Grumier, that’s French for a heavy logging truck. Using it as a search term on YouTube results in a grand collection of videos, featuring mostly Volvos and Scanias, carefully maneuvering down the mountains. I selected a few of them, starting with a spectacular sightseeing tour.
Crossing an ol’ bridge.
Switchbacking down the mountain.
Naturally, things get more slippery during the winter season.
The last one, it’s Monsieur Arnoux again, crawling through a village. Bonus points for the Fiat Panda 4×4, it really must be in its element there.
Many more of these videos on the Extrême Ineamm YouTube channel.
Related article (stills of an empty grumier, yet not in France):
CC Global: 2014 Volvo FH 6×4 For Hauling Long Logs – Big Boys’ Transformer Toy
Wow that is intense precision driving! How on earth does the driver steer the cab and the trolley at the same time? Remarkable!
Most log trucks here carry logs for export 5m or 3m lengths there arent as many stems units on the road, but they do go some seriously awful places and the days first load is done in the dark 2am
This guy pulls off an amazing turnaround with a truck/trailer combination
That is some amazing display of skill. And that must be some awfully valuable wood to make it cost-effective!
No thankyou!
One presumes the semi-sleeper cab is for the regular changing of the underwear.
I helped a friend of mine with his move from Chur to Biel/Bienne in the Switzerland. He lived in a village outside Chur where the rural bus service, PostBus, served. We’d follow the PostBus through a several villages with the knottiest roads and tight spaces in the villages. Those potential issues didn’t dissuade or even faze the bus drivers who merrily slipped the huge buses through the villages with barely few inches of space.
I still feel awestruck to this day at their extraordinary skills.
Wow. That first video had me leaning to the right in my chair. I wonder how many log trucks are down at the bottom of that dropoff.
The movie, The Sorcerer, comes to mind.
…and that one reminds me of this:
I’ve encountered these before.
While driving the opposite direction on a tiny temporary road with a huge drop