robroy:
commonrail:
R u upset?Totally devastated.
Just realized why you have got a bit arsey mate, looking back through the thread most of the comments that I have been taking the ■■■■ out of have been made by YOU
, so maybe it ain’t ME that’s upset eh bud?
Drunk then?
These wingers are normally the passengers on the firm ! you no the ones ,don’t do night outs don’t do over 12 hours a day wont do this wont do that ! as has been said its TRANSPORT get over it
and 9 pages later… 
bjd:
These wingers are normally the passengers on the firm ! you no the ones ,don’t do night outs don’t do over 12 hours a day wont do this wont do that ! as has been said its TRANSPORT get over it
Not me…i’m on the a team 
peterm:
DAF95XF:
I’ll be putting an emergency night out kit in the cab when I get an allocated unit - hopefully soonWill it be a dodgem car ?
Not sure what you mean but an XF105…
Dipper_Dave:
Big Roy:
robroy:
Big Roy:
volvo keef:
Still can’t get my head round this!!,makin a lot of fuss about having a nightout
It’s the “real men” and the “proper drivers” who are kicking up the biggest fuss
Hope that clarifies it for youNo need to clarify, I understand completely mate, it’s horses for courses some lads want nights out and some don’t, I don’t and never have done a night out so I take the type of jobs that don’t require it, if that makes me less of a man then OMG I’m devastated
it’s driving a wagon FFS not an exercise in gender reassignment
Thats fine, the true test is if faced with a night out would you be able to cope or choose to break the law in order to get back or squeal to your planner to be rescued.
To answer your question I would not “squeal to my planner” I would be looking to check into a hotel, I’m sorry if this upsets the “real drivers” but that’s what I’d do.
So to sum up, so far in this thread I’ve seen the following quotes-
■■■■■■■
wingers
passengers
arrested for gender treachery
when men were men
knob heads
screw drivers
so called men
better suited at home doin the housework.
and my personal favourite where one contributor even makes a comparison with the Vietnam war
“back in Naam we coped with a lot worse”
What in Gods name is that all about■■? thanks for that dipper Dave that was comedy gold
This is all because some of us don’t want to do nights out
Bazaar truly Bazaar
7415963:
hi ,
i’d like to throw in a question regarding an unplanned night out.i currently drive an artic with a day cab and have come close to needing a night out. where do i stand with being collected or put up in a hotel as the vehicle has no bunk to take a rest break on and if i end up in a layby in the middle of nowhere after some event like this latest m25 incident, can i legally take a daily rest in a day cabbed vehicle.
matthew
Engage brain where do you think you cant sleep in the truck so its going to be a hotel isn’t it which really the company should pay for.
Big Roy:
So to sum up, so far in this thread I’ve seen the following quotes-■■■■■■■
wingers
passengers
arrested for gender treachery
when men were men
knob heads
screw drivers
so called men
better suited at home doin the housework.This is all because some of us don’t want to do nights out
Bazaar truly Bazaar
You forgot the being in the wrong job bit, and what has a shop in the Middle East got to do with it? Or have you took my advice and that is your next career move
Sorry bud couldn’t resist 
robroy:
Big Roy:
So to sum up, so far in this thread I’ve seen the following quotes-■■■■■■■
wingers
passengers
arrested for gender treachery
when men were men
knob heads
screw drivers
so called men
better suited at home doin the housework.This is all because some of us don’t want to do nights out
Bazaar truly Bazaar
You forgot the being in the wrong job bit, and what has a shop in the Middle East got to do with it? Or have you took my advice and that is your next career move
Sorry bud couldn’t resist
Ha ha I know we have opposite views on this subject but that did make me laugh out loud, yes what’s that all about “a shop in the Middle East” I will leave it in otherwise this wont make sense BIZARRE
Maybe I am in the wrong job and after taking your advice I have my eye on a shop on the Gaza Strip as we speak
Big Roy:
Dipper_Dave:
Big Roy:
robroy:
Big Roy:
volvo keef:
Still can’t get my head round this!!,makin a lot of fuss about having a nightoutIt’s the “real men” and the “proper drivers” who are kicking up the biggest fuss
Hope that clarifies it for youNo need to clarify, I understand completely mate, it’s horses for courses some lads want nights out and some don’t, I don’t and never have done a night out so I take the type of jobs that don’t require it, if that makes me less of a man then OMG I’m devastated
Thats fine, the true test is if faced with a night out would you be able to cope or choose to break the law in order to get back or squeal to your planner to be rescued.
To answer your question I would not “squeal to my planner” I would be looking to check into a hotel, I’m sorry if this upsets the “real drivers” but that’s what I’d do.
