Clutchslip brings more Random Ramblings - this time it's Tokyo

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While most lazy bloggers were still abed in the UK, Clutchslip, in Japan on a secret mission, was scouring the streets of Tokyo for interesting trucks.

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The 90-minute motorway journey from Narita airport to central Tokyo revealled the following taly of foreign trucks - Mercedes 4, Volvo 3, Scania 1. This chrome laden FH was spotted later in the city centre

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Read on for more scenes of  trucking Tokyo-style.

It's not just the big highway trucks that are pestering the local accessory shops - even the tippers are at it!

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 (and who spotted the Alfa Romeo Giulia in the background?)

A fairly common Japanese speciality is this type of rather long 8-legger running on 19.5" wheels.

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And no report from Tokyo would be complete without jim Bowen's favourite, the Fuso Super Great, this example loading at Tokyo's fish market.

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Also at the fish market, is this the first truck who's tail-lift weights more than the rest of it?

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And finally, this one has what it takes to drive in Tokyo!

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This page contains a single entry by Colin Barnett published on December 16, 2008 7:31 AM.

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