All Roads Lead To Rome part 1 of 2

[@XLR_8]

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.

[@beverlymitchell4641]

Thank you stoney . This is how we learn.

[@RaneBane]

Thanks for the ride driver

[@PaddyMcCann143]

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

[@paulsweeney5477]

How many Trucks did Carna have then

[@davidmaxwell2077]

david maxwell I use to drive to Reiti nth east of Rome for Irish International in a110 scania with beef from Craigavon it took around 10 days to do the round trip brings back a lot of memouries seeing this movie what great days they were

[@sobig315]

David Maxwell could you view this video ok as some have committed that they can't view it. This is part 1 BTW. Part 2 is on my page. Regards Alan

[@brianbarrett1589]

David Maxwell have

[@willywilz]

Thanks for the posting .. brings back waves of nostalgia.. from 1970 to 1979 I drove trucks delivering antiques all across Italy to shops and private collectors .. did a trip average every three weeks .. loved it .. young man seeing all the wonderful Italian culture and mostly the amazing food .. lived like a prince .. 20 to 30 deliveries each trip from Turin to Sicily .. no sat nav then .. paper maps and your own grey matter .. no worries .. it’s how it was .. always Rome for customs clearance so that meant a couple of nights in the Porta Maggiore hotel with your truck in the customs compound while the antiquities experts perused your load .. great days and nights .. Europe Express .. Anglo Italian Express .. Keith Mallin Transport ..the early incarnation of Martinspeed with Jill and Reece .. and to smooth the way always a tea chest of silver plate teasets for the customs and 400 ciggies for the traffic cops 😂

[@norsman1000]

what a blast from the past! i traveled these roads from 1979 to 2000 delivering general goods and then beef to 14 countries. thanks for posting this. a realistic look, i can relate to it all.

[@truckertom3884]

Geoff Walker tk u for your service fine sir 👏

[@trickolas78]

Im sure the 14 countries that you shared your beef with appreciate it

[@brianbarrett3012]

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[@brianbarrett3012]

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[@Tehgoat]

21st Century Truckers have a very easy life compared to that old Merc wagon with a gear box from hell negotiating Piccadilly and corrupt custom guards

[@johnjennings9693]

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

[@Oscartherescuedog]

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

[@patodwyer721]

Nice memories captured on video before mobile fones. Great men to drive them trucks to Italy.

[@patodwyer721]

@Seamus Burke they were really heading into the unknown back then, bad roads, bad trucks, no mobile fones. Real truckers for sure. Thanks for the info.

[@gcfcos]

Fantastic video. Looked like a blood hard job back then. Couldn’t imagine doing it without sat nav!

[@hunzolee]

23:55 . Hard core trucker. Love it ! We use to work like that , but Dec-18-2018 all history. R.I.P logbook.

[@johna6968]

7:00 The right gear is in there somewhere

[@MediaFilter]

...Just keep grinding that motherfluffer until you get it! And now I know why so many 2nd hand vehicles are piles of shit.

[@COIcultist]

Diesel 5/- per gallon or £.025. Not £1.25 per litre plus. getting on for 23 times the price, don't think wages have quite kept up.

[@MikeFoxtrot1]

Broadcasted on RTE on 27/09/1973

[@santoslhalper6116]

That announcer's a fuckin' trip dude. Music too.

[@joanmccrann2165]

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

[@paulburke6347]

Joan Mc Crann, I’m happy to say my dad is alive and well.

[@diddleysquat6644]

@@paulburke6347 that’s good to hear, looks a real character

[@Jimmyjohnjoseph.]

Stoney died 12 years ago yes, that's my grandfather there ❤

[@lemonmeringuepie3000]

40+ years since this was aired, 20+ years since I started on the continent & I thought jayz not much has changed (apart from the physical roads - I can't imagine having to drive through Piccadilly Circus!) you still have the sweet talkin for the customs - where there is customs- truckstops, foreign food, feeling like an alien, monotony etc.

