According to one of the Traffic Commissioners (can’t remember which) he said something like “Old school is another word for useless” - but he was referring to Transport Managers who appear in front of him using ‘old school’ as a reason for not doing things correctly.
Robroy you forgot about the kin rachet handbrake nipping your hand,seats that went up /down not back and forward,air wipers picking up speed after starting and disappearing onto the road ,changing gears and smashing your elbow into the back o the cab or knuckles on the dash,a bottle o meths for adding to the screenwash colostomy bag in the passenger footwell to stop it freezing.and cigarette foil for wrapping round blown fuses. 
robroy:
Had the almost obligatory 80s strips of flags and pennants in numbers on your windscreen, topped off with a ‘Riding on Bandags’ or ‘TGB Trailblazer’ sun strip at the top virtually blocking your entire view out of it.Pulled a tri axle trailer with 12 wheels on instead of 6.
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Ah…the flags and pennants, had them aplenty…
Never was so sure about ‘Riding on Bandags’ though…akin to ‘Riding on Remoulds’ 
A tri axle with twin wheels, a bit weighty but had its advantages, have a puncture/blowout and the axle would still hold itself up. I think ive had more punctures/blown tyres this year than all my years put together, not always great trying to undo wheel nuts when theyve been gunned up to thread stripping point 
Those riding on bandags strips were superb early warning signs, if you saw one you gave it a wide berth, so when the next one exploded you were well out the blast zone.
My boss of the time was fitting them to our rolonoffs, seldom had to worry about checking tread depths they didn’t normally stay together long enough to wear out, often exploding spectacularly and taking mudwings and rear light assemblies along with them.
Thats another thing from the old school days…
Converted tandem trailers to triaxle when the 38 ton limit came in, many on 12 tyres, one short tipper trailer my boss had done never looked quite right, it was fairly large for a tandem so not stretched, they just bunged another axle in front of the other two on same springs and hangers, sitting low at the back so you know whats coming, one day i went somewhere that had an axle weigher, customer luckily, the trailer axles weighed in summat like 5t 7t 12t 
, that went straight off the road and had ‘fluidride’ fitted, which added about another ton to its tare.
Converting didn’t really work, certainly not on bulk.
Talking of tyres. Yeh there was some crap around in the 80s.
A mate of mine was on holiday in Spain on a coach, they all got out for a break and my mate noticed with horror, the ‘Taurus’ tyres on the Spanish coach on both axles, …he had just blown 4 off them off on his trailer the previous few weeks.
He spent the rest of his holiday a nervous wreck on the Spanish motorways
Tyres you say.
The bloody (premium) hotel courtesy bus in Sharm el Sheik was down to the canvas on several, but still preferable to the taxi driver who took us into the town one day in a rattle trap years old Peugeot 504 estate doing around 80mph on dust road/desert presumably relying on the will of the one he worshipped to keep us all in one piece , my mrs didn’t bat an eyelid, if she’d been in her car she’d have been overtaking him 
, i shut me eyes and prayed to my God 
JIMBO47:
cigarette foil for wrapping round blown fuses.
That reminds me of a Darwin award/Urban legend posting I read.
(1996) Two local men were seriously injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on state Highway 38 early Monday morning. Woodruff County Deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.
Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, are listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog-giggin’ trip.On an overcast Sunday night, Poole’s pickup truck’s headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older model truck had burned out. A replacement fuse was not available, but Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the headlights again began to operate properly and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.
After traveling approximately 20 miles, just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right, exiting the pavement and striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but will require surgery to repair the other wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. “Thank God we weren’t on that bridge when Thurston (shot his intimate parts off) or we might have been dead,” stated Wallis.
“I’ve been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can’t believe that those two would admit how the accident happened,” said Snyder.
Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole’s wife, asked how many frogs the boys had caught.
Incorrectly attributed to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 25 July 1996. The Gazette issued a decisive statement denouncing this story as a hoax on October 17, 1997.
It may not be true, but it made me laugh…
robroy:
Talking of tyres. Yeh there was some crap around in the 80s.
A mate of mine was on holiday in Spain on a coach, they all got out for a break and my mate noticed with horror, the ‘Taurus’ tyres on the Spanish coach on both axles, …he had just blown 4 off them off on his trailer the previous few weeks.
He spent the rest of his holiday a nervous wreck on the Spanish motorways
Still crap tyres around in the late 90’s as well! I blew two ‘new’ ATS Sterling remoulds off in two days, both on the same wheel as well. 
Mudguards and lights wrecked both times, I also had two Cavalier remoulds deflate on a trip to Coventry, one on the 3rd axle and one on the 4th. They were less than a week old. Still got my load off though and came back steadily to Ashbourne.
I was only thinking today about the daft ‘get you home’ bodges we did. I had a front brake drum break in half around the wheel stud area on a loaded Foden six wheeler tipper, frightened me half to death the bang and thetruck lurching towards the kerb when I braked! However I was only going from Bakewell to Chesterfield so I levered the remains of the drum back into place and wound the brake adjuster up to stop it moving around and got the load off and made it back to the yard at Wirksworth. Very steady braking and a strong pull on the ‘handlebars’ but it worked, bricking it incase the Ministry Men were in the layby at Wadshelf though. 
