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  1. Nov 8, 2011 #1
    ossewa

    ossewa Bobtail Member

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    Hi all, I'm a South African driver. I drive an old Eagle Prosleeper pulling a superlink tautliner trailer.:biggrin_25517:
     
    ossewa, Nov 8, 2011
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  3. Nov 9, 2011 #2
    d o g

    d o g Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Welcome to the forums, ossewa.
     
    d o g, Nov 9, 2011
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  4. Nov 9, 2011 #3
    ossewa

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    Thanx nice to read how trucking works in other parts of the world ,the good and bad.
     
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  5. Nov 9, 2011 #4
    Micah 5.56

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    Whereabouts are you in SA? I used to work with a bunch of South Africans. Good bunch of guys and boy could they braai!
     
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  7. Dec 6, 2011 #5
    king Q

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    Who do you work for Ossewa?
     
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  8. Dec 10, 2011 #6
    ossewa

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    Hi Micha, I stay in Cape Town and do long distance driving which is basically the whole of South Africa and some of the neighbouring countries. Look thats one thing about us South Africans you could put us on the north pole and we'll show you we will still braai ha ha. Where about do you all drive?
     
    ossewa, Dec 10, 2011
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  9. Dec 10, 2011 #7
    ossewa

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    Hi King Q, I used to work for FD Vermeulen transport and about a week ago I started working for Zanmar in Citrusdal (they used to be Rouxmar). Who you working for at present and where do you all drive?
     
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  10. Dec 11, 2011 #8
    king Q

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    I used to drive a lowbed with abnormal loads.
    I now own some trucks and don't drive much anymore.
    If I could make a decent living driving I possibly would but you know how it is.
    We don't do much(we do some) general transport but rather specialist loads.
    We are mainly doing loads in to the DRC at the moment but regularly go to Angola , Tanzania and have even been to the Central African Republic , Ethiopia and Somalia.
    That is a long way from Cape town and is a real adventure.
    We have worked in all the countries south of the equator and a few north of it.
    Sometimes our trucks are flown in in IL76 aircraft then we move cargo from the air ports in to the Jungles/Deserts.
    Sometimes we load them on barges and beach land them and work from there.
    Some places you cant get by road.
    We have made deliveries and just abandoned trucks at delivery points because it is cheaper then bringing them back.
    Can pay well but there is a lot of risk.
     
    king Q, Dec 11, 2011
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