UKtramp:
I have had a similar experience, ■■■■■■ me off when they complained about my fridge running, yet they were all drinking and shouting, dancing in the bloody park till late. One thing they do seem to do though is socialise with each other better than we do. I used to watch gypsy fights in MSAs at one time but even these are becoming rarer now. I would like to see more integration between drivers of all nationalities who are parked for the night. Organised tug of war or wrestling matches usually is a good ice breaker.
True UKTramp, they do socialise a lot more than us lot do no doubt about it. Even in my companies depot in Dublin the flipflop all socialise well together and have a good bit of banter, local ones do too but not to the same extent. You see them outside cooking food together quite often too, think they carry the drink and cooking apparatus in their pallet carriers haha. Can’t see the tug of war battles and wrestling every night in the services throughout the nation though
You will maybe see this rumour that Stobart drivers don’t talk to each other lol, will be interesting for you to shed some light on this in due course
Well as I am a naturally jolly guy, handsome, well to do, I just speak to people anyway whether they want to or not. I have found it a little odd how Stobart drivers tend to ignore each other. I was used to flashing and waving at my fellow drivers from other firms, now as you pass other Stobart drivers they look away. It is a bit strange but I don’t take any offence. I am a real people person so I like to involve myself with the spotters too. I have had my photo taken with loads of them now as I don’t think anyone else bothers.
It’s nice to see a Stobart driver on these forums; I’m a huge fan. Whenever I’m parked up and see a Stobart driver I will always ask for a picture or an autograph. Some don’t tend to bother with Stobart aficionados like myself but others do. I’m happy you’re one of them and hopefully you’ll (if you’re not already) will be a very welcome addition to my Stobart signature collection.
By the way, I’ve seen a few top Stobart drivers buying their lunch at the service station south bound of the M6 and if I’m ever in a line waiting to be served I’d always offer a Stobart driver to go in front of me to be served first and even sometimes I’ll offer to buy the driver his dinner as a gesture of good will.
Keep up the good work mate and let the haters hate
ItsJoe:
It’s nice to see a Stobart driver on these forums; I’m a huge fan. Whenever I’m parked up and see a Stobart driver I will always ask for a picture or an autograph. Some don’t tend to bother with Stobart aficionados like myself but others do. I’m happy you’re one of them and hopefully you’ll (if you’re not already) will be a very welcome addition to my Stobart signature collection.
By the way, I’ve seen a few top Stobart drivers buying their lunch at the service station south bound of the M6 and if I’m ever in a line waiting to be served I’d always offer a Stobart driver to go in front of me to be served first and even sometimes I’ll offer to buy the driver his dinner as a gesture of good will.
Keep up the good work mate and let the haters hate
Thanks Joe and nice to hear these words, I have been a big hit with the spotters so far as I have the time to give to them. I have noticed other drivers drooling over my uniform and as you say in the truck stops offering their places so as not to stop us doing our job. In all seriousness though, the depot where I am from, some drivers are a little jealous of me as I have quickly become everyone’s favorite. Mark Dicko emailed me to wish me all the best and sent me his phone number. That says a lot about me, I am great anyway.
ItsJoe:
It’s nice to see a Stobart driver on these forums; I’m a huge fan. Whenever I’m parked up and see a Stobart driver I will always ask for a picture or an autograph. Some don’t tend to bother with Stobart aficionados like myself but others do. I’m happy you’re one of them and hopefully you’ll (if you’re not already) will be a very welcome addition to my Stobart signature collection.
By the way, I’ve seen a few top Stobart drivers buying their lunch at the service station south bound of the M6 and if I’m ever in a line waiting to be served I’d always offer a Stobart driver to go in front of me to be served first and even sometimes I’ll offer to buy the driver his dinner as a gesture of good will.
Keep up the good work mate and let the haters hate
Thanks Joe and nice to hear these words, I have been a big hit with the spotters so far as I have the time to give to them. I have noticed other drivers drooling over my uniform and as you say in the truck stops offering their places so as not to stop us doing our job. In all seriousness though, the depot where I am from, some drivers are a little jealous of me as I have quickly become everyone’s favorite. Mark Dicko emailed me to wish me all the best and sent me his phone number. That says a lot about me, I am great anyway.
