In 1969, I was a child of 5-6 years old. My father - R.I.P., was a Customs Enforcement Officer at the Gürbulak border gate. But we were living in the city of Erzurum with my mother and my family, and we used to go from Erzurum to the Turkey-Iran border gate to visit my father every few months. That Tahir pass scared even 5.5 year old me, especially in winter. It was not a road but a kind of goat path. Your video is an indication of how much Turkey has changed in 50 years.
😢😢😢 Fernweh... Bin 1993 auf der Landroute von Istanbul bis Tibet, unvergesslich. Wollte immer nochmal in den Iran, bin dort immer von den Truckern mitgenommen worden, wunderschönes Land, herzliche Menschen und an jeder Wegbiegung Monumente, Paläste, Karawansereien.... Vielen Dank für den tollen Film
Muss ein spannendes Abenteuer gewesen sein ! Ja der Iran war und ist ein Land mit vielen Facetten. Nach der Fahrt durch die raue Osttürkei war ich überrascht von dem gut ausgebauten, fortschrittlichen Straßennetz. Wir hatten Glück auf unserer Fahrt, denn an bestimmten Stellen zwangen die Revolutionsgarden mit Machinenpistolen die Ausländischen Trucks oft zum Anhalten. Es herrschte trotz reichem Ölvorkommen ein akuter Mangel an Treibstoff. Nach dem Auspumpen von jeweils ca. 100 Litern Diesel aus den Tanks durften diese dann wieder weiterfahren.
Mein Vater fuhr mit dem Scania 110 nach Iran und Kuwait Und ich erinnere mich, als er über diese gefährlichen Straßen sprach ... das waren Fahrer der alten Schule, die es nicht mehr gibt. Mein Respekt für dein Video
My Grandfather used to drive from BG to Irak with the same Volvo. All the harsh conditions and the uncertainty on the road made the truck drivers by the time one of the best! Heat, lack of service areas all on your own, and don't forget the risk of ambush and robbery! Respect! Great retrospection to the reality. Imagine changing a tire with 24 tonnes fully loaded truck under the heat in the middle of nowhere. Very touching story for the one who has memories and not only. Thanks!
as a Half turkish from Istanbul and half Iranian from Tehran I loved all the pictures and contents of this video. what a hero they were. Today I live in Hungary and in summer I need to drive to Istanbul to visit my family and with all these GPS and technology still it's a pain for me to travel 1300 km. cant imagine 10.000+ km with those old volvos. just wow...
20 Jahre zu spait auf der Welt gewesen . Als junger Bub haben meine Augen immer geglänzt bei den K100 von Friderici wenn ich mit meinem Vater durch die Schweiz bin , da ich wusste das die immer sehr weit unterwegs waren . Keep on Trucking
@@hubertwicki9405 Finden solche Touren heute immer noch statt? Vor Covid und Brexit habe ich hier im UK selten mal LKWs aus der Türkei fahren sehen. BG und ganz besonders RO und PL waren sowieso mehr auf der Autobahn anzutreffen als heimische Autos... Also auch heute scheinen gelegentlich noch ziemlich große Distanzen mit dem LKW zurückgelegt zu werden?
@@hubertwicki9405 ich bin türkischer lkw fahrer in deutschland, und volge manschein youtuber türkische lkw fahrer die europa und asien fahren.. Leztens hat ein türkischer lkw fahrer in schweiz fpr armenien yerivan geladen und hat es auvh selber abgeladen... Aus türkei giebts routen bis dubai und die anderen emiraten staaten, stehe persönlich mit so einem im kontakt.. Ich kenne vom urlaub lkw fahrer die ausschlisslich kazakistan, so eine touer dauert über 40tage.. Es giebt türkische fahrer, die fahren von schotland irland bis kazakistam armenien iran in einem durch..
Bei diesem Video werden Erinnerungen wach. Ich bin in den 80 bis 84er Jahren über die gleiche Rute aber vorwiegend in den Irak ab Deutschland bei einer österreichischen Firma gefahren. Habe leider keine Fotos ausser von Istanbul von dieser Zeit. Ich möchte diese Zeit nicht missen, war hart aber schön. Bin mit dem F86 und später mit dem F88 gefahren. Waren super Fahrzeuge für diese Zeit. Danke für dieses Video, ist spitze und bringt mich zum Träumen.
Vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar. Ja ich war ja nur für eine Tour auf dem Beifahrersitz mit dabei, aber es war eine unvergessliche Fahrt. Ich habe einen grossen Respekt vor Euch Truckern, die damals auf der Orientroute unterwegs waren ! Dies waren wohl die letzten "wilden Jahre", ohne GPS, Handys, Internet und durchgehend asphaltierten Strassen. Und Du warst dabei ! Ich war ein junger Kerl, heute auch schon 60. Alles Gute wünsch ich Dir !
Irgendwie nostalgisch. Tolles Video. Mein Vater hat mich auch durch viele pässe damals frühe 80er mit seinem Käfer gefahen . Und wenn ich die Bilder sehe ...... so krasse Zeit... wow. Kann man heute nicht mehr nachvollziehen
As son and grand-son of truckers, ear the old Volvo sound give me goosebumps. I remember that a friend of my dad had one f89 in the 80's. Very nice tribute video to those great men. Thank you!