So to sum up, so far in this thread I’ve seen the following quotes-
■■■■■■■
wingers
passengers
arrested for gender treachery
when men were men
knob heads
screw drivers
so called men
better suited at home doin the housework.and my personal favourite where one contributor even makes a comparison with the Vietnam war
“back in Naam we coped with a lot worse”
What in Gods name is that all about■■? thanks for that dipper Dave that was comedy gold
This is all because some of us don’t want to do nights out
Bazaar truly Bazaar
Anyway to recap it doesn’t matter what you choose to do when faced with an unexpected nightout as long as none of those options include breaking the law or whinging to be rescued when your in a sleeper cab. Staying in a Hotel (preferably near a Bazaar) is fine.
Course i’m not including personal emergencies in this as we all know all bets are off when we have to get home.
I don’t see what the problem is.
If you don’t want to do nights out and your a day only man.
What’s the problem with refusing nights out or getting someone out in the van to collect you?
Now I don’t want a peeing competition as I do 4 or 5 nights out a week in ■■■■■■ lay-bys and rat infested fields upto my baws in mud. 3 x 15hrs and 2 or 3 13 hour spread overs as that’s what I have chosen todo for work. As it suits me fine.
But if doing that work isn’t your game then that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
Everyone’s views of driving jobs is different and lads point blank refuse to be out their comfort zones or have family comments.
Themoocher:
Now I don’t want a peeing competition as I do 4 or 5 nights out a week in [zb] lay-bys and rat infested fields upto my baws in mud. 3 x 15hrs and 2 or 3 13 hour spread overs as that’s what I have chosen todo for work. As it suits me fine.
Speaking as a driver that has tramped for 35 years I don’t think I would have lasted 35 minutes if I had to, (let alone choose to 
) park in ■■■■ hole lay bys and the other places that you park in, or are you taking the word ‘tramping’ literally
The Sarge:
Am I the only one who has been stuck on a night out with no gear apart from the gear I started the day in, a coat and no curtains? [zb] happens - I had a bunk and an engine. Nobody died
Not ideal, but you deal with it. Especially in the winter - one night out sleeping in your clothes won’t kill you - honest…
^^^^ This. A rolled up coat as a pillow, a working heater and some water to drink/wash my eyes & face with in the morning are all that are needed for ONE unexpected night out.
2 of us were away for a fortnight to Rome & back in 1986 in a single bunked 9 year old F10 with no curtains. We had a great trip.
NINE pages on a sleeping bag and a toothbrush. Heavens above I can see why I no longer visit TN as much as I used to do.
As for being at Trowell enroute from M25 to Warrington, I’m lost for words. I would have gone M40, 42, 6 hoping that by the time I got there the one section closure would be reopened. If not I would have pulled in well before the closure, looked at the map book & diverted locally around it.
Themoocher:
What’s the problem with refusing nights out or getting someone out in the van to collect you?
The problem is that if you’ve run out of “duty time” (rather than driving hours) getting someone out in the van to collect you is not allowed within the Regs.
Driveroneuk:
2 of us were away for a fortnight to Rome & back in 1986 in a single bunked 9 year old F10 with no curtains. We had a great trip.NINE pages on a sleeping bag and a toothbrush. Heavens above I can see why I no longer visit TN as much as I used to do. .
Yeh well tough ■■■■, I’m going for 10
Was it in the same motor together?
Was your passenger female?
Was no curtains a choice thing?
If the answers to 2 & 3 are Yes, did it act as an extra thrill in a voyeuristic kind of way?
Sorry mate I’m a bit bored.
Oh yeh, don’t want to be pedantic, but a f a I k F10s weren’t out until 1978, so it must have been an F88…told you I was bored
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robroy:
Driveroneuk:
2 of us were away for a fortnight to Rome & back in 1986 in a single bunked 9 year old F10 with no curtains. We had a great trip.NINE pages on a sleeping bag and a toothbrush. Heavens above I can see why I no longer visit TN as much as I used to do. .
Yeh well tough [zb], I’m going for 10
Was it in the same motor together?
Was your passenger female?
Was no curtains a choice thing?
If the answers to 2 & 3 are Yes, did it act as an extra thrill in a voyeuristic kind of way?
Sorry mate I’m a bit bored.Oh yeh, don’t want to be pedantic, but a f a I k F10s weren’t out until 1978, so it must have been an F88…told you I was bored
1986
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Late S plate could be an F series in 77.Early sleepers only had curtains dividing the bunk from the seats.
Two weeks to Rome(and back) is not really an unplanned night out.
Tango boy get a grip man , a 9 year old motor in 1986 would have been regd in 1977 
robroy:
Tango boy get a grip man
And im sober, sorry
Suedehead:
curtains dividing the bunk from the seats.
New trucks don’t seem to have these anymore do they, so what happened to them ?