I hope all goes well for you at Stobarts UKTramp but I don’t see why the spotters get so excited about Stobart, for me Harrison’s Transport have the best lorries on the road in England by a mile, their new shape Volvos are the absolute muts nuts and make Stobart ones look average. Plus my companies trucks go by Stobart ones like they are sitting in a layby having a 45 lol. All I’ll say if your man Dickson drove for an Northern Irish/Irish firm he would be laughed out of the place
eagerbeaver:
Bet you felt great fella. Just imagine if it was an OD too, could have damaged his livelihood for the week and affected his family.
The exact same applies to turning the fridge off.
Not really. If he had such a problem with it being turned off, a simple knock on the cab of the chap who did it was in order.
Unless he didn’t know who did it, and picked a truck at random to vandalise ■■■■■■■ way of doing things.
If the fridge tamperer was an employed driver, he wouldn’t give a toss if someone had slashed his curtain’s anyway because it’s not his kit, so what was the purpose of it in the first place?
Then again, it’s probably story time…
So people should just go around turning fridges off and anyone who doesn’t like it should politely ask them why they did it?
I wish he had been an OD and it had cost him time, money and lost loads.
I heard the fridge go off and his door slam shut, it was the only truck parked near me, he was actually parked nose up to me when most reverse up the road like I had. So I got out, turned it back on and walked up his trailer with the knife in the side of it.
He never had anything to say when he was out doing his checks in the morning, I watched him.
Who is he to ruin a few hundred grands worth of what I was carrying?
I fully expect a useless clown with an attitude problem like yourself to struggle understanding why it isn’t up to some halfwit of a steering wheel attendant to go around turning fridges off.
A.
Where were you watching from the saftey of your cab hiding behind your curtains. And you wonder why the industry is going to the dogs with knuckle dragging inbred halfits like you. Slashing a curtain made u a bigger man did it.
So it cost you a few hundred grand then A did it? No, course it didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t your money anyway was it?
So if you had a brain, (which you obviously have not), you would have taken the chaps registration mark and forwarded it to your planner and let him sort it out and deal with it.
Instead of sneaking around like a snake with a Stanley blade. Bellend.
If anyone starts crying over it I flick it over to constant so if someone turns it off you’ll hopefully hear it.
Last clown who turned mine off ended up with a nose to tail ■■■■■ down his curtain, karma you bald headed little [zb].
A.
Simple answer to this is, if it were you that slashed my curtain from front to back, I have a message for you. I don’t turn fridges off if near by to me, but if you were the 1 that slashed my curtain then karma will get you back and hopefully for your own safety you don’t come across me. That curtain cost over a thousand pounds, and cost me hours of work and earnings. Feeling clever are you.
hammertothefloor:
I hope all goes well for you at Stobarts UKTramp but I don’t see why the spotters get so excited about Stobart, for me Harrison’s Transport have the best lorries on the road in England by a mile, their new shape Volvos are the absolute muts nuts and make Stobart ones look average. Plus my companies trucks go by Stobart ones like they are sitting in a layby having a 45 lol. All I’ll say if your man Dickson drove for an Northern Irish/Irish firm he would be laughed out of the place
I am not sure why they are so obsessed to be honest, there are a fair few drivers on here though who won’t admit it but they collect the reg nos of the Stobart trucks too. I know Diesel Dog is a big fan and has a few small model trucks.
hammertothefloor:
I hope all goes well for you at Stobarts UKTramp but I don’t see why the spotters get so excited about Stobart, for me Harrison’s Transport have the best lorries on the road in England by a mile, their new shape Volvos are the absolute muts nuts and make Stobart ones look average. Plus my companies trucks go by Stobart ones like they are sitting in a layby having a 45 lol. All I’ll say if your man Dickson drove for an Northern Irish/Irish firm he would be laughed out of the place
I am not sure why they are so obsessed to be honest, there are a fair few drivers on here though who won’t admit it but they collect the reg nos of the Stobart trucks too. I know Diesel Dog is a big fan and has a few small model trucks.
