Armagedon:
It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity but Harry Hill has dealt the Stobart epic a dastardly blow expect come the end of the series our national press will probably have joined in,shame but if you put your head above the parapet it’ll be shot off.
Just watched the HH repeat on tele this evening–absolutley hilarious!!! Summed up the series perfectly from what I can gather off the thread.They should be thoroughly ashamed at Fast Eddies and ask for the prog to be pulled to avoid further embarrasment being heaped upon them!! But more to the point if this is how they operate what are the Competion up to surely they can do better----the bar isn’t set that high is it?They can’t be,on the face of it,worse than the ESL shower surely!!!It is obviously only on being the “cheapest” that the likes of Tesco use them! The mind boggles as to the size of the real disasters that dog the operation, on a daily basis I should think.Bewick.
Armagedon:
It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity but Harry Hill has dealt the Stobart epic a dastardly blow expect come the end of the series our national press will probably have joined in,shame but if you put your head above the parapet it’ll be shot off.
What did they expect.Even Convoy would have been scuppered by the critics if it was a story about the American short haul shop distribution sector of it’s road transport industry .It’s just a shame for the programme makers that they could’nt have made an updated version of Destination Doha these days,even if they’d have wanted to,with what remains of the British road transport industry.
Armagedon:
It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity but Harry Hill has dealt the Stobart epic a dastardly blow expect come the end of the series our national press will probably have joined in,shame but if you put your head above the parapet it’ll be shot off.
What did they expect.Even Convoy would have been scuppered by the critics if it was a story about the American short haul shop distribution sector of it’s road transport industry .It’s just a shame for the programme makers that they could’nt have made an updated version of Destination Doha these days,even if they’d have wanted to,with what remains of the British road transport industry.
Hey up “Carryfast” I reckon you could have done that cream cake job with this motor—far quicker than a bird and you would have got a clean signature as well wouldn’t you!!!Bewick.
Harry’s take on it was from a perspective of a guy that knew very little about transport like the rest of the population the prog was aimed at. Even he was appalled on how long it took the paint to dry. H put the boot in perfectly without using any swearwords. He also achieved what the Stob prog failed to do - entertain. I bet that scruffy Stobart will be in a bad mood tomorrow morning. The only way to salvage the prog is to cut out all the ‘quaint old characters’ & dispense with the voice over & Jaws theme music.
Armagedon:
It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity but Harry Hill has dealt the Stobart epic a dastardly blow expect come the end of the series our national press will probably have joined in,shame but if you put your head above the parapet it’ll be shot off.
What did they expect.Even Convoy would have been scuppered by the critics if it was a story about the American short haul shop distribution sector of it’s road transport industry .It’s just a shame for the programme makers that they could’nt have made an updated version of Destination Doha these days,even if they’d have wanted to,with what remains of the British road transport industry.
Hey up “Carryfast” I reckon you could have done that cream cake job with this motor—far quicker than a bird and you would have got a clean signature as well wouldn’t you!!!Bewick.
No thanks she can keep the job but even a 100 mile run would seem like doing the Middle East with a Gardner powered Atki because that motor is’nt going to be big enough to carry enough cream cakes to have any left for the supermarket with the amount that Heather’s going to eat on the way .By the way Bewick surely they were’nt actually using those Atkis doing Italy and back were they Probably that’s why they needed the 7.5 tonner because it would have been quicker to do 4 or 5 runs with that instead of one with the Atki.
Armagedon:
It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity but Harry Hill has dealt the Stobart epic a dastardly blow expect come the end of the series our national press will probably have joined in,shame but if you put your head above the parapet it’ll be shot off.
What did they expect.Even Convoy would have been scuppered by the critics if it was a story about the American short haul shop distribution sector of it’s road transport industry .It’s just a shame for the programme makers that they could’nt have made an updated version of Destination Doha these days,even if they’d have wanted to,with what remains of the British road transport industry.
Hey up “Carryfast” I reckon you could have done that cream cake job with this motor—far quicker than a bird and you would have got a clean signature as well wouldn’t you!!!Bewick.
No thanks she can keep the job but even a 100 mile run would seem like doing the Middle East with a Gardner powered Atki because that motor is’nt going to be big enough to carry enough cream cakes to have any left for the supermarket with the amount that Heather’s going to eat on the way .By the way Bewick surely they were’nt actually using those Atkis doing Italy and back were they Probably that’s why they needed the 7.5 tonner because it would have been quicker to do 4 or 5 runs with that instead of one with the Atki.
