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cantona · 18-05-2006, 10:44 AM

Some top pics DD, we only need one of Smeg or Pat being born - that would be a good accident pic.

RandomChances · 18-05-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by aging one

But we all know that all trucks run overloaded in Thailand. Often as much as 5 tons overweight.

Depends on the truck, we used to run ours about 2 ton over, and just drop an envelope into the police station on our route every month. 5 ton over on a 6 wheeler and you would just be blowing tyre all the time, not really worth it.

10 wheelers are about 15 ton I think, my borther-in-law runs his a bit over but not much as its just too costly in wear and tear.

A lot of the loads you see here are'nt actually overweight, it's just how they are loaded thats the problem, wrong place, to tall ect Hay is a good example, it virtually imposible to overload weight wise with hay, but you still get people trying to get to the limit by just going taller/wider (both also ilegal)

BillyZ · 18-05-2006, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

squirell do you really think I give a fok what you think?

Dog...you're living the Road Life the rest of us only dream of. Keep up the reports. I can TOTALLY relate, fokking hell right!

BillyZ · 18-05-2006, 12:45 PM

I don't know how much these trucks weigh. But out by the BIRA race track, there are trucks loading up with dirt and going down Siam Country Club road. I drive down this road 3 times a week when I go to Aikido.

There is a section after the SCC lake and where the road comes out near Lake Map Pra Chan. It's getting REALLY bad.

They tossed in some dirt a few weeks back. But last night, it reminded me of the old Phnom Penh-Siam Reap road. You've gotta come to a crawl to negotiate the pot holes, even with my VIGO. (OK, I could drive it like I want to, but the wife complains, and you know how it is when she's got the pussy....)

The asphalt is giving way, big time, in some places. I think it's the daytime heat and the weight of the trucks. Last night there was a hole about 2' deep and full of water, so not easy to see if you're speeding. It's changing daily...

Many other parts of Siam Country Club road are in pretty shit condition. But this one is the worst that I've seen.

spliff · 18-05-2006, 02:06 PM

Seen many accidents here in LOS but the best one I ever saw was a big lorry that was transporting pigs that had overturned at high speed. There were dead pigs all over the highway 9both lanes) and Thai passers-bye were picking them up and thowing htem in the back of their pick ups. The lorry crew were still in and out of the cab but not moving. The Thais didn't care...they couldn't believe their good luck!

dirtydog · 20-06-2006, 02:46 PM

Well this happened coming back from Chang Mai yesterday about 100kms North of Bangkok, I really hope there were no passengers in the back of the pick up as the whole thing was destroyed, the amount of police etc that were there I assume there must have been a few dead.

mrsquirrel · 20-06-2006, 03:05 PM

I often see total fuckwits racing by. Some of my students parents drive like ****s everywhere. I pray so hard that I turn the next corner to see them wrapped around a wall. Never happens though.

poolcleaner · 20-06-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

I often see total fuckwits racing by. Some of my students parents drive like ****s everywhere. I pray so hard that I turn the next corner to see them wrapped around a wall. Never happens though.

You're such a thouroughly nice person Squirrel.

Obviously the deity you're praying to takes as little notice of you as we do!

Mhz · 20-06-2006, 05:49 PM

Is this the police pick-up???

dirtydog · 20-06-2006, 05:51 PM

That is a rescue vehicle, one they stick dead bodies in, the truck was being towed out of the verge when I got there so they probably had collected all the dead already.

Mhz · 20-06-2006, 06:00 PM

I think the rescue pick-up needs to be rescued from those Thai rescue workers.

mrsquirrel · 20-06-2006, 09:25 PM

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You're such a thouroughly nice person Squirrel.

That's ok. I pray everyday that you catch some sort of STD that makes you piss fire for a month before making you sterile.

Nice aren't I

mad_dog · 20-06-2006, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

I mean my nice shiny red car was parked outside

The famous red sewing machine

dirtydog · 20-06-2006, 10:23 PM

mad dog, would you like to tell us about the vehicles you own

mad_dog · 20-06-2006, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

mad dog, would you like to tell us about the vehicles you own

I own a rather snazzy Astra, Iintend to drive it to Thaialnd next year via taking the france,germany,austria, hungary romania, Bulgaria, turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Burma Mae Hong Son express

Fabian · 21-06-2006, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Mhz

Is this the police pick-up???