I’ve heard Dieseldog has the “notepad” in his glove pocket and the high vis saying “Stobart Stalker”
hammertothefloor:
I hope all goes well for you at Stobarts UKTramp but I don’t see why the spotters get so excited about Stobart, for me Harrison’s Transport have the best lorries on the road in England by a mile, their new shape Volvos are the absolute muts nuts and make Stobart ones look average. Plus my companies trucks go by Stobart ones like they are sitting in a layby having a 45 lol. All I’ll say if your man Dickson drove for an Northern Irish/Irish firm he would be laughed out of the place
I am not sure why they are so obsessed to be honest, there are a fair few drivers on here though who won’t admit it but they collect the reg nos of the Stobart trucks too. I know Diesel Dog is a big fan and has a few small model trucks.
I’ve heard Dieseldog has the “notepad” in his glove pocket and the high vis saying “Stobart Stalker”
He has quite a collection, always knocks them on here though.
aye…right.
at least when i do it,ive all the gear,but no idea.
i met a guy in the bogs at lymm and he said he was a fan as well.he said if i went into the cubicle with him,he would give me a big truck.
i thought thats what he said,but how wrong was i…
eagerbeaver:
So it cost you a few hundred grand then A did it? No, course it didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t your money anyway was it?
So if you had a brain, (which you obviously have not), you would have taken the chaps registration mark and forwarded it to your planner and let him sort it out and deal with it.
Instead of sneaking around like a snake with a Stanley blade. Bellend.
Nope, never said it did. The temperature sensitive load I had on was worth that though, which would be ruined by something such as the fridge being off.
That would achieve nothing, it would just be denied, plus I don’t have planners I have a boss, who has more important things to do than phone up a company asking if one of their drivers turned off a fridge. The ■■■■ knew it was me, maybe that will teach him not to ■■■■ with other people’s property.
If anyone starts crying over it I flick it over to constant so if someone turns it off you’ll hopefully hear it.
Last clown who turned mine off ended up with a nose to tail ■■■■■ down his curtain, karma you bald headed little [zb].
A.
Simple answer to this is, if it were you that slashed my curtain from front to back, I have a message for you. I don’t turn fridges off if near by to me, but if you were the 1 that slashed my curtain then karma will get you back and hopefully for your own safety you don’t come across me. That curtain cost over a thousand pounds, and cost me hours of work and earnings. Feeling clever are you.
Sent from Platform 9 3/4
If you turned my fridge off, you’d deserve it. If you respect other people and don’t do things like that then why are commenting trying to act the big man?
My safety would be just fine if I was anywhere near you, thanks for the concern though.
eagerbeaver:
So it cost you a few hundred grand then A did it? No, course it didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t your money anyway was it?
So if you had a brain, (which you obviously have not), you would have taken the chaps registration mark and forwarded it to your planner and let him sort it out and deal with it.
Instead of sneaking around like a snake with a Stanley blade. Bellend.
Nope, never said it did. The temperature sensitive load I had on was worth that though, which would be ruined by something such as the fridge being off.
That would achieve nothing, it would just be denied, plus I don’t have planners I have a boss, who has more important things to do than phone up a company asking if one of their drivers turned off a fridge. The [zb] knew it was me, maybe that will teach him not to [zb] with other people’s property.
A.
Pot kettle comes to mind. You say it teached him a lesson for playing around with someone’s else’s property but then you go and play around with someone’s property. Your a prize bell end. A pinnacle of society.
eagerbeaver:
So it cost you a few hundred grand then A did it? No, course it didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t your money anyway was it?
So if you had a brain, (which you obviously have not), you would have taken the chaps registration mark and forwarded it to your planner and let him sort it out and deal with it.
Instead of sneaking around like a snake with a Stanley blade. Bellend.
Nope, never said it did. The temperature sensitive load I had on was worth that though, which would be ruined by something such as the fridge being off.
