Both the truck and the trailer (18.75 m long) are equipped as container carriers for security reasons and for flexibility. Thanks to a unique system, the two containers can be swapped around when faced with difficult road conditions. The 423 HP Caterpillar engine is supported by a 12 speed Fuller transmission. An additional cab has been added behind the existing one and is equipped with a kitchen, shower, bed and storage room. When full, the diesel tanks hold 900 litres and a reserve of 130 litres of drinking water is stored on top of the cabin. In and around the truck there are two solid jacks, tools, spare parts, a tow-bar, sand plates and other little marvels… We just hope we don’t have to call on them too often! As far as communication is concerned, we have on board a laptop computer, a digital camera and a GSM connection.

Without the extraordinary help of many friends (every weekend and most nights before the departure day) and the companies listed on the Partners’ Page, there would be no Foden truck and no Globetrucker!! It is a great symbol of what can be made with a lot of enthusiasm, hard work... and very little money!

This truck as made 12 times the journey Europe - Mongolia - Europe. It has now been sold in Mongolia and continues its carrer in the country.

Freightliner FLD120, International Eagle

these two trucks purchased in Canada where used in the 2005 campaign as well as another Foden tractor unit and sold after the delivery in Mongolia. With very basic and solid mechanic, these trucks can be easily fixed in Mongolia where vehicles were in need at the time.

Freightliner Classic

This truck does not belong to Globetrucker, but is lent by our partner Groovyyurts for the 2012 "Ice road to Northen Ontario" delivery

A team of volunteers with all sorts of different skills have devoted some of their time to Globetrucker. Roadies, friends, sympathisers, the inhabitants of Bougy-Villars and people from all walks of life give a little (and sometimes a lot) of their time to help with the loading of the truck, the collection of material, the design of the web site, the communication side of things, the translations, the accounting, the preparation of the vehicle, etc.

Hereafter, the drivers… and future drivers.

He is an automotive engineer by training who started his career as a truck mechanic. He has worked as an engineer in Switzerland , England and Sweden and currently lives in Canada. He speaks French, English, German and Swedish and a little Spanish and Italian

An unmistakable accent associated with citizens living at the western end of Lake Geneva, ex. French foreign legionnaire, long-distance biker, adventurer and a bit of poet, “Bob” left behind our dear Susan, cherished member of the Globetrucker team, to undertake the month-long trip to Mongolia in summer 2006. He set off enthusiastically with our (ex-) Swiss German member, Urs, motivated by the encouraging applause from the surrounding public.

Olivier Rudy
From the Middle- to the Far East, he’s done them all…. Olivier, expert in Fuller gear-box manoeuvring, co-piloted the Foden with Jean-Phy for the return journey from Mongolia to Switzerland, before “definitely” setting sail for the tropics!       

Louis Nardin
Driver-communications expert, Louis is part of that race of passionate people for whom driving isn’t their primary occupation, but manages to perfectly balance a certain inexperience with a big heart! With numerous arrows to his bow, of which he had to use quite a few whilst he courageously remained by the Foden’s side when the truck fell extremely ill in the centre of Russia. We sincerely hope that one day he’ll manage to see Mongolia after all!

Gérard Voisin
A REAL Globetrucker this guy! When things weren’t going great for the GT team, “Super Gérard” made his entry with a flourish of blowing horns to “save” the day. By realising his dream, this driver/boss not only managed to haul the association out of a really sticky situation but also “rescued” the two fully loaded containers from total Russian customs confinement just in the nick of time. All this with modesty and panache.

Patrick Berry
Patrick had already done quite a bit of “globetrucking” taking him as far as Pakistan with the scouts of Cluse. He proposed a helping hand and was finally able to hit the road behind the wheel of a brand new yellow DAF…getting as far as the Russian border….only to remain blocked at customs….and finally having to return to Switzerland because of some documents that were missing/ didn’t correspond to what the customs officer on duty imagined! However, this negative experience wasn’t enough to discourage him and he didn’t miss his second chance of being able to do the trip after all. A couple of months later he joined Gérard in Ulan Bator and together they drove the return journey to Europe in 2008.