Dav1d:
I’d like to see anyone do home deliveries without a sat nav, when your delivery radius is 50+ miles at times.
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
Dav1d:
I’d like to see anyone do home deliveries without a sat nav, when your delivery radius is 50+ miles at times.
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
Dav1d:
I’d like to see anyone do home deliveries without a sat nav, when your delivery radius is 50+ miles at times.
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
Perhaps I should have started with “these days, not in the olden days” and finished with something like “in one day”
edit to add that most, if not all drops required assembly.
Dav1d:
I’d like to see anyone do home deliveries without a sat nav, when your delivery radius is 50+ miles at times.
And, even in an 11’ - 12’ 7.5t I’ve known people to hit bridges/ balconies etc.
I’ve done that on hiab day work . Not sure how the delivery radius affects whether you need a sat nav.
I’m not anti google maps etc. Just a point what you say was done before sat navs. I don’t remember it feeling quite that shocking at the time, must just be me
robroy:
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
I remember doing multidrop in Eastern Europe around ten years ago. 7 drops, starting in Poland, final drop a backhoe to rural Serbia. Of course it got done, but boy did it take time looking for the places. And buying all those maps aint cheap either.
robroy:
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
I remember doing multidrop in Eastern Europe around ten years ago. 7 drops, starting in Poland, final drop a backhoe to rural Serbia. Of course it got done, but boy did it take time looking for the places. And buying all those maps aint cheap either.
Used to have a big box of dog eared maps and re Serbia,overnighting in some places was an experience. Last time i dropped in the area was Zadar on the coast now Croatia and no nav just very inaccurate maps…
robroy:
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
I remember doing multidrop in Eastern Europe around ten years ago. 7 drops, starting in Poland, final drop a backhoe to rural Serbia. Of course it got done, but boy did it take time looking for the places. And buying all those maps aint cheap either.
I only had A-Zs for the big cities in the U.K. This was circa 2003
The rest of the time I used “garage nav” - pull up at a garage on the outskirts and look at their a-z’s and perhaps draw a little map . Wasn’t too hard in the UK apart from huge cities and navigating seemed part of the job. I genuinely don’t have memories of it being that huge a problem even multidrop around London in an artic.
I think back then it was easier to just say blow it, stick on the illegal parking signals (hazards ) and just have a little think or pop and ask someone. Over shooting and turning around when safe just was a given.
Sat nav makes city and town stuff far easier though, especially as this country has gone mega ■■■■ about pulling over or turning an artic, weight limits everywhere, a real hard on for surveillance cameras and every nimwit is looking to report you. Sat nav seems to go with the snowflake times we live in where everyone is a winner, ■■■ differences are to be made illegal, dogs should have the right to go to universeity and any transgression of anyone at all ever is to be met with an immediate “tweet” and a tearful outcry backed up with camera footage
This is not just an ‘Old days’ or ‘bygone days’ thing. 17 years ago I came to this country, I had been driving in the UK and Europe since 1975. I came here and started driving in a totally strange country, there were no satnavs, no smart phones, I had to find places, towns, cities and drops all over a country with no previous knowledge of, I worked and survived and as I have said, if you can’t drive a truck anywhere without a satnav you are not fit to drive that vehicle and need to get a job doing something else.
Pat Hasler:
This is not just an ‘Old days’ or ‘bygone days’ thing. 17 years ago I came to this country, I had been driving in the UK and Europe since 1975. I came here and started driving in a totally strange country, there were no satnavs, no smart phones, I had to find places, towns, cities and drops all over a country with no previous knowledge of, I worked and survived and as I have said, if you can’t drive a truck anywhere without a satnav you are not fit to drive that vehicle and need to get a job doing something else.
As I said before, get with the times. GPS technology is better than its ever been, why shouldn’t we as drivers take advantage of it? Money is never wasted on a good Sat-Nav system. Its a tool, same as a map is/was.
Congratz, you drove in a strange country without a navigation device. Cookie in the mail for you.
Pat Hasler:
This is not just an ‘Old days’ or ‘bygone days’ thing. 17 years ago I came to this country, I had been driving in the UK and Europe since 1975. I came here and started driving in a totally strange country, there were no satnavs, no smart phones, I had to find places, towns, cities and drops all over a country with no previous knowledge of, I worked and survived and as I have said, if you can’t drive a truck anywhere without a satnav you are not fit to drive that vehicle and need to get a job doing something else.
As I said before, get with the times. GPS technology is better than its ever been, why shouldn’t we as drivers take advantage of it? Money is never wasted on a good Sat-Nav system. Its a tool, same as a map is/was.
Congratz, you drove in a strange country without a navigation device. Cookie in the mail for you.
I’m sure you’re getting more gobby Radar, I like it!
I definitely can drive a truck anywhere without a satnav, done it regularly in eastern europe, western europe and asia. I just choose not to as I believe a good truck driver uses the tools he’s been given to do the job as efficiently as he can and there’s no arguing that on multidrop to unknown places you’ll get there faster with a satnav/google maps/etc.