That would achieve nothing, it would just be denied, plus I don’t have planners I have a boss, who has more important things to do than phone up a company asking if one of their drivers turned off a fridge. The [zb] knew it was me, maybe that will teach him not to [zb] with other people’s property.
A.
Pot kettle comes to mind. You say it teached him a lesson for playing around with someone’s else’s property but then you go and play around with someone’s property. Your a prize bell end. A pinnacle of society.
Sent from Platform 9 3/4
You’re not very clever are you?
If nothing of mine was touched, nothing of his would be. My actions weren’t for gits and shiggles, or just because I felt like it.
eagerbeaver:
So it cost you a few hundred grand then A did it? No, course it didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t your money anyway was it?
So if you had a brain, (which you obviously have not), you would have taken the chaps registration mark and forwarded it to your planner and let him sort it out and deal with it.
Instead of sneaking around like a snake with a Stanley blade. Bellend.
Nope, never said it did. The temperature sensitive load I had on was worth that though, which would be ruined by something such as the fridge being off.
That would achieve nothing, it would just be denied, plus I don’t have planners I have a boss, who has more important things to do than phone up a company asking if one of their drivers turned off a fridge. The [zb] knew it was me, maybe that will teach him not to [zb] with other people’s property.
A.
But it wasn’t YOUR property though was it?
So you chose to get involved in criminal activity to punish the fella. Instead of simply phoning your boss and letting him deal with it…
And if the fella deserved it, why didn’t you do it in front of him? I can answer that for you mate…
IT’S BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT GOT THE BALLS FOR IT. Instead you sneak around in the dark like some little rat armed with cowardice and a blade. (The only thing that’s sharp about you )
eagerbeaver:
So it cost you a few hundred grand then A did it? No, course it didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t your money anyway was it?
So if you had a brain, (which you obviously have not), you would have taken the chaps registration mark and forwarded it to your planner and let him sort it out and deal with it.
Instead of sneaking around like a snake with a Stanley blade. Bellend.
Nope, never said it did. The temperature sensitive load I had on was worth that though, which would be ruined by something such as the fridge being off.
That would achieve nothing, it would just be denied, plus I don’t have planners I have a boss, who has more important things to do than phone up a company asking if one of their drivers turned off a fridge. The [zb] knew it was me, maybe that will teach him not to [zb] with other people’s property.
A.
But it wasn’t YOUR property though was it?
So you chose to get involved in criminal activity to punish the fella. Instead of simply phoning your boss and letting him deal with it…
And if the fella deserved it, why didn’t you do it in front of him? I can answer that for you mate…
IT’S BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT GOT THE BALLS FOR IT. Instead you sneak around in the dark like some little rat armed with cowardice and a blade. (The only thing that’s sharp about you )
I don’t own it, but it’s my responsibility to look after it and as I don’t have an attitude problem like you, I actually do that.
What’s my boss going to do? Phone the company for them to deny it all? Justice was done, quickly.
I didn’t do it in front of him because he was quickly back in his cab after attempting to ruin a valuable load. I was sat eating my coco pops in front of my truck when he was walking round doing his checks. He had plenty of opportunity to raise his concerns then. He didn’t, because he knew he was wrong and karma came and got him in the shape of me.
Insults from a weasel who can’t even complete a days work don’t mean much, so try again “tang” clown.
Daylight eh? And you ’ didn’t get chance ’ to speak to the chap
Fair enough. Quick word of warning though chap, if I ever walk around the side of my truck and I am confronted by a fella with a blade, I won’t hesitate.
So next time you decide to ’ serve justice ’ like some kind of fat, gutless modern day Judge Dredd, make sure it isn’t MY truck. You won’t have the skills Cheerio.
Maybe a UK thing and plus i havent done work for many places over the years anyway over here and they dont exist but what is it with a ‘planner’? Yes i do know what they are but has the job actually been dumbed down that much that its not down to the driver to decide how best to do the job?? Theres the trailer, heres the paperwork and its away you go, thats pretty much how it works here anyway…
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