S.PLH Attends the TruckersFM January Convoy!!

(10.1.21)

Last weekend saw the first major community event of 2021, the TruckersFM monthly convoy! And Sgt. Pepper's Long Haulage rolled out in force and proved they can hang with the big boys!

For S.PLH however, the day's trucking started a little earlier, beginning where our last convoy Sunday left off, Iași in Romania. We collected in the Dom depot while everyone got set up, with a nervous excitement for what was to come later.

S.PLH Gathered in Iasi

First Convoy Route, Iași > Erfurt

As the darkness of night gave way to the dawn of a new day, we began to leave, bound for Erfurt, Germany, the start location of the TruckersFM Convoy, 1800km away. The convoy left smoothly, heading for the border crossing to leave the Black Sea area, near Szeged.

All except for Sgt. Pepper of course, who managed to have an incident with a member of the public before even leaving the first industry....

You Had Your Time Sir... clip

Crossing the border into Hungary

S.PLH en-route

As the convoy rolled through the twists and turns of the beautiful Romanian scenery, we made progress towards our first gas stop between Szeged and Budapest on the M5, with some truckers more distracted than others, SJO_8164 managed to roll rubber side up at a small roundabout, with Pepper becoming embedded in a barrier at the side of the road!

Not the best camera angle clip

S.PLH at the first gas stop.

Gas stop between Szeged and Budapest

We timed our approach to the first gas stop to perfection, as the server was having stability issues. This gave us chance to park up and take a quick break. As the server stabilized we regrouped and were joined by a couple more SPLH members, Ismo, and Shibait. We wasted no time once the server was stable again and set off in an effort to get the start of the TruckersFM route on time.

Making swift progress through the countryside

Pepper rolls.. again

Splash and dash at the second gas stop

As we rushed through Austria, conscious of the time as we approached the beginning of the TruckersFM event, Pepper managed to roll his truck over again, (it's a miracle our company is ever profitable) and the winter weather descended as we approached our second gas stop northwest of Linz. Here we wasted no time, quickly regrouping and refueling and rolling onwards again towards Erfurt.

The road conditions were treacherous and an oncoming convoy caused trouble, sending SJO rolling over a barier on a snowy curve and Pepper coming face to face with a truck on its side! But with no time to waste we pressed on towards the start of the TruckersFM Convoy!

Ultra Slide Clip

SJO falls victim again

S.PLH huries towards Erfurt

Upon reaching Erfurt we dropped our cargoes and made our way to the service station, to make sure sure our trucks were ready for the big event, those who weren't already, painted their trucks in the classic Sunrise SPLH Livery Paint-job. We switched servers and made our way to our assigned parking location amongst the other Virtual Trucking Company's!

S.PLH parks up in our assigned spot

S.PLH lined up in Uniform

Our recognizable yellow and red livery stands out!

Sgt. Pepper's Long Haulage looked magnificent parked up in formation, with 20 of our drivers attending and sporting our iconic paintjob! Trucks of every shape and combination parked up together as one, a proud moment for our community and VTC. Here we sat amongst the other major VTC's, battling the low frames and patiently waiting for the big event to begin!

Even more S.PLH trucks!

S.PLH trucks as far as the eye can see!

Our drivers looking resplendent in uniform

Parked among the other VTC's

For all the images from this week check out the full gallery here

See if you can spot yourself! We look forward to you joining us for our next adventure!

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Check out Sgt.Pepper's Latest Youtube Video! From this event!

Stay tuned for part two.