I still don’t qualify as 'oldskool though!
Pete.
The current double happiness Chinese remoulded can still go off with alarming results.
Best one I had was blowing the rubber off but leaving all the wires in tact.
Looked like it had been set on fire
1/when you start driving you know f.all (introverted)
2/when you been driving a few years you think you know it all (extroverted)
3/ when you been driving 25-30 yrs you just become Perverted (old school)
vonmax:
3/ when you been driving 25-30 yrs you just become Perverted (old school)
You speak for yourself mate.
Oh go on then…you’re right.
So, reading all these posts, “oldskool” simply means “old”!
I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that the bloody lot of you are crusty old grandads who smell of wee and constantly lose your glasses!
Old school would never be on Trucknet.
I class myself as semi old skool I guess. I use sat nav, maps and even google maps, basically anything that helps me find my way to drops the right way. Building sites can be a complete PITA to find sometimes! I like digi tacho’s and wouldn’t want to go back to analogue. I hate auto 'boxes with a passion and can’t wait until I get a manual again. I will try to fix truck/trailer/Moffett problems if I can. Last week I picked up a nail in a tyre which caused a very slow puncture. I have brought my long airline and tyre inflator from home mainly because the Moffett tyres do go down over time. I used the air duster feed to blow up the soft super single! Took about 15 mins but it got me back to base!
What I’m trying to say is you have to use whatever it takes to get the job done or get home whether it’s old skool or new skool tech. No substitute for common sense and a can do attitude imo.
dieseldog999:
the nodding donkey:
dieseldog999:
plus…geoff bells,and penkridge where my claim to fame was,and still is ,managing to get my finger up the strippers bum while she sat on the lap of the guy next to me and overturned the entire table and surrounding area as she thought it was him ,so clouted him then the drink started getting flung everywhere…i have no idea who the poor sod was,as i was only sitting next to him…Is that why you missed the Herald?
nah…i mentioned ages ago as to why i missed it…here it is again for all the newbies,that obviously arnt oldskool…it was in reference to a post about “gassing” another old chestnut for a good debate…i quote myself here…"
some folk might think there victims when they’ve been gassed,but if I hadn’t been gassed back in 1987 then id have made it onto the old herald,makes me shiver just thinking about it…I know I must have been gassed,cos id only had 14 pints in a baghouse in Rotterdam before they flung me out ,so I went for a quick 45 as I only had time to make the ferry flat out,and when I nodded off I woke up 29 hours later with a splitting headache and my clackerbags all red and swollen,so I definitely must have been gassed,otherwise id have been on the boat in time for it to sink…counting my lucky stars or what!!!
That wouldnt have been at Deputy Dogs by any chance would it ■■ the finger up the bum episode :unamused: :unamused: , Are you sure you didnt wake up with a sore botty and a dry mouth too ?
It is quite possible you were slipped a `roofy ’ , even back in those days , and well and truly taken advantage of whilst slumbering in a state of euphoria ,-, on the other hand , which leads me to ask who still has the negatives
nomiS36:
I class myself as semi old skool I guess.
I used the air duster feed to blow up the soft super single! Took about 15 mins but it got me back to base!
Tell you what mate, old school or not, I don’t blow up truck tyres anymore, not since a guy I knew came a complete cropper because of it a few yrs ago, and that was also a super single.
Not good at posting links, but google this.
Large Tyre Inflation Safety Alert - Health and Safety Authority
the definition of old scool is asking new scool how to pair up phone to bluetoof radio on a new volvo
windrush:
robroy:
Talking of tyres. Yeh there was some crap around in the 80s.
A mate of mine was on holiday in Spain on a coach, they all got out for a break and my mate noticed with horror, the ‘Taurus’ tyres on the Spanish coach on both axles, …he had just blown 4 off them off on his trailer the previous few weeks.
He spent the rest of his holiday a nervous wreck on the Spanish motorwaysStill crap tyres around in the late 90’s as well! I blew two ‘new’ ATS Sterling remoulds off in two days, both on the same wheel as well.
I was only thinking today about the daft ‘get you home’ bodges we did. I had a front brake drum break in half around the wheel stud area on a loaded Foden six wheeler tipper, frightened me half to death the bang and thetruck lurching towards the kerb when I braked! However I was only going from Bakewell to Chesterfield so I levered the remains of the drum back into place and wound the brake adjuster up to stop it moving around and got the load off and made it back to the yard at Wirksworth. Very steady braking and a strong pull on the ‘handlebars’ but it worked, bricking it incase the Ministry Men were in the layby at Wadshelf though.
Pete.
pete how are you mate
I’m OK thanks Rod, on the tablets of course but still stretching my arms out every morning and not feeling any wood around me so I know I’m alive still!
Pete.