Up & Down Mont Blanc

[shaunthesheep2011]

roll on August 2012 ! im going through the tunnel from the French side. Hopefully i dont get caught up in that traffic :-(

[DanW900]

why do you have to go through a heat detector?

[MisterStrood]

@DanW900 Read about it : type Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire 1999

[TheBostonTrucker]

Great job on this video! Bet there must be a lot of accidents on that road.

[22timingram]

Not too dissimillar from the Snake Pass..... Only quite a bit longer. Is European work easier than just UK?

[Coffeeholic8]

@22timingram It's all easy.

[TheHairybaz]

nice one knocker! im lucky if i get to altens now. and thats on a good day when when i get out of the yard

[knippie92]

did you had a retarder or did you onley use the motorbrake and de normal brake ??

[jules19168]

work asked me if i go to milan in truck, do you have to pay a tax when get into italy, or do you just drive straight throu , no stopping, plus what is the cost to get throu the tunnell, hgv . what sort of price is it for car

[MrBoharuOctavian]

verry nice video

regards from Romania!

[nodrogriew]

How long have you been trucking

[Coffeeholic8]

@nodrogriew almost 27 years, the first 5 years was UK only though.

[imprezatuner]

why does the video looks so fake, i know its real though

[Coffeeholic8]

@imprezatuner In what way does it look fake. I can assure you it is real footage

[imprezatuner]

@Coffeeholic8 You got me wrong.i said looks fake and i know its real. because the grafics are like 3D games. These are ofcourse camera settings at which its is filmed.I love the video and i have respect for this profession and people in it,may be because its my dream to be in this business.

[Coffeeholic8]

@imprezatuner Nothing to do with the camera settings, the camera is just set to 'normal'. I change things in the editing process such as colour.

[imprezatuner]

@Coffeeholic8 There you are....hahaa colour settings changed while editing, Thats what caught my eye, the colours and graphics are more like a game in this video. I dont know if you have third generation gaming experience.

[Coffeeholic8]

@imprezatuner I don't, but I do have lots of movie and TV watching experience. :-)

[daf95xf430]

It was great to see that bit on the twisty section which passes about 500ft above the old steelworks, on what used to be the 2 way stretch of road. I used to smile as I saw all the paint and scratch marks on that high concrete wall where wagons had been forced right over to the right as summat came eastbound. I sometimes met one coming the other way but having a drawbar made it easier to pass sans probleme.A cracking video Neil, Gets me all nostalgic for past glories.

[SFtruckerWolf]

Many times I have been driving also there. Missing those days.

[jamesbonde1487]

same here



[frxvt]

one mont blanc downhill run and ur brakes are over

[williamwallacee]

i have been in the mont blanc tunnel. on my way to italy, it was a great holiday.

[SFtruckerWolf]

Have you been driving also over the Simplon pass?

[SB9P4]

thank you .nice video.

[joaohd1994]

From Portugal, i´m a trucks passion and i love this video. Very nice road to do on motorcycle to and, adventure. Thank you.

[meydanli52]

ORDU TUNNEL beatiful east black sea TÜRKİYE

[axmh]

Is it always heavy traffic queues on both sides of the tunnels, I mean on the Italian part and the French part?

There must be a better and quicker way than through the tunnel which I suppose is the long windy road?

[checco0085]

nice video.

[BudleighSaltertonBoy]

Whats the purpose of the heat detector before you enter the tunnel?

[aug2465]

to check u aint gona catch fire in the tunnel

[johnafanny]

i think it was after a truck caught fire a few years back and killed a lot of people these should detect unordinary heat excessive engine heat /electrics or a cigarette slowly catching fire in the back i may be wrong but this is what i had been told down there?

[QuickieRA]

Very nice video.. thanks from Slovakia

[TheRammo]

Watch Bosnia

[trancedspirit]

it is so like this where i live..

[heru0105]

great and useful info. thanks from Indonesia

[batiscopa]

Euro 3 for me!

[livefreeinuk1]

i took my range rover sport there last xmas.great ride through that area

[kellyboy0077]

nice video thanks from ireland

[madein0]

很棒的隧道

[oetlul6666]

Great video

[alyx112]

nice video you are good 5/5

[kezdo]

Cool video, Gratulation. :)

[meydanli52]

ORDU tunnel super black sea turkıye

[bigqman123]

i'm coming out there no jobs in detroit, michigan usa

[maurokayak]

Excelent video hermano, what a nice ride

[benztrucker]

Hey Coffeholic8! Do you ever go south of Italy? During the week i´m usally around Bari, Pescara or Taranto coming over the Brenner route.Sometimes over St. Bernadino if going to Milan or Turin. Where abouts is your depot? I do allot of U.K. as well Tyne area Ft. William or Inverness.

[ciypriyan]

nice video

[elcorrado]

Good man, keep her choppin, I have a good video of my little r580 through the frejus, I put it up when I get a chance.

[marc20008]

Great video mate i use to go with my dad in the 90s for a mounth at a time and that run up and down there is just amazing thanks for a great video

[dagenhamdave77]

Great video, more please, safe trucking buddy, keep `er lit

[tubbymarshall]

i used to do this run regularly in the mid '90's. happy days. this took me straight back. i do miss it. the scenery was spectacular. you dont realise how nice it was until you watch something like this. thanks.

