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jessejazza:
In this job I keep the truck at homeIf you keep the truck at home, that would be classed as the operating centre surely?
In which case, I am surprised your neighbours haven’t kicked off.
Ken.
With this firm (recovery business) staff have their own truck and keep it at home to cope with police jobs (usually less than 45 mins to attend a call). One does work a 24 hour on call… so it is quite demanding but saves on commuting fuel costs. I’ve got good neighbours so that’s not a problem.
It’s a while since I had a truck on AdBlue and I recall the manager mentioning a min limit but… as usual bull***t - many thanks for your replies. The yard is 11 mile away and if I do 3 days long journeys I don’t go near the yard; she is an Isuzu 90L fuel tank and only does 11mpg and the adblue is 16L tank. She uses about 4-5L a day so I thought putting a fill of adblue in my two 5L jerry cans (plastic type one gets at the fuel station which neatly fit in one of the side toolboxes) was a good idea.
The firm have decided to retire my beloved ‘tilt-and-slide’ (we’ve spent days and nights together!), and I have this Isuzu demountable which is hopeless with its uncomfortable seats. It has gears which are a loose rod and linkage arrangement - and the unusual gear positioning R/1, 2/3, 4/5, 6… yeah takes getting used too. Japanese engineering… very poor. The ‘tilt-and-slide’ was far more versatile; jobs e.g. removing cars from a living room (someone on drugs thought they were driving down the road), cars on their side on the other side of a ditch, over a ditch and upside down, collisions by Royalty. It is amazing what some folk manage to do.
Word of warning for anyone who thinks they may get away for a day with no insurance, no tax or no MOT - in my area I can assure you - you will be caught within 30 mins. No MOT catches out a lot of folk! If you can’t pay the fees within 7 days - no longer your car. With renewal always keep your docs with you for a COUPLE OF WEEKS… it takes that long to get on the computer.