Hi people, new member here, what a great forum. Ive been off the road for 2 years now and i miss it badly, i work in the construction industry driving a excavator, home every night etc etc. The company i work for also run artics with sand trailers and 8 wheeled tippers doing day work which i cover for holidays and sick leave etc. I originally left the road to spend more time at home and to start a family which i have now done. Im so desperate to get back on the road but she wont hear of it. Am i mad or has the diesel got into my blood??
Welcome to the forum EssexGeezer
**:D :smiley: :smiley: Welcome EssexGeezer :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:**
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Now it’s time to flip a coin - which is worse, the job situation in the construction industry or the one in transport 
Heads you lose - Tails you don’t win 
Now it’s time to flip a coin - which is worse, the job situation in the construction industry or the one in transport
Heads you lose - Tails you don’t win
My job is safe in the construction even though its absolutely dead, and my old company keep offering my old job back, ive been doing weekends for them but i just cant get it out of my system!!
Sit tight Essex Geezer stay on the fence and have a nice christmas and see how thing pan out, any full time regular job at the moment is worth its weight in gold . its evil out there!!!
Love the job your in or somebody else will !!!
welcome EssexGeezer
As superdix says sit tight, I deliver for a local builders merchants and our overtime has been stopped until further notice 
Thanks for the warm welcome, and thanks for the advice, sometimes you cant see the wood for the trees.
If im on the bunk i wanna be at home and if im at home i wanne be on the bunk!!
find an old truck get the bunk take it to the spare room sorted just dont leave bottles of urine on your drive and to be more realistic get your mrs to serve you mc donalds for tea or another leading burger chain … and of course her housekeeping will go up probably twenty pounds a night for the use of the spare room etc etc stay where you are mate and welcome
HAIRYGORILLA:
find an old truck get the bunk take it to the spare room sorted just dont leave bottles of urine on your drive and to be more realistic get your mrs to serve you mc donalds for tea or another leading burger chain … and of course her housekeeping will go up probably twenty pounds a night for the use of the spare room etc etc stay where you are mate and welcome
dont forget to get her to ■■■■■ your curtains before you wake and leave the hoover running all night (it will sound like a reefer after a while) then at 3 in the morning stand by your bed and shout at the top of her voice “gizza hand john, this ■■■■■■■ park brakes stuck on!”
or what.
Sounds like it… 
a mate of mine who has worked on 360 plant for about 6 years wants to become a truckdriver because he thinks it will be exciting & romantic. I am looking for a 7 till 4 job in a quarry driving a loading shovel or a caterpillar.
I suggested we teach each other all we know and introduce ourselves to the others boss 