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Tunbridge Wells - 21st July 2020

7/24/2020

It was a privilege and an honour to attend the crematorium service this week of Margaret Irene Underwood.

Margaret was a rare breed of lady who adored our kind of trucks with a passion and brought her family and friends in on her obsession throughout her life - she even got one of her lifelong wishes for her 70th birthday seven years back when she took her friends and family to Mick Gould's yard for an afternoon and going for a ride out in one of his trucks. This is Margaret's husband pictured by the truck on Tuesday.

Official UK record breaking convoy - 25th May 2020

6/5/2020

We are extremely proud to announce that in addition to the tens of thousands of Pounds that were raised by truckers for UK Food Charity Banks as part of the Nationwide UK charity convoy, we here in the south east of England set an all time record for the most lorries to ever run in a single convoy in the United Kingdom at over 500 trucks on the 25th May, 2020.

A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN ARRANGING, ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND PAID THEIR £20 TO CHARITY, AND ALL WHO DONATED SEPARATELY!

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Nationwide Convoy planned - 25th May, 2020

5/13/2020

This is a nationwide convoy being held by truckers in aid of food bank charities. Big Rig Hire UK will be joining the south east event being run on the M25 starting at South Mimms Services at 2pm and travelling to Cobham Services and then back again. Spectators are NOT allowed in South Mimms so please don't go there - this is one of the things the Police 🚔 have asked for so please find a bridge over the M25 on route.

Clap for Carers UK

4/20/2020

Making lots of noise for the nationwide Clap for Carers & Key Workers on 16th April, 2020. It was a 3-person job with me filming, Toby on the horns and Alena our own NHS St Thomas's nurse holding her thumb over the disconnected air line in the cab ensuring we kept air pressure up...

2020 calendars

12/20/2019

2020 Somerset & Devon Road Runs calendar with some great classic motors featured from British to European and a few Yanks, including our very own as the January calendar girl.

If anyone is interested in one let me know and I'll get hold of one (or more) from the S&D organisers at £10 each. Email me at daniel@bigrighire.co.uk or message us through the 'Contact us' section of the website.

Father Christmas parade and grand grotto entrance - Redfields Garden Centre, Church Crookham

11/25/2019

Brilliant morning down at Church Crookham / Fleet in Hampshire yesterday taking Santa on his parade around town followed by the grand entrance into his grotto at Redfields Garden Centre.

https://www.bluediamond.gg/garden-centre/redfields-home-garden-living

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Father Christmas arrival

Father Christmas entrance

Santa parade Fleet

Santa entrance Redfields

Filming for a US crime documentary September 2019

9/22/2019

A day of American movie truck filming in the UK. On the south coast for filming of a crime reconstruction documentary on one of America's most infamous serial killers.

American truck filming

American truck for filming in the UK

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Feature article of the Big Rig in Classic Truck magazine July 2019

6/15/2019

July 2019 edition of Classic Truck UK magazine front cover and feature article. Featuring the rig with a 4 page article on the truck, its history and the running restoration over the last 7 - 8 years.

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Wedding of James and Sarah Talbot - 20 October 2018

12/2/2018

One of the most scenic and enjoyable weddings we've had the privilege of attending. An absolutely pristine Autumn's afternoon on the south coast of England travelling in the big American truck from the wedding at Chichester Guildhall over to the Langstone Hotel, situated on my favourite island in the British Isles.. Hayling Island of course!

All the best for the future to the really lovely couple James and Sarah Talbot.

Photos courtesy of Tim Hills Photography - https://www.timhillsphotography.co.uk/

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American truck wedding

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M25 Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed memorial convoy - 16th September 2018

9/20/2018

A massive thank you to the thousands (likely tens of thousands) who attended the convoy last Sunday!

Words cannot describe all of the organisers utter amazement at the sheer volume of cars and trucks that turned out with only one week's notice, not to mention the thousands of spectators who either tagged along, joined in at the service stops or lined the bridges and overpasses all the way around the M25.

I personally had over 65,000 views of the Big Rig Hire UK event page on Facebook over the 7 days leading up to the convoy...! I don't believe I went under a single bridge that did not have at least a dozen people waving off it, hanging flags and giving us the good old fashioned air horn arm pump..

All going well we will be organising another for next September when it will be the 1 year anniversary of Burt's passing and the 11 year anniversary of Jerry's passing on.