What is the most cushy driving job you have had or have? most of the older generation of drivers I speak to say the job was a lot easier and more enjoyable years ago.
Get ready for Robroy telling us how he slept on a plank full of nails in the arctic winter of 1894, with only a candle to keep him warm! 
The older gen who said it was easier are talking out their collective arse, 21 ton handball bags on and off, rope and sheet every load, no power steering/clutch constant mesh gearboxes, no aircon no electric windows or mirrors, course no speed limiters either, unless you were unfortunate enough to have a Gardner under the bonnet that couldn’t reach present limiter speeds without a long downhill run.
More enjoyable? without question it was, so long as you didn’t mind a bit of graft.
Cushiest job is the present tanker job, short hours and go home every afternoon, hardest work i do is connect a couple of pipes or nip up onto the gantry to load, there is no work involved in sitting behind the wheel of a modern lorry that near enough drives itsen.
Evil8Beezle:
Get ready for Robroy telling us how he slept on a plank full of nails in the arctic winter of 1894, with only a candle to keep him warm!
Juddian:
The older gen who said it was easier are talking out their collective arse, 21 ton handball bags on and off, rope and sheet every load, no power steering/clutch constant mesh gearboxes, no aircon no electric windows or mirrors, course no speed limiters either, unless you were unfortunate enough to have a Gardner under the bonnet that couldn’t reach present limiter speeds without a long downhill run.More enjoyable? without question it was, so long as you didn’t mind a bit of graft.
Cushiest job is the present tanker job, short hours and go home every afternoon, hardest work i do is connect a couple of pipes or nip up onto the gantry to load, there is no work involved in sitting behind the wheel of a modern lorry that near enough drives itsen.
Having done 30+yrs on general haulage[now long ret] I would say your description is spot on mate.
regards dave.
I`m largely with Juddian on this, the job was more, maybe the word is “satisfying?” before. Harder physically, and needing more acquired skill, but more rewarding for that extra input.
And what is “cushy” anyway? Could be todays easy number turns into tomorrows boring clock-watching chore? Good question tho.
Cushiest driving job I ever had was driving a bin lorry.
I’ve got by far the easiest job I’ve ever had
If by cushy you mean stress free then the summer job i have now is definitely the best iv’e had in 40 yrs of driving.
I drive a brand new 730 Scania 5 axle tipper auto in a mine,load iron ore [40-50 t]take it 5 kms and tip it.My boss is paid by the hour,not by the load so no stress.It’s 12 hour shift from 0600-1800 with 1 hour break.7days then 7 Days free,then same again.No WTD,no tacho,no stress.Take home £3000 at the end of the month.
PS,i only work part time but this job you could do forever,lots of Money,and time to spend it.
Not as easy as Juddian’s Tanker Job, but what I’m doing now is pretty easy, undo/redo the curtains, strap the odd load, deliver & collect a few pallets, spend a lot of time in RDCs, often asleep on the bunk & generally playing around in a wagon all week long, odd night out, not the best money in the world but I’m not chasing £s anymore (no mortgage) so it’ll do for now.
My current one. No rushing, choose my start and finish times, paid hourly but guaranteed 10 a day. I do the work in whatever way I see fit and if it doesn’t get done it gets done tomorrow.
No trackers, FORS on any of that crap, and I get my wagon washed for me.
Very difficult to compare 40years ago with now.Back then there was much less traffic on the roads and when not if you broke down you were expected to know how to fix it yourself.Where ever you went in this Country English was the spoken language .
Don’t know about cushiest, but definitely the most enjoyable. Sugar beet pulp out of British Sugar at Bardney. 500 40kg bags, hand-balled straight on to the bed (of usually a flat for me) and obviously off again. Right laugh with the lads loading it, good bit of physical and usually another giggle at the other end. Decent, cheap canteen at Bardney, pub just over the road, parking on site. It was a very sociable job. Always a few lads to help with the sheets, usually tipping farms or merchants so no psychotic, driver hating RDC wallahs to deal with, loved it. If I couldn’t spend the whole campaign running out of Bardney, I was like a bear with a sore head. Even now the smell of sugar beet takes me instantly back there, it’s the smell of Christmas!
For me it’s the job I’ve been doing since September which is tanker work (bulk flour)
Literally connect 2 hoses and press a button to lift tank is as bad as it gets. Hardly ever have to que to tip, most customers are around 4 hours away, so after driving there and back it’s normally reload for morning, park up and go home. Specialist work so £15ph on the agency.
Last week I clocked 73 hours.
Just a shame the mill is shutting down the end of next month.
Jesus wept, 73 hour week isn’t a job its a sentence.
Turn up. Pick up paperwork. Check over tractor and trailer. If ADR check plates in place. Drive for 4hrs. Swap trailer. Eat lunch. Drive for 4hrs. Put trailer on quay. Unhitch and park up. Hand in keys, download card and go home. Well cushty.
Late '90s. I had a permanent “Night Shift” that was dead cushy.
Start when I liked so long as the wagon was back in the yard for the dayman. I would start the shift at about 8pm at Huntingdon with the wagon already loaded and paperwork on the seat. Run down to Andover in about 2 and a half hours. Unlock shed, unload with the forklift and put kettle on for a while.
Run back diesel up and park up and finish at around 2:30 to 3am then bugger off home.
Max 7 hours work and was guaranteed a 12 hour pay packet!
Did that for a few years the jacked it all in for a stint at Jewsons!! 
Good evening all.
My current company starts at 08.00 ,Close at 12.00 for the traditional 2 hour French lunch,reopens at 14.00 until 17.00 .Typical 35 hour week here.
I start at the earliest at 06.00 and finish maybe 13.00 and then go for lunch in my favourite routier but it just depends on the day,client,delivery schedule etc.
Average a fourty hour week, Not bad for a fridge job.
OwenMoney
When I was Ltd co I occasionally picked up Sunday cover work…
That involved going into the clients place, reading a newspaper for four hours and if there weren’t any blobbers or sickies, I’d go home again. 8 hours double bubble for four hours… yay.
Now it’s the job I’m curently on. Good peeps to work with, no silly ‘where are you’ phone calls, almost brand new motors and trailers, 2mm tyre policy, good fitters, 3 drops max frequently 2 sometimes 1, one set of fridge doors to open and close and home around 9 or 10 hours later.
transhipments on heathrow cargo not unheard of to sit all day and not do a thing. 12 hour shift.