Another lamb to the slaughter

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS EX-PAT BRITISH TRUCKERS (INTERACTIVE)
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Well done kr79 :sunglasses: :smiley:

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Congrats on getting your licence mate :sunglasses:

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Congrats mate and welcome to the mad world :laughing:

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Well done KR :smiley:

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well done kev just need decent lodgings now :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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masher:
well done kev just need decent lodgings now :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

You offering :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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You would be hard pushed to beat the hospitality of newmercman and mrs newmercman or is that newmercwoman ā– ā– ?
Well anyway the lee residence :smiley: :smiley:

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First trip under my belt Saskatoon and back a nice 1000 mile local job.

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Nice one Kev gotta be better then punting around Peckham , now about that Audi :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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That was a quality car

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well done kev what unit you in?

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I had a Freightliner Coronado for that trip but getting my own truck Thursday not sure what yet either a Coronado or a peterblt. Freightliner was nice but would love a peterblt especially a 379.

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good luck man all the best keep eye out for 3470 i not spend much time in Canada atm but feel free to give me knock if you see me

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Will do I saw a few H&R in the flying j in sasskatoon I was looking out for you. Firm Iā€™m at does a lot of Texas so hopefully should be seeing some sun soon lol

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Well done kr79, good luck with everything.

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newmercman:
I think the opposite is true Mick, the Europeans over here are less likely to put up with the crap that the Canadian Drivers do :open_mouth:

They are prepared to accept a lot of things that we donā€™t think are right, sometimes we have to accept it, because itā€™s the way it is here, but we ainā€™t happy about it. This is why a lot of European Drivers move around until they find a job they like.

Take all the unpaid waiting time, the companies donā€™t care because it doesnā€™t cost them a cent, the driver will mess around with his logs to ensure that the miles still get done that day, so everyone gets what they want, the carrier gets the job done, the shipper gets the load moved, the receiver gets the load delivered and the driver gets his miles in, the driver is just too stupid to work out that he is the key to all this, the fact that he still has to get a certain number of miles in every day, to earn a living wage, encourages him to overcome the incompetence of the loaders/unloaders/dispatchers and work all the hours he has to in order to get the job done.

The true value of the truck driver will not be appreciated until everyone has to run legal with an EOBR, then half of the jobs that are being done now will not get done, the driver will not be able to lie on his log book anymore to overcome the incompetence of others.

I know there will be plenty of drivers reading this who think Iā€™m off my nut, but thatā€™s a very narrow minded view, you have to look at the bigger picture. At present you, as a driver, fit square pegs into round holes all the time, no matter what crap you are faced with, you have to achieve a specific number of miles in order to get a decent wage, so if your dispatcher leaves you sitting around, or you get held up for untold hours on a loading dock, or your truck is always breaking down, you still have to get those miles done. The only way to do this is by being away from home for longer than is necessary or by working 20hr days and shortening your lifespan in the process. Look around at the drivers in any truckstop in North America, youā€™ll be hard pressed to find an unhealthier looking bunch anywhere else in the world, it isnā€™t just the diet of crap that they eat that makes them look like this, itā€™s the years of making up for other peopleā€™s incompetence that has taken the bigger toll on them.

Iā€™m very lucky, I donā€™t hang around waiting for loads, if I do get held up on a dock I get paid for it, but Iā€™m very much in the minority, jobs like mine are few and far between, all the ones that I know like this have British Drivers or Owner Drivers on them, maybe thatā€™s what ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  the Canadians off, weā€™re taking all the decent jobs and leaving the crap to them :laughing:

True statements there Mark. To many fools running around unpaid, for other peoples lack of competence.
EOBRs should help cut the cowboy element out, but the big players dont have any balls and will not stand up to crap shippers. They simply train more unsuitable individuals who continually drive rates and standards down.
The lack of labour laws doesnā€™t help either.

Regards Paul.

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Congrats from me too! :wink:

Just quick question, from saying ā€˜Iā€™m going to Canadaā€™ - to getting there and settling + job, how long did it all take??

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About 18 months in my case but that was for personal reasons. But theroetcly you could be out here within a couple of months.

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It took me 6 months the first time in 06/07 this time in 2012 less than 3 months.

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Hereā€™s me thinking it took about 1-2 years by the time you trawl through the paperwork/permits etc. :blush: