I do like the job but then I am a twisted git who does like my own company, do like listening to the radio and MY cd’s and I like moaning and ■■■■■■■■ so I get on great as a lorry driver/trucker ( which is another thing that lorry drivers/truckers can’t agree about what the hell the thing they drive is called, who the hell cares but there will be enough people on here lambasting one another for calling it the wrong thing ). If it’s in your blood then you’ll get on. If you come into it thinking it’s all like " Convoy " and that your " brother truckers " will stand four square with you then you’ll be sadly disappointed.
SWraith:
I have, what I consider a great truck, which is comfy and certainly motors along, ask most of the Scania/DAF/Volvo drivers I go tanking past… .
What the hell you driving ■■?
Can’t be a Renault for sure and most of the M.A.N s I have driven never seem to go over 55 even with a good tail wind.
Well when people stop asking me for signature after signature for pointless crap then it might stop getting on my nerves…
As for office staff.There is two kinds of people in an office.
Those without a licence and pretend to know what they are talking about as they assume you are an idiot.
Those with a HGV licence that can’t do the job everyone else is and grasp onto the office posistion and expect you to do a job they wouldn’t do
i went from bein a fitter to a driver best move i ever done, im only 22, like the open road, passing a few mates, or even in convoy to were ever r destination is, i always av a laff, even wen am by myself i laff at the radio or on the fone, or wil see somethin tha makes me smile, i do enjoy my job an intend to do it 4 a good few years yet
Yeah, I just noticed his avatar ( don’t usually look too closely ), God I thought he was talking about a real truck there for a while.
The great thing about the Stralis, Willy, is that she’ll pull like a demon. Up hill or down dale she’ll sit there happily at 55/56, loaded or empty, and I’ve never done the run from Lenham to Northampton in under 2hrs 30mins until the other day. Left Lenham at 1700, which is a bad time (15:00 - 18:00) for the tolls at Dartford, the only time I slowed down was for the tolls/tunnel and the roadworks on the M25/J25. Running time in total 2hrs 15mins, had a reload that had to be in Coventry by 21:00, luckily there was a driver waiting for the trailer in the yard when I got there.
Conor:
you can often be the only vehicle in sight.
thats what i love about doing country runs in australia, you only have to go 100kms out of melbourne and youve got the road to yourself, well on the rural roads, obviously not the sydney or the adelaide routes.
Not sharing a cabin with a fellow driver,so sleep in cab,when you are not supposed to when croosing the Channel.Get good kip to start journey,which you dont if someone is snoring and ■■■■■■■ in the cabin.And waffing on about a fictous career in the Middle East,dodging camels and bullets in the dessert.
peter mill:
Not sharing a cabin with a fellow driver,so sleep in cab,when you are not supposed to when croosing the Channel.Get good kip to start journey,which you dont if someone is snoring and ■■■■■■■ in the cabin.And waffing on about a fictous career in the Middle East,dodging camels and bullets in the dessert.
A couple of drivers on my old firm, Cavewood, stayed in their cabs and died when that Townsend ferry went over in Zeebrugge 1987. When they found their bodies they were unrecognisable due to they had bloated to twice their normal size.
They thought they were smart, I thought they were stupid.
Now they’re dead, been dead 22yrs.
paul@midway:
Well when people stop asking me for signature after signature for pointless crap then it might stop getting on my nerves…
As for office staff.
Those without a licence and pretend to know what they are talking about as they assume you are an idiot.
The latest is if I don’t write the MOT date on the back of my check sheet VOSA can “have” me.
I said no they won’t.
Then ensued the , Oh yes they will
Where do these people get this bull crap from
As long as I know the trailer is in date then it’s fine , I don’t need to keep a written record on my run sheet.
Petty crap like this is starting to really annoy me.
jonoD:
'…what do you guys LIKE about the job and does the good far out-weigh the bad…and will soon improve…?
I suppose that it mostly depends on what previous work experience one has to compare LGV stuff with.
I like my bubble of (agency subservient but otherwise) relative independence being paid to take & tip an expensively big vehicle/load over a worthwhile & planned distance to maybe back-haul something useful without a form-filling, back-watching, nail-biting & time-constrained pantomime.
‘…Good outweigh the bad…?’ I’m enjoying it more than doing what was my previous ‘subject matter expertise’ which may give you some idea of how many ‘arenas of work’ have become riddled with garbage-speak& associated nause, OTT nonsense & flannel, etc
‘…Improve…?’ The wage …although maybe you assume that contemporary life will morph into the political rhetoric of umpteen bull-squitting politicos? Meanwhile, why not join us in aiming to adapt, overcome and smile-on through wind, rain & hail, etc - despite many other road-users piloting mechanical microcosms of their own egocentric greyness trying to ruin one’s day…?
freedom is the main part of it, today i hafd a 340 round trip without even leaving scotland today, ok was only in a van from dalgety bay down to isle of whithorn
4 hours it took in a van lol, only 170 miles there
the scenery was amazing tho and the weather was nice and the delivery point was right by the water
I enjoy the freedom of no one breathing down your neck all day long nut my last job was a driver for a removals company and to save money the boss decided to come do some work telling me how to drive , load and strap things in!! Guess who’s strapping failed on a journey of course the bosses. I enjoy everything about the job.
mark h:
i went from bein a fitter to a driver best move i ever done, im only 22, like the open road, passing a few mates, or even in convoy to were ever r destination is, i always av a laff, even wen am by myself i laff at the radio or on the fone, or wil see somethin tha makes me smile, i do enjoy my job an intend to do it 4 a good few years yet
jonod who do u work 4 mate?
i dont work at the moment mate, been out in holland for 6 months for lady friend, im a interior decorator by trade n was doing that whilst out there but im getting myself into HGV, i like pretty much what you said, im sure i will enjoy it gota have a laugh havnt you, im eager to get going! its just what people are saying on here about lack of jobs and i can see it on the jobcentre sites thats putting a downer on it but im not going to let that stop as this will pass (hopefully soon)
where abouts in walton you from then mate, you’l know orrell park right? who you working for in kirkby?
berewic:
A couple of drivers on my old firm, Cavewood, stayed in their cabs and died when that Townsend ferry went over in Zeebrugge 1987. When they found their bodies they were unrecognisable due to they had bloated to twice their normal size.
They thought they were smart, I thought they were stupid.
Now they’re dead, been dead 22yrs.
So you could give me the low down on Thomas then? I am thinking of signing up to them for lessons you see, il let ya know when i do mate, see if your about like
I get to my first drop swap trailers. Lad comes out says ‘hello’ we swap paperwork ‘see you tomorrow’ that’s it.
2nd and last stop. They’re always on dinner when I get there so they leave the paperwork on the desk, for me. I haven’t seen any of them since before xmas.
Swap trailers again and back to the yard.
For 10 hours I’ve hardly opened my mouth, unless I’m singing along to something.
of course the bosses. I enjoy everything about the job.