Although I’m sure it’s easier to get by without one in a continent where you find the city on your map of 'Merica and the streets are just numbers - see what I did there?
AndrewG:
Used to have a big box of dog eared maps and re Serbia,overnighting in some places was an experience. Last time i dropped in the area was Zadar on the coast now Croatia and no nav just very inaccurate maps…
Ahh, Croatia. Had a regular run to Split right after getting my class 1. Leave Estonia monday, unload Split friday, catch the ferry to Ancona from either Zadar (love the run down to the port through the old town with an artic) or Split. Collect 5 to 10 drops in eastern Italy and back home friday evening to do the same run next monday. Oh to be 23 and single again, with two passports and an analog tacho truck
Pat Hasler:
I see you people asking all the time … “What Satnav should I buy ?”
Answer 'None FFS. Each time I hear of some idiot who has thrown money away on a pointless item it makes me laugh. Prime example ;
Monday evening heading north on I-81 in Virginia some guy on the CB asks “Anyone tell me the best route to Lebanon PA ?”
“Yep” some guy replies “Head north on 81 and it turns into I-78, you will see the exit for Lebanon, make a right and follow the main route”
“Thank you” then some other guy chirps in telling him another pointless route, then another and another so I chip in.
"Why are you confusing him ? The first route given was spot on and now you all tell him other routes, the first one is virtually a straight line, what could be easier ? Then the guy who asked the question speaks up “Well the first answer is the same as my satnav says”
“Why on earth would you subject yourself to all of this if you have a satnav ?”
“I don’t trust it”
This is my main point … If you need a satnav to drive a truck you need to find a different job and so does that idiot. I think most just want a nice screen in front of them to show off LOL. As said before look up the location on your phone app and when you get near touch the navigate icon, its doesn’t cost you a thing. Or… Buy a dam map.
I don’t use a sat nav, in my job I I very rarely have to get a map out, as it’s a lot of regular places we go, so it’s all upstairs.
But given the fact you’ve said not to waste money on one, then that’s all I need to tell me to go and buy one straight away. All you ever post is ■■■■■■■■, so if you say don’t get one, then that’s good enough for me to go and splash out!
Dav1d:
I’d like to see anyone do home deliveries without a sat nav, when your delivery radius is 50+ miles at times.
Are you for real mate or what?
Own trumpet blowing time here, but how do you think we used to manage.
30 years ago I done home deliveries with my own unit all over the UK doing beds.
Only up to 7 years ago I used to bring 30+drops from Belgium and Luxembourg to multi deliveries starting from Hull, to N.Eng, Scotland and over to Ireland, and guess what no sat nav…and no I don’t want a medal before you ask.
It may come as a shock to you mate, but sat navs are an aid but in real terms not life or death essential.
Perhaps I should have started with “these days, not in the olden days” and finished with something like “in one day”
edit to add that most, if not all drops required assembly.
Don’t roll your ■■■■ eyes mate, I was going to just leave it but if you want to discuss it …What difference does it make when it was done, the principle is the same except that now everything is set out for you.
If you consider 7 years ago as the old days you have obviously only had your licence 5 minutes, so hardly an expert in this field eh?
We’ll discuss it further when you remove your stabilisers.
As for ‘‘in one day’’ how many days do you need exactly, especially when all the routing is done for you.
Jeez H …another 5 minute wonder who thinks he knows it all but in reality knows sweet ■■■■ all…note the rolling eyes
Pat Hasler:
I see you people asking all the time … “What Satnav should I buy ?”
Answer 'None FFS. Each time I hear of some idiot who has thrown money away on a pointless item it makes me laugh. Prime example ;
Monday evening heading north on I-81 in Virginia some guy on the CB asks “Anyone tell me the best route to Lebanon PA ?”
“Yep” some guy replies “Head north on 81 and it turns into I-78, you will see the exit for Lebanon, make a right and follow the main route”
“Thank you” then some other guy chirps in telling him another pointless route, then another and another so I chip in.
"Why are you confusing him ? The first route given was spot on and now you all tell him other routes, the first one is virtually a straight line, what could be easier ? Then the guy who asked the question speaks up “Well the first answer is the same as my satnav says”
“Why on earth would you subject yourself to all of this if you have a satnav ?”
“I don’t trust it”
This is my main point … If you need a satnav to drive a truck you need to find a different job and so does that idiot. I think most just want a nice screen in front of them to show off LOL. As said before look up the location on your phone app and when you get near touch the navigate icon, its doesn’t cost you a thing. Or… Buy a dam map.
I don’t use a sat nav, in my job I I very rarely have to get a map out, as it’s a lot of regular places we go, so it’s all upstairs.
But given the fact you’ve said not to waste money on one, then that’s all I need to tell me to go and buy one straight away. All you ever post is ■■■■■■■■, so if you say don’t get one, then that’s good enough for me to go and splash out!
. Not sure how the delivery radius affects whether you need a sat nav.
. Wasn’t too hard in the UK apart from huge cities and navigating seemed part of the job. I genuinely don’t have memories of it being that huge a problem even multidrop around London in an artic.