When I had the idea after 40 years to create a video with my photos and the F88 sound from my brother's truck on tape, I never thought I would get such great comments. Thank you so much !
I worked for a company called mates international in Avonmouth, UK back in the 2000s and the owner, Les Mates used to tell me about his trips down to the Middle East in the 70s and 80s. He’s said they were lovely friendly people and you would never feel unsafe apart in a few areas on the way down where you just wouldn’t stop. Amazing drivers back then who really worked for a living.
Thanks for your report. Of course, even then there were many exaggerated stories about bandits and raids on the Orient Route. Of course it was better to form a convoy on certain routes. But the most trouble came when you were involved in an accident that resulted in injuries or death. This often ended for the trucker, complicit or not, in jail. I can still remember how my brother once took an English trucker to Switzerland in the 1970s who had previously been in prison after a fatal accident in Turkey.
@@hubertwicki9405 funny you should make the comment about a road death.. I was involved in a fatal accident in Paris in the 2000s whist driving a wagon and the French Police held me for nearly 3 days… they gave me legal aid and the company was told they would have to bail me which wasn’t a small amount from memory… I was told that I might get held until it goes to a court house which could take weeks and if found guilty then I would probably have some prison time which would more than likely start in a French prison before being allowed back to the UK. The whole thing was a bloody nightmare so I can only imagine how it would have felt all that way from home! Thankfully 6 witnesses came forward who said there wasn’t a chance the English truck driver could see the poor lady who walked in front the tractor unit as I pulled away… I had a 3 month old baby boy at home and seeing him and my wife on return was the best thing ever!
@@PillSharks A tragic story that has shaped you for your whole life! In 1976 I lost a brother who was also a trucker. He died in a serious traffic accident in Arabia.
Zéro EUROS non plus , que du cash dans diverses monnaies, sans oublier les bakchichs aux frontières, les gamins turcs qui cassaient les pare-brise des camions, Zéro truckstop...... Zéro asphalte sur les "routes"....par tous les temps....démerdes toi .....
Your images remind me of a journey from Brussels (Belgium) to New Delhi (India) in1975 by car (a mercedes 190D, built in 1962). It was the time of the so called Hippie trail, an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s[2] travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia.
amazing pictures and memories . as iranian truck driver sons this video bring me so many memories with my dad and his green color 1942 mack truck like once that's shows in yours pictures . good old time and now days that i think about it was tough days and tough job to be truck driver with those old trucks and bad roads .
SUPER ! Merci pour ce partage! Et respect pour ces vrais routiers de l'extrême! (GREAT ! Thank you for sharing! And respect for these real extreme drivers!)
Schön zusehen, wie es früher dort aussah. Schöne Aufnahmen. Da meine Familie von dieser Region herkommt. Hat mir dein Beitrag besonders gefallen. Einwenig sind die Straßen besser geworden 😅. Danke für deinen Beitrag
Was war das für eine geile Zeit , danke für das tolle Video , bin in den 1980er Jahren auch im Fernverkehr gefahren mit 88 und 89er Volvo und 141 er Scania aber nie in den Orient meine größte Hochachtung für diese Fahrer , war damals beim Tatschl , der ist in den 80er Jahren bis Afghanistan gefahren ,
Vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar. Ja ich hatte das Glück, wenigstens einmal auf der "kleinen" Runde nach Teheran mit dabei sein zu dürfen. Die ganz grossen Fahrten gingen bis Afghanistan, Pakistan, oder dann nach Arabien, wohin mein Bruder auch oft fuhr. Ich hatte gleich zwei Brüder, die Fernfahrer waren. So konnte ich schon als kleiner Junge 1974/75 drei mal nach Schweden mitfahren. Einmal in einem Scania 140 S, dann in einem F88, und dann noch in einem F89.
Wow, thank you for this really great video. I am a truck driver myself and can well imagine how adventurous such a route was back then. Wishing you all the best 🏴☠️
Great that you liked it! Thanks very much. Have a good trip, truckers! My brother is still on the road in Europe from time to time, at the age of 71! facebook.com/100090714466876/posts/pfbid02nnXHuuL8F8zb1SaDpcQfVd9o6HZaWgMhv3W4sno2tmvXycKfaiXWPaiAMfer2iKJl/?app=fbl
I was working in Iran on the Shurgaz/Zahedan/Mirjaweh highway project from 1978 to 1980, used to see a lot of Mack trucks, especially 'R' models and sometimes some real old stagers like the ones in the film.
Oh, that was certainly an exciting time during those years. The revolution in Iran was just taking place. These old Macks were built in the early 1940s.
It was a "once in a lifetime" journey, on which i was allowed to accompany my brother on this route. My brother went to the Orient for almost 10 years: to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
@@hubertwicki9405 I'm a truck driver from Ukraine. I've seen a lot bad roads, but never drive to Asia. I dream to do trip like this. I guess it's really unfortunate for European driver's. That was a great time of fully mechanical trucks!! just one electronic thing in modern trucks which I respect is ABS 🙂. Thank you again
Yes, the truckers have to cope with completely different challenges these days. I wish you always a good trip! th-cam.com/video/j9GgkrjCtZU/w-d-xo.html
@@hubertwicki9405 Danke für den Link. Das war alles bestimmt kein Zuckerschlecken, und die Zugmaschinen lange nicht mit dem Komfort und der Technik von Heute, eine ziemliche Zumutung. Trotzdem wäre das, hätte ich in der Zeit das Alter gehabt ein Traumjob gewesen.
