Wheel Nut:
I have read that one company had 3 trucks come back fully loaded on the first day of the WTD
Explain how that works then
We had a total of 8 wagons scheduled to go from rugby to newport, 1 was changed so left 7 wagons with drivers all starting at the same time. Half hour in the yard getting p’work and checking vehicle, a 3 hour drive each way and 45 mins on return to reload and fuel up - leaves less than 3 hours on site at newport assuming no problems on the run down, on site or on the run back.
It takes 45-60 mins per tank to blow the load and it all had to go into the same silo so we were looking at 5-7 hours on site…simple maths shows not all the wagons would be unloaded and this was explained to the office before we left that at least 2 would come back, probably 3…maybe 4 but still we were all sent down.
Now I can see lots of ways round this whilst remaining within the rules of the WTD, but our firm has said they are not interested in POA’s so therefore the clock starts ticking when we book in. Add to that the bad feeling over proposed salary and conditions, none of the drivers are really willing to put themselves out for the company till it’s resolved.