Do me a favour “carryfast” the only motors we sent to and from Germany,Holland,Benelux and northern France was Scania’s,Mercs & Magnums! Could have made an exception for you though and sent you over with an “A” series180!!! We never ran to Italy and Spain by choice.Bewick.
Armagedon:
It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity but Harry Hill has dealt the Stobart epic a dastardly blow expect come the end of the series our national press will probably have joined in,shame but if you put your head above the parapet it’ll be shot off.
What did they expect.Even Convoy would have been scuppered by the critics if it was a story about the American short haul shop distribution sector of it’s road transport industry .It’s just a shame for the programme makers that they could’nt have made an updated version of Destination Doha these days,even if they’d have wanted to,with what remains of the British road transport industry.
Hey up “Carryfast” I reckon you could have done that cream cake job with this motor—far quicker than a bird and you would have got a clean signature as well wouldn’t you!!!Bewick.
No thanks she can keep the job but even a 100 mile run would seem like doing the Middle East with a Gardner powered Atki because that motor is’nt going to be big enough to carry enough cream cakes to have any left for the supermarket with the amount that Heather’s going to eat on the way .By the way Bewick surely they were’nt actually using those Atkis doing Italy and back were they Probably that’s why they needed the 7.5 tonner because it would have been quicker to do 4 or 5 runs with that instead of one with the Atki.
Do me a favour “carryfast” the only motors we sent to and from Germany,Holland,Benelux and northern France was Scania’s,Mercs & Magnums! Could have made an exception for you though and sent you over with an “A” series180!!! We never ran to Italy and Spain by choice.Bewick.
Sounds like just the type of ‘international’ work that most of the British haulage industry was renowned for and that’s why it’s where it is today. .
just watched episode 3 and like others have said, why have a curtain sider bulk tipper? surely thats not very wise, if the driver is parked up and someone decides to cut a hole in the side the driver had better get his dust pan and brush out
and that truck lift, why were the trucks main beams flashing when it was going up??
i cant wait for next week
STOBART DRIVER NEGOTIATES A TIGHT BRIDGE the suspence is killing me.
What,s the problem with this particular boy,s name. It,s a tribute to Valentino Rossi. Some boy!!
If the driver,s zbing about posting on here as you are Bubsy, and he reads this;You could well be in for an unpleasant surprise if you went over and tried to take the ■■■■. You would not be the first to have come unstuck, trying that. I would probably “pish” myself if that happened.
Oh I see you,ve had second thoughts.
bubsy06:
lol i was thinking about it but i decided to have a kip on the bunk instead
Cruise Control:
just watched episode 3 and like others have said, why have a curtain sider bulk tipper? surely thats not very wise, if the driver is parked up and someone decides to cut a hole in the side the driver had better get his dust pan and brush out
To give you flexability of loading obviously, you can bring woodchip in and sheets of chipboard out.
I assume the the curtains are stronger than your average curtains and it’s not only Stobarts operating trailers like this.
Cruise Control:
just watched episode 3 and like others have said, why have a curtain sider bulk tipper? surely thats not very wise, if the driver is parked up and someone decides to cut a hole in the side the driver had better get his dust pan and brush out
and that truck lift, why were the trucks main beams flashing when it was going up??
i cant wait for next week
STOBART DRIVER NEGOTIATES A TIGHT BRIDGE the suspence is killing me.
Looks like the driver has the feature switched on to check all the lights. On a Scanny it goes through each so you can do wa walk round.
harry:
Harry’s take on it was from a perspective of a guy that knew very little about transport like the rest of the population the prog was aimed at. Even he was appalled on how long it took the paint to dry. H put the boot in perfectly without using any swearwords. He also achieved what the Stob prog failed to do - entertain. I bet that scruffy Stobart will be in a bad mood tomorrow morning. The only way to salvage the prog is to cut out all the ‘quaint old characters’ & dispense with the voice over & Jaws theme music.
but im afraid it has worked,publicity,every man and his dog keeps comming up telling you theyve been watching it,cars flashing there lights,horns, kids and mums waving, even a group of motorcyclists waving and hitting there horns as they went by,it may not of impressed me or 99% of truck drivers [are stobarts bothered],but it certainlys got the publics imagination[thats what there bothered about]
I agree. We have given this straight forward puff for Stobbie much more time & effort than it deserves. Which says more about us than it does about Stobart.
