Juddian:
Find out how to fit new bulbs yourself, most of us here will have done our own modern lorries so one of us should be able to give you advice if you say what motor you drive (year and model specific), then carry spare bulbs and the basic tools needed to do the job, generally a set of torx bits will do the job.Take a tip, when you have half an hour to spare at a drop dismantle the light fitting to see what the job entails, this is much easier first time in daylight cos when the bulb really blows it’s in the wee small hours ■■■■■■■ with rain and freezing piggin cold, it also gives you the chance to put some grease on any suspect screws likely to seize during the winter salt bath.
If you work for a company that assumes their drivers are too thick to be allowed to change a bulb
, and won’t supply spares then when the bulb blows behave as expected ring them act thick and ask what you are supposed to do, probably a call out @ circa £200 to change a bulb at the services? Good, they deserve every penny of it.
It’s not as bad in practice if you work for a company who specified their vehicles with fog lights (by someone who knows one end of a lorry from another, not a pencil pusher), in the event of a headlamp bulb blowing then you can put the front fogs on and maintain a fully lit vehicle until you can stop and sort it out.
Sound advice…