So ive been put on curtainsiders the past two weeks, a bit gutted to say the least, ive been enjoying working on containers as that’s where im most experienced, even before my new job.
been working for M I Haulage for nearly two months now and hes placed me on a few of his wagons that mainly do P&O, Roadferry, DSV, Gywenned Shipping Etc.
I’m Cab hopping still but cant wait to finally get my own lorry!! I don’t even care if its the oldest or ■■■■■■■■ of the fleet (even then its still a 57 plate White Volvo FH 460 Euro 5) but it’ll stop me carrying around so much crap, and I can look after it etc.
All week ive had the ■■■■ took out of me aswell haha, as im 19 years old, 5ft 6 and a young looking face, everywhere have been saying the usual, like;
“Wheres your Dad son”, “Is it school holidays already”, “Have you robbed that lad”, “Wheres my yellow pages gone” Etc its funny but slightly annoying sometimes, depends who says it if I have a laugh with them or not.
Anyway, been in and out of docks lately, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Heysham, Felixstowe etc delivering/collecting trailers, delivering whats in the trailers then reloading and taking them back to the docks to be shipped abroad.
My first go of collecting steele yesterday I went to Tapasteele Tubes In corby which was a nightmare, toing and froing between cranes, strapping, unstrapping, taking the roof up, down, curtains open, closed 5 hours I was there just to get 24 tonnes of long steele pillars ( I WAS SWEATING LIKE A GLASS BLOWERS ASS)
I collected 22 tonnes of roof linings from wales and took them to Northampton for delivery to a roof maintainence company which was also a nightmare, I was on a national single carriageway road and also had to reverse into the place past the security office all the way down to where the forklifts were!! .
I got yet another trailer and delivered 22 tonnes of garden stones in Sheffield, then reloaded in the peak district dropped that off in heysham.
And finally haha, went to rank hovis in doncaster to collect 22 pallets of bread mix and cake mix!! that smelt lovely, also took that to heysham port to be shipped off to Belfast.
And that’s been my week 
heres some various pictures I could take when I had the chance.
hope not to bore anyone, just thought id share with you all what ive been getting up to.
Im doing more curtainsider work on Friday, will hopefully be back on containers soon but hey who am I to complain.