Als mein Bruder letztes Jahr wieder einmal in einen restaurierten Volvo F88 stieg, erschrak er fast, wie klein und eng so eine Kabine ist, im Vergleich zu den heutigen komfortablen Trucks.
Rodei no Brazil...nos anos 90.....ainda rodo no transporte...aqui ...posso dizer com toda certeza...NÃO SE FAZ MAIS TRANSPORTE E MOTORISTAS COMO ANTIGAMENTE...!! ÓTIMO VÍDEO.
A great video! As a young teenager in 1969 I had a book which contained my favourite feature: 'The Overlanders' - a company called 'Asian Transport Limited', running from the UK to Tehran - the story was so exciting I would read it often and imagine being in the cab on the intrepid journey! Some years later I was fascinated by the 'Top Deck' company with it's converted 1960's double deck buses carrying passengers to Kathmandu......I wonder if you ever came across 'Asian Transport' or 'Top Deck' on your travels? I noticed that legendary Swiss manufacturer Saurer in one shot - was there a photo of a Berna too? Always liked their cab design. Many thanks!
Thank you for your interest in my little youtube video. For a few days, on the route from the Tahir Pass to Teheran, our small convoy was also joined by an English trucker. You can see the Scania in the photo "4000 Kilometers away from home" on the far left. I can still remember the Pakistani and Afghan trucks well, with all their lovely decorations. At night, the drivers slept under their vehicles because these trucks had no bunks.
In 1985 I drove a TOP DECK bus London to Kathmandu, the scenery and roads brought back many memories, also the amount of serious accidents was horrendous, you certainly had to have your wits on
Mister Wicki, I rarely comment on videos and even more rarely I watch them without several times skipping 10 seconds. I watched yours completely withous jumps. For two reasons: 1. Mine father is also a truck driver(in pension) who was driving similar routes at those years like you and never took a single photo and I alwas wanted to see picturrs of his adventures. 2. Your route was going through mine home city Belgrade, that ugly 2-piece building(GENEX tower) next to highway still stands today ... and it's still ugly like it was in the 80s 😄 Thank you for video and God bless you-all the best !
Thank you for your interesting comment. It's great for me when I can read stories like this. I tried to show with my video what the drivers, like your father, had to go through on this route: The daily challenges and dangers, the uncertainty, but also the loneliness.
@@hubertwicki9405 Indeed. I have shown him the video, he is sending his greetings to you, and appreciate your photos and huge respect for your driver effort - because you were starting from Switzeland, and him from Yugoslavia, hence you had longer routes. Once he has seen Tahir Pass he used rude words for it. I asked why? He said "If you ever drove through Tahir Pass you would curse it too" 😄 With saying that he is glad that they made new road, that noone needs to suffer there anymore 😄 Once again Thanky and all the best ! Greetings from Belgrade !
Might be ugly, but its still standing 😊 Btw i work there for a carrier company and my boss sent us this vid 🙃 Trucking was hard back then, and the drivers nowadays dont appreciate how good they have it
Hubert, einfach wunderbar 👍👏 Es hat sich Gottseidank alles bisschen nach vorne entwickelt. Nur der Motorensound nicht 😢🥰 Heutzutage fahren die Leute mit dem Motorrad nach Iran.😊
Vielen Dank ! Ja, die Zeit bleibt nicht stehen. Auch der Motorensound wird einmal ganz verschwinden. Die Autos und Trucks werden sich irgendwann autonom bewegen. Dann bleibt die letzte "Freiheit" vielleicht nur noch auf dem Motorrad....
@ 2:34 When I saw this photo, I thought it was in fornt of the border crossing with Iran but after checking Google Maps it turned out that Kızıldağ Pass is located on the border of Sivas province with Erzincan province. @ 4:57 If this is The old Tahir pass road, it looks like the narrow asphalt road in the photo at 3:27 is today's E80. According to what you can see in Google Street View, the E80 on this section is currently a wide single-carriageway road with two lanes per one side of traffic. @ 5:05 Road through Tahir and Türkeli? It still exists in Google Maps. @ 6:04 Fun fact: The Turkish name of Mount Ararat is Ağrı which in Turkish means pain, ache, soreness, discomfort, affliction, spasm, noun of smart which stands for searing pain, throe.
Great video ! I Was a boy at that time as born '76 But I renember my first visit across our eastern border in the years 2000.... it was shocking. Also remember very well seeing western european trucks on Polish roads in the 80 ties It was great Had a chance to he in your country no of times Beautiful ! Greetings from Denver US
Nice video of old trucks and nice pictures of trucking in the "good old days".Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks !
In 1969, I was a child of 5-6 years old. My father - R.I.P., was a Customs Enforcement Officer at the Gürbulak border gate. But we were living in the city of Erzurum with my mother and my family, and we used to go from Erzurum to the Turkey-Iran border gate to visit my father every few months. That Tahir pass scared even 5.5 year old me, especially in winter. It was not a road but a kind of goat path. Your video is an indication of how much Turkey has changed in 50 years.
Thank you for your report. I came to your country from a completely different world. But today the differences will probably no longer be so big.
😢😢😢 Fernweh...
Bin 1993 auf der Landroute von Istanbul bis Tibet, unvergesslich. Wollte immer nochmal in den Iran, bin dort immer von den Truckern mitgenommen worden, wunderschönes Land, herzliche Menschen und an jeder Wegbiegung Monumente, Paläste, Karawansereien....
Vielen Dank für den tollen Film
Muss ein spannendes Abenteuer gewesen sein ! Ja der Iran war und ist ein Land mit vielen Facetten. Nach der Fahrt durch die raue Osttürkei war ich überrascht von dem gut ausgebauten, fortschrittlichen Straßennetz. Wir hatten Glück auf unserer Fahrt, denn an bestimmten Stellen zwangen die Revolutionsgarden mit Machinenpistolen die Ausländischen Trucks oft zum Anhalten. Es herrschte trotz reichem Ölvorkommen ein akuter Mangel an Treibstoff. Nach dem Auspumpen von jeweils ca. 100 Litern Diesel aus den Tanks durften diese dann wieder weiterfahren.
Mein Vater fuhr mit dem Scania 110 nach Iran und Kuwait Und ich erinnere mich, als er über diese gefährlichen Straßen sprach ... das waren Fahrer der alten Schule, die es nicht mehr gibt. Mein Respekt für dein Video
Vielen Dank für Deinen Bericht ! Ja es waren damals wirklich "Helden der Landstrasse" !
Da kommt wieder Nostalgie auf. Bin im Winter/Frühling 1991 zum ersten mal Bagdad gefahren.
My Grandfather used to drive from BG to Irak with the same Volvo. All the harsh conditions and the uncertainty on the road made the truck drivers by the time one of the best! Heat, lack of service areas all on your own, and don't forget the risk of ambush and robbery! Respect! Great retrospection to the reality. Imagine changing a tire with 24 tonnes fully loaded truck under the heat in the middle of nowhere.
Very touching story for the one who has memories and not only. Thanks!
Thank you for your interesting comment. Your words describe the men who took on great challenges at the time.
BG like Bulgaria or Beograd?
@@ZastavaM70AB2 BG;)
Bulgaria;)
as a Half turkish from Istanbul and half Iranian from Tehran I loved all the pictures and contents of this video. what a hero they were. Today I live in Hungary and in summer I need to drive to Istanbul to visit my family and with all these GPS and technology still it's a pain for me to travel 1300 km. cant imagine 10.000+ km with those old volvos. just wow...
Many thanks for your interesting report! I wish you all the best on all your trips home!
WOW THANKs, FROM AN OLD AMERICAN PRODUCE TRUCKER.ENJOYED GREATLY
I'm glad you enjoyed it, trucker !
Thank you for sharing these pictures. These drivers are legends. Respect. Nice music too. The trucking has changed a lot…
@@sandysamith7218 Thank's for watching it !
20 Jahre zu spait auf der Welt gewesen . Als junger Bub haben meine Augen immer geglänzt bei den K100 von Friderici wenn ich mit meinem Vater durch die Schweiz bin , da ich wusste das die immer sehr weit unterwegs waren . Keep on Trucking
Da hab ich noch ein kurzes Video für Dich: th-cam.com/video/j9GgkrjCtZU/w-d-xo.html
Wunderschöne Bilder. Hatte richtig Gänsehaut ... Dankeschön dafür!
Danke fürs anschauen !
Me ha encantado el vídeo.... me acuerdo de ese tipo de camiones cuando era niño y vivía en Suiza en Zúrich.... toda una aventura
Gracias por tu comentario. ¡Sí, fue hace muchos años!
Thank you very much. That was real long haul trucking not comparabel to today ...way more adventures !
Sehr tolle Aufnahmen. Muss ein unbeschreibliches Abenteuer damals gewesen sein. Heute wäre es leider längst nicht so spektakulär.
Vielen Dank ! Ja es ist heute schwer vorstellbar, was die Trucker auf der Orientroute geleistet haben !
@@hubertwicki9405 Finden solche Touren heute immer noch statt?
Vor Covid und Brexit habe ich hier im UK selten mal LKWs aus der Türkei fahren sehen. BG und ganz besonders RO und PL waren sowieso mehr auf der Autobahn anzutreffen als heimische Autos... Also auch heute scheinen gelegentlich noch ziemlich große Distanzen mit dem LKW zurückgelegt zu werden?
Versetzt einen in eine andere Welt. Toll gemacht.
@@karstent.66 Ganz selten, habe bis dato heute einmalig einen LKW aus dem Iran in Deutschland gesehen. :)
@@hubertwicki9405 ich bin türkischer lkw fahrer in deutschland, und volge manschein youtuber türkische lkw fahrer die europa und asien fahren..