[@teed1]

+lemonmeringue pie mate i m not being funny but i ve been driving for years between germany and uk i m afraid to say that over here service areas has almost nothing for truck drivers other than mc donald, burger king, kfc etc i just can t believe that how crap services are in uk, even in romania serbia, turkey , bulgaria they serve proper hot food but nothings here!!! no1 has respect here towards hgv driver, its my expierence what i learnt was in years, no offence!!

[@lemonmeringuepie3000]

I hear you, just thank your lucky stars you don't have to come to Ireland. We dont have any bloody services for truckers. Cars can pull off the motorway and pop into cafés in towns and villages, most of whom have stopped truckers from doing so.

[@teed1]

i have never been to ireland but what ur saying is really shocking england is bad enough for me i really don t want to imagine how its like in ireland its so said, i hope it gets better for all uk!! u have nice roads but except the services!!

[@Sobig315-k7k]

lemonmeringue pie that's absolute bollocks

[@raymondosullivan1958]

@@teed1 and they wonder why there’s a shortage of drivers

[@guy4469]

oh ive broke my arm. but its ok my wagon is automatic and i can steer with one finger and i put my cruise controll on and my air conditioning and my sat nav tells were to turn and get me there, i dont know where there is, as i dont know how to read a map .... this is trucking today ..

[@Chemicalcruiser]

Thanks for sharing this fantastic film.

[@Sobig315-k7k]

Frank O' Toole Glad you enjoyed

[@neilrichards7622]

Great Video. I had a bet with myself how long it would take for the first anti-English comment. 1 minute in to Wales.

[@2500mike]

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

[@PaulStanton-d7u]

Yes,bet he could tell some tales! Safe to say he’s sadly no longer with us I bet however would love to have heard some of his tales of life on the road!

[@simontaylor2319]

Those were the intrepid days...nice number plate, but still the oversized steering wheel

[@MediaFilter]

"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..."

[@bubsterista6751]

Awesome beard! Hahaha!

[@folksinger2100]

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

[@sobig315]

There is a part2 to this Video.

[@chrisyboy666]

220bhp pulling 40 ton Jesus bet that was slow going

[@chrisyboy666]

I thought I was hard done by driving an F7 artic pulling 34 tonne of coal from the Durham coalfield to ferrybridge and drax on a daily basis 16 speed box and 16 gear changes per minute how time’s have changed

[@MediaFilter]

Did you hear that fuel consumption the narrator mentions? 1 gallon per 6.5 miles, that's around 45l per 100km.

[@cal7204]

thats nice thanks for posting it..

[@tamastorok8512]

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

[@Freddieboy979]

Alan is there anywhere we can obtain this footage? Our company directors father is the refrigeration engineer in the video and we would really like to get this video. Kind Regards

[@guy4469]

wheres that mechanics pink gloves and high vis vest ,and mobile.

[@davemould5868]

GR8, also no Sat Nav and no automatic trucks.🤔👏👏👏👏👍

[@user-vj7nw3pe4i]

Its Eurohaul from Dublin

[@toothpickjohnny5244]

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

[@seamusburke9101]

A tenner for taking your life in your hands. Fuck that!

[@carlnapp4412]

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!

[@gwill983]

Thought he was trying to stir a pot of soup!😂

[@brianbarrett3012]

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[@GsHd-ud9mx]

لقد اختفى في أواخر الثمانينيات Zf

[@keithkerr7993]

I wonder if Stoney is still with us?

[@damienhill6383]

He is .. 😊😊

[@Jimmyjohnjoseph.]

He died 12 years ago unfortunately, I'm his grandson ❤

[@joemac680]

cant seem to this fil to play anyone know where else i can get it, ver keen to see it ,thank ..

[@josephwhirlwind6086]

In those days no refugees yet jumping on or under the truck, i guess ? ( i was only 10 in 1974, long time ago )

[@chrishague8063]

Brill❤

[@davidshering4642]

40 tons on 4 axles when we were running 32.5? Bout right for Irish l guess

[@grahammander3653]

My mate Danny is in this video :D

[@ON8EI]

Lovely video, thanks for showing it to us. I wonder where Stoney is now???

