Hi all. It’s been a while since I last posted a T&D blag on here, so this one’s long overdue! If you’re a user of certain social media groups then no, your eyes are not deceiving you, you have seen this somewhere before, but in this instance the more the merrier!
What has been your best job ever in transport? Which would you either never leave or go back to in a heartbeat? It can be for any reason at all, money, people, the kind of work, whatever floats or floated your boat. You can choose whether to namecheck the company or not, I don’t mind,
For example, mine was for Trans European, better known as TEPS, out of first Southampton and then Hull. It was a mix of box work and ferry trailers (and tilts shudders), but as Hull was the main yard I mostly ran between that part of the country and the east coast ports regardless of where I was based. Good friends, a good laugh, and the long hot summer of 2003 - this was just before trackers and the like and no-one really cared what we did so long as we got the job done and didn’t take the ■■■■ on the hours we booked.
I could wax lyrical for hours about that job, but two things stand out in my mind most. Firstly, I ended up having a really hard time when I split up from my ex and the gaffer was great, moving me and all my stuff in the wagon back up north (where I came from) lock stock and barrel to get me away and to safety - changed the truck onto the Hull o-licence, the lot. Fabulous bloke. Started from Southampton on Sunday as usual, finished the week in Hull the following Friday, job done.
The other was the sheer cameraderie. Things like being stuck in queues outside Trinity Terminal and all piling out to the canteen, then taking it in turns to run across and move all the wagons forward so we could all get fed. Crawling off the berth at 11pm and knowing your mates would’ve saved you a spot in the Dock Basin to park up. Running in threes and fours, coming out of Colsterworth Truckstop when there was still a roundabout on the A1, the first wagon to get out going all the way round to hold back the traffic and let the others out…
Ok. You must be bored [zb]less by now, so well done if you made it this far. And, more importantly, over to YOU!!!