Yes I pull a fridge. If I am/you park next to me, just ask if the fridge is on rather than snarling and looking for yourself! If you bought rancid meat/fish/milk/etc from a shop no doubt you would be livid, so bear in mind it needs to be chilled. If you don’t/can’t bear the noise of a fridge running in a Truck stop/service station or lay by, then you maybe in the wrong job. And if you park in an area dedicated for fridges you have no reason to moan or try and switch said fridges off! Rant over we are all here to earn a living just get on with it!
I like to park next to a fridge/freezer. It sends me to sleep. 
I did fridge/freezer for 6 year though
Same here,when I came off fridges and went on hanging garments I used to park among the fridges to sleep. Like being on the old boats really? The noise ,I mean.
No fridge no fresh food, no medicine, think before you moan, then go park somewhere else I’m sleeping. 
The fridge running drowns out the traffic noise.If someone tampers with the running of the motor, the police should be called.The offender should pay for the load being refused/rejected.
It could be pharmaceuticals that cost millions.An alarm system should be used and lockable cabinets.
The tone of the OP doesn’t wouldn’t exactly encourage one to enquire in a polite manner.
Juddian:
The tone of the OP doesn’t wouldn’t exactly encourage one to enquire in a polite manner.
Probably because he’s just been verbally abused by some Neanderthal.
Seriously there’s no need to be arsey unless you are given cause, it’s the one thing that makes me despair of the human race.
I was parked outside a firm the other night on a night out, I was just coming round at about 6:30 in the morning & some bloke is banging on the door so I pull myself off the bunk & crack the curtain,
“You’re in the spot”
“What?”
“You’re in the spot”
“What?”
After this, I had woken enough to realise that it was a snap van & I was in the mysterious “spot”, granted their was a no parking sign he’d made & put on the fence but I didn’t see it. If he’d have just said,
“Sorry to get you out of bed chap but would you mind moving in about 5 minutes when you’ve got your act together as that’s where I park the snap van.”
No problemo, I didn’t buy a bacon roll off him.
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Juddian:
The tone of the OP doesn’t wouldn’t exactly encourage one to enquire in a polite manner.Probably because he’ just been verbally abused by some Neanderthal.
Seriously there’s no need to be arsey unless you are given cause, it’s the one thing that makes me despair of the human race.
I was parked outside a firm the other night on a night out, I was just coming round at about 6:30 in the morning & some bloke is banging on the door so I pull myself off the bunk & crack the curtain,
“You’re in the spot”
“What?”
“You’re in the spot”
“What?”
After this, I had woken enough to realise that it was a snap van & I was in the mysterious “spot”, granted their was a no parking sign he’d made & put on the fence but I didn’t see it. If he’d have just said,
“Sorry to get you out of bed chap but would you mind moving in about 5 minutes when you’ve got your act together as that’s where I park the snap van.”
No problemo, I didn’t buy a bacon roll off him.
He should’ve given you one…a bacon sandwich that is! 
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Juddian:
The tone of the OP doesn’t wouldn’t exactly encourage one to enquire in a polite manner.Probably because he’ just been verbally abused by some Neanderthal.
Seriously there’s no need to be arsey unless you are given cause, it’s the one thing that makes me despair of the human race.
I was parked outside a firm the other night on a night out, I was just coming round at about 6:30 in the morning & some bloke is banging on the door so I pull myself off the bunk & crack the curtain,
“You’re in the spot”
“What?”
“You’re in the spot”
“What?”
After this, I had woken enough to realise that it was a snap van & I was in the mysterious “spot”, granted their was a no parking sign he’d made & put on the fence but I didn’t see it. If he’d have just said,
“Sorry to get you out of bed chap but would you mind moving in about 5 minutes when you’ve got your act together as that’s where I park the snap van.”
No problemo, I didn’t buy a bacon roll off him.
In fairness he’s probably had to pay for a licence from the local authority to put his van there so I’d just move. I wouldn’t have bought a bacon sandwich from him either.
Well it was actually just on the road next to a kerb, I doubt the council would allow him to just park in the road & operate from there.
I did just move which I didn’t mind doing but a bit of lucid explanation & civility for dragging me out of bed would have helped. The tax disc enables me to park on any road, so “the spot” isn’t his spot at all. I did almost gob off at him but that wouldn’t have been a wise move in hind sight as he would have known all the blokes where I was tipping, they’d have probly kept me waiting all day.