[notalee]

Lets have some more videos please! Get the book, its great.

[dad000011]

use to with my brother in law tony in his maggie 310 what fun when everybodys driving scanias,dafs but happy days in chrisio getting pissed although we lost him at 49 i wont those days trucking with him. all the best

[bigqman123]

how much does a trucker in europe get paid per kilometer?

[becky334]

its hard to go up and down a mountain right? ive seen a daf space cab getting stuck in the italian mountains. good video bro

take care becky

[benztrucker]

If there is no oncoming traffic no problem at all. Don´t know whats after the next turnpike thats when most accedent take place!

[becky334]

yeah i know how is it with the law of the mountain roads there? honk your horn before going into a hidden bend with no clear sight through? correct me if iam wrong.

take care Becky.

[benztrucker]

No correction needed you are right!The only law I have seen in the mountains is the horn and flashing lights law! The experience of the other drivers which could be zero should be taken into consideration. Cortina,Biella,Grezzana,Feltre­, No laws exsist for these mountain roads.

[becky334]

ok thanks for the information. its nice in the mountains isnt it. I lived there for a year and i loved it. take care becky

[Tracymmo]

Nice video. A friend of mine from the Haute Savoie was a long distance trucker in the 80s. He told me how steep this was. I believe that one of his stories about having trouble slowing down/stopping was from descending on the French side, having to use one of the safety exit paths or whatever your call them.

He also remembered twice seeing an Italian border agent asleep at night with a stamp on a table that said "Stamp your papers." HA!

[nakrat]

Very Nice Video !

[clovoss]

Muy buen video, prueben ver este video y escuchar la cancion de (La factoria - si alguna vez) hace muy buena combinacion.

Saludos a todos!!!!

[gfirl]

excellent ch,great video.

greg here.this brings back memories to me,i did this road for 25 years dublin...italy all the time,i remember when it was 2 way.

i was there before christmes 2006 again.

[ErikasTGX]

WAITING FOR YOUR 2008 VIDEOS ! 5/5 you're the best videos maker on youtube !

[dad000011]

good video,use to go to italy in my late brother in laws daf space cab 3600,f12, strato. happy days,keep on truckin

[kimmijo]

good vid -- the French side reminds me of Washington state, overcast and rainy

[saints01703]

well done neil another cracker.

[Jim7966]

Great video. Just finished reading your book (for the second time). Any chance of volume 2?

[filip94germany]

--your the best video typer like always ;P

[ragman95xf]

Brilliant vid.Nice smooth ride as well.After watching this i think it might be time to go back behind the wheel again,it brough back lots of fond memories..

[hanvwj]

great vid. keep on trucking.

[cinbad27]

Just interested,you have to have your vehicle go thru a heat sensor before going thru the tunnel? All vehicles or just trucks? Why? I don`t think they do that in the USA.Just wondering...Cinbad

[Coffeeholic8]

Cars don't pass through a heat sensor. The sensor was brought in after a fire in the tunnel in March 1999 in which 39 people lost their life. A truck from Belgium carrying margarine caught fire, the blaze lasted for 56 hours and reached temperatures of 1,000 °C (1,832°F)

[unknown4691]

the truck involved was a volvo...the truck also carried flowers...the fire started from the cab when the truck stopped

[rushman1966]

Expat Brit truck driver living in the USA now. Loved that, brought back a few memories. Always prefered the Blanc to Frejus. Wish it would've shown "The Wall of Death" on the French down side though. Good vid.

[truckertwotimes]

Beautiful Scenery and Vid. Well done, I like Coffee.......

[Iridium725]

stunning

[IMPRESSIONS20]

Very well presented video. What is the background music please?

[Coffeeholic8]

Nothing you would know, it was something I put together in a music editing programme just for this video.

[mckerralj1]

going the other way doesnt look much fun though .tailbacks!!!

[patsyh]

Excellent video

[rogertrucker]

Wow I miss driving trucks in Europe. You don't get this in Canada or the US. This video is very well done mate.

[DIESEL1844]

been a long time since i went threw mont blanc nearly 10yrs brings back a few laughs lol

[tboydtrucker]

Wonderful. It makes me want to come there and drive!!!

Hey, how would I get on as a driver there?? any advice??

[jimboy124]

well mr hobbs. its a bit differant than dublin!!

[tintinmedtin]

I can only see the first 52 seconds - they're also good.. Sad I can't see it all..

[dougieplus]

nice .keep posting plz and thanks for posting

[paul73188]

use this route most weeks. but cant say as i'd video it. you should try the simplon pass that would raise the hairs on your neck

[Coffeeholic8]

I've been over the Simplon many times, just never with the camera.

[jackSpl]

Nice video. Thanks!!

[TruckerLlew]

Excellent Video Coffee! Beautiful scenery. A few of the images remind me a bit of Colorado or California. How steep is the downhill side? In the U.S. we use the "grade" system in percentage. 7% 8% 9% etc. Do you use the same system of describing how steep a downgrade is? If not, what system do you use?

[Coffeeholic8]

Same system. The first part of the descent is 7%, then a section of 4% followed by another section of 7%

[smedsbo86]

Awsome video! And of course a swedish truck =)