Leztens hat ein türkischer lkw fahrer in schweiz fpr armenien yerivan geladen und hat es auvh selber abgeladen...
Aus türkei giebts routen bis dubai und die anderen emiraten staaten, stehe persönlich mit so einem im kontakt..
Ich kenne vom urlaub lkw fahrer die ausschlisslich kazakistan, so eine touer dauert über 40tage..
Es giebt türkische fahrer, die fahren von schotland irland bis kazakistam armenien iran in einem durch..
Loving all those old Volvo's!
That was excellent! The music and photos together made it seem like you could imagine being there! I would love to see more
Thank you very much !
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Trop beau , images spectaculaires,
Musique envoûtante,
Des hommes très courageux ❤ merci .😊
Merci beaucoup !
Wäre ich auch mitgefahren. Am Ararat war ich auch auf Armenischer seite. Iran kommt man ja nicht mehr rein. Danke fürs teilen.
Tolles video! Viele erinnerungen von meine jugend, die alte LKW's, Haniel Transport u.s.w. Viele dank!
Schön dass es Dir gefallen hat ! Ja ist schon wieder einige Jahre her.
Reise in der Vergangenheit! Erinnert mich an meine Fahrten. Tolles Video!
Grazie di cuore per aver condiviso questa esperienza!!!
Grazie per il tuo commento
Bei diesem Video werden Erinnerungen wach. Ich bin in den 80 bis 84er Jahren über die gleiche Rute aber vorwiegend in den Irak ab Deutschland bei einer österreichischen Firma gefahren. Habe leider keine Fotos ausser von Istanbul von dieser Zeit.
Ich möchte diese Zeit nicht missen, war hart aber schön. Bin mit dem F86 und später mit dem F88 gefahren. Waren super Fahrzeuge für diese Zeit.
Danke für dieses Video, ist spitze und bringt mich zum Träumen.
Vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar. Ja ich war ja nur für eine Tour auf dem Beifahrersitz mit dabei, aber es war eine unvergessliche Fahrt. Ich habe einen grossen Respekt vor Euch Truckern, die damals auf der Orientroute unterwegs waren ! Dies waren wohl die letzten "wilden Jahre", ohne GPS, Handys, Internet und durchgehend asphaltierten Strassen. Und Du warst dabei ! Ich war ein junger Kerl, heute auch schon 60. Alles Gute wünsch ich Dir !
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The trucks and the drivers who drove them were awesome in every way. Used to be a huge fan of the Volvo F88 and F89's as a youngster...
Thank you ! Oh yes, what a truck ! There's a short video: th-cam.com/video/j9GgkrjCtZU/w-d-xo.html
My dad used to drive them when I was a little boy. He has fond memories of these old Volvo trucks.
In the 1970s I was also able to go on 3 tours with my brothers to Sweden. With Volvo F88 and Scania 140 Super. Unforgettable experiences.
Fascinating journey. I clicked hoping it would not be a slideshow video, almost bailed out when I saw it was, but I am so glad I didn't.
Thank you ! That's a nice compliment !
Irgendwie nostalgisch. Tolles Video. Mein Vater hat mich auch durch viele pässe damals frühe 80er mit seinem Käfer gefahen . Und wenn ich die Bilder sehe ...... so krasse Zeit... wow. Kann man heute nicht mehr nachvollziehen
As son and grand-son of truckers, ear the old Volvo sound give me goosebumps. I remember that a friend of my dad had one f89 in the 80's. Very nice tribute video to those great men. Thank you!
When I had the idea after 40 years to create a video with my photos and the F88 sound from my brother's truck on tape, I never thought I would get such great comments. Thank you so much !
I worked for a company called mates international in Avonmouth, UK back in the 2000s and the owner, Les Mates used to tell me about his trips down to the Middle East in the 70s and 80s.
He’s said they were lovely friendly people and you would never feel unsafe apart in a few areas on the way down where you just wouldn’t stop. Amazing drivers back then who really worked for a living.
Thanks for your report. Of course, even then there were many exaggerated stories about bandits and raids on the Orient Route. Of course it was better to form a convoy on certain routes. But the most trouble came when you were involved in an accident that resulted in injuries or death. This often ended for the trucker, complicit or not, in jail. I can still remember how my brother once took an English trucker to Switzerland in the 1970s who had previously been in prison after a fatal accident in Turkey.
@@hubertwicki9405 funny you should make the comment about a road death.. I was involved in a fatal accident in Paris in the 2000s whist driving a wagon and the French Police held me for nearly 3 days… they gave me legal aid and the company was told they would have to bail me which wasn’t a small amount from memory… I was told that I might get held until it goes to a court house which could take weeks and if found guilty then I would probably have some prison time which would more than likely start in a French prison before being allowed back to the UK. The whole thing was a bloody nightmare so I can only imagine how it would have felt all that way from home!
Thankfully 6 witnesses came forward who said there wasn’t a chance the English truck driver could see the poor lady who walked in front the tractor unit as I pulled away… I had a 3 month old baby boy at home and seeing him and my wife on return was the best thing ever!
@@PillSharks A tragic story that has shaped you for your whole life! In 1976 I lost a brother who was also a trucker. He died in a serious traffic accident in Arabia.
