Hi,
Just looking for a bit of advice. I recently started a temporary night trunking job which is done in a day cab. The guys I work with tell me that as it’s day cab we need to have 2 breaks. I’d rather just drive down, change over have my 45m break then drive back. Can anyone tell me if this is right?
cheers.
Welcome to Trucknet-UK nejoro 
nejoro:
Hi,Just looking for a bit of advice. I recently started a temporary night trunking job which is done in a day cab. The guys I work with tell me that as it’s day cab we need to have 2 breaks. I’d rather just drive down, change over have my 45m break then drive back. Can anyone tell me if this is right?
cheers.
What difference does having a day cab make to how many breaks you should have 
You have a choice to make mate, you can either try to get on with the other drivers and have two breaks as they are, or you can be accused of cutting the job up and race back with just one break.
Situations like this can sometimes be dealt with by compromising, for instance if they’re having two 45 minute breaks you could try having a second break of 20/30 minutes and see what happens.
I can tell you that they’re talking rubbish in saying that a day cab means you must have two breaks but how you play the situation is a choice only you can make.
If you want to do the job with just one break fine but please don’t race and cut the job up completely, you won’t be thanked for it.
Good luck 
nejoro:
Hi,Just looking for a bit of advice. I recently started a temporary night trunking job which is done in a day cab. The guys I work with tell me that as it’s day cab we need to have 2 breaks. I’d rather just drive down, change over have my 45m break then drive back. Can anyone tell me if this is right?
cheers.
Hi nejoro, 
Please ask the guys what difference the cab makes to the number of breaks you have to have. 
I’ve heard some myths in my time, but this one’s a good 'un!! 
nejoro:
Hi,Just looking for a bit of advice. I recently started a temporary night trunking job which is done in a day cab. The guys I work with tell me that as it’s day cab we need to have 2 breaks. I’d rather just drive down, change over have my 45m break then drive back. Can anyone tell me if this is right?
cheers.
Me thinks the others at your place are having a friendly laugh with the ‘new boy’ 
It is immoral to drive a day cab at night anyway, have you measured from the steering wheel to the passenger seat?
ROG:
nejoro:
Hi,Just looking for a bit of advice. I recently started a temporary night trunking job which is done in a day cab. The guys I work with tell me that as it’s day cab we need to have 2 breaks. I’d rather just drive down, change over have my 45m break then drive back. Can anyone tell me if this is right?
cheers.
Me thinks the others at your place are having a friendly laugh with the ‘new boy’
Me thinks the drivers have a nice little number sorted and don’t want the new guy [zb]ing it up by getting finished too early.
Shirley a wind up.
Thanks guys,
I didn’t think it was law as they said but I’m amazed they’re gettin away with it. I wouldn’t dream of cuttin the other guys time down either, they’ve got it too good. 
As for the distance from steering wheel to passenger seat, it’s long enough for me to lie flat and get a good kip.
Cheers.
nejoro:
Thanks guys,As for the distance from steering wheel to passenger seat, it’s long enough for me to lie flat and get a good kip.
Cheers.
Illegal to drive a day cab between the hours of 8pm and 5am. A copper told me when he pulled me over to ask when I was going to take my second compulsory break.
Rob K:
Illegal to drive a day cab between the hours of 8pm and 5am. A copper told me when he pulled me over to ask when I was going to take my second compulsory break.
Indeed Rob, I thought everyone new that. If it was legal to drive them during those hours they would be called Day/Night cabs and they aren’t.
nejoro:
Thanks guys,I didn’t think it was law as they said but I’m amazed they’re gettin away with it. I wouldn’t dream of cuttin the other guys time down either, they’ve got it too good.
As for the distance from steering wheel to passenger seat, it’s long enough for me to lie flat and get a good kip.
Cheers.
If you’re trunking on a job & finish basis, ask one of the chaps who has been there a long time what the running times are for the various trunks. There’s no problem running night trunk with a day cab but as someone has already suggested you’ve either been wound up or they don’t want you carving up their running times. Night trunk is a good crack once you settle in, I did it for many years & loved it.
BB
Rob K:
Shirley a wind up.
No…And don’t call me Shirley!