Reminds me of my time doing early morning fruit and veg market drops 2 am to 4 am. I used to get there about 11 at night and at the allotted time some one would bang on the door shouting something like “are you carrots from Cornwall " Swedes from Scotland” “Potatoes” etc. It was always expected but never welcome, especially in the winter months.
I also did European fridges for a while, but as we very rarely parked up loaded we didn’t really have much problem, but that’s a different kind of problem
Jeff.
A rude awakening when you’re spark out can get the heart a racing!
I always swore I’d never do it but did a stint of fridge work getting up at 2 in the morning for 3 months or so till it went pear shaped.
It is minging getting up that early, no doubt about it.
mick.mh2racing:
Silver_Surfer:
I had woken enough to realise that it was a snap van & I was in the mysterious “spot”, granted their was a no parking sign he’d made & put on the fence but I didn’t see it. If he’d have just said,“Sorry to get you out of bed chap but would you mind moving in about 5 minutes when you’ve got your act together as that’s where I park the snap van.”
No problemo, I didn’t buy a bacon roll off him.
In fairness he’s probably had to pay for a licence from the local authority to put his van there so I’d just move. I wouldn’t have bought a bacon sandwich from him either.
Would have thought that if he’d paid for a licence, as against being granted a licence, then the bay would have been properly marked out as a trading space, as you sometimes see in industrial estates. I wouldnt have brought a bacon roll in those circumstances either 
sandgrounder:
Yes I pull a fridge. If I am/you park next to me, just ask if the fridge is on rather than snarling and looking for yourself! If you bought rancid meat/fish/milk/etc from a shop no doubt you would be livid, so bear in mind it needs to be chilled. If you don’t/can’t bear the noise of a fridge running in a Truck stop/service station or lay by, then you maybe in the wrong job. And if you park in an area dedicated for fridges you have no reason to moan or try and switch said fridges off! Rant over we are all here to earn a living just get on with it!
Yep never ceased to amaze Me when I done fridge work, how often someone would park next to you in a near empty parking area, and then ask “is that running all night”. Just park elswhere 
. I would, where ever possible park out of the way, but this would make no difference, they hunt you down, probably hadnt found anyone to bore at an RDC waiting room that day , and then you get the “I’ll just switch it off myself” or “I’ll cut the fuel line”, be my guest, as it was equiped to be anti tamper, with enclosed control panel and hidden fuel line.
I wouldnt have brought a bacon roll in those circumstances either
neither would I but in a good natured way I would have told him that me moving would cost him a free bacon roll.
thankfully i hardly ever have to park up while loaded other than for the odd 45min break or maybe a quick 2 hours in the bed,which at that time i always turn the fridge off if i’m in a service or where others is parked…
[Playing Devil’s Advocate here, please don’t kill me]
Wouldn’t most trailers hold temperature to allow them to be switched off for at least part of the night?
I’ve always thought someone making a truckstop should invest in some spaces with caravan plug ins, I’ve seen them on 3.5T fridge vans so I assume the trailers will carry them to, allow the fridges to plug into the mains so the donkey engine can be switched off.
Rugby truck stop big sign at entrance " would all fridges please park at top of yard" and where do they all park ? Wherever they like cos that’s how they get off …■■■■■■■ other drivers off.
dew:
[Playing Devil’s Advocate here, please don’t kill me]Wouldn’t most trailers hold temperature to allow them to be switched off for at least part of the night?
I’ve always thought someone making a truckstop should invest in some spaces with caravan plug ins, I’ve seen them on 3.5T fridge vans so I assume the trailers will carry them to, allow the fridges to plug into the mains so the donkey engine can be switched off.
depends what you are carrying at this time of the year with fruit and veg it wouldn’t be a problem but with a -20 load you couldn’t, with most places having - 15 as the rejection point turning it off is not an option
Silver_Surfer:
Well it was actually just on the road next to a kerb, I doubt the council would allow him to just park in the road & operate from there.I did just move which I didn’t mind doing but a bit of lucid explanation & civility for dragging me out of bed would have helped. The tax disc enables me to park on any road, so “the spot” isn’t his spot at all. I did almost gob off at him but that wouldn’t have been a wise move in hind sight as he would have known all the blokes where I was tipping, they’d have probly kept me waiting all day.
The tax disc does not allow you to park on any road. In fact you can be done for obstruction by parking on any road. marked parking bays on a road is ok but the police can move anybody on if they are parked on a road and yes that even means outside your house!
If you cant cope with the noise your in the wrong job.