Superbe montage.
Merci.
Merci pour ton intérêt !
Was für ein Erlebnis, und was hat es sich schnell geändert alles. LKW fahren im anspruchstvollste Form. Hut ab für ihnen! Tolles Video 👍
Vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar!
Gracias por compartir vuestra experiencia. Recién descubriendo tu canal. ¡Éxitos en éste 2025!
@@cesarcordova2459 Gracias por tu comentario. ¡Feliz año nuevo!
Jesus I'm 67 years old and did that run from Ireland in 74, how was it possible youth I suppose Thanks.
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I did it in 1975. Irresponsible by today's standards.
enjoyed every single picture. thanks
Thanks! th-cam.com/video/j9GgkrjCtZU/w-d-xo.html
Thank you,very good images!
Thank you for looking it !
Nothing more than lots of respect for the drivers in those days.
Zero comfort
Zero communication
No gps
That was real adventure.
Exactly ! Unimaginable nowadays!
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Surely they had CB there too?
Zéro EUROS non plus , que du cash dans diverses monnaies, sans oublier les bakchichs aux frontières, les gamins turcs qui cassaient les pare-brise des camions, Zéro truckstop...... Zéro asphalte sur les "routes"....par tous les temps....démerdes toi .....
Your images remind me of a journey from Brussels (Belgium) to New Delhi (India) in1975 by car (a mercedes 190D, built in 1962). It was the time of the so called Hippie trail, an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s[2] travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia.
Exciting story ! Something you probably only do once in your life.
Thank you for posting a video, of wonderful ancient days of trucking.
Thank you ! There's a short video: th-cam.com/video/j9GgkrjCtZU/w-d-xo.html
Sehr schönes Video. Mein Onkel ist diese Route damals auch gefahren, darum ist Video für mich besonders interessant.
amazing pictures and memories . as iranian truck driver sons this video bring me so many memories with my dad and his green color 1942 mack truck like once that's shows in yours pictures . good old time and now days that i think about it was tough days and tough job to be truck driver with those old trucks and bad roads .
Thank you for your interesting comment ! Yes, the Iranian truckers were known and famous for being very fast with their old Macks.
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I was Born in Yugoslavia country that unfortunately no longer exist a year later after you filmed this in August of 1982 ,,Wow great video
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Шикарный фотоархив!!! Спасибо, что выложили!
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Herrlich! Zu der Zeit war das Fahren noch ein Abenteuer, da bist du nur gemeinsam weiter gekommen. Heute nur noch gängelei und Ellenbogenmentalität.
WoW was für ein cooles zeit dokument
abgefahren , damals war die Welt noch klein
Danke fürs Hochladen 😊😊
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SUPER ! Merci pour ce partage! Et respect pour ces vrais routiers de l'extrême! (GREAT ! Thank you for sharing! And respect for these real extreme drivers!)
Thank you ! This video is dedicated to all the truckers that drove to the middle east.
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Schön zusehen, wie es früher dort aussah. Schöne Aufnahmen.
Da meine Familie von dieser Region herkommt. Hat mir dein Beitrag besonders gefallen.
Einwenig sind die Straßen besser geworden 😅.
Danke für deinen Beitrag
Oh ja, sobald man den Bosporus überquert hatte, fing eine ganz andere Welt an. Ein fantastisches und faszinierendes Land !
What a journey !!! Great photos , great ERA 1980s.
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It was very interesting, it was like time travel, the photos are great, thank you very much 🙏🏻
Thank you for watching it !
Profond respect à ces messieurs qui ont fait la grande ligne!!!
J' ai fais que trois fois cette ligne en 1984. Très épuisant mais aujourd hui c est un de mes plus beaux souvenirs de ma vie.
I remember when I got my first Volvo F12 I was so happy.
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Missing these kind of trips, have seen the world in 42 Years of Trucking. Don't have a Job, i have a Hobby.
Oh great ! Greetings from Switzerland
Great video. Thanks for sharing. ☺ 💯 👍
Odličan video, lepo je videti hanomag hensela kao novog kamiona(dobre motore imali). Hvala za podsećanje na stari Beograd :)
What an amazing journey.
Thank you for your interest !
Ich habe Respekt von den damaligen Fahrern bei denen konnte man noch was lernen
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This was the GREAT VIDEO!!! Thank you for sharing these photos with us!!
Thank's for watching them !
Wahnsinns Bilder !!! Danke für das hochladen.
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in 2019 we drove the silk route to beijing in a scania truck, we were inspired by these men
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Diese Strecke bin ich in 1975 öfters mit LKW gefahren , es war abenteuerlich , vor allendingen über den Tahir.🚚🚛🚛
Was war das für eine geile Zeit , danke für das tolle Video , bin in den 1980er Jahren auch im Fernverkehr gefahren mit 88 und 89er Volvo und 141 er Scania aber nie in den Orient meine größte Hochachtung für diese Fahrer , war damals beim Tatschl , der ist in den 80er Jahren bis Afghanistan gefahren ,
Vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar. Ja ich hatte das Glück, wenigstens einmal auf der "kleinen" Runde nach Teheran mit dabei sein zu dürfen. Die ganz grossen Fahrten gingen bis Afghanistan, Pakistan, oder dann nach Arabien, wohin mein Bruder auch oft fuhr. Ich hatte gleich zwei Brüder, die Fernfahrer waren. So konnte ich schon als kleiner Junge 1974/75 drei mal nach Schweden mitfahren. Einmal in einem Scania 140 S, dann in einem F88, und dann noch in einem F89.