[@reecegillick9009]

Jd transport

[@damienhill6383]

He's still here in Dublin, effectively retired from the coaches, looking after his wife ..

[@Jimmyjohnjoseph.]

​@@damienhill6383I think you got mixed up there, Patrick Burke also known as stoney passed away 12 years ago, I'm the grandson here showing this video to his wife (my granny)

[@Jimmyjohnjoseph.]

Stoney has sadly passed away 12 years ago now, he was my grandfather, was just showing my nan this (his wife)

[@damienhill6383]

@@Jimmyjohnjoseph. No problem, my friend is John 'Stoney' Burke or Bourke, he was out there too in the old days ...

[@MultiBrac]

what is the name of the tune in the beginning, where a men's choir is singing? it sound great

[@sobig315]

The Italian job Theme (Self Preservation Society) Its from the "Italian Job" with Micheal Cain,

[@MultiBrac]

+AlanMcG68 late reply hehe, but the tune starts at @5:25 is it from the Italian Job? It sound like a Celtic men's choir?

[@michaeldoyle1007]

@@MultiBrac the welsh national anthem

[@thebeast2746]

AlanMcG68 it’s the welsh national anthem 🙄

[@De_Bars_Gullible_Travels]

AlanMcG68 Howdee sir,could you go into settings and allow mobile devices to view it....love to watch it!!! Thanks chief....

[@jkenter1068]

nice video

[@Simon-390]

40 ton on four axles ? I don't think so ?

[@seamusburke9101]

Of coarse you don't think so cause you're one of the new breed of steering wheel attendants who'd be scared shirtless to put one foot outside the line.

[@davidobrien1418]

Who was the truck company? .great video

[@user-vj7nw3pe4i]

Euro freight or Eurohaul they were in Tallaght

[@seamusburke9101]

Euro freight and Eurohaul are two different companies.

[@jackrambo1999]

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

[@Sobig315-k7k]

Sorry fella did you leave a comment for me?

[@Sobig315-k7k]

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

[@Sobig315-k7k]

@Seamus Burke John is a taxi driver based up at the square in Tallaght.. Absolute gentleman he is.. I worked with him at Sydney Coopers in Dublin back in the day.. Some great lads worked there.. 👍🏾😊😊

[@580hd]

Me father was with shanahans for years..jack devine

[@colinmcdaniel8258]

class

[@milestone_achiever4634]

1974?? The footage looks digitized. You sure it's not from like 1991 or so???

[@stoufer2000]

Truck is from 74 ish.. Motorways in Kent by the 90's

[@raymondosullivan1958]

I think trucks were much better in 1991 than the ones in this video

[@MediaFilter]

The trucks, the clothes, the hairstyles, the social behaviour, the coal and iron mills still visibly operating (smoke stacks) in Wales before the mines were shut down and the local economy crashed... everything in this video bespeaks the '70s, nothing like the '90s. Obviously the footage is "digitized" (to use a very 1980's / 1990's term) or it wouldn't be on KZbin!

[@seamusburke9101]

It was actually aired in September 1973, I remember it well.

[@BarnaBob1]

Does anyone know of Stoney Burkes where abouts now?

[@seamusburke9101]

Stoney died some years ago.

[@damienhill6383]

@@seamusburke9101 No, not true ..

[@seamusburke9101]

@@damienhill6383 you sure about that. I must've went to the wrong funeral.

[@Jimmyjohnjoseph.]

Paddy or Patrick Burke also known as stoney died 12 years ago unfortunately, that's my grandfather there! Great to look back and see this

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

6:15 better than Hollywood eh

[@tridbant]

A bit of a cynical commentator.

[@seamusburke9101]

Yeah that was Paddy Gallagher, he wasn't very respectful of the drivers either. He was a notorious bollucks.

[@stephenmiller3698]

Fourty Ton To be Shure

[@deanstanley5799]

Wasn’t the healthiest of professions then was it