Don't you know that police cars in Thailand are shit coloured (or brown) and have just red lights, not red and blue?

dirtydog · 21-06-2006, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mad_dog

I own a rather snazzy Astra, Iintend to drive it to Thaialnd next year via taking the france,germany,austria, hungary romania, Bulgaria, turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Burma Mae Hong Son express

Be well worth the 360 percent tax on the new price to bring it in

Dougal · 21-06-2006, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mad_dog

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

mad dog, would you like to tell us about the vehicles you own

I own a rather snazzy Astra, Iintend to drive it to Thaialnd next year via taking the france,germany,austria, hungary romania, Bulgaria, turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Burma Mae Hong Son express

I thought you were already in LOS Mad D.

If you are serious (and even if you are not) here's a link to a web site set up by 3 Irish lads who have made that journey a couple of years ago.

http://www.dublintosydney.com/NewWebSite/menu.htm

Does anybody know what happened to the guy who was planning to drive a tuk tuk back to Belgium?

Marmite the Dog · 21-06-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dougal

Does anybody know what happened to the guy who was planning to drive a tuk tuk back to Belgium?

I thought it was a couple of girls (but I could be wrong). I think they set off about a month ago, so they're probably tied up in some cave in Afghanistan by now.

ChiangMai noon · 21-06-2006, 12:55 PM

i think someone drove to Sweden a couple of years ago by tuk tuk, but i might have dreamt it.

18-05-2006, 02:06 PM	#25 (permalink)
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18-05-2006, 10:44 AM	#21 (permalink)
cantona Elite Member Last Online: 16-11-2007 12:53 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,389	Some top pics DD, we only need one of Smeg or Pat being born - that would be a good accident pic.

18-05-2006, 12:45 PM	#24 (permalink)
BillyZ Mukdahan Last Online: 28-11-2008 10:43 AM Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ban Chang, Rayong, Thailand Posts: 412	I don't know how much these trucks weigh. But out by the BIRA race track, there are trucks loading up with dirt and going down Siam Country Club road. I drive down this road 3 times a week when I go to Aikido. There is a section after the SCC lake and where the road comes out near Lake Map Pra Chan. It's getting REALLY bad. They tossed in some dirt a few weeks back. But last night, it reminded me of the old Phnom Penh-Siam Reap road. You've gotta come to a crawl to negotiate the pot holes, even with my VIGO. (OK, I could drive it like I want to, but the wife complains, and you know how it is when she's got the pussy....) The asphalt is giving way, big time, in some places. I think it's the daytime heat and the weight of the trucks. Last night there was a hole about 2' deep and full of water, so not easy to see if you're speeding. It's changing daily... Many other parts of Siam Country Club road are in pretty shit condition. But this one is the worst that I've seen.

20-06-2006, 03:05 PM	#27 (permalink)
mrsquirrel Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In a rather cold and dark place Posts: 10,517	I often see total fuckwits racing by. Some of my students parents drive like ****s everywhere. I pray so hard that I turn the next corner to see them wrapped around a wall. Never happens though.

20-06-2006, 05:49 PM	#29 (permalink)
Mhz Single and Happy Last Online: 10-12-2007 12:44 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,035	Is this the police pick-up???

20-06-2006, 05:51 PM	#30 (permalink)
dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 02:41 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,419	That is a rescue vehicle, one they stick dead bodies in, the truck was being towed out of the verge when I got there so they probably had collected all the dead already.

20-06-2006, 06:00 PM	#31 (permalink)
Mhz Single and Happy Last Online: 10-12-2007 12:44 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,035	I think the rescue pick-up needs to be rescued from those Thai rescue workers.

20-06-2006, 10:23 PM	#34 (permalink)
dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 02:41 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,419	mad dog, would you like to tell us about the vehicles you own

21-06-2006, 12:55 PM	#40 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon ysbryd y nos Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 25,395	i think someone drove to Sweden a couple of years ago by tuk tuk, but i might have dreamt it.