Wow, thank you for this really great video.
I am a truck driver myself and can well imagine how adventurous such a route was back then.
Wishing you all the best 🏴☠️
Great that you liked it! Thanks very much. Have a good trip, truckers! My brother is still on the road in Europe from time to time, at the age of 71!
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An exceptionally valuable video from days gone by. Must have been the trip of your life. Thank you from Oslo.
Thanks very much. Exactly, that was it ! Greetings to beautiful Oslo !
Very nice video, thank you for the trip.
I thank you !
Danke fürs teilen👍
Great. Thankyou for this video. What a truly amazing experience it must have been as a young man.....England
Thank you ! Yes, many years have passed since then. A lot has changed, but the world hasn't gotten better. Greetings to England.
I was working in Iran on the Shurgaz/Zahedan/Mirjaweh highway project from 1978 to 1980, used to see a lot of Mack trucks, especially 'R' models and sometimes some real old stagers like the ones in the film.
Oh, that was certainly an exciting time during those years. The revolution in Iran was just taking place. These old Macks were built in the early 1940s.
Danke fürs hochladen. Der Tahir Pass war damals atemraubend, kenne ihn von den frühen 1980er Jahren. Die Strecke ist jetzt verlegt und eine Autobahn.
Thanks for the video 👍 and a big respect for all the driver's that done that. The furthest I ever got was Hungary. 🇬🇧
Awesome photos thanks for sharing
fantastic pictures and I love the sound of the Volvo at work great video.
Thanks !
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That was amazing! You must have hundreds of memories of that journey! Thank you for sharing the pictures
Oh yes, it was a trip I will remember for the rest of my life! It is almost unbelievable that there were truckers who drove this route for years.
@@hubertwicki9405 how many times did you make the journey?
It was a "once in a lifetime" journey, on which i was allowed to accompany my brother on this route. My brother went to the Orient for almost 10 years: to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
That was awesome my friend
Thank you ! And it's been a long time !
I love it thanks 👍👍❤❤
Świetny film , piękne zdjęcia podróż życia, zazdroszczę wrażeń, pozdrawiam 👍😄
Dziękuję za zainteresowanie !
i cała trasa bez nawigacji
Danke für das tolle Video!!!
Danke für Deinen Kommentar !
Schöne Zeitreise, sehr abenteuerlich. Danke. 👍🏾😎
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I wish i could truck in the good ol days!
A huge thank you for amazing fotos!!
Many Thanks. I am surprised by the many positive reactions
@@hubertwicki9405 I'm a truck driver from Ukraine. I've seen a lot bad roads, but never drive to Asia. I dream to do trip like this. I guess it's really unfortunate for European driver's. That was a great time of fully mechanical trucks!!
just one electronic thing in modern trucks which I respect is ABS 🙂.
Thank you again
Yes, the truckers have to cope with completely different challenges these days. I wish you always a good trip!
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what adventures. Volvo 💪 the Drivers. Respect for these men.👏👏👍
This was outstanding!!
Thanks !
Toll. Damals, als die Welt noch in Ordnung war und man seinen Pass an der Grenze zeigte, um weiter ins unbekannte zu reisen.
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Oh ja, die Zeiten haben sich verändert, es wird niemals wieder so sein !
Great video👍Thank you😊
Thanks very much ! So it was probably worth making this video.
Was für ein Abenteuer. Einmal dabei gewesen zu sein, das wäre toll.
Danke ! Ja ich hatte das Glück, diese einmalige Erfahrung machen zu können. Mehr von solchen Reisen: th-cam.com/video/j9GgkrjCtZU/w-d-xo.html
@@hubertwicki9405 Danke für den Link. Das war alles bestimmt kein Zuckerschlecken, und die Zugmaschinen lange nicht mit dem Komfort und der Technik von Heute, eine ziemliche Zumutung. Trotzdem wäre das, hätte ich in der Zeit das Alter gehabt ein Traumjob gewesen.
Als mein Bruder letztes Jahr wieder einmal in einen restaurierten Volvo F88 stieg, erschrak er fast, wie klein und eng so eine Kabine ist, im Vergleich zu den heutigen komfortablen Trucks.
Great photo’s and music! You have been a lucky teenager!
Yes, of course I didn't know then that I was witnessing an era that was coming to an end.
That's extremely impressive. Thank you!
Thank you for your interest !
Great video , those days are gone !👍
Thanks ! That's why I made this video when I realized how long ago it was.
Rodei no Brazil...nos anos 90.....ainda rodo no transporte...aqui ...posso dizer com toda certeza...NÃO SE FAZ MAIS TRANSPORTE E MOTORISTAS COMO ANTIGAMENTE...!! ÓTIMO VÍDEO.
Un esperienza bellissima ...
