Trucker56:
war1974…Point taken not too upset but just pointing things out. Just thought something needed saying. Understand where your coming from done some work for them in the past. Not impressed.
as you’ve been at it forty years, 
did you feed the horse? 
horse and cart? 
we used to drop the cart 
and haul the barge up the manchester ship canal UPTO liverplop! 
plenty of time to feed the horse! welcome to the banter pal, it’s all good fun
Son and his mate are finally getting round to doing their HGVs in Feb once lambing is over and will be going agency, you have been warned 
Actually both are very good drivers/operators. Where I think they’ll struggle at first is company policy, I’d help if I could but they’ll probably be starting off doing C2 runs at a company I haven’t driven for. I’ll also point them to this site as well.
Driver-Once-More:
conor lives just up the road from me.
do you bow every time you pass?
very rarely go that way
so you dont get to see the awards or trophy cabinet? 
Trucker56:
I see many references to where things have gone wrong and some numpty comments agency drivers.I have been doing temp cover for 14 years now and have done agency work in the past and now work for my own company still doing temp work it suits me.
Points to note
As a temp driver I drive more different types of vehicles than most of you ever will.
I pride myself in that I can handle any new vehicles without the need to be trained (I,ve passed my test). I come from the old school give me the keys and I will find out how it works. If I have a problem I ask.
I will haul more different types of loads than most and deal with each one as I see fit.
I have to deliver to many different delivery points and just deal with it.
Most of you will drive the same truck on the same run doing the same thing day in day out, which reminds me of the days when i was at school when most people went to work on the line in the car factories and I vowed I would never do that.
I have been driving HGV,s for nearly 40 years now and have had to drive trucks even in my short time that most of you would never touch.
Whilst I know there are some temp drivers who i never let near a truck there are a good few full timers in the same boat.
So next time a driver ■■■■■ things up don’t ref the agency/temp drivers a lot of it is because things are not explained to them properly, just remember for every new client I work for its like starting a new job again and I do this several times a year so I have a vast knowledge of different jobs not just one.
+1.you right .to many agency drivers have more expirience with different companies,load,truck and much more.when i pass test i was from agency in some 20-25 companies in last 3 years.this give to me different expiriense ,more knowledge,than i was worked just in one companies.now i work full time ,this is little bit burring,but more stability.but money very simiral .