Mercedes Sprinter - Tuesday Run to Glasgow 

I wished I could be sent there more often sometimes, but its very expensive sending couriers to Scotland, they have to be really desperate for that kind of service...ha ha Many thanks for riding with me Patrick, always a pleasure for me. Take care Pat :-)

Thank you, nice to have you come for a ride to bonny Scotland. :-))

A lovely day for a trip to Glasgow Paul.....love the lights...suits you sir!....Thanks again for a very enjoyable run out with the Master....Keep Safe.....Bob

Great video. I've missed your trips! Thanks for sharing.

Always a pleasure on this end as well Paul, hope your week is smooth sailing for you.!

Aye Bob it was that, marvellous and sunny all the way, just one of those very enjoyable trips that come my way every once in a while. Blame ebay for the lights...ha ha, one thing leading to another and so on... No mistaking me in the dark now thats for sure. Thanks for taking a ride once again Bob, keep warm...Paul :-)

Thanks Ian, its not so often I get sent this far north myself these days, quite a rare treat for me was this job. Suppose thats why I enjoyed the journey so much, and the weather was nice too. :-) Loving the old money rating. :-)

Yes a new addition. We had some small amounts of snow around central england, but the worst was around the south and east side of england. Its been very cold here with Eastern winds from Siberia coming our way, giving us minus temperatures. Im sooo looking forward to summertime...ha ha - Thanks Jobergg

Many many thanks Walter, another UK experience for you. :-)

Thanks for such kind words, in recent months I've been very busy doing other stuff, but besides, I haven't had any new material to be able to turn into a half decent video, Just mundane runs, or trips into London, where I've covered the city in previous films. Happy easter...Paul :-)

it miss me to go there Paul Scotland is one of my favorite destination...there are some of my colleagues who had a trip to glasgow during the last weeks...i have missed one...-(( good video as always Paul thanks for sharing Pat

The Light bars, they look amazing! Awesome! Im trying to convince my dad to make orange lights in the sidebars of his van haha. Nice vid Paul!

Thanks for the ride Paul!!......Mike

Great video; the Sprinter with the new lights looks very nice! ciao,,

Thank you, must admit Im very pleased with them myself - Thanks for watching and commenting. :-))

I guess that explains a lot, more weight, smaller footprint = more axles to distribute the load, that's what it sounds like. On a side note, one thing I have always marveled at is the incredible turning radius of Euro and UK rigs (smaller streets and alleyways there of course) but knowing that doesn't help when you are struggling to wrestle an articulated trailer around in a tight space here in the US! Thanks Paul. By the way, the British Ministry for Transport website is a funhouse!

Very nice Paul ! Enjoyed every moment of it ;)

Hello Brian, that configuration of articulated trailer is one of the most common sights on our roads, europe too. Tri-axle trailers with air suspension, allows for 44 tonnes gross vehicle weight as the law stands right now. Its quite rare to see anything different, thats not counting specialist trailers like low loaders, or old stuff. One downside is, ruts or troughs in roads that are formed as a result of this setup because they are used by lots of heavy trucks with this configuration. Paul :-)

Grazie Tony, sempre un piacere avere venite con me. Fate attenzione e hanno una bella settimana. Paolo :-)

Great video Paul... I miss the trips to Scotland

thanks for the ride, Good video Paul

Many thanks Jurgen - Happy Easter from England :-)

Great Video Mate, I like the shot of the local Dewsbury and Proud crane on the motorway :)

awesome Paul, a new great video.... keep them coming :-)

Good to see the old Merc back on the road... I see you have made some nice Modifications, too (after seeing that Sprinter at TruckFest)!;)

Thank you and best of luck finding work, not easy in these economic times.

A great ride Paul have not been on here too much but I seen your video so thought I would check it out and very nice the same as you normally do great. funny at the end on your left cars parked facing both ways! that would get you a ticket here for parking facing the wrong way LOL

Thank you, Im only too happy you had a very nice experience. :-)

Thank you Mr Eric, your very kind with your comments. Sorry no Sitra on this journey, maybe next time. You too have a good week...Paul :-)

Pau another good video thanks

wooohoo a new video iam always happy about new videos 04:22 nice old scania v8 143M no SITRA truck :/ but a nice video my friend have a wonderful wednesday my friend eric

I sure did son...ha ha - was a pleasure to head north with such fine weather conditions on my side, in fact all day long, we had glorious sunshine, albeit mixed in with salt dust and cold wind. That Langside Rd is in 3 parts apparently, I typed in No2, which placed me at the wrong end...durrr :-) After asking a Polish girl, and a native Glaswegian, I got there in the end.phew! - Cheers Andy

Did you notice a very rare occurrence in this video Paul ?? The weather got better as you headed north.......lol Glad you finally made your destination mucker. Andy... ;-)

Thanks for a great comment Slawek, keep happy, and travel safely...Paul :-)

Oh my, I DID try the British Department for Transportation; it's even more of a labyrinth than I imagined! The answers a surely there, as you say, finding them is another matter, at least for me!

Couldn't agree with you more, I used to drive a Volkswagen lt dropside when I worked with the forestry so it was up and down muddy roads and I still kept it clean! my dad's sprinter isn't his so I don't think he cares, but it's annoying to see a nice van get mis-treated.

