THANKS for posting this video, as an ex international trucker (1992-96), its hard to explain to friends what roads like this are like to drive on, its FANTASTIC to drive on, during a warm summer day, BUT, in the winter, its TOTALLY DIFFERENT, Ive done this route about 50-60 times, and TWICE in real heavy snow conditions, once, there was no snow on the approach to the tunnel on the French side, then 1 foot of snow on the road on the Italian side, the scenery looked AWESOME/MAGICAL, the second time was Italy to France, also at night, with NO snow chains, (lift axle UP, and diff lock ON), quite a few trucks had slid off the road, the downhill journey on the French side was "something else", as it took about half an hour to do the first 2 miles, in crawler gear, with my foot jammed on the exhaust brake, as the road ahead "looked like a ski jump ramp", I had a passenger friend with me, who after that 2 mile drive, turned to me and said "THAT is the BEST effing driving I have EVER seen", THAT is a TRUE perspective of what its like to be an "International Trucker"
Nice video. A friend of mine from the Haute Savoie was a long distance trucker in the 80s. He told me how steep this was. I believe that one of his stories about having trouble slowing down/stopping was from descending on the French side, having to use one of the safety exit paths or whatever your call them. He also remembered twice seeing an Italian border agent asleep at night with a stamp on a table that said "Stamp your papers." HA!
use to with my brother in law tony in his maggie 310 what fun when everybodys driving scanias,dafs but happy days in chrisio getting pissed although we lost him at 49 i wont those days trucking with him. all the best
rogertrucker Trucking in North America and in Europe is very different. North America has a gigantic mountain range in the Western part, and high mountains in the East of the USA. Between these regions the landscape is flat like a pancake. Europe is more mountainous. Only the countries around the Baltic Sea, the coast regions of Northern Germany, The Netherlands, and the Atlantic coast of France are flat regions. The mountains are not so high as the Rockies, but they are steeper in Europe. There are a lot of roads with more than 15 % gradient, even more than 20% in the Italian Alpes. The Norwegian mountains seem to come out of the fjords, and often have an angle of 70 degrees, even up to 90 degrees. That is why the roads in Norway are so curvey and narrow. The fjords are no lakes, they are part of the Atlantic ocean.
No correction needed you are right!The only law I have seen in the mountains is the horn and flashing lights law! The experience of the other drivers which could be zero should be taken into consideration. Cortina,Biella,Grezzana,Feltre, No laws exsist for these mountain roads.
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its hard to go up and down a mountain right? ive seen a daf space cab getting stuck in the italian mountains. good video bro take care becky
Hey Coffeholic8! Do you ever go south of Italy? During the week i´m usally around Bari, Pescara or Taranto coming over the Brenner route.Sometimes over St. Bernadino if going to Milan or Turin. Where abouts is your depot? I do allot of U.K. as well Tyne area Ft. William or Inverness.
@Coffeeholic8 There you are....hahaa colour settings changed while editing, Thats what caught my eye, the colours and graphics are more like a game in this video. I dont know if you have third generation gaming experience.
@Coffeeholic8 You got me wrong.i said looks fake and i know its real. because the grafics are like 3D games. These are ofcourse camera settings at which its is filmed.I love the video and i have respect for this profession and people in it,may be because its my dream to be in this business.
yeah i know how is it with the law of the mountain roads there? honk your horn before going into a hidden bend with no clear sight through? correct me if iam wrong. take care Becky.
work asked me if i go to milan in truck, do you have to pay a tax when get into italy, or do you just drive straight throu , no stopping, plus what is the cost to get throu the tunnell, hgv . what sort of price is it for car
i think it was after a truck caught fire a few years back and killed a lot of people these should detect unordinary heat excessive engine heat /electrics or a cigarette slowly catching fire in the back i may be wrong but this is what i had been told down there?
THANKS for posting this video, as an ex international trucker (1992-96), its hard to explain to friends what roads like this are like to drive on, its FANTASTIC to drive on, during a warm summer day, BUT, in the winter, its TOTALLY DIFFERENT, Ive done this route about 50-60 times, and TWICE in real heavy snow conditions, once, there was no snow on the approach to the tunnel on the French side, then 1 foot of snow on the road on the Italian side, the scenery looked AWESOME/MAGICAL, the second time was Italy to France, also at night, with NO snow chains, (lift axle UP, and diff lock ON), quite a few trucks had slid off the road, the downhill journey on the French side was "something else", as it took about half an hour to do the first 2 miles, in crawler gear, with my foot jammed on the exhaust brake, as the road ahead "looked like a ski jump ramp", I had a passenger friend with me, who after that 2 mile drive, turned to me and said "THAT is the BEST effing driving I have EVER seen", THAT is a TRUE perspective of what its like to be an "International Trucker"
Nice video. A friend of mine from the Haute Savoie was a long distance trucker in the 80s. He told me how steep this was. I believe that one of his stories about having trouble slowing down/stopping was from descending on the French side, having to use one of the safety exit paths or whatever your call them.
