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Post by Craazyforadam on Feb 5, 2018 13:18:58 GMT -5
] Oh, and I am glad that I don't have to spend that much time on the road. Going from Spain to DE or wherever the next stop is, without France or at least Switzerland to have a stopover, alone is insanity, imo. Yes, I would plan a stopover as well. But I‘m not a truck-driver. When I look at all the trucks on German Highways, many, many of them just cross our country. It’s simply normal for truck-drivers to have these long tours. And when I drive from Berlin to Milan it takes about 10 hours, to Rome 14 hours. Not really a problem. I assume, you are not driving a truck though? Last year, I was driving a nice little VW Golf through Austria, and you can cruise whatever the speed limit allows, but you are passing the trucks by the thousands, that are crawling up and down those hills. And I am talking freeways, where you typically will find 6-8 % inclines, so nothing that your car will even notice. Skashep, no your plan is probably very much right in many parts, just not that Norway one. And why they are not doing France, I totally don't get. They could do Lyon instead of Paris, or Geneva, or whatever, that all would make sense. The way it is, they have already set themselves up for a lot of road travel. Actually, to such extent that I thought they'd hire a cargo plane for some of it. I just assumed that in the end that was better than rolling those 21 trucks all over Europe, which does not come free either. But what do I know. The only thing I am going by is a friend of mine who told me it would cost you about $2 million to get a cargo jumbo jet from the East Coast to central Europe and back, and that is just the plane hire, typical average airport fees, an all the administrative and transport crap that I know nothing about. I naively assumed that you could load the freight of this QAL tour on one jumbo jet, and the distance is far less, so there you go. What is a million bucks to those guys. Or so I thought and as you can see, I am having enormously scientific ways putting my thoughts together. Anyhow, as compared to me, they would actually have experience with some of this, because in Asia you have to do it that way, don't you? ERA: And thank you happy for reminding me to eventually hand this website back to those who would like to talk AL instead of European truck logistics. Me bad.... will do...
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Post by nightowl on Feb 5, 2018 13:25:07 GMT -5
The things you learn on Atop! Now I know lots more about driving trucks across Europe! lol I've never heard about truck restrictions on highways before. It doesn't happen in Canada, except maybe a lane restriction on some of the expressways. LOL. (And I think you might have less traffic in Canada? I hate to drive on our highways (autobahn) on weekdays, because , when you have three lanes, two are often occupied by trucks. One is at least. It’s sometimes even hard to drive off the highway, because there is no room between them...)
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Post by skaschep on Feb 5, 2018 13:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by nightowl on Feb 5, 2018 14:03:08 GMT -5
Do we have any idea, where Adam is? I just saw on Instagram that Neil (Queen’s bass-player) was Recording in a studio today... Nothing indicates that it has anything to do with Adam. I would just wish, that they Queen boys would finally record something with Adam.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 14:05:18 GMT -5
The NA Tour did Edmonton to Denver, over 2000 KM! One day in between. I think they’ve done this enough so they have this figured out, ladies!
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Post by nightowl on Feb 5, 2018 14:08:42 GMT -5
The NA Tour did Edmonton to Denver, over 2000 KM! One day in between. I think they’ve done this enough so they have this figured out, ladies! But not on a Sunday in Europe 😉. And yes, that was the long tour I meant.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 14:10:39 GMT -5
The NA Tour did Edmonton to Denver, over 2000 KM! One day in between. I think they’ve done this enough so they have this figured out, ladies! But not on a Sunday in Europe 😉. And yes, that was the long tour I meant. I still say they know what they’re doing ! And if they can do over 2000 KM with one day in between, 1200 would be easy peasy!
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Post by nightowl on Feb 5, 2018 14:12:26 GMT -5
But not on a Sunday in Europe 😉. And yes, that was the long tour I meant. I still say they know what they’re doing ! Of course they do. 👍 But it’s interesting to learn, how many details need to be considered.
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Post by marionm on Feb 5, 2018 14:32:07 GMT -5
Does anyone remember how much the standing tickets for Vienna and Munich were last November? I have a question as I'm searching about my travel plans...Is Hamburg-Altona dangerous, as I would be traveling alone^^...also it seems to be outside the city center, where the tourist attractions are?
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Post by AnnAdoresAdam on Feb 5, 2018 14:36:22 GMT -5
The NA Tour did Edmonton to Denver, over 2000 KM! One day in between. I think they’ve done this enough so they have this figured out, ladies! In theory, yes. But however experienced they are it's entirely possible they don't know the law in Germany about trucks not being allowed on the autobahn on Sundays. If the situation has never arisen before it simply wouldn't occur to them. In the same way I still vividly remember nearly getting wiped out on my bicycle in Germany because as a Brit I had no idea about the "give way to the right" rule. It never occurred to me that the rules of the road could be completely different.
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