Che di sicuro ti è rimasta dentro per tutta la vita
Grazie mille. Sì, ho ancora molti ricordi di quel viaggio, come se fosse solo ieri.
Excellent compilation, thank you.
Thanks for watching it !
Tolle Bilder und schöner zusammenschnitt
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A great video! As a young teenager in 1969 I had a book which contained my favourite feature: 'The Overlanders' - a company called 'Asian Transport Limited', running from the UK to Tehran - the story was so exciting I would read it often and imagine being in the cab on the intrepid journey! Some years later I was fascinated by the 'Top Deck' company with it's converted 1960's double deck buses carrying passengers to Kathmandu......I wonder if you ever came across 'Asian Transport' or 'Top Deck' on your travels? I noticed that legendary Swiss manufacturer Saurer in one shot - was there a photo of a Berna too? Always liked their cab design. Many thanks!
Thank you for your interest in my little youtube video.
For a few days, on the route from the Tahir Pass to Teheran, our small convoy was also joined by an English trucker. You can see the Scania in the photo "4000 Kilometers away from home" on the far left.
I can still remember the Pakistani and Afghan trucks well, with all their lovely decorations. At night, the drivers slept under their vehicles because these trucks had no bunks.
In 1985 I drove a TOP DECK bus London to Kathmandu, the scenery and roads brought back many memories, also the amount of serious accidents was horrendous, you certainly had to have your wits on
Mein Vater fuhr auch diese Route, nächtelang hörte ich gespannt seinen Geschichten
Mister Wicki, I rarely comment on videos and even more rarely I watch them without several times skipping 10 seconds. I watched yours completely withous jumps. For two reasons:
1. Mine father is also a truck driver(in pension) who was driving similar routes at those years like you and never took a single photo and I alwas wanted to see picturrs of his adventures.
2. Your route was going through mine home city Belgrade, that ugly 2-piece building(GENEX tower) next to highway still stands today ... and it's still ugly like it was in the 80s 😄
Thank you for video and God bless you-all the best !
Thank you for your interesting comment. It's great for me when I can read stories like this. I tried to show with my video
what the drivers, like your father, had to go through on this route: The daily challenges and dangers, the uncertainty, but also the loneliness.
@@hubertwicki9405 Indeed. I have shown him the video, he is sending his greetings to you, and appreciate your photos and huge respect for your driver effort - because you were starting from Switzeland, and him from Yugoslavia, hence you had longer routes. Once he has seen Tahir Pass he used rude words for it. I asked why? He said "If you ever drove through Tahir Pass you would curse it too" 😄 With saying that he is glad that they made new road, that noone needs to suffer there anymore 😄
Once again Thanky and all the best !
Greetings from Belgrade !
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Thank you ! All the best for you and your father ! He is one of the heroes of the streets !
Might be ugly, but its still standing 😊 Btw i work there for a carrier company and my boss sent us this vid 🙃 Trucking was hard back then, and the drivers nowadays dont appreciate how good they have it
Hubert, einfach wunderbar 👍👏
Es hat sich Gottseidank alles bisschen nach vorne entwickelt. Nur der Motorensound nicht 😢🥰
Heutzutage fahren die Leute mit dem Motorrad nach Iran.😊
Vielen Dank ! Ja, die Zeit bleibt nicht stehen. Auch der Motorensound wird einmal ganz verschwinden. Die Autos und Trucks werden sich irgendwann autonom bewegen. Dann bleibt die letzte "Freiheit" vielleicht nur noch auf dem Motorrad....
آخرش ختم شد به ایران و تهران که در آن زمان بهترین جاده و ساختمانها رد داشت مخصوصا برج شهیاد.یاد باد آن روزگاران یاد باد
Yes, i agree, the roads in Iran were in good condition !
جالبه که ایشون میگه، اون زمان سپاه جلوی کامیون های خارجی رو میگرفته و از هرکدوم صد لیتر گازویل خالی میکرده
@ 2:34 When I saw this photo, I thought it was in fornt of the border crossing with Iran but after checking Google Maps it turned out that Kızıldağ Pass is located on the border of Sivas province with Erzincan province.
@ 4:57 If this is The old Tahir pass road, it looks like the narrow asphalt road in the photo at 3:27 is today's E80. According to what you can see in Google Street View, the E80 on this section is currently a wide single-carriageway road with two lanes per one side of traffic.
@ 5:05 Road through Tahir and Türkeli? It still exists in Google Maps.
@ 6:04 Fun fact: The Turkish name of Mount Ararat is Ağrı which in Turkish means pain, ache, soreness, discomfort, affliction, spasm, noun of smart which stands for searing pain, throe.
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Great video !
I Was a boy at that time as born '76
But I renember my first visit across our eastern border in the years 2000.... it was shocking. Also remember very well seeing western european trucks on Polish roads in the 80 ties It was great
Had a chance to he in your country no of times Beautiful ! Greetings from Denver US
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Amazing video
I really enjoy it.
Thank you so much
I took some sceen shoot from tehran my town too
Thanks for watching it. Nice that you like it.
Watched the video with admiration
Drove that route in 1979, good pictures that show how it really was.
Thank you, old Trucker !
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Fantastic!!
Grazie mille !