Just love these nostalgic films. Thank you for posting.

As I remember that's Patrick Gallaher commenting and in video, he made quite a lot of shows like the one featured here.

the trailer is a Dennison, they still produce trailer today, I see them most as link trailers for 25 meter combination 🙂

Luv it!

The factory in Waterford he collected the sides of beef was Clover meats. It was a huge firm in its day. It was owned by the O' Meara family from Limerick who were huge exporters of both beef, pork and bacon.

Tax is 1400 per year ....If we weigh it in properly...Love it 😂

i started on that run mid 80s used to get 15 pounds for clean permit and 10 pounds each way over Cenis

I’m just watching this now as it came up on my KZbin feed - some comments are saying Stoney Burke passed away, I’m sorry to hear that, he looked like a sound man RIP

Patrick Burke also known as stoney, my grandfather, love to see it!!

My late dad did the continent in late 70s early 80s for carna. I went to Holland with him once. He got the first scania 142 carna got in 81. First in Ireland

what a cracking 2 videos , myslef a lorry driver for 27yrs 20 off them away from home, everything said in that video still goes today !! Bravo...👍👍

Brilliant, thanks for posting.

My dad drove part time for local company.he gave up full time when me and my siblings came along.anyway, drove a DAF 3300,had to take a stool to sit in as drivers removed passenger seat for more room.

where did they sleep?

Really good film. Great writing and I loved the soundtrack. Maybe I'm dreaming but it seem like a great job for a summer or two.

Where is Howard now?

When was it filmed

Wasn’t the healthiest of professions then was it

Love these old films ❤

Have a glass or 2 of wine for the road haha

Brill❤

Broadcasted on RTE on 27/09/1973

I done that run for years, the davis turner drivers were the Yellow Packs of the industry, driving better trucks then us, but paid in peanuts. I worked for Lebratrans Roy & Fred and was earning 3 times that. Happy days !!!

7:00 What would he have done to deal with an old David Brown gearbox? The synchromesh ZF-gearbox was a pleasure to use, gear changes went so smoothly uphill and downhill. 16:51 German soldiers have never been marauding!

Any body know this fellow. His he still doing abit or has he retired.

"There's a truck out on the four-lane A mile or more away The winding of his wheels Just makes it colder. Hey it's good to be back home again..."

4:45 Yep, you either like doing this or you don’t do it.

I think i could watch a 2 hour film with the Spanish Gypsy.

OMG. I drove for 30 years for a living, not tricks, and you lot make it sound so terrible. I bet a load of you actually made good money and had a great time. Of course you did nothing wrong it was always the other drivers and government agencies. Bit besides all that I enjoyed these two videos.

A bit of a cynical commentator.

Never again am i leaving a long winded comment to a vid for it only to be deleted.

I wonder if Stoney is still with us?

God be with the days of double clutching and bliping on the down shifts

Lovely video I remember euro haul back in the eighties look at the height differences of the cabs, nowadays,

Old skool

Nuts

Thank you stoney . This is how we learn.

Dragging it

How long did you measure gallons of fuel on the island? Imperial gallon 4.5 liters?

18:05 say he, "abi" big man brother is turkish.

Micky's tshirts 😂😂

What does TIR mean?

Thanks for the ride driver

Anyone know old pals of mine paddy pops Byrne from Co meath or Tony plummer ex shanahans from Dublin? John Anderson?

6:15 better than Hollywood eh

220bhp pulling 40 ton Jesus bet that was slow going

Stony burke died i think bout 10 years ago new him well

How times have changed, now direct ferry services from Ireland to Europe and the new Dublin - Continental European ports of Zeebrugge and Rotterdam using mega ferries. Not forgetting the existing Irish routes to Northern France. These routes will by pass Brexit Britain and its pre EU paperwork

I remember driving though shitty puss boxes. I Want to drive America.. Best trucks.. My grand. Ask me y no . Y.. I Ask him. How Many funinarals.. Interesting... Get on.. Xxoo.

7:00 The right gear is in there somewhere