Welcome aboard once again Wayne, nothing much has changed except I haven't done much filming lately, nothing new to film to be honest, plus other commitments etc - You know how it goes... As for parking, that street is a 2 way street, so no problems at all about parking facing in dif directions. Only in a 1 way street would you see all the parked cars facing the same way. Greetings to Canada. :-))

nice new light. nice video:)

Thats "Jayne" the standard resident female voice on TomTom's. I've tried other voices in the past, even comedy voices, but I always go back to Jayne...lol - Its her bossiness that I like, straight talking and no messing... lol

Nice comment, thank you. Yes I must admit I do take care of my van, its in my DNA, never been any different, even as a very young driver with old bangers to drive around in. I have to wash them and generally keep them clean looking, its akin to wearing clean clothes for me. As someone once told me, "anyone can live in the Gutter..." tis true! - Besides forklift drivers also take extra care when near my van, they always think its NEW..lol

that's exactly what I used to do :-) every Friday, back to the yard unload the tools and give the van a quick spray, annoyed me sitting outside my house filthy haha! another thing I've noticed in your videos your sat nav gets a bit confused in Glasgow eh? I live just outside Glasgow and I loath driving up there!

No I don't get sent up there very often these days, shame really as I always enjoy a scottish run, but having said that, because I don't get to go there too often, I enjoy it all the more when I do go. Yes lm liking my lights too, out of the many thousands of white vans out there, mine stands out just a little bit more, especially when its dark..lol - Thanks once again...Paul :-)

Very cold here in England right now, with Siberian winds taking the temp down to minus figures. :-)

Thank you Ean, your welcome, Have a nice week now...Paul :-)

after seen ur other videos i thought it was game u were playing but this video is a lot better

Enjoyed that Paul. I don't get further north than Carlisle these days :-( 5 star in old money.

Yeah I was only about 1/2 a mile out, but it was a funny road, sort of broken up into 3 chunks, and I got the wrong chunk..ha ha - You try speaking to your contact to get talked in on a mobile phone, he has a thick Glaswegian accent and his phone keeps fading in and out..fun times... lol. Weather was brilliant all day long, both going and returning home. I did remember hearing about the east coast having crap weather that day... Cheers John :-)

Thanks Alberto - Hola Spain :-)

Thanks Brian, always a pleasure chatting to you - As for British Ministry web site, I keep well away from it...ha ha - Have a nice day. :-)

Bit of sun , mostly dry roads , lots of trucks on the road , so like here in The Netherlands I think the economy is not too bad in the U.K. , but summer's not here yet , 6 inches of snow in the south here , brrrr....

Thanks Tony, I'm certain you are right, all the answers could be found there, I was simply hoping that my friend Paul had an opinion! Nice to see another Sprinter vid, eh?

Seeing a new van, or car get mistreated is so disrespectful in my view, usually by people who haven't had to spend many thousands buying the vehicle in the first place. Its said you can tell a lot about a person by the way they keep their vehicle, be it clean and tidy, or dirty and battered looking. Im with you, no matter what job it does, its not difficult to throw a bucket of water over it every once in a while. I can do mine in 10 mins, using just cold water, and a hosepipe / brush, job done.

Thank you :-)

Yes I got the side bars first, ebay, and local too, but then it needed something to finish off the front and rear end, so I ended up spending a little more money than I envisaged....ha ha. - I like those Xenon lights, but if I buy anything else, the only thing I would really like is a dark tinted sun visor for the front screen. :-)

Мерседес смотрится великолепно:-)))))))

Cheers Mike, my pleasure. :-)

Well Paul you finally managed to find your destination,i heard you curse yourself LOL,Got some good weather on that trip,little different to mine when i went to Hull on the same day it was thick fog all the way from Scarborough to Hull,it was bloody cold too........

Is that front lightbar and the red high mounted tail lamps new? Nice to see you had good weather, we just got another load with snow here yesterday :(

This film began around 6:45 in the morning, so this was all normal for that time of day, It does eventually die down, he says..ha ha - I try my hardest to keep cool whilst driving, regarding temper, it doesn't always work believe me...lol :-)

smashing looking van, if only my old boy kept his sprinter in as good nick, his is just a dogs body!

There is many a time when my sat nav goes into meltdown, I just ignore it sometimes if I know where I am or where Im going...lol :-)

I JUST noticed something that has slipped past me on every other English vid I've seen yours included... In the US tractor/trailer rigs almost always have two axles on the the trailer... I was stunned to see three axles on almost all the trailers, if not every single one I saw! Never noticed... is this due to weight restrictions per axle in some areas, or something else?

You add more lights on your van.Looks not bad.You should to put,a xenon lights on headlamp.Nice trip,again.

frohe ostern in das eingeschneite england aus dem verschneiten berlin grüße jürgen

Do you often run up to Scotland Paul? The extra light's on your Sprinter look really nice and I liked the sunrise too:)

Hi paul...Have a nice week.... ;-))

Quite the traffic snarl even so early at first... traffic calmed area? Did I read that right? No road rage??? LOL

I bet you do too, and all the wheel changes too...haha

Thank you, I will try... :-)))

Yes you know how it goes, one thing leads to another...ha ha - Sure can spot me in the dark these days. :-)

Ha ha...thank you my Italian friend. :-))

Your trucks are longer in length than ours :-)

Спасибо, я тоже так думаю. :-)))

Indeed!;)

And in the end I may see if I can't just fathom the reason via the BDoT.

280 mile and 5 hours driving to be precise..lol :-)

nice video.i have a mercedes sprinter xlwb and am looking for job.

a long way from home.

Thank you, nice eh? :-))

I like the sound of your satnav, mine doesn't sound quite as sexy and forgiving, if fact she is down right bossy at times.

Just for you my son...ha ha :-)

I know exactly what you mean whitbyjet :-)

Wow, 44 tons or tonnes exceeds US gross weight for that type of rig by 4 tons!

Thank you - :-)