He also remembered twice seeing an Italian border agent asleep at night with a stamp on a table that said "Stamp your papers." HA!
From Portugal, i´m a trucks passion and i love this video. Very nice road to do on motorcycle to and, adventure. Thank you.
Very nice video.. thanks from Slovakia
Great video mate i use to go with my dad in the 90s for a mounth at a time and that run up and down there is just amazing thanks for a great video
good video,use to go to italy in my late brother in laws daf space cab 3600,f12, strato. happy days,keep on truckin
Very Nice Video !
Excelent video hermano, what a nice ride
use to with my brother in law tony in his maggie 310 what fun when everybodys driving scanias,dafs but happy days in chrisio getting pissed although we lost him at 49 i wont those days trucking with him. all the best
verry nice video
regards from Romania!
thank you .nice video.
Many times I have been driving also there. Missing those days.
Thanks for the 'ride' kisses from Caroline
ok thanks for the information. its nice in the mountains isnt it. I lived there for a year and i loved it. take care becky
nice video.
nice one knocker! im lucky if i get to altens now. and thats on a good day when when i get out of the yard
Hairybaz j
nice .keep posting plz and thanks for posting
Muy buen video, prueben ver este video y escuchar la cancion de (La factoria - si alguna vez) hace muy buena combinacion.
Saludos a todos!!!!
great and useful info. thanks from Indonesia
i took my range rover sport there last xmas.great ride through that area
Great job on this video! Bet there must be a lot of accidents on that road.
Wow I miss driving trucks in Europe. You don't get this in Canada or the US. This video is very well done mate.
rogertrucker
Trucking in North America and in Europe is very different. North America has a gigantic mountain range in the Western part, and high mountains in the East of the USA. Between these regions the landscape is flat like a pancake. Europe is more mountainous. Only the countries around the Baltic Sea, the coast regions of Northern Germany, The Netherlands, and the Atlantic coast of France are flat regions. The mountains are not so high as the Rockies, but they are steeper in Europe. There are a lot of roads with more than 15 % gradient, even more than 20% in the Italian Alpes. The Norwegian mountains seem to come out of the fjords, and often have an angle of 70 degrees, even up to 90 degrees. That is why the roads in Norway are so curvey and narrow. The fjords are no lakes, they are part of the Atlantic ocean.
the truck involved was a volvo...the truck also carried flowers...the fire started from the cab when the truck stopped
No correction needed you are right!The only law I have seen in the mountains is the horn and flashing lights law! The experience of the other drivers which could be zero should be taken into consideration. Cortina,Biella,Grezzana,Feltre, No laws exsist for these mountain roads.
its hard to go up and down a mountain right? ive seen a daf space cab getting stuck in the italian mountains. good video bro
take care becky
If there is no oncoming traffic no problem at all. Don´t know whats after the next turnpike thats when most accedent take place!
Feel sad to those people that died in the fire inside the tunnel.March 24,1999
roll on August 2012 ! im going through the tunnel from the French side. Hopefully i dont get caught up in that traffic :-(
Hey Coffeholic8! Do you ever go south of Italy? During the week i´m usally around Bari, Pescara or Taranto coming over the Brenner route.Sometimes over St. Bernadino if going to Milan or Turin. Where abouts is your depot? I do allot of U.K. as well Tyne area Ft. William or Inverness.
@Coffeeholic8 There you are....hahaa colour settings changed while editing, Thats what caught my eye, the colours and graphics are more like a game in this video. I dont know if you have third generation gaming experience.
Have you been driving also over the Simplon pass?
@Coffeeholic8 You got me wrong.i said looks fake and i know its real. because the grafics are like 3D games. These are ofcourse camera settings at which its is filmed.I love the video and i have respect for this profession and people in it,may be because its my dream to be in this business.
很棒的隧道
yeah i know how is it with the law of the mountain roads there? honk your horn before going into a hidden bend with no clear sight through? correct me if iam wrong.
take care Becky.
one mont blanc downhill run and ur brakes are over
well mr hobbs. its a bit differant than dublin!!
Not too dissimillar from the Snake Pass..... Only quite a bit longer. Is European work easier than just UK?
work asked me if i go to milan in truck, do you have to pay a tax when get into italy, or do you just drive straight throu , no stopping, plus what is the cost to get throu the tunnell, hgv . what sort of price is it for car
why do you have to go through a heat detector?
i think it was after a truck caught fire a few years back and killed a lot of people these should detect unordinary heat excessive engine heat /electrics or a cigarette slowly catching fire in the back i may be wrong but this is what i had been told down there?
@DanW900 Read about it : type Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire 1999
same here
did you had a retarder or did you onley use the motorbrake and de normal brake ??
why does the video looks so fake, i know its real though
Rip off tunnel and load crap
how much does a trucker in europe get paid per kilometer?
bigqman123
Truckers don't get paid per Kilometer in Europe, it is strictly forbidden, to avoid accidents.
i'm coming out there no jobs in detroit, michigan usa