Astran Trucks and Middle East Driving on facebook . I restored a Mack F700 Aerodyne cab , Newway rear air suspension change the gearbox to a air change system from the twin stick , the engine had a tip turbine and turbo charge system ran the truck from the UK to Newmont Zarafshan gold mine in Uzbekistan in the 1990's , Very cool truck and great power should have keep't the old gal . Saw many Iranian Macks in the day they all had the big chequer plate fuel tanks very cool looking trucks . Going to enjoy reading on here . Regards Les . 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Welcome Les. Pic's of Mack's are always a favorite here so if you have them, share them! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex g Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Welcome aboard. Love to see pics of trucks in your part of the world Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
les n Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 This was 25 years ago now , there was pictures coming home in Kazakstan over the desert it was hard packed earth no road for miles , we were trying to find a shorter route from Sammara in Russia to Symkent in Kazakstan to save all the miles on terrible roads going round by Almarta to Tashkent this the original Silk Road . Les . 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you covered plenty of interesting miles and kilometers with your F-model. And also sounds like you passed along my neck of the woods several times. Macks are really scarce in Russia, I'm pretty sure you noted that yourself. Would be very interesting to see pics of your restored truck. Vlad Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1953 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hi Les, welcome to Big Mack Trucks. Fellow Brit here; now living in Canada. Plenty of UK registered Macks on the When Mack Roamed Europe, Middle-East thread. I'm sure you will recognize a few of them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Welcome aboard Les Always good to hear stories and view photos from other parts of the Mack world Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
les n Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi , Chris1953 haha , I'm les n 1952 model , the model of Mack I ran was a F786STMack the same can be seen owned by Overdorp transport Holland , possible came from them , I recovered mine from Germany with the gearbox gone then converted with a second hand box to the three position air change five position stick if that makes sense , high / low / reverse in each five stick positions , could be a bit of a bastard if you stopped in third then went in to reverse on the switch and got court out . Now then North Queensland Australia hows it goin . Les . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
les n Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 This is not my Mack but this is a good picture of what she looked like 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Trucking stories and pics always appreciated! On slow forum days, we might even get excited about old Bedford pictures! 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62849-hi-guys-from-the-uk-here/#findComment-453089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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