With your experience on driving on these type of roads this an eye opener for anyone who is going to start their European driving career fair play to you for putting this video out.👍👍
Thanks for this vlog my old man had a brake failure on this road 25 yrs ago. It very nearly ended driving days. Will show him this as all other videos. Have been coming up
Hi mate,I’ve been an o/d for over 25 years now and although I’ve been over to Ireland I’ve never done any European,just wanted to say I really rate your videos and you give all that you experience with enthusiasm and positivity which is rare thing within the Haulage industry,so I thank you for that just keep on trucking baby 👍
Thank you again for this very educational video It is fantastic, because every who see this vlog can understand why a truck have to go slowly from a sttep flow. Actually everyone who drives a car motor, or even a moped should see it!
Just come back from a holiday in Chamonix, I was in a car travelling down that road from Les Houches to Saint-Gervais. A scary road, and I wasn't even driving. Take the train over that viaduct, it's even worse if you don't like heights.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane mate great times with my dad in 3300 space cab daf passing through there was never at school just love that life 👍👍👍
Excellent!!!! Certainly challenging conditions and no place for a 'she'll be right mate' attitude. If I had my time over again this is the second of two places I would most liked to have visited - the other is the Panama Canal. Intrigued by the capacity for people to 'build things' and this extends to the Millau Bridge which you showed us several videos before. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Hi Dave, I think the unknowing person will think , that’s not to bad,until you’ve done it, you’ll never know, I used to crap myself coming down that road, & we were only 32ton back then. Stay safe mate
Sorry i have a question little out context regarding the subject of the video but, if your running the continenent the majority of the time why not a lhd unit. Crackin informative video's btw.
Great video. I stick these on when in the gym on the x trainer. Keep max 30 mins that’s great for my cardio.l . Question What gear down the mountain and show us how the retarder works. Cheers
Its a bit over dramatic "road of death", as said keep it steady and under control even if the locals do fly past, but I never tire of going the Mont Blanc route, stunning scenery regardless of time of year and a bit more involving than sat on the Autoroute on cruise control, also far easier if you have a few extra BHP for the weight and a decent retarder not an exhaust brake and , but many companies don't specify such things.
David frajours is fine both sides up or down ,but the Mont if you hit that wall its mad it will rip the trailor just loose it its mad i love freijors ,But i like parking up at chamoneux near the Hospital lots off tourist but its expensive but its beautifull .
Brilliant! Driven that many times at max weight. My balls were shrinking just remembering the view down from a RHD truck. Especially at the Wall of Death. GoPro just doesn’t give the drop or the steepness of the hill any justice.
I know we're you are coming from, I had a load move on my trailer, rope and sheeted, I went over, very scary. I wasn't speeding on the roundabout, just badly loaded by another driver. Fortunately no one was hurt. 20 ton of beer all over the road, what a waste. Drive safe mate.👍
David love your blogs but us old drivers have had a good laugh at this one,that run down from the tunnel is something I have not seen in many years and it is a pussy cat compaired to what it used to be like,when you have 5 mins have a look at Mont Cenis ,now you cannot drive that anymore we used to go up and down that to avoid the Mont Blanc tunnel, maybe see if you can find a older driver who did italy runs say back in the 70's they will have a load of very true stories.
