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MF168, unusual question.

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  • #62
    DarByrne1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭DarByrne1980


    theemigrant wrote: »
    Friend of mines father used to drive from close to enfield to the guinness factory to collect the used brewers hops etc every saturday morning on a super dexta with no cab.

    now that is a tough tough man - id say he was blue with the cold by the time he got to dublin. was this the days before fancsy motorways and the like?


  • #63
    Kevhog1988
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    DarByrne1980 wrote: »
    now that is a tough tough man - id say he was blue with the cold by the time he got to dublin. was this the days before fancsy motorways and the like?


    Yep would have been the old road to dublin, as far as inknow they had to go through all the small towns bypassed by the new n4


  • #64
    royalmeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭royalmeath


    I know of another man who drove up from Castlebar to meath to a new land commision farm back 50 years or more ago


  • #65
    Farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    Remember while on summer work unloading straw which was delivered by 4255 from Tullamore to Cavan. I thought that was a long drive up & back only stopping to unload


  • #66
    DarByrne1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭DarByrne1980


    theemigrant wrote: »
    Yep would have been the old road to dublin, as far as inknow they had to go through all the small towns bypassed by the new n4

    great story. imagine that big hill in lucan from the old road heading into town. pure mule hard driving without a cab.


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  • #67
    westwicklow
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    DarByrne1980 wrote: »
    ....imagine that big hill in lucan from the old road heading into town. pure mule hard driving without a cab.

    The stuff of legends!!


  • #68
    paddysdream
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    Most of the above were once off things.
    A few around here drew beet to Mallow factory for the last campaign with tractors.Think its about 120 miles or so.
    They were doing a good few loads.Know all had at least 40k box tractors etc but still a long day with a big load on busy roads.


  • #69
    westwicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭westwicklow


    paddysdream wrote: »
    Most of the above were once off things.
    A few around here drew beet to Mallow factory for the last campaign with tractors.Think its about 120 miles or so.
    They were doing a good few loads.Know all had at least 40k box tractors etc but still a long day with a big load on busy roads.

    It surely is a long drive even at 40k! Lucky they did not have to go to the back of a queue when they got there or there wouldn't be very many loads put in per day/night.


  • #70
    paddysdream
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    westwicklow wrote: »
    It surely is a long drive even at 40k! Lucky they did not have to go to the back of a queue when they got there or there wouldn't be very many loads put in per day/night.

    It was a load a day.Think it was about 10 hours in total on the road.Leave at 4,land in Mallow at 9 to 10,wash out,get the breakfast and home for the tea before 6.Then load again for the next day.


  • #71
    westwicklow
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    paddysdream wrote: »
    It was a load a day.Think it was about 10 hours in total on the road.Leave at 4,land in Mallow at 9 to 10,wash out,get the breakfast and home for the tea before 6.Then load again for the next day.

    Ahh the good old days and mind them new tyres ha ha ha ha


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