New bypass to the town now,used to load out of the same place,family owned firm,managers would load sometimes,weight limits to the centre.
Saw a driver from the transport firm next door try to open my locked door,i was on the loading bay in the day time,he casualy walks off,not worried about being seen.
Had to strap the last two pallets,and could run through France on Sundays.
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Where did you load Toby? I only remember Garibaldi Fruits having a loading bay, there was that one on the corner that had a hole in the wall you could back on to, but most i recall just lifted an electric truck on & loaded off the floor from the rear.
Ross.
Think it was Marche something,there were a few big onion depots in the town,when in the uk,i would switch to a night shift to multi drop the fruit and veg markets,the pallets would get stuck in the trailer,and i would be pushing and shoving to get them out.
The pallets were bad quality and not fit for the weight of the produce,if you had a hole in the trailer floor,that was a bind too.
I was warned of a Cypriot importer in London,they kept me waiting on the pavement for hours just for the fun of it,most unpleasant staff,the trailer was on a slope,so when heaving the pump truck i tore a hip flexor muscle and did my back in with a spasm.
The other markets were not too bad,all night food and breakfast for a decent price.
Picked up Onions from here once can’t remember the name of the gaff, but it was pretty small, on the main street in on the left and had a loading bay round the back. Went in with my CMR, anounced that I was loading for England and was loaded straight away, did the paperwork and set off. About 5 hours later I got a phone call from the agent saying I’d got the wrong load and I would have to go back 
Where are these onions going then I asked? England came the reply so I suggested there was no problem then and they should just change the references.
It turned out that the packhouse had made the ■■■■ up and put the wrong load on the wrong agents truck. I carried on regardless as to me it didn’t matter whose truck they went on and the agents had to fight it out.
On the way up to the uk,i too would not know where i was tipping,the produce gets sold on the way up.
toby1234abc:
On the way up to the uk,i too would not know where i was tipping,the produce gets sold on the way up.
Back in the 80’s (T form days) we often wouldn’t know where we were going until we got to the UK & the clearing agent would give us delivery instructions, but by the mid 90’s & no more border’s, we’d normally know where we were tipping before we loaded.
Ross.