Can this be done legally in a day?

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I was given this run at dpd hinckley, planner says 3:45 driving time. Reckons they do it a couple of times a week.
I don’t do nights out,
Had to get a truck changed and a couple of bulbs done on the trailer, I had done 25 minutes driving before I left the yard, because of where the yard is the sat nav thinks you need to drive through hinckley so can’t give accurate time until you are on the a5…
I pulled in to Leicester forest east services, I’d done 55 mins driving time and still had 4 hours to do. this was at 08:30 tuesday so probably gonna take longer.
Called traffic “keep going , if you run out of time we’ll send a van out to fetch you”
Me " I told you I don’t do nights out, I’m bringing it back"
Traffic “If you bring it back you will be banned”
Me “Good”

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If you had a 10 available, I don’t really see what the problem is? But then I don’t know the roads. Even if you did run out of time getting back, I doubt you would be very far away.

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turbot:
Called traffic “keep going , if you run out of time we’ll send a van out to fetch you”

That is legal providing you have duty time left

You could do 10 hours driving with 1.5 hours other work plus 1.5 hours break then do another 2 hours in the van as a driver or passenger = no night out

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So many driver’s these days give up before they have even started :unamused:

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Dave Penn;

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Is it me or have read it wrong but, I get the sense the OP had thrown the towel in at 25mins driving before leaving the yard, and was almost apoplectic at 55mins when they pulled into LFE.

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well did you manage it?

Used to do Dordon to Blyth for UPS, 3:30 to just almost 5 hours driving there depending on traffic. 3 and half coming back maybe nearly 4

So this should be easy
Tuck sat nav online

And where did your sat nav get over 5 hours from■■?

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If the limp don’t fit don’t wear it …

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Having checked a journey that I made earlier this year with a coach using the T&D route planner I wouldn’t trust it to get me to the local shops.

It showed a ten mile difference between the outward and return journeys and takes 9.5 hours to complete a 276 mile journey. An average of 29mph.

I made the journey in 7 hours as most of the journey, 290 miles, was either motorway or dual carriageway at an average of 41mph.

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Hinckley to Sunderland and back is a very achievable run, not sure what the fuss is about?

M69, m1, a1, a19…pretty much able to be on the limiter all the way - doddle! With DPD I bet it was only a drop & swap when you got there as well.

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Amazing how many companies do the same runs day in day out but every now and then a driver pops up who swears it can’t be done and what happens? Somehow they run out of time. Give. Me. Strength. If you’ve got a 10, use it. If you don’t they send they’d send a van to get you, why wasn’t that good enough?

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Come on OP give your mangina a wipe and crack on. Most Friday nights I do a limping gig from Immingham to Avonmouth (500 mile round trip) for a trailer change, 9 hours 45 mins driving on average and that’s battling Friday teatime traffic southbound!!

Some people just don’t want the work!!

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No wonder they are advertising for new drivers lol

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I’d say that’s easily do-able, if your flapping about that I’d like to see you if you were given Goole- Swindon- slough - Goole to do in a days work

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To answer the question yes it can be done legally in a day.
Having a van rescue as a back up helps negate all but the most serious of delays.

Whether the back up van materialised if needed is another matter but yes it can be and should be done.

Course if personal circumstances dictate you cannot night out that’s worth considering but if it’s just fear of being away from home then see mangina post above.

Is this another thread where the OP never returns :wink:

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Dipper_Dave:
Is this another thread where the OP never returns :wink:

Getting bitchslapped publicly isn’t really an incentive to return to your thread now is it?

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Took him 55 mins to get to LFE Services from Hinckley!!, tossing the job off there a bit

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I’ve done Lutterworth to Washington before and back,not a problem

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volvo keef:
Took him 55 mins to get to LFE Services from Hinckley!!,

It took 30 mins, think you need to re-read the OP.

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ako444:
Come on OP give your mangina a wipe and crack on. Most Friday nights I do a limping gig from Immingham to Avonmouth (500 mile round trip) for a trailer change, 9 hours 45 mins driving on average and that’s battling Friday teatime traffic southbound!!

Some people just don’t want the work!!

That’s an average speed of over 50mph takes some doing at anytime let alone a Friday

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Héraultais:

volvo keef:
Took him 55 mins to get to LFE Services from Hinckley!!,

It took 30 mins, think you need to re-read the OP.

Still shouldn’t have took him 